| Table A-19. Actual and projected percentages of full-time students at postsecondary degree-granting institutions, by sex, age group, student level, and level of institution: Fall 2010, and fall 2011 through fall 2021 |
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| Age, student level, and level of institution | Men | Women | |||
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| Actual 2010 | Projected 2011 through 2021 |
Actual 2010 | Projected 2011 through 2021 |
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| 18 and 19 years old | |||||
| Undergraduate, 4-year institutions | 64.8 | 65.4 | 68.0 | 67.7 | |
| Undergraduate, 2-year institutions | 34.2 | 34.0 | 31.8 | 32.0 | |
| Postbaccalaureate, 4-year institutions | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
| 20 and 21 years old | |||||
| Undergraduate, 4-year institutions | 76.1 | 77.2 | 78.2 | 78.5 | |
| Undergraduate, 2-year institutions | 20.6 | 20.9 | 20.0 | 19.6 | |
| Postbaccalaureate, 4-year institutions | 3.3 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.9 | |
| 22 to 24 years old | |||||
| Undergraduate, 4-year institutions | 61.2 | 61.0 | 59.2 | 59.1 | |
| Undergraduate, 2-year institutions | 19.9 | 19.9 | 18.8 | 18.7 | |
| Postbaccalaureate, 4-year institutions | 18.9 | 19.1 | 22.0 | 22.1 | |
| 25 to 29 years old | |||||
| Undergraduate, 4-year institutions | 40.8 | 40.1 | 40.1 | 40.1 | |
| Undergraduate, 2-year institutions | 23.9 | 22.1 | 26.6 | 26.6 | |
| Postbaccalaureate, 4-year institutions | 35.4 | 37.8 | 33.3 | 33.3 | |
| 30 to 34 years old | |||||
| Undergraduate, 4-year institutions | 41.4 | 41.3 | 44.5 | 44.5 | |
| Undergraduate, 2-year institutions | 27.0 | 27.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | |
| Postbaccalaureate, 4-year institutions | 31.6 | 31.7 | 25.4 | 25.4 | |
| 35 years and over | |||||
| Undergraduate, 4-year institutions | 48.4 | 48.1 | 43.5 | 43.6 | |
| Undergraduate, 2-year institutions | 26.0 | 25.8 | 32.6 | 32.7 | |
| Postbaccalaureate, 4-year institutions | 25.5 | 26.1 | 23.9 | 23.8 | |
| # Rounds to zero. | |||||
| NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. | |||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Spring 2011; Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Model, 1980–2010; and U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, "Social and Economic Characteristics of Students," 2010. (This table was prepared February 2012.) |
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