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Projections of Education Statistics to 2017

NCES 2008-078
September 2008


Table A-9.  Actual and projected numbers for the percentage distribution of part-time students at degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by sex and age group: Fall 2006, and 2007 through 2017

Institution type and age Men   Women
Actual 2006 Projected
2007 through 2017
Actual 2006 Projected
2007 through 2017
           
18 and 19 years old          
Undergraduate, 4-year institutions 22.8 20.7   19.7 19.8
Undergraduate, 2-year institutions 77.2 79.2   80.3 79.9
Postbaccalaureate, 4-year institutions # 0.1   # 0.3
           
20 and 21 years old          
Undergraduate, 4-year institutions 26.0 26.8   40.3 33.9
Undergraduate, 2-year institutions 73.3 72.7   57.6 65.1
Postbaccalaureate, 4-year institutions 0.8 0.5   2.0 1.0
           
22 to 24 years old          
Undergraduate, 4-year institutions 34.5 34.2   27.5 28.6
Undergraduate, 2-year institutions 54.4 56.1   60.0 59.6
Postbaccalaureate, 4-year institutions 11.1 9.7   12.6 11.8
           
25 to 29 years old          
Undergraduate, 4-year institutions 28.5 28.2   21.1 22.8
Undergraduate, 2-year institutions 52.3 52.5   56.2 53.9
Postbaccalaureate, 4-year institutions 19.2 19.4   22.8 23.3
           
30 to 34 years old          
Undergraduate, 4-year institutions 21.2 23.6   22.2 23.3
Undergraduate, 2-year institutions 52.2 47.1   50.1 52.4
Postbaccalaureate, 4-year institutions 26.6 29.3   27.8 24.3
           
35 years and over          
Undergraduate, 4-year institutions 23.6 21.6   24.8 23.2
Undergraduate, 2-year institutions 48.9 51.7   52.0 52.3
Postbaccalaureate, 4-year institutions 27.6 26.7   23.2 24.6
# 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 November 2007.)