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| Enrollment in Title IV institutions, by attendance status, sector of institution, and student age: United States, fall 2005 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total students | Full-time | Part-time | ||||
| Sector of institution and student age | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent |
| Total students | 17,921,804 | 100.0 | 11,151,925 | 100.0 | 6,769,879 | 100.0 |
| Public 4-year | 6,837,641 | 38.2 | 5,021,781 | 45.0 | 1,815,860 | 26.8 |
| Under 18 | 128,219 | 0.7 | 55,244 | 0.5 | 72,975 | 1.1 |
| 18-24 | 4,565,654 | 25.5 | 4,037,613 | 36.2 | 528,041 | 7.8 |
| 25-39 | 1,624,972 | 9.1 | 800,621 | 7.2 | 824,351 | 12.2 |
| 40 and over | 509,253 | 2.8 | 125,856 | 1.1 | 383,397 | 5.7 |
| Age unknown | 9,543 | 0.1 | 2,447 | # | 7,096 | 0.1 |
| Public 2-year | 6,234,948 | 34.8 | 2,420,292 | 21.7 | 3,814,656 | 56.3 |
| Under 18 | 375,122 | 2.1 | 62,501 | 0.6 | 312,621 | 4.6 |
| 18-24 | 3,240,836 | 18.1 | 1,774,077 | 15.9 | 1,466,759 | 21.7 |
| 25-39 | 1,682,378 | 9.4 | 437,833 | 3.9 | 1,244,545 | 18.4 |
| 40 and over | 906,582 | 5.1 | 137,936 | 1.2 | 768,646 | 11.4 |
| Age unknown | 30,030 | 0.2 | 7,945 | 0.1 | 22,085 | 0.3 |
| Public less-than-2-year | 42,588 | 0.2 | 26,226 | 0.2 | 16,362 | 0.2 |
| Under 18 | 2,561 | # | 480 | # | 2,081 | # |
| 18-24 | 14,167 | 0.1 | 9,398 | 0.1 | 4,769 | 0.1 |
| 25-39 | 15,564 | 0.1 | 10,843 | 0.1 | 4,721 | 0.1 |
| 40 and over | 8,219 | # | 4,952 | # | 3,267 | # |
| Age unknown | 2,077 | # | 553 | # | 1,524 | # |
| Private not-for-profit 4-year | 3,411,638 | 19.0 | 2,535,258 | 22.7 | 876,380 | 12.9 |
| Under 18 | 59,337 | 0.3 | 33,767 | 0.3 | 25,570 | 0.4 |
| 18-24 | 1,999,256 | 11.2 | 1,857,485 | 16.7 | 141,771 | 2.1 |
| 25-39 | 942,074 | 5.3 | 505,080 | 4.5 | 436,994 | 6.5 |
| 40 and over | 360,707 | 2.0 | 121,636 | 1.1 | 239,071 | 3.5 |
| Age unknown | 50,264 | 0.3 | 17,290 | 0.2 | 32,974 | 0.5 |
| Private not-for-profit 2-year | 59,978 | 0.3 | 40,861 | 0.4 | 19,117 | 0.3 |
| Under 18 | 1,271 | # | 491 | # | 780 | # |
| 18-24 | 30,714 | 0.2 | 25,183 | 0.2 | 5,531 | 0.1 |
| 25-39 | 18,863 | 0.1 | 11,132 | 0.1 | 7,731 | 0.1 |
| 40 and over | 7,925 | # | 3,462 | # | 4,463 | 0.1 |
| Age unknown | 1,205 | # | 593 | # | 612 | # |
| Private not-for-profit less-than-2-year | 12,397 | 0.1 | 11,311 | 0.1 | 1,086 | # |
| Under 18 | 324 | # | 254 | # | 70 | # |
| 18-24 | 4,670 | # | 4,278 | # | 392 | # |
| 25-39 | 5,046 | # | 4,638 | # | 408 | # |
| 40 and over | 2,267 | # | 2,054 | # | 213 | # |
| Age unknown | 90 | # | 87 | # | 3 | # |
| Private for-profit 4-year | 750,645 | 4.2 | 593,671 | 5.3 | 156,974 | 2.3 |
| Under 18 | 3,977 | # | 3,363 | # | 614 | # |
| 18-24 | 204,555 | 1.1 | 168,564 | 1.5 | 35,991 | 0.5 |
| 25-39 | 370,275 | 2.1 | 290,003 | 2.6 | 80,272 | 1.2 |
| 40 and over | 161,038 | 0.9 | 123,203 | 1.1 | 37,835 | 0.6 |
| Age unknown | 10,800 | 0.1 | 8,538 | 0.1 | 2,262 | # |
| Private for-profit 2-year | 318,670 | 1.8 | 284,650 | 2.6 | 34,020 | 0.5 |
| Under 18 | 2,839 | # | 2,679 | # | 160 | # |
| 18-24 | 168,626 | 0.9 | 155,698 | 1.4 | 12,928 | 0.2 |
| 25-39 | 112,153 | 0.6 | 96,627 | 0.9 | 15,526 | 0.2 |
| 40 and over | 28,067 | 0.2 | 23,787 | 0.2 | 4,280 | 0.1 |
| Age unknown | 6,985 | # | 5,859 | 0.1 | 1,126 | # |
| Private for-profit less-than-2-year | 253,299 | 1.4 | 217,875 | 2.0 | 35,424 | 0.5 |
| Under 18 | 3,870 | # | 2,669 | # | 1,201 | # |
| 18-24 | 122,135 | 0.7 | 108,129 | 1.0 | 14,006 | 0.2 |
| 25-39 | 96,400 | 0.5 | 81,381 | 0.7 | 15,019 | 0.2 |
| 40 and over | 24,772 | 0.1 | 20,329 | 0.2 | 4,443 | 0.1 |
| Age unknown | 6,122 | # | 5,367 | # | 755 | # |
# Rounds to zero.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Due to natural disaster, six institutions were unable to respond to this survey; their data were not imputed, and they are not represented in this table.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2006, Enrollment component.
