Table A-8. Actual and projected numbers for the percentage distribution of full-time students at degree-granting institutions, by sex and age group: Fall 2007, and 2008 through 2018

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Table A-8. Actual and projected numbers for the percentage distribution of full-time students at degree-granting institutions, by sex and age group: Fall 2007, and 2008 through 2018

Age and institution type	Men		Women
Age and institution type	Actual 2007	Projected 2008 through 2018	Actual 2007	Projected 2008 through 2018

18 and 19 years old
Undergraduate, 4-year institutions	65.9	65.3	68.7	68.4
Undergraduate, 2-year institutions	33.7	34.4	31.1	31.3
Postbaccalaureate, 4-year institutions	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.3

20 and 21 years old
Undergraduate, 4-year institutions	80.2	78.1	79.4	79.1
Undergraduate, 2-year institutions	18.3	20.0	19.0	19.0
Postbaccalaureate, 4-year institutions	1.5	1.9	1.6	2.0

22 to 24 years old
Undergraduate, 4-year institutions	61.4	64.9	60.2	60.3
Undergraduate, 2-year institutions	18.6	16.8	17.3	17.2
Postbaccalaureate, 4-year institutions	20.0	18.3	22.5	22.5

25 to 29 years old
Undergraduate, 4-year institutions	47.5	43.6	40.8	40.7
Undergraduate, 2-year institutions	17.3	17.8	22.1	23.5
Postbaccalaureate, 4-year institutions	35.3	38.7	37.0	35.8

30 to 34 years old
Undergraduate, 4-year institutions	35.2	34.9	40.0	38.9
Undergraduate, 2-year institutions	24.3	21.3	28.8	31.7
Postbaccalaureate, 4-year institutions	40.5	43.8	31.3	29.4

35 years and over
Undergraduate, 4-year institutions	39.4	40.3	41.7	40.9
Undergraduate, 2-year institutions	23.2	25.9	26.8	30.4
Postbaccalaureate, 4-year institutions	37.5	33.8	31.5	28.7

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, 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," 2007. (This table was prepared November 2008.)

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