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 1997 through fall 2017

Projections of Education Statistics to 2017

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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 1997 through fall 2017 [In thousands]

Sex, age, and attendance status	Actual			Projected (low alternative)
Sex, age, and attendance status	1997	2002	2006	2012	2017

Total enrollment	14,502	16,612	17,759	18,597	19,404
14 to 17 years old	171	202	231	184	202
18 and 19 years old	3,061	3,571	3,769	3,862	3,851
20 and 21 years old	2,875	3,366	3,648	3,911	3,845
22 to 24 years old	2,475	2,932	3,193	3,496	3,621
25 to 29 years old	1,999	2,102	2,401	2,585	2,915
30 to 34 years old	1,109	1,300	1,409	1,569	1,738
35 years old and over	2,814	3,139	3,107	2,989	3,230
Men	6,396	7,202	7,575	8,088	8,376
14 to 17 years old	56	82	82	78	82
18 and 19 years old	1,414	1,616	1,705	1,771	1,756
20 and 21 years old	1,374	1,562	1,673	1,804	1,758
22 to 24 years old	1,200	1,342	1,470	1,616	1,654
25 to 29 years old	972	890	1,051	1,162	1,306
30 to 34 years old	443	547	557	636	708
35 years old and over	938	1,164	1,037	1,020	1,111
Women	8,106	9,410	10,184	10,509	11,028
14 to 17 years old	115	121	149	106	120
18 and 19 years old	1,647	1,955	2,064	2,091	2,095
20 and 21 years old	1,501	1,804	1,975	2,107	2,088
22 to 24 years old	1,275	1,590	1,724	1,880	1,967
25 to 29 years old	1,027	1,212	1,350	1,423	1,608
30 to 34 years old	666	753	852	933	1,030
35 years old and over	1,877	1,976	2,070	1,969	2,119
Full-time, total	8,438	9,946	10,957	11,469	11,901
14 to 17 years old	123	161	166	128	143
18 and 19 years old	2,534	2,942	3,155	3,220	3,230
20 and 21 years old	2,275	2,759	2,944	3,152	3,123
22 to 24 years old	1,606	1,922	2,093	2,295	2,401
25 to 29 years old	897	1,013	1,217	1,290	1,468
30 to 34 years old	377	465	605	659	738
35 years old and over	626	684	778	726	798
Men	3,890	4,501	4,879	5,231	5,342
14 to 17 years old	48	65	66	61	65
18 and 19 years old	1,154	1,327	1,409	1,464	1,452
20 and 21 years old	1,074	1,275	1,331	1,437	1,400
22 to 24 years old	770	936	1,003	1,108	1,130
25 to 29 years old	475	467	562	624	703
30 to 34 years old	160	183	232	266	297
35 years old and over	210	247	275	271	296
Women	4,548	5,445	6,078	6,239	6,559
14 to 17 years old	75	96	100	66	78
18 and 19 years old	1,380	1,615	1,746	1,756	1,778
20 and 21 years old	1,201	1,484	1,612	1,715	1,723
22 to 24 years old	836	985	1,090	1,187	1,271
25 to 29 years old	422	546	654	667	766
30 to 34 years old	217	282	372	392	441
35 years old and over	416	437	503	455	501
Part-time, total	6,064	6,665	6,802	7,128	7,503
14 to 17 years old	48	41	65	57	59
18 and 19 years old	526	628	614	642	621
20 and 21 years old	600	607	704	759	722
22 to 24 years old	869	1,010	1,100	1,201	1,220
25 to 29 years old	1,101	1,088	1,184	1,295	1,446
30 to 34 years old	732	835	805	911	1,000
35 years old and over	2,188	2,456	2,329	2,263	2,433
Men	2,506	2,701	2,696	2,857	3,034
14 to 17 years old	9	17	16	17	18
18 and 19 years old	260	288	297	307	304
20 and 21 years old	300	287	341	368	357
22 to 24 years old	430	405	466	508	525
25 to 29 years old	497	423	488	538	604
30 to 34 years old	283	364	325	370	411
35 years old and over	728	917	762	749	815
Women	3,559	3,964	4,106	4,271	4,469
14 to 17 years old	39	24	48	40	42
18 and 19 years old	267	340	318	335	318
20 and 21 years old	300	320	363	392	365
22 to 24 years old	439	605	634	693	696
25 to 29 years old	605	666	696	757	843
30 to 34 years old	449	471	480	540	589
35 years old and over	1,460	1,539	1,567	1,514	1,617

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:97), Spring 2003 and Spring 2007; Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Model, 1980–2006; and U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, "Social and Economic Characteristics of Students," various years. (This table was prepared November 2007.)

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