Table 12. Actual and low alternative projected numbers for total enrollment in all degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by sex, age, and attendance status: Selected years, fall 1996 through fall 2016

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Table 12. Actual and low alternative projected numbers for total enrollment in all degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by sex, age, and attendance status: Selected years, fall 1996 through fall 2016 [In thousands]

	Actual			Projected (low alternative)
Sex, age, and attendance status	1996	2001	2005	2011	2016
Total enrollment	14,368	15,928	17,487	18,803	20,012
14 to 17 years old	231	133	199	173	184
18 and 19 years old	3,038	3,595	3,610	3,940	3,940
20 and 21 years old	2,659	3,408	3,778	4,237	4,227
22 to 24 years old	2,324	2,760	3,072	3,304	3,628
25 to 29 years old	2,128	2,014	2,384	2,678	3,087
30 to 34 years old	1,196	1,290	1,354	1,474	1,697
35 years old and over	2,791	2,727	3,090	2,998	3,248

Men	6,353	6,961	7,456	7,891	8,117
14 to 17 years old	92	54	78	79	81
18 and 19 years old	1,354	1,629	1,592	1,712	1,668
20 and 21 years old	1,228	1,591	1,778	1,950	1,898
22 to 24 years old	1,177	1,312	1,355	1,413	1,495
25 to 29 years old	991	905	978	1,071	1,181
30 to 34 years old	477	510	545	582	650
35 years old and over	1,033	961	1,130	1,084	1,145

Women	8,015	8,967	10,032	10,912	11,895
14 to 17 years old	139	79	121	93	104
18 and 19 years old	1,684	1,966	2,018	2,228	2,272
20 and 21 years old	1,430	1,817	2,000	2,287	2,329
22 to 24 years old	1,147	1,448	1,717	1,892	2,133
25 to 29 years old	1,137	1,110	1,406	1,607	1,906
30 to 34 years old	719	780	809	891	1,047
35 years old and over	1,758	1,767	1,960	1,914	2,103

Full-time, total	8,303	9,448	10,797	11,957	12,943
14 to 17 years old	166	122	131	109	120
18 and 19 years old	2,553	2,929	3,037	3,342	3,394
20 and 21 years old	2,117	2,662	3,030	3,435	3,491
22 to 24 years old	1,598	1,757	2,097	2,300	2,596
25 to 29 years old	911	883	1,136	1,319	1,609
30 to 34 years old	383	494	549	619	758
35 years old and over	575	602	818	831	975

Men	3,851	4,300	4,803	5,173	5,296
14 to 17 years old	72	43	36	42	44
18 and 19 years old	1,126	1,329	1,357	1,464	1,433
20 and 21 years old	969	1,249	1,460	1,609	1,575
22 to 24 years old	858	854	951	999	1,065
25 to 29 years old	444	397	439	487	547
30 to 34 years old	143	216	238	258	294
35 years old and over	240	212	321	313	339

Women	4,452	5,148	5,994	6,784	7,647
14 to 17 years old	95	78	94	67	77
18 and 19 years old	1,426	1,600	1,680	1,879	1,961
20 and 21 years old	1,148	1,413	1,569	1,826	1,916
22 to 24 years old	740	903	1,146	1,301	1,531
25 to 29 years old	467	486	697	832	1,062
30 to 34 years old	240	277	311	361	464
35 years old and over	336	390	497	518	636

Part-time, total	6,065	6,480	6,690	6,846	7,069
14 to 17 years old	65	11	68	64	64
18 and 19 years old	485	666	573	597	546
20 and 21 years old	542	746	748	802	736
22 to 24 years old	727	1,003	976	1,004	1,032
25 to 29 years old	1,217	1,132	1,248	1,358	1,479
30 to 34 years old	813	796	805	854	939
35 years old and over	2,216	2,126	2,272	2,167	2,273

Men	2,502	2,661	2,653	2,718	2,821
14 to 17 years old	20	11	41	37	37
18 and 19 years old	228	300	235	248	235
20 and 21 years old	260	342	318	341	323
22 to 24 years old	319	458	405	414	430
25 to 29 years old	547	508	539	584	634
30 to 34 years old	334	294	306	324	356
35 years old and over	793	749	809	770	806

Women	3,563	3,820	4,038	4,128	4,248
14 to 17 years old	45	1	27	27	27
18 and 19 years old	257	366	338	349	311
20 and 21 years old	282	404	430	460	413
22 to 24 years old	407	545	571	591	602
25 to 29 years old	670	624	709	775	845
30 to 34 years old	479	502	499	530	583
35 years old and over	1,423	1,377	1,464	1,396	1,467

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Data by age are based on the distribution by age from the Census Bureau. Mean absolute percentage errors of selected education statistics can be found in table A2, appendix A.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:96), Spring 2002 and Spring 2006; Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Model, 1980–2005; and U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, "Social and Economic Characteristics of Students," various years. (This table was prepared November 2006.)

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