Table A-9. Actual and projected numbers for the percentage distribution of part-time students at degree-granting institutions, by sex and age group: Fall 2007, and 2008 through 2018

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Table A-9. Actual and projected numbers for the percentage distribution of part-time students at degree-granting institutions, by sex and age group: Fall 2007, and 2008 through 2018

Institution type and age	Men		Women
Institution type and age	Actual 2007	Projected 2008 through 2018	Actual 2007	Projected 2008 through 2018

18 and 19 years old
Undergraduate, 4-year institutions	20.9	20.8	26.3	22.4
Undergraduate, 2-year institutions	79.2	79.2	73.6	77.4
Postbaccalaureate, 4-year institutions	#	#	0.1	0.2

20 and 21 years old
Undergraduate, 4-year institutions	38.0	31.3	29.7	32.2
Undergraduate, 2-year institutions	61.3	68.1	70.2	67.1
Postbaccalaureate, 4-year institutions	0.8	0.6	0.1	0.6

22 to 24 years old
Undergraduate, 4-year institutions	30.0	32.5	26.0	27.6
Undergraduate, 2-year institutions	64.6	59.5	58.2	59.1
Postbaccalaureate, 4-year institutions	5.4	8.0	15.8	13.4

25 to 29 years old
Undergraduate, 4-year institutions	23.1	26.1	26.2	24.2
Undergraduate, 2-year institutions	53.1	52.7	50.9	52.7
Postbaccalaureate, 4-year institutions	23.7	21.1	22.9	23.2

30 to 34 years old
Undergraduate, 4-year institutions	19.8	22.1	25.0	24.0
Undergraduate, 2-year institutions	55.6	50.5	50.9	51.8
Postbaccalaureate, 4-year institutions	24.6	27.4	24.1	24.2

35 years and over
Undergraduate, 4-year institutions	28.9	24.6	24.7	23.8
Undergraduate, 2-year institutions	44.2	48.7	50.9	51.7
Postbaccalaureate, 4-year institutions	26.9	26.8	24.4	24.5

# Rounds to zero.

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 January 2009.)

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