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Enrollment in Title IV institutions, by attendance status, student age, and sector of institution: United States, fall 2009
  Total students Full-time Part-time
Student age and sector of institution Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
   
   Total students 20,966,826 100.0 13,163,220 100.0 7,803,606 100.0
Under 18 775,037 100.0 183,327 100.0 591,710 100.0
  Public 4-year 183,963 23.7 68,954 37.6 115,009 19.4
  Public 2-year 507,742 65.5 73,583 40.1 434,159 73.4
  Public less-than-2-year 6,199 0.8 620 0.3 5,579 0.9
  Private not-for-profit 4-year 65,185 8.4 31,142 17.0 34,043 5.8
  Private not-for-profit 2-year 994 0.1 315 0.2 679 0.1
  Private not-for-profit less-than-2-year 217 # 132 0.1 85 #
  Private for-profit 4-year 3,267 0.4 2,248 1.2 1,019 0.2
  Private for-profit 2-year 3,259 0.4 2,979 1.6 280 #
  Private for-profit less-than-2-year 4,211 0.5 3,354 1.8 857 0.1
   
18-24 11,867,176 100.0 9,300,763 100.0 2,566,413 100.0
  Public 4-year 5,148,882 43.4 4,534,695 48.8 614,187 23.9
  Public 2-year 3,752,821 31.6 2,078,856 22.4 1,673,965 65.2
  Public less-than-2-year 23,225 0.2 14,907 0.2 8,318 0.3
  Private not-for-profit 4-year 2,174,611 18.3 2,024,572 21.8 150,039 5.8
  Private not-for-profit 2-year 23,726 0.2 19,744 0.2 3,982 0.2
  Private not-for-profit less-than-2-year 4,786 # 4,098 # 688 #
  Private for-profit 4-year 367,824 3.1 285,914 3.1 81,910 3.2
  Private for-profit 2-year 227,539 1.9 210,404 2.3 17,135 0.7
  Private for-profit less-than-2-year 143,762 1.2 127,573 1.4 16,189 0.6
   
25-39 5,919,985 100.0 2,874,887 100.0 3,045,098 100.0
  Public 4-year 1,831,883 30.9 906,657 31.5 925,226 30.4
  Public 2-year1 1,934,696 32.7 572,278 19.9 1,362,418 44.7
  Public less-than-2-year 23,358 0.4 16,630 0.6 6,728 0.2
  Private not-for-profit 4-year 1,057,429 17.9 580,251 20.2 477,178 15.7
  Private not-for-profit 2-year 15,920 0.3 10,105 0.4 5,815 0.2
  Private not-for-profit less-than-2-year 5,914 0.1 4,933 0.2 981 #
  Private for-profit 4-year 758,587 12.8 530,036 18.4 228,551 7.5
  Private for-profit 2-year 176,333 3.0 155,830 5.4 20,503 0.7
  Private for-profit less-than-2-year 115,865 2.0 98,167 3.4 17,698 0.6
   
40 and over 2,322,863 100.0 769,660 100.0 1,553,203 100.0
  Public 4-year 535,446 23.1 135,728 17.6 399,718 25.7
  Public 2-year 946,031 40.7 188,741 24.5 757,290 48.8
  Public less-than-2-year 12,074 0.5 7,642 1.0 4,432 0.3
  Private not-for-profit 4-year 399,559 17.2 136,345 17.7 263,214 16.9
  Private not-for-profit 2-year 5,723 0.2 3,168 0.4 2,555 0.2
  Private not-for-profit less-than-2-year 3,137 0.1 2,443 0.3 694 #
  Private for-profit 4-year 330,890 14.2 219,178 28.5 111,712 7.2
  Private for-profit 2-year 54,923 2.4 46,837 6.1 8,086 0.5
  Private for-profit less-than-2-year 35,080 1.5 29,578 3.8 5,502 0.4
   
Age unknown 81,765 100.0 34,583 100.0 47,182 100.0
  Public 4-year 9,066 11.1 3,722 10.8 5,344 11.3
  Public 2-year 19,375 23.7 4,592 13.3 14,783 31.3
  Public less-than-2-year 1,621 2.0 708 2.0 913 1.9
  Private not-for-profit 4-year 33,882 41.4 11,202 32.4 22,680 48.1
  Private not-for-profit 2-year 216 0.3 151 0.4 65 0.1
  Private not-for-profit less-than-2-year 119 0.1 117 0.3 2 #
  Private for-profit 4-year 6,269 7.7 3,853 11.1 2,416 5.1
  Private for-profit 2-year 5,446 6.7 4,960 14.3 486 1.0
  Private for-profit less-than-2-year 5,771 7.1 5,278 15.3 493 1.0

# Rounds to zero.

1 Includes one student enrolled in graduate-level courses at one institution.

NOTE: Percentages in the columns of this table use the corresponding count in the appropriate student age subtotal row as the denominator. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2010, Enrollment component.