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| Table A-8. Actual and projected numbers for the percentage distribution of full-time students at degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by sex and age group: Fall 2005, and 2006 through 2016 |
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| Men | Women | ||||
| Institution type and age | Actual 2005 | Projected 2006 through 2016 |
Actual 2005 | Projected 2006 through 2016 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate, 4-year institutions | |||||
| 16 and 17 years old | 68.7 | 63.8 | 71.4 | 66.9 | |
| 18 and 19 years old | 67.2 | 66.0 | 66.9 | 67.3 | |
| 20 and 21 years old | 74.1 | 75.7 | 80.4 | 79.4 | |
| 22 to 24 years old | 68.4 | 65.3 | 62.0 | 61.4 | |
| 25 to 29 years old | 38.1 | 40.1 | 41.4 | 39.8 | |
| 30 to 34 years old | 31.2 | 36.1 | 33.2 | 32.9 | |
| 35 years and over | 42.3 | 39.3 | 39.8 | 38.6 | |
| Undergraduate, 2-year institutions | |||||
| 16 and 17 years old | 31.3 | 34.7 | 28.6 | 31.0 | |
| 18 and 19 years old | 32.8 | 33.6 | 33.1 | 32.3 | |
| 20 and 21 years old | 22.4 | 21.5 | 17.6 | 18.6 | |
| 22 to 24 years old | 16.6 | 17.4 | 19.0 | 17.7 | |
| 25 to 29 years old | 18.7 | 19.4 | 22.3 | 25.2 | |
| 30 to 34 years old | 18.0 | 19.3 | 38.2 | 37.3 | |
| 35 years and over | 27.7 | 28.9 | 29.1 | 33.0 | |
| Postbaccalaureate, 4-year institutions | |||||
| 16 and 17 years old | # | 1.5 | # | 2.1 | |
| 18 and 19 years old | # | 0.4 | # | 0.3 | |
| 20 and 21 years old | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 2.0 | |
| 22 to 24 years old | 15.0 | 17.3 | 19.0 | 20.9 | |
| 25 to 29 years old | 43.2 | 40.5 | 36.3 | 35.0 | |
| 30 to 34 years old | 50.9 | 44.5 | 28.6 | 29.8 | |
| 35 years and over | 30.0 | 31.8 | 31.1 | 28.4 | |
| # Rounds to zero. |
| NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Model, 1980–2005. (This table was prepared May 2007.) |
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