Table 12. Actual and low alternative projected numbers for total enrollment in all degree-granting institutions, by sex, age, and attendance status: Selected years, fall 1998 through fall 2018

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Table 12. Actual and low alternative projected numbers for total enrollment in all degree-granting institutions, by sex, age, and attendance status: Selected years, fall 1998 through fall 2018 [In thousands]

Sex, age, and attendance status	Actual			Projected (low alternative)
Sex, age, and attendance status	1998	2003	2007	2013	2018

Total enrollment	14,507	16,911	18,248	18,908	19,882
14 to 17 years old	119	150	179	137	157
18 and 19 years old	3,382	3,479	3,978	3,848	4,006
20 and 21 years old	2,811	3,472	3,761	3,985	3,973
22 to 24 years old	2,377	3,482	3,362	3,604	3,688
25 to 29 years old	1,991	2,107	2,522	2,690	2,996
30 to 34 years old	1,195	1,369	1,428	1,653	1,797
35 years old and over	2,632	2,853	3,017	2,991	3,265
Men	6,369	7,260	7,816	8,123	8,307
14 to 17 years old	45	60	75	72	79
18 and 19 years old	1,535	1,557	1,805	1,717	1,741
20 and 21 years old	1,374	1,491	1,633	1,780	1,732
22 to 24 years old	1,127	1,605	1,551	1,653	1,632
25 to 29 years old	908	930	1,020	1,106	1,217
30 to 34 years old	463	592	659	746	793
35 years old and over	917	1,025	1,074	1,049	1,113
Women	8,138	9,651	10,432	10,786	11,575
14 to 17 years old	74	91	104	65	78
18 and 19 years old	1,847	1,921	2,173	2,131	2,265
20 and 21 years old	1,437	1,981	2,129	2,205	2,241
22 to 24 years old	1,250	1,877	1,811	1,951	2,057
25 to 29 years old	1,083	1,177	1,502	1,584	1,779
30 to 34 years old	732	777	770	907	1,004
35 years old and over	1,715	1,828	1,943	1,942	2,152
Full-time, total	8,563	10,326	11,270	11,714	12,435
14 to 17 years old	93	120	153	97	113
18 and 19 years old	2,794	2,953	3,379	3,286	3,474
20 and 21 years old	2,271	2,766	3,021	3,224	3,277
22 to 24 years old	1,564	2,144	2,133	2,304	2,433
25 to 29 years old	890	1,072	1,263	1,329	1,493
30 to 34 years old	367	512	549	651	721
35 years old and over	584	758	772	823	923
Men	3,934	4,638	5,029	5,238	5,410
14 to 17 years old	39	50	58	52	58
18 and 19 years old	1,240	1,307	1,532	1,465	1,501
20 and 21 years old	1,129	1,218	1,344	1,473	1,451
22 to 24 years old	777	1,041	1,007	1,085	1,094
25 to 29 years old	424	503	585	598	678
30 to 34 years old	141	242	228	273	304
35 years old and over	184	277	275	291	324
Women	4,630	5,688	6,240	6,475	7,024
14 to 17 years old	54	71	95	45	55
18 and 19 years old	1,555	1,645	1,847	1,821	1,973
20 and 21 years old	1,142	1,548	1,677	1,751	1,826
22 to 24 years old	787	1,103	1,127	1,219	1,339
25 to 29 years old	466	569	678	731	815
30 to 34 years old	226	270	320	377	418
35 years old and over	400	482	497	532	599
Part-time, total	5,944	6,585	6,978	7,195	7,447
14 to 17 years old	26	30	26	40	44
18 and 19 years old	588	526	600	562	532
20 and 21 years old	540	706	740	761	696
22 to 24 years old	813	1,338	1,229	1,300	1,255
25 to 29 years old	1,101	1,035	1,259	1,361	1,503
30 to 34 years old	828	856	880	1,002	1,076
35 years old and over	2,048	2,094	2,245	2,168	2,342
Men	2,436	2,622	2,786	2,884	2,896
14 to 17 years old	5	10	17	20	21
18 and 19 years old	296	250	273	252	240
20 and 21 years old	245	274	288	306	281
22 to 24 years old	350	564	544	568	537
25 to 29 years old	485	427	435	508	538
30 to 34 years old	322	350	430	472	490
35 years old and over	733	748	799	758	789
Women	3,508	3,963	4,192	4,310	4,551
14 to 17 years old	21	20	9	21	23
18 and 19 years old	292	276	327	310	292
20 and 21 years old	295	433	452	454	415
22 to 24 years old	463	774	685	732	718
25 to 29 years old	617	608	824	853	964
30 to 34 years old	506	507	449	530	586
35 years old and over	1,315	1,346	1,446	1,410	1,553

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:98), Spring 2004 and Spring 2008; Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Model, 1973–2007; and U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, "Social and Economic Characteristics of Students," various years. (This table was prepared January 2009.)

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