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Table 175. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by level, sex, age, and attendance status of student: 1999

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  Attendance   |           All levels            |         Undergraduate           |   First-professional     |          Graduate
status and age |_________________________________|_________________________________|__________________________|_______________________________
  of student   |   Total   |   Men    |  Women   |   Total   |   Men    |  Women   | Total  |  Men   | Women  |  Total   |   Men   |  Women
_______________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|________|________|________|__________|_________|__________
       1       |     2     |    3     |    4     |     5     |    6     |    7     |   8    |   9    |   10   |    11    |   12    |    13
_______________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|________|________|________|__________|_________|__________
All students ..|14,791,224 |6,490,646 |8,300,578 |12,681,231 |5,559,457 |7,121,774 |303,190 |165,134 |138,056 |1,806,803 | 766,055 |1,040,748
  Under 18 ....|   384,050 |  156,547 |  227,503 |   383,879 |  156,467 |  227,412 |     23 |      5 |     18 |      148 |      75 |       73
  18 and 19 ...| 3,181,505 |1,412,654 |1,768,851 | 3,180,477 |1,412,267 |1,768,210 |    589 |    199 |    390 |      439 |     188 |      251
  20 and 21 ...| 2,872,827 |1,307,392 |1,565,435 | 2,851,647 |1,298,990 |1,552,657 |  8,702 |  3,296 |  5,406 |   12,478 |   5,106 |    7,372
  22 to 24 ....| 2,337,641 |1,118,993 |1,218,648 | 1,966,041 |  963,239 |1,002,802 |105,976 | 52,688 | 53,288 |  265,624 | 103,066 |  162,558
  25 to 29 ....| 2,032,502 |  941,305 |1,091,197 | 1,372,136 |  630,729 |  741,407 |113,402 | 65,732 | 47,670 |  546,964 | 244,844 |  302,120
  30 to 34 ....| 1,156,537 |  507,667 |  648,870 |   808,791 |  331,969 |  476,822 | 33,140 | 20,356 | 12,784 |  314,606 | 155,342 |  159,264
  35 to 39 ....|   887,709 |  348,054 |  539,655 |   672,012 |  247,940 |  424,072 | 15,224 |  8,907 |  6,317 |  200,473 |  91,207 |  109,266
  40 to 49 ....| 1,190,706 |  412,446 |  778,260 |   879,723 |  300,088 |  579,635 | 15,217 |  7,975 |  7,242 |  295,766 | 104,383 |  191,383
  50 to 64 ....|   441,861 |  153,520 |  288,341 |   323,171 |  113,230 |  209,941 |  4,667 |  2,220 |  2,447 |  114,023 |  38,070 |   75,953
  65 and over .|    77,454 |   31,470 |   45,984 |    70,252 |   28,035 |   42,217 |    270 |    169 |    101 |    6,932 |   3,266 |    3,666
  Age unknown .|   228,432 |  100,598 |  127,834 |   173,102 |   76,503 |   96,599 |  5,980 |  3,587 |  2,393 |   49,350 |  20,508 |   28,842
               |           |          |          |           |          |          |        |        |        |          |         |
Full-time .....| 8,786,494 |4,025,721 |4,760,773 | 7,735,075 |3,515,869 |4,219,206 |270,581 |146,613 |123,968 |  780,838 | 363,239 |  417,599
  Under 18 ....|   123,944 |   48,858 |   75,086 |   123,870 |   48,820 |   75,050 |     22 |      5 |     17 |       52 |      33 |       19
  18 and 19 ...| 2,726,244 |1,205,902 |1,520,342 | 2,725,397 |1,205,585 |1,519,812 |    578 |    197 |    381 |      269 |     120 |      149
  20 and 21 ...| 2,319,667 |1,059,437 |1,260,230 | 2,301,118 |1,051,983 |1,249,135 |  8,574 |  3,235 |  5,339 |    9,975 |   4,219 |    5,756
  22 to 24 ....| 1,522,893 |  758,541 |  764,352 | 1,236,780 |  632,607 |  604,173 |103,084 | 51,252 | 51,832 |  183,029 |  74,682 |  108,347
  25 to 29 ....|   953,602 |  475,124 |  478,478 |   573,309 |  278,429 |  294,880 |103,932 | 60,332 | 43,600 |  276,361 | 136,363 |  139,998
  30 to 34 ....|   408,673 |  189,139 |  219,534 |   255,598 |  104,701 |  150,897 | 26,848 | 16,449 | 10,399 |  126,227 |  67,989 |   58,238
  35 to 39 ....|   256,753 |  103,271 |  153,482 |   179,883 |   64,487 |  115,396 | 11,028 |  6,370 |  4,658 |   65,842 |  32,414 |   33,428
  40 to 49 ....|   283,719 |  104,558 |  179,161 |   197,908 |   69,453 |  128,455 |  9,661 |  5,036 |  4,625 |   76,150 |  30,069 |   46,081
  50 to 64 ....|    77,806 |   29,631 |   48,175 |    49,913 |   18,934 |   30,979 |  2,598 |  1,234 |  1,364 |   25,295 |   9,463 |   15,832
  65 and over .|     6,850 |    3,352 |    3,498 |     5,007 |    2,403 |    2,604 |    140 |     93 |     47 |    1,703 |     856 |      847
  Age unknown .|   106,343 |   47,908 |   58,435 |    86,292 |   38,467 |   47,825 |  4,116 |  2,410 |  1,706 |   15,935 |   7,031 |    8,904
               |           |          |          |           |          |          |        |        |        |          |         |
Part-time .....| 6,004,730 |2,464,925 |3,539,805 | 4,946,156 |2,043,588 |2,902,568 | 32,609 | 18,521 | 14,088 |1,025,965 | 402,816 |  623,149
  Under 18 ....|   260,106 |  107,689 |  152,417 |   260,009 |  107,647 |  152,362 |      1 |      0 |      1 |       96 |      42 |       54
  18 and 19 ...|   455,261 |  206,752 |  248,509 |   455,080 |  206,682 |  248,398 |     11 |      2 |      9 |      170 |      68 |      102
  20 and 21 ...|   553,160 |  247,955 |  305,205 |   550,529 |  247,007 |  303,522 |    128 |     61 |     67 |    2,503 |     887 |    1,616
  22 to 24 ....|   814,748 |  360,452 |  454,296 |   729,261 |  330,632 |  398,629 |  2,892 |  1,436 |  1,456 |   82,595 |  28,384 |   54,211
  25 to 29 ....| 1,078,900 |  466,181 |  612,719 |   798,827 |  352,300 |  446,527 |  9,470 |  5,400 |  4,070 |  270,603 | 108,481 |  162,122
  30 to 34 ....|   747,864 |  318,528 |  429,336 |   553,193 |  227,268 |  325,925 |  6,292 |  3,907 |  2,385 |  188,379 |  87,353 |  101,026
  35 to 39 ....|   630,956 |  244,783 |  386,173 |   492,129 |  183,453 |  308,676 |  4,196 |  2,537 |  1,659 |  134,631 |  58,793 |   75,838
  40 to 49 ....|   906,987 |  307,888 |  599,099 |   681,815 |  230,635 |  451,180 |  5,556 |  2,939 |  2,617 |  219,616 |  74,314 |  145,302
  50 to 64 ....|   364,055 |  123,889 |  240,166 |   273,258 |   94,296 |  178,962 |  2,069 |    986 |  1,083 |   88,728 |  28,607 |   60,121
  65 and over .|    70,604 |   28,118 |   42,486 |    65,245 |   25,632 |   39,613 |    130 |     76 |     54 |    5,229 |   2,410 |    2,819
  Age unknown .|   122,089 |   52,690 |   69,399 |    86,810 |   38,036 |   48,774 |  1,864 |  1,177 |    687 |   33,415 |  13,477 |   19,938
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               |                                                  Percentage distribution
               |______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
All students ..|     100.0 |    100.0 |    100.0 |     100.0 |    100.0 |    100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |    100.0 |   100.0 |    100.0
  Under 18 ....|       2.6 |      2.4 |      2.7 |       3.0 |      2.8 |      3.2 |      # |      # |      # |        # |       # |        #
  18 and 19 ...|      21.5 |     21.8 |     21.3 |      25.1 |     25.4 |     24.8 |    0.2 |    0.1 |    0.3 |        # |       # |        #
  20 and 21 ...|      19.4 |     20.1 |     18.9 |      22.5 |     23.4 |     21.8 |    2.9 |    2.0 |    3.9 |      0.7 |     0.7 |      0.7
  22 to 24 ....|      15.8 |     17.2 |     14.7 |      15.5 |     17.3 |     14.1 |   35.0 |   31.9 |   38.6 |     14.7 |    13.5 |     15.6
  25 to 29 ....|      13.7 |     14.5 |     13.1 |      10.8 |     11.3 |     10.4 |   37.4 |   39.8 |   34.5 |     30.3 |    32.0 |     29.0
  30 to 34 ....|       7.8 |      7.8 |      7.8 |       6.4 |      6.0 |      6.7 |   10.9 |   12.3 |    9.3 |     17.4 |    20.3 |     15.3
  35 to 39 ....|       6.0 |      5.4 |      6.5 |       5.3 |      4.5 |      6.0 |    5.0 |    5.4 |    4.6 |     11.1 |    11.9 |     10.5
  40 to 49 ....|       8.1 |      6.4 |      9.4 |       6.9 |      5.4 |      8.1 |    5.0 |    4.8 |    5.2 |     16.4 |    13.6 |     18.4
  50 to 64 ....|       3.0 |      2.4 |      3.5 |       2.5 |      2.0 |      2.9 |    1.5 |    1.3 |    1.8 |      6.3 |     5.0 |      7.3
  65 and over .|       0.5 |      0.5 |      0.6 |       0.6 |      0.5 |      0.6 |    0.1 |    0.1 |    0.1 |      0.4 |     0.4 |      0.4
  Age unknown .|       1.5 |      1.5 |      1.5 |       1.4 |      1.4 |      1.4 |    2.0 |    2.2 |    1.7 |      2.7 |     2.7 |      2.8
               |           |          |          |           |          |          |        |        |        |          |         |
Full-time .....|     100.0 |    100.0 |    100.0 |     100.0 |    100.0 |    100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |    100.0 |   100.0 |    100.0
  Under 18 ....|       1.4 |      1.2 |      1.6 |       1.6 |      1.4 |      1.8 |      # |      # |      # |        # |       # |        #
  18 and 19 ...|      31.0 |     30.0 |     31.9 |      35.2 |     34.3 |     36.0 |    0.2 |    0.1 |    0.3 |        # |       # |        #
  20 and 21 ...|      26.4 |     26.3 |     26.5 |      29.7 |     29.9 |     29.6 |    3.2 |    2.2 |    4.3 |      1.3 |     1.2 |      1.4
  22 to 24 ....|      17.3 |     18.8 |     16.1 |      16.0 |     18.0 |     14.3 |   38.1 |   35.0 |   41.8 |     23.4 |    20.6 |     25.9
  25 to 29 ....|      10.9 |     11.8 |     10.1 |       7.4 |      7.9 |      7.0 |   38.4 |   41.2 |   35.2 |     35.4 |    37.5 |     33.5
  30 to 34 ....|       4.7 |      4.7 |      4.6 |       3.3 |      3.0 |      3.6 |    9.9 |   11.2 |    8.4 |     16.2 |    18.7 |     13.9
  35 to 39 ....|       2.9 |      2.6 |      3.2 |       2.3 |      1.8 |      2.7 |    4.1 |    4.3 |    3.8 |      8.4 |     8.9 |      8.0
  40 to 49 ....|       3.2 |      2.6 |      3.8 |       2.6 |      2.0 |      3.0 |    3.6 |    3.4 |    3.7 |      9.8 |     8.3 |     11.0
  50 to 64 ....|       0.9 |      0.7 |      1.0 |       0.6 |      0.5 |      0.7 |    1.0 |    0.8 |    1.1 |      3.2 |     2.6 |      3.8
  65 and over .|       0.1 |      0.1 |      0.1 |       0.1 |      0.1 |      0.1 |    0.1 |    0.1 |    0.0 |      0.2 |     0.2 |      0.2
  Age unknown .|       1.2 |      1.2 |      1.2 |       1.1 |      1.1 |      1.1 |    1.5 |    1.6 |    1.4 |      2.0 |     1.9 |      2.1
               |           |          |          |           |          |          |        |        |        |          |         |
Part-time .....|     100.0 |    100.0 |    100.0 |     100.0 |    100.0 |    100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |    100.0 |   100.0 |    100.0
  Under 18 ....|       4.3 |      4.4 |      4.3 |       5.3 |      5.3 |      5.2 |      # |      # |      # |        # |       # |        #
  18 and 19 ...|       7.6 |      8.4 |      7.0 |       9.2 |     10.1 |      8.6 |      # |      # |    0.1 |        # |       # |        #
  20 and 21 ...|       9.2 |     10.1 |      8.6 |      11.1 |     12.1 |     10.5 |    0.4 |    0.3 |    0.5 |      0.2 |     0.2 |      0.3
  22 to 24 ....|      13.6 |     14.6 |     12.8 |      14.7 |     16.2 |     13.7 |    8.9 |    7.8 |   10.3 |      8.1 |     7.0 |      8.7
  25 to 29 ....|      18.0 |     18.9 |     17.3 |      16.2 |     17.2 |     15.4 |   29.0 |   29.2 |   28.9 |     26.4 |    26.9 |     26.0
  30 to 34 ....|      12.5 |     12.9 |     12.1 |      11.2 |     11.1 |     11.2 |   19.3 |   21.1 |   16.9 |     18.4 |    21.7 |     16.2
  35 to 39 ....|      10.5 |      9.9 |     10.9 |       9.9 |      9.0 |     10.6 |   12.9 |   13.7 |   11.8 |     13.1 |    14.6 |     12.2
  40 to 49 ....|      15.1 |     12.5 |     16.9 |      13.8 |     11.3 |     15.5 |   17.0 |   15.9 |   18.6 |     21.4 |    18.4 |     23.3
  50 to 64 ....|       6.1 |      5.0 |      6.8 |       5.5 |      4.6 |      6.2 |    6.3 |    5.3 |    7.7 |      8.6 |     7.1 |      9.6
  65 and over .|       1.2 |      1.1 |      1.2 |       1.3 |      1.3 |      1.4 |    0.4 |    0.4 |    0.4 |      0.5 |     0.6 |      0.5
  Age unknown .|       2.0 |      2.1 |      2.0 |       1.8 |      1.9 |      1.7 |    5.7 |    6.4 |    4.9 |      3.3 |     3.3 |      3.2
_______________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|________|________|________|__________|_________|__________

# Rounds to zero.

NOTE: Data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that were participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Totals may differ from figures reported in other tables because of varying survey methodologies. Data imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.) Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment, 1999" survey. (This table was prepared May 2001.)


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