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Table 7. Number and percentage distribution of undergraduate students enrolled at Title IV institutions, by enrollment status, gender, student age, and level and control of institution: United States, fall 2021
Student age and level and control of institution Total students Full-time Part-time
Total Percent Men Percent Women Percent Total Percent Men Percent Women Percent Total Percent Men Percent Women Percent
  
  All students 15,823,484 100.0 6,663,372 42.1 9,160,112 57.9 9,767,246 100.0 4,233,001 43.3 5,534,245 56.7 6,056,238 100.0 2,430,371 40.1 3,625,867 59.9
     
Under 18 years old 1,516,179 100.0 618,755 40.8 897,424 59.2 256,887 100.0 100,055 38.9 156,832 61.1 1,259,292 100.0 518,700 41.2 740,592 58.8
 4-year
  Public 550,871 36.3 216,559 14.3 334,312 22.0 123,850 48.2 46,885 18.3 76,965 30.0 427,021 33.9 169,674 13.5 257,347 20.4
  Private nonprofit 118,338 7.8 49,131 3.2 69,207 4.6 37,253 14.5 15,790 6.1 21,463 8.4 81,085 6.4 33,341 2.6 47,744 3.8
  Private for-profit 3,150 0.2 1,078 0.1 2,072 0.1 1,011 0.4 389 0.2 622 0.2 2,139 0.2 689 0.1 1,450 0.1
 2-year
  Public 828,248 54.6 344,551 22.7 483,697 31.9 90,610 35.3 35,633 13.9 54,977 21.4 737,638 58.6 308,918 24.5 428,720 34.0
  Private nonprofit 866 0.1 174 # 692 # 602 0.2 81 # 521 0.2 264 # 93 # 171 #
  Private for-profit 737 # 271 # 466 # 652 0.3 259 0.1 393 0.2 85 # 12 # 73 #
 Less-than-2-year
  Public 11,803 0.8 6,505 0.4 5,298 0.3 1,170 0.5 574 0.2 596 0.2 10,633 0.8 5,931 0.5 4,702 0.4
  Private nonprofit 60 # 30 # 30 # 60 # 30 # 30 # 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Private for-profit 2,106 0.1 456 # 1,650 0.1 1,679 0.7 414 0.2 1,265 0.5 427 # 42 # 385 #
     
18-24 years old 10,276,530 100.0 4,551,330 44.3 5,725,200 55.7 7,932,690 100.0 3,528,820 44.5 4,403,870 55.5 2,343,840 100.0 1,022,510 43.6 1,321,330 56.4
 4-year
  Public 5,582,493 54.3 2,499,002 24.3 3,083,491 30.0 4,657,751 58.7 2,083,331 26.3 2,574,420 32.5 924,742 39.5 415,671 17.7 509,071 21.7
  Private nonprofit 2,010,721 19.6 876,013 8.5 1,134,708 11.0 1,879,097 23.7 821,590 10.4 1,057,507 13.3 131,624 5.6 54,423 2.3 77,201 3.3
  Private for-profit 161,232 1.6 56,514 0.5 104,718 1.0 115,868 1.5 42,572 0.5 73,296 0.9 45,364 1.9 13,942 0.6 31,422 1.3
 2-year
  Public 2,276,327 22.2 1,033,170 10.1 1,243,157 12.1 1,071,056 13.5 508,451 6.4 562,605 7.1 1,205,271 51.4 524,719 22.4 680,552 29.0
  Private nonprofit 14,930 0.1 5,812 0.1 9,118 0.1 13,015 0.2 5,314 0.1 7,701 0.1 1,915 0.1 498 # 1,417 0.1
  Private for-profit 95,035 0.9 40,500 0.4 54,535 0.5 90,288 1.1 38,601 0.5 51,687 0.7 4,747 0.2 1,899 0.1 2,848 0.1
 Less-than-2-year
  Public 24,963 0.2 13,635 0.1 11,328 0.1 11,649 0.1 5,301 0.1 6,348 0.1 13,314 0.6 8,334 0.4 4,980 0.2
  Private nonprofit 3,136 # 1,415 # 1,721 # 3,090 # 1,390 # 1,700 # 46 # 25 # 21 #
  Private for-profit 107,693 1.0 25,269 0.2 82,424 0.8 90,876 1.1 22,270 0.3 68,606 0.9 16,817 0.7 2,999 0.1 13,818 0.6
25-39 years old 3,010,607 100.0 1,148,959 38.2 1,861,648 61.8 1,259,076 100.0 497,301 39.5 761,775 60.5 1,751,531 100.0 651,658 37.2 1,099,873 62.8
 4-year
  Public 1,047,926 34.8 447,433 14.9 600,493 19.9 434,290 34.5 196,761 15.6 237,529 18.9 613,636 35.0 250,672 14.3 362,964 20.7
  Private nonprofit 399,863 13.3 160,007 5.3 239,856 8.0 219,388 17.4 89,001 7.1 130,387 10.4 180,475 10.3 71,006 4.1 109,469 6.2
  Private for-profit 310,843 10.3 102,629 3.4 208,214 6.9 178,985 14.2 60,396 4.8 118,589 9.4 131,858 7.5 42,233 2.4 89,625 5.1
 2-year
  Public 1,042,298 34.6 372,557 12.4 669,741 22.2 252,812 20.1 96,701 7.7 156,111 12.4 789,486 45.1 275,856 15.7 513,630 29.3
  Private nonprofit 12,956 0.4 2,744 0.1 10,212 0.3 9,912 0.8 2,250 0.2 7,662 0.6 3,044 0.2 494 # 2,550 0.1
  Private for-profit 91,036 3.0 30,300 1.0 60,736 2.0 84,238 6.7 27,875 2.2 56,363 4.5 6,798 0.4 2,425 0.1 4,373 0.2
 Less-than-2-year
  Public 17,149 0.6 8,847 0.3 8,302 0.3 8,634 0.7 3,035 0.2 5,599 0.4 8,515 0.5 5,812 0.3 2,703 0.2
  Private nonprofit 2,996 0.1 1,164 # 1,832 0.1 2,932 0.2 1,134 0.1 1,798 0.1 64 # 30 # 34 #
  Private for-profit 85,540 2.8 23,278 0.8 62,262 2.1 67,885 5.4 20,148 1.6 47,737 3.8 17,655 1.0 3,130 0.2 14,525 0.8
     
40 years old and over 1,003,140 100.0 337,404 33.6 665,736 66.4 310,709 100.0 103,751 33.4 206,958 66.6 692,431 100.0 233,653 33.7 458,778 66.3
 4-year
  Public 281,092 28.0 97,784 9.7 183,308 18.3 68,049 21.9 23,277 7.5 44,772 14.4 213,043 30.8 74,507 10.8 138,536 20.0
  Private nonprofit 163,742 16.3 55,314 5.5 108,428 10.8 72,118 23.2 23,559 7.6 48,559 15.6 91,624 13.2 31,755 4.6 59,869 8.6
  Private for-profit 122,931 12.3 36,153 3.6 86,778 8.7 62,218 20.0 19,358 6.2 42,860 13.8 60,713 8.8 16,795 2.4 43,918 6.3
 2-year
  Public 381,343 38.0 130,012 13.0 251,331 25.1 63,432 20.4 22,259 7.2 41,173 13.3 317,911 45.9 107,753 15.6 210,158 30.4
  Private nonprofit 4,215 0.4 855 0.1 3,360 0.3 3,201 1.0 655 0.2 2,546 0.8 1,014 0.1 200 # 814 0.1
  Private for-profit 25,463 2.5 8,587 0.9 16,876 1.7 23,121 7.4 7,876 2.5 15,245 4.9 2,342 0.3 711 0.1 1,631 0.2
 Less-than-2-year
  Public 4,849 0.5 2,153 0.2 2,696 0.3 2,537 0.8 970 0.3 1,567 0.5 2,312 0.3 1,183 0.2 1,129 0.2
  Private nonprofit 1,068 0.1 418 # 650 0.1 1,048 0.3 406 0.1 642 0.2 20 # 12 # 8 #
  Private for-profit 18,437 1.8 6,128 0.6 12,309 1.2 14,985 4.8 5,391 1.7 9,594 3.1 3,452 0.5 737 0.1 2,715 0.4
     
Age unknown 17,028 100.0 6,924 40.7 10,104 59.3 7,884 100.0 3,074 39.0 4,810 61.0 9,144 100.0 3,850 42.1 5,294 57.9
 4-year
  Public 4,271 25.1 1,514 8.9 2,757 16.2 1,561 19.8 568 7.2 993 12.6 2,710 29.6 946 10.3 1,764 19.3
  Private nonprofit 4,897 28.8 2,059 12.1 2,838 16.7 2,492 31.6 1,045 13.3 1,447 18.4 2,405 26.3 1,014 11.1 1,391 15.2
  Private for-profit 1,422 8.4 648 3.8 774 4.5 1,051 13.3 488 6.2 563 7.1 371 4.1 160 1.7 211 2.3
 2-year
  Public 4,084 24.0 1,997 11.7 2,087 12.3 1,144 14.5 496 6.3 648 8.2 2,940 32.2 1,501 16.4 1,439 15.7
  Private nonprofit 269 1.6 87 0.5 182 1.1 200 2.5 64 0.8 136 1.7 69 0.8 23 0.3 46 0.5
  Private for-profit 552 3.2 152 0.9 400 2.3 520 6.6 134 1.7 386 4.9 32 0.3 18 0.2 14 0.2
 Less-than-2-year
  Public 496 2.9 221 1.3 275 1.6 202 2.6 71 0.9 131 1.7 294 3.2 150 1.6 144 1.6
  Private nonprofit 51 0.3 12 0.1 39 0.2 51 0.6 12 0.2 39 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Private for-profit 986 5.8 234 1.4 752 4.4 663 8.4 196 2.5 467 5.9 323 3.5 38 0.4 285 3.1

# 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. United States includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and the U.S. Air Force Academy are not Title IV eligible but are included in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) universe because they are federally funded and open to the public; they are included in this table. The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy is Title IV eligible and is also included in this table. Percentages in the columns of this table use the corresponding count in the appropriate total row of each section and the total column of each section as the denominator. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Definitions for terms used in this table may be found in the collection year's archived downloadable glossary located at https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data/annual-survey-forms-packages-archived?year=2021.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Spring 2022, Fall Enrollment component (final data).