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Table A1.8.-Full-time enrollment, by level enrolled and type of institution, as a percent of total enrollment, for each age and sex classification
Age
Men
Women
1997 2005 2010 1997 2005 2010
  Undergraduate, 4-year institutions
16-17 years old 51.2 60.6 60.6 63.1 64.9 64.9
18-19 years old 65.8 65.2 65.2 69.7 69.2 69.2
20-21 years old 77.0 79.1 79.1 78.5 78.7 78.7
22-24 years old 66.1 65.2 65.2 64.1 61.7 61.7
25-29 years old 42.4 41.8 41.8 38.6 41.6 41.6
30-34 years old 32.1 36.3 36.3 44.6 42.9 42.9
35 years and over 48.1 41.2 41.2 38.7 40.6 40.6
  Undergraduate, 2-year institutions
16-17 years old 48.8 38.4 38.4 36.9 34.3 34.3
18-19 years old 33.1 34.2 34.2 29.7 30.3 30.3
20-21 years old 20.5 19.1 19.1 20.1 19.9 19.9
22-24 years old 15.6 16.3 16.3 15.6 16.9 16.9
25-29 years old 16.9 16.9 16.9 24.9 24.8 24.8
30-34 years old 20.1 20.3 20.3 32.2 34.0 34.0
35 years and over 21.4 24.0 24.0 33.8 33.1 33.1
  Postbaccalaureate, 4-year institutions
16-17 years old 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.8 0.8
18-19 years old 1.1 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4
20-21 years old 2.6 1.7 1.7 1.4 1.4 1.4
22-24 years old 18.3 18.5 18.5 20.4 21.4 21.4
25-29 years old 40.6 41.3 41.3 36.5 33.6 33.6
30-34 years old 47.9 43.5 43.5 23.2 23.1 23.1
35 years and over 30.5 34.8 34.8 27.5 26.3 26.3
NOTE: Projections shown for 2005 and 2010 were adjusted to add to 100 percent before computing projections shown in tables 10 through 29.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education Enrollment Model. (This table was prepared March 2000.)

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