National Center for Education Statistics

Number and percentage distribution of students enrolled at Title IV institutions, by enrolled status, student age, and level and control of institution: United States, fall 2015
Student age and level and control of institution	All students		Full-time		Part-time
Student age and level and control of institution	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
All students	20,400,164	100.0	12,601,088	100.0	7,799,076	100.0
Under 18 years old	1,076,004	100.0	210,277	100.0	865,727	100.0
4-year
Public	310,082	28.8	89,420	42.5	220,662	25.5
Private nonprofit	97,417	9.1	38,936	18.5	58,481	6.8
Private for-profit	4,015	0.4	1,245	0.6	2,770	0.3
2-year
Public	649,456	60.4	76,956	36.6	572,500	66.1
Private nonprofit	1,325	0.1	347	0.2	978	0.1
Private for-profit	1,647	0.2	1,536	0.7	111	#
Less-than-2-year
Public	10,011	0.9	193	0.1	9,818	1.1
Private nonprofit	111	#	87	#	24	#
Private for-profit	1,940	0.2	1,557	0.7	383	#
18-24 years old	11,942,739	100.0	9,170,041	100.0	2,772,698	100.0
4-year
Public	5,673,110	47.5	4,920,562	53.7	752,548	27.1
Private nonprofit	2,319,245	19.4	2,142,320	23.4	176,925	6.4
Private for-profit	238,780	2.0	177,738	1.9	61,042	2.2
2-year
Public	3,415,593	28.6	1,673,123	18.2	1,742,470	62.8
Private nonprofit	26,106	0.2	21,658	0.2	4,448	0.2
Private for-profit	132,763	1.1	123,375	1.3	9,388	0.3
Less-than-2-year
Public	19,768	0.2	10,840	0.1	8,928	0.3
Private nonprofit	6,939	0.1	6,687	0.1	252	#
Private for-profit	110,435	0.9	93,738	1.0	16,697	0.6
25-39 years old	5,410,843	100.0	2,575,284	100.0	2,835,559	100.0
4-year
Public	1,872,944	34.6	944,477	36.7	928,467	32.7
Private nonprofit	1,144,101	21.1	652,756	25.3	491,345	17.3
Private for-profit	581,184	10.7	349,153	13.6	232,031	8.2
2-year
Public	1,571,955	29.1	432,164	16.8	1,139,791	40.2
Private nonprofit	20,174	0.4	14,004	0.5	6,170	0.2
Private for-profit	111,624	2.1	98,332	3.8	13,292	0.5
Less-than-2-year
Public	15,333	0.3	9,486	0.4	5,847	0.2
Private nonprofit	6,170	0.1	5,901	0.2	269	#
Private for-profit	87,358	1.6	69,011	2.7	18,347	0.6
40 years old and over	1,925,267	100.0	623,397	100.0	1,301,870	100.0
4-year
Public	488,349	25.4	125,689	20.2	362,660	27.9
Private nonprofit	435,889	22.6	165,521	26.6	270,368	20.8
Private for-profit	298,116	15.5	157,022	25.2	141,094	10.8
2-year
Public	632,568	32.9	119,284	19.1	513,284	39.4
Private nonprofit	7,694	0.4	4,745	0.8	2,949	0.2
Private for-profit	32,643	1.7	27,830	4.5	4,813	0.4
Less-than-2-year
Public	4,451	0.2	2,850	0.5	1,601	0.1
Private nonprofit	2,535	0.1	2,425	0.4	110	#
Private for-profit	23,022	1.2	18,031	2.9	4,991	0.4
Age unknown	45,311	100.0	22,089	100.0	23,222	100.0
4-year
Public	4,054	8.9	1,029	4.7	3,025	13
Private nonprofit	19,587	43.2	10,021	45.4	9,566	41.2
Private for-profit	2,227	4.9	1,253	5.7	974	4.2
2-year
Public	13,818	30.5	5,879	26.6	7,939	34.2
Private nonprofit	1,123	2.5	681	3.1	442	1.9
Private for-profit	1,277	2.8	1,141	5.2	136	0.6
Less-than-2-year
Public	829	1.8	233	1.1	596	2.6
Private nonprofit	34	0.1	30	0.1	4	#
Private for-profit	2,362	5.2	1,822	8.2	540	2.3

# Rounds to zero.

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 2016, Fall Enrollment component (final data).

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