Table 177.	Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by attendance status, age, and sex: Selected years, 1970 through 2015
[In thousands]

Sex, age, and attendance status	1970	1980	1990	1995	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	Projected
											2006	2010	2015
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Males and females	8,581	12,097	13,819	14,262	15,312	15,928	16,612	16,900	17,272	17,487	17,648	18,746	19,874
14 to 17 years old	259	247	177	148	145	133	202	150	200	176	181	187	197
18 and 19 years old	2,600	2,901	2,950	2,894	3,531	3,595	3,571	3,475	3,578	3,660	3,700	3,991	3,853
20 and 21 years old	1,880	2,424	2,761	2,705	3,045	3,408	3,366	3,469	3,651	3,728	3,780	4,107	4,075
22 to 24 years old	1,457	1,989	2,144	2,411	2,617	2,760	2,932	3,480	3,036	3,047	3,049	3,249	3,631
25 to 29 years old	1,074	1,871	1,982	2,120	1,960	2,014	2,102	2,105	2,386	2,456	2,538	2,769	3,164
30 to 34 years old	487	1,243	1,322	1,236	1,265	1,290	1,300	1,368	1,329	1,312	1,294	1,398	1,658
35 years old and over	823	1,421	2,484	2,747	2,749	2,727	3,139	2,852	3,092	3,108	3,105	3,045	3,294
Males	5,044	5,874	6,284	6,343	6,722	6,961	7,202	7,256	7,387	7,456	7,458	7,848	8,162
14 to 17 years old	130	99	87	61	63	54	82	60	78	78	80	81	81
18 and 19 years old	1,349	1,375	1,421	1,338	1,583	1,629	1,616	1,556	1,551	1,585	1,587	1,694	1,646
20 and 21 years old	1,095	1,259	1,368	1,282	1,382	1,591	1,562	1,490	1,743	1,764	1,771	1,902	1,892
22 to 24 years old	964	1,064	1,107	1,153	1,293	1,312	1,342	1,604	1,380	1,376	1,366	1,428	1,558
25 to 29 years old	783	993	940	962	862	905	890	929	1,045	1,066	1,090	1,176	1,289
30 to 34 years old	308	576	537	561	527	510	547	592	518	509	497	531	608
35 years old and over	415	507	824	986	1,012	961	1,164	1,025	1,073	1,078	1,067	1,037	1,088
Females	3,537	6,223	7,535	7,919	8,591	8,967	9,410	9,645	9,885	10,032	10,190	10,897	11,712
14 to 17 years old	129	148	90	87	82	79	121	91	122	97	101	106	117
18 and 19 years old	1,250	1,526	1,529	1,557	1,948	1,966	1,955	1,919	2,027	2,076	2,114	2,297	2,208
20 and 21 years old	786	1,165	1,392	1,424	1,663	1,817	1,804	1,979	1,908	1,964	2,009	2,205	2,183
22 to 24 years old	493	925	1,037	1,258	1,324	1,448	1,590	1,876	1,657	1,671	1,683	1,821	2,073
25 to 29 years old	291	878	1,043	1,159	1,099	1,110	1,212	1,176	1,341	1,390	1,448	1,593	1,875
30 to 34 years old	179	667	784	675	738	780	753	776	812	803	797	867	1,051
35 years old and over	409	914	1,659	1,760	1,736	1,767	1,976	1,827	2,018	2,031	2,038	2,008	2,206
Full-time	5,816	7,098	7,821	8,129	9,010	9,448	9,946	10,312	10,610	10,797	10,935	11,845	12,566
14 to 17 years old	242	223	144	123	125	122	161	120	165	138	142	147	158
18 and 19 years old	2,406	2,669	2,548	2,387	2,932	2,929	2,942	2,949	3,028	3,104	3,142	3,407	3,292
20 and 21 years old	1,647	2,075	2,151	2,109	2,401	2,662	2,759	2,763	2,911	2,981	3,026	3,310	3,290
22 to 24 years old	881	1,121	1,350	1,517	1,653	1,757	1,922	2,141	2,074	2,090	2,096	2,259	2,563
25 to 29 years old	407	577	770	908	878	883	1,013	1,070	1,131	1,172	1,216	1,352	1,618
30 to 34 years old	100	251	387	430	422	494	465	511	490	487	484	535	673
35 years old and over	134	182	471	653	599	602	684	757	812	825	829	836	972
Males	3,505	3,689	3,808	3,807	4,111	4,300	4,501	4,632	4,739	4,803	4,802	5,105	5,287
14 to 17 years old	124	87	71	54	51	43	65	50	63	62	64	64	64
18 and 19 years old	1,265	1,270	1,230	1,091	1,250	1,329	1,327	1,306	1,313	1,342	1,343	1,436	1,401
20 and 21 years old	990	1,109	1,055	999	1,106	1,249	1,275	1,216	1,385	1,404	1,409	1,516	1,517
22 to 24 years old	650	665	742	789	839	854	936	1,040	960	961	952	1,000	1,097
25 to 29 years old	327	360	401	454	415	397	467	502	509	522	533	578	642
30 to 34 years old	72	124	156	183	195	216	183	242	201	198	194	208	242
35 years old and over	75	74	152	238	256	212	247	276	310	313	309	303	324
Females	2,311	3,409	4,013	4,321	4,899	5,148	5,445	5,680	5,871	5,994	6,133	6,740	7,279
14 to 17 years old	117	136	73	69	74	78	96	71	103	75	78	83	94
18 and 19 years old	1,140	1,399	1,318	1,296	1,682	1,600	1,615	1,643	1,716	1,762	1,799	1,970	1,891
20 and 21 years old	657	966	1,096	1,111	1,296	1,413	1,484	1,546	1,526	1,576	1,618	1,794	1,773
22 to 24 years old	231	456	608	729	814	903	985	1,101	1,113	1,129	1,144	1,260	1,466
25 to 29 years old	80	217	369	455	463	486	546	568	622	650	684	773	976
30 to 34 years old	28	127	231	247	227	277	282	270	289	289	290	326	431
35 years old and over	59	108	319	415	343	390	437	481	502	512	520	534	648
Part-time	2,765	4,999	5,998	6,133	6,303	6,480	6,665	6,589	6,662	6,690	6,713	6,901	7,307
14 to 17 years old	17	38	32	25	20	11	41	30	35	38	39	40	40
18 and 19 years old	194	418	402	507	599	666	628	526	549	556	558	585	561
20 and 21 years old	233	441	610	596	644	746	607	707	741	747	754	797	786
22 to 24 years old	576	844	794	894	964	1,003	1,010	1,339	963	957	953	990	1,069
25 to 29 years old	668	1,209	1,213	1,212	1,083	1,132	1,088	1,035	1,255	1,284	1,322	1,418	1,546
30 to 34 years old	388	905	935	805	843	796	835	857	839	825	811	863	985
35 years old and over	689	1,145	2,012	2,093	2,150	2,126	2,456	2,095	2,280	2,283	2,276	2,209	2,322
Males	1,540	2,185	2,476	2,535	2,611	2,661	2,701	2,624	2,648	2,653	2,655	2,743	2,874
14 to 17 years old	5	17	16	7	11	11	17	10	15	16	17	17	16
18 and 19 years old	84	202	191	246	333	300	288	250	239	243	244	258	244
20 and 21 years old	105	201	313	283	276	342	287	274	358	360	362	386	375
22 to 24 years old	314	392	365	365	454	458	405	565	419	415	414	428	461
25 to 29 years old	456	594	539	508	447	508	423	427	536	544	558	598	647
30 to 34 years old	236	397	381	378	332	294	364	350	317	311	304	323	366
35 years old and over	340	382	672	748	757	749	917	748	764	764	758	734	764
Females	1,225	2,814	3,521	3,598	3,692	3,820	3,964	3,965	4,014	4,038	4,057	4,157	4,433
14 to 17 years old	12	20	17	18	9	1	24	20	19	22	23	23	23
18 and 19 years old	110	215	211	261	266	366	340	276	311	314	315	327	316
20 and 21 years old	128	240	297	313	368	404	320	433	382	388	391	411	410
22 to 24 years old	262	452	429	529	510	545	605	774	543	542	540	562	607
25 to 29 years old	212	616	674	704	636	624	666	608	720	739	764	820	899
30 to 34 years old	151	507	554	427	511	502	471	507	523	514	507	540	620
35 years old and over	349	762	1,340	1,345	1,393	1,377	1,539	1,347	1,516	1,519	1,518	1,475	1,557

NOTE: Distributions by age are estimates based on samples of the civilian noninstitutional population from the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey. Data through 1995 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. (See Guide to Sources for details.) Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys, 1970 and 1980; 1990 through 2005 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90–99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2006; and Projections of Education Statistics to 2015. U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October, selected years, 1970 through 2005, unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared October 2006.)