Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by type and control of institution, and age and attendance status of student: 1997

Table 179
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  Attendance   |         All institutions        |       Public institutions       |   Private institutions
status and age |_________________________________|_________________________________|______________________________
  of student   |   Total   |  4-year  |  2-year  |   Total   |  4-year  |  2-year  |  Total   |  4-year  | 2-year
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       1       |     2     |    3     |    4     |     5     |    6     |    7     |    8     |    9     |   10
_______________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|________
All students ..|14,502,334 |8,896,765 |5,605,569 |11,196,119 |5,835,433 |5,360,686 |3,306,215 |3,061,332 |244,883
  Under 18 ....|   353,268 |  138,047 |  215,221 |   294,059 |   82,988 |  211,071 |   59,209 |   55,059 |  4,150
  18 and 19 ...| 2,968,640 |1,869,739 |1,098,901 | 2,277,450 |1,235,466 |1,041,984 |  691,190 |  634,273 | 56,917
  20 and 21 ...| 2,726,647 |1,868,764 |  857,883 | 2,086,331 |1,266,069 |  820,262 |  640,316 |  602,695 | 37,621
  22 to 24 ....| 2,304,819 |1,581,792 |  723,027 | 1,836,038 |1,147,656 |  688,382 |  468,781 |  434,136 | 34,645
  25 to 29 ....| 2,126,410 |1,343,961 |  782,449 | 1,625,437 |  879,500 |  745,937 |  500,973 |  464,461 | 36,512
  30 to 34 ....| 1,208,253 |  675,868 |  532,385 |   926,926 |  415,131 |  511,795 |  281,327 |  260,737 | 20,590
  35 to 39 ....|   936,204 |  486,654 |  449,550 |   719,612 |  284,596 |  435,016 |  216,592 |  202,058 | 14,534
  40 to 49 ....| 1,228,921 |  642,424 |  586,497 |   954,086 |  382,058 |  572,028 |  274,835 |  260,366 | 14,469
  50 to 64 ....|   407,371 |  185,344 |  222,027 |   326,040 |  107,770 |  218,270 |   81,331 |   77,574 |  3,757
  65 and over .|    79,412 |   18,684 |   60,728 |    72,341 |   11,851 |   60,490 |    7,071 |    6,833 |    238
  Age unknown .|   162,389 |   85,488 |   76,901 |    77,799 |   22,348 |   55,451 |   84,590 |   63,140 | 21,450
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Full-time .....| 8,438,062 |6,342,891 |2,095,171 | 6,055,786 |4,164,759 |1,891,027 |2,382,276 |2,178,132 |204,144
  Under 18 ....|   127,485 |   82,730 |   44,755 |    87,806 |   46,414 |   41,392 |   39,679 |   36,316 |  3,363
  18 and 19 ...| 2,551,664 |1,793,193 |  758,471 | 1,878,584 |1,174,583 |  704,001 |  673,080 |  618,610 | 54,470
  20 and 21 ...| 2,190,032 |1,733,144 |  456,888 | 1,581,899 |1,158,388 |  423,511 |  608,133 |  574,756 | 33,377
  22 to 24 ....| 1,494,599 |1,232,299 |  262,300 | 1,120,638 |  887,187 |  233,451 |  373,961 |  345,112 | 28,849
  25 to 29 ....|   981,619 |  764,932 |  216,687 |   679,231 |  491,129 |  188,102 |  302,388 |  273,803 | 28,585
  30 to 34 ....|   408,490 |  290,673 |  117,817 |   278,458 |  175,784 |  102,674 |  130,032 |  114,889 | 15,143
  35 to 39 ....|   263,974 |  177,977 |   85,997 |   173,760 |   97,915 |   75,845 |   90,214 |   80,062 | 10,152
  40 to 49 ....|   282,149 |  187,734 |   94,415 |   187,441 |  102,666 |   84,775 |   94,708 |   85,068 |  9,640
  50 to 64 ....|    68,571 |   44,300 |   24,271 |    43,303 |   21,432 |   21,871 |   25,268 |   22,868 |  2,400
  65 and over .|     6,226 |    3,524 |    2,702 |     3,775 |    1,215 |    2,560 |    2,451 |    2,309 |    142
  Age unknown .|    63,253 |   32,385 |   30,868 |    20,891 |    8,046 |   12,845 |   42,362 |   24,339 | 18,023
               |           |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |
Part-time .....| 6,064,272 |2,553,874 |3,510,398 | 5,140,333 |1,670,674 |3,469,659 |  923,939 |  883,200 | 40,739
  Under 18 ....|   225,783 |   55,317 |  170,466 |   206,253 |   36,574 |  169,679 |   19,530 |   18,743 |    787
  18 and 19 ...|   416,976 |   76,546 |  340,430 |   398,866 |   60,883 |  337,983 |   18,110 |   15,663 |  2,447
  20 and 21 ...|   536,615 |  135,620 |  400,995 |   504,432 |  107,681 |  396,751 |   32,183 |   27,939 |  4,244
  22 to 24 ....|   810,220 |  349,493 |  460,727 |   715,400 |  260,469 |  454,931 |   94,820 |   89,024 |  5,796
  25 to 29 ....| 1,144,791 |  579,029 |  565,762 |   946,206 |  388,371 |  557,835 |  198,585 |  190,658 |  7,927
  30 to 34 ....|   799,763 |  385,195 |  414,568 |   648,468 |  239,347 |  409,121 |  151,295 |  145,848 |  5,447
  35 to 39 ....|   672,230 |  308,677 |  363,553 |   545,852 |  186,681 |  359,171 |  126,378 |  121,996 |  4,382
  40 to 49 ....|   946,772 |  454,690 |  492,082 |   766,645 |  279,392 |  487,253 |  180,127 |  175,298 |  4,829
  50 to 64 ....|   338,800 |  141,044 |  197,756 |   282,737 |   86,338 |  196,399 |   56,063 |   54,706 |  1,357
  65 and over .|    73,186 |   15,160 |   58,026 |    68,566 |   10,636 |   57,930 |    4,620 |    4,524 |     96
  Age unknown .|    99,136 |   53,103 |   46,033 |    56,908 |   14,302 |   42,606 |   42,228 |   38,801 |  3,427
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               |                                      Percentage distribution
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All students ..|     100.0 |    100.0 |    100.0 |     100.0 |    100.0 |    100.0 |    100.0 |    100.0 |  100.0
  Under 18 ....|       2.4 |      1.6 |      3.8 |       2.6 |      1.4 |      3.9 |      1.8 |      1.8 |    1.7
  18 and 19 ...|      20.5 |     21.0 |     19.6 |      20.3 |     21.2 |     19.4 |     20.9 |     20.7 |   23.2
  20 and 21 ...|      18.8 |     21.0 |     15.3 |      18.6 |     21.7 |     15.3 |     19.4 |     19.7 |   15.4
  22 to 24 ....|      15.9 |     17.8 |     12.9 |      16.4 |     19.7 |     12.8 |     14.2 |     14.2 |   14.1
  25 to 29 ....|      14.7 |     15.1 |     14.0 |      14.5 |     15.1 |     13.9 |     15.2 |     15.2 |   14.9
  30 to 34 ....|       8.3 |      7.6 |      9.5 |       8.3 |      7.1 |      9.5 |      8.5 |      8.5 |    8.4
  35 to 39 ....|       6.5 |      5.5 |      8.0 |       6.4 |      4.9 |      8.1 |      6.6 |      6.6 |    5.9
  40 to 49 ....|       8.5 |      7.2 |     10.5 |       8.5 |      6.5 |     10.7 |      8.3 |      8.5 |    5.9
  50 to 64 ....|       2.8 |      2.1 |      4.0 |       2.9 |      1.8 |      4.1 |      2.5 |      2.5 |    1.5
  65 and over .|       0.5 |      0.2 |      1.1 |       0.6 |      0.2 |      1.1 |      0.2 |      0.2 |    0.1
  Age unknown .|       1.1 |      1.0 |      1.4 |       0.7 |      0.4 |      1.0 |      2.6 |      2.1 |    8.8
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Full-time .....|     100.0 |    100.0 |    100.0 |     100.0 |    100.0 |    100.0 |    100.0 |    100.0 |  100.0
  Under 18 ....|       1.5 |      1.3 |      2.1 |       1.4 |      1.1 |      2.2 |      1.7 |      1.7 |    1.6
  18 and 19 ...|      30.2 |     28.3 |     36.2 |      31.0 |     28.2 |     37.2 |     28.3 |     28.4 |   26.7
  20 and 21 ...|      26.0 |     27.3 |     21.8 |      26.1 |     27.8 |     22.4 |     25.5 |     26.4 |   16.3
  22 to 24 ....|      17.7 |     19.4 |     12.5 |      18.5 |     21.3 |     12.3 |     15.7 |     15.8 |   14.1
  25 to 29 ....|      11.6 |     12.1 |     10.3 |      11.2 |     11.8 |      9.9 |     12.7 |     12.6 |   14.0
  30 to 34 ....|       4.8 |      4.6 |      5.6 |       4.6 |      4.2 |      5.4 |      5.5 |      5.3 |    7.4
  35 to 39 ....|       3.1 |      2.8 |      4.1 |       2.9 |      2.4 |      4.0 |      3.8 |      3.7 |    5.0
  40 to 49 ....|       3.3 |      3.0 |      4.5 |       3.1 |      2.5 |      4.5 |      4.0 |      3.9 |    4.7
  50 to 64 ....|       0.8 |      0.7 |      1.2 |       0.7 |      0.5 |      1.2 |      1.1 |      1.0 |    1.2
  65 and over .|       0.1 |      0.1 |      0.1 |       0.1 |      0.0 |      0.1 |      0.1 |      0.1 |    0.2
  Age unknown .|       0.7 |      0.5 |      1.5 |       0.3 |      0.2 |      0.7 |      1.8 |      1.1 |    8.8
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Part-time .....|     100.0 |    100.0 |    100.0 |     100.0 |    100.0 |    100.0 |    100.0 |    100.0 |  100.0
  Under 18 ....|       3.7 |      2.2 |      4.9 |       4.0 |      2.2 |      4.9 |      2.1 |      2.1 |    1.9
  18 and 19 ...|       6.9 |      3.0 |      9.7 |       7.8 |      3.6 |      9.7 |      2.0 |      1.8 |    6.0
  20 and 21 ...|       8.8 |      5.3 |     11.4 |       9.8 |      6.4 |     11.4 |      3.5 |      3.2 |   10.4
  22 to 24 ....|      13.4 |     13.7 |     13.1 |      13.9 |     15.6 |     13.1 |     10.3 |     10.1 |   14.2
  25 to 29 ....|      18.9 |     22.7 |     16.1 |      18.4 |     23.2 |     16.1 |     21.5 |     21.6 |   19.5
  30 to 34 ....|      13.2 |     15.1 |     11.8 |      12.6 |     14.3 |     11.8 |     16.4 |     16.5 |   13.4
  35 to 39 ....|      11.1 |     12.1 |     10.4 |      10.6 |     11.2 |     10.4 |     13.7 |     13.8 |   10.8
  40 to 49 ....|      15.6 |     17.8 |     14.0 |      14.9 |     16.7 |     14.0 |     19.5 |     19.8 |   11.9
  50 to 64 ....|       5.6 |      5.5 |      5.6 |       5.5 |      5.2 |      5.7 |      6.1 |      6.2 |    3.3
  65 and over .|       1.2 |      0.6 |      1.7 |       1.3 |      0.6 |      1.7 |      0.5 |      0.5 |    0.2
  Age unknown .|       1.6 |      2.1 |      1.3 |       1.1 |      0.9 |      1.2 |      4.6 |      4.4 |    8.4
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NOTE.--Data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting higher education institutions that were eligible to participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Because of rounding, details may not add to 100.0 percent.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment, 1997" survey. (This table was prepared July 1999.)
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