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Table A1.9.-Part-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 0.0 3.0 3.0 9.1 16.0 16.0
18-19 years old 22.5 20.9 20.9 20.0 23.7 23.7
20-21 years old 22.2 27.0 27.0 19.3 24.1 24.1
22-24 years old 29.2 31.2 31.2 36.0 31.7 31.7
25-29 years old 28.8 27.9 27.9 23.5 24.5 24.5
30-34 years old 25.1 25.3 25.3 26.7 26.8 26.8
35 years and over 23.0 23.1 23.1 24.7 24.0 24.0
  Undergraduate, 2-year institutions
16-17 years old 100.0 93.8 93.8 89.5 83.4 83.4
18-19 years old 77.5 79.0 79.0 79.1 75.7 75.7
20-21 years old 77.8 72.3 72.3 79.6 74.9 74.9
22-24 years old 61.2 60.1 60.1 51.3 55.9 55.9
25-29 years old 46.1 49.8 49.8 51.5 53.8 53.8
30-34 years old 48.4 49.7 49.7 57.1 55.5 55.5
35 years and over 52.6 51.4 51.4 52.4 52.7 52.7
  Postbaccalaureate, 4-year institutions
16-17 years old 0.0 3.1 3.1 1.5 0.6 0.6
18-19 years old 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.6 0.6
20-21 years old 0.0 0.8 0.8 1.2 1.0 1.0
22-24 years old 9.5 8.7 8.7 12.7 12.4 12.4
25-29 years old 25.1 22.2 22.2 25.0 21.7 21.7
30-34 years old 26.5 25.0 25.0 16.2 17.7 17.7
35 years and over 24.4 25.5 25.5 22.8 23.3 23.3
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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