National Center for Education Statistics

Number and percentage distribution of students enrolled at Title IV institutions, by attendance status, student age, and level and control of institution: United States, fall 2017
Student age and level and control of institution	Total Students		Full-time		Part-time
Student age and level and control of institution	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
All Students¹	20,138,477	100.0	12,355,155	100.0	7,783,322	100.0
Under 18	1,257,853	100.0	225,950	100.0	1,031,903	100.0
4-year
Public	377,324	30.0	103,457	45.8	273,867	26.5
Private nonprofit	96,346	7.7	33,523	14.8	62,823	6.1
Private for-profit	3,580	0.3	1,053	0.5	2,527	0.2
2-year
Public	765,744	60.9	83,050	36.8	682,694	66.2
Private nonprofit	710	0.1	314	0.1	396	#
Private for-profit	1,778	0.1	1,666	0.7	112	#
Less-than-2-year
Public	10,210	0.8	1,055	0.5	9,155	0.9
Private nonprofit	33	#	33	#	0	0
Private for-profit	2,128	0.2	1,799	0.8	329	#
18-24	11,922,052	100.0	9,172,592	100.0	2,749,460	100.0
4-year
Public	6,018,902	50.5	5,133,931	56.0	884,971	32.2
Private nonprofit	2,355,643	19.8	2,170,062	23.7	185,581	6.7
Private for-profit	187,345	1.6	134,289	1.5	53,056	1.9
2-year
Public	3,107,518	26.1	1,515,834	16.5	1,591,684	57.9
Private nonprofit	22,672	0.2	20,016	0.2	2,656	0.1
Private for-profit	110,323	0.9	102,299	1.1	8,024	0.3
Less-than-2-year
Public	19,090	0.2	11,094	0.1	7,996	0.3
Private nonprofit	4,356	#	4,326	#	30	#
Private for-profit	96,203	0.8	80,741	0.9	15,462	0.6
25-39	5,175,068	100.0	2,405,689	100.0	2,769,379	100.0
4-year
Public	1,947,919	37.6	946,730	39.4	1,001,189	36.2
Private nonprofit	1,169,020	22.6	670,234	27.9	498,786	18
Private for-profit	474,660	9.2	252,846	10.5	221,814	8.0
2-year
Public	1,369,670	26.5	358,379	14.9	1,011,291	36.5
Private nonprofit	22,102	0.4	18,425	0.8	3,677	0.1
Private for-profit	95,159	1.8	84,376	3.5	10,783	0.4
Less-than-2-year
Public	14,578	0.3	9,305	0.4	5,273	0.2
Private nonprofit	4,814	0.1	4,741	0.2	73	#
Private for-profit	77,146	1.5	60,653	2.5	16,493	0.6
40 and over	1,750,119	100.0	535,534	100.0	1,214,585	100.0
4-year
Public	504,705	28.8	123,442	23.1	381,263	31.4
Private nonprofit	425,420	24.3	162,647	30.4	262,773	21.6
Private for-profit	244,356	14.0	108,549	20.3	135,807	11.2
2-year
Public	512,668	29.3	89,657	16.7	423,011	34.8
Private nonprofit	8,487	0.5	7,034	1.3	1,453	0.1
Private for-profit	27,821	1.6	24,000	4.5	3,821	0.3
Less-than-2-year
Public	4,847	0.3	2,795	0.5	2,052	0.2
Private nonprofit	1,570	0.1	1,556	0.3	14	#
Private for-profit	20,245	1.2	15,854	3.0	4,391	0.4

# Rounds to zero.

¹ Includes 33,385 students reported in the “age unknown” category that are not displayed in the remainder of the table.

NOTE: Title IV institutions are those with a written agreement with the U.S. Department of Education that allows the institution to participate in any of the Title IV federal student financial assistance programs. The four U.S. service academies that

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Spring 2018, Fall Enrollment component (provisional data).

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