Table 190.	Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by sex, age, and attendance status: Selected years, 1970 through 2017
[In thousands]

Sex, age, and attendance status	1970	1980	1990	1995	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	Projected
												2008	2012	2017
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Males and females	8,581	12,097	13,819	14,262	15,312	15,928	16,612	16,911	17,272	17,487	17,759	18,200	19,048	20,080
14 to 17 years old	259	247	177	148	145	133	202	151	200	199	231	191	190	211
18 and 19 years old	2,600	2,901	2,950	2,894	3,531	3,595	3,571	3,479	3,578	3,610	3,769	3,953	3,940	3,960
20 and 21 years old	1,880	2,424	2,761	2,705	3,045	3,408	3,366	3,473	3,651	3,778	3,648	3,723	3,993	3,958
22 to 24 years old	1,457	1,989	2,144	2,411	2,617	2,760	2,932	3,482	3,036	3,072	3,193	3,289	3,584	3,753
25 to 29 years old	1,074	1,871	1,982	2,120	1,960	2,014	2,102	2,106	2,386	2,384	2,401	2,531	2,658	3,035
30 to 34 years old	487	1,243	1,322	1,236	1,265	1,290	1,300	1,368	1,329	1,354	1,409	1,434	1,616	1,813
35 years old and over	823	1,421	2,484	2,747	2,749	2,727	3,139	2,852	3,092	3,090	3,107	3,080	3,066	3,350
Males	5,044	5,874	6,284	6,343	6,722	6,961	7,202	7,260	7,387	7,456	7,575	7,822	8,213	8,568
14 to 17 years old	130	99	87	61	63	54	82	60	78	78	82	82	79	85
18 and 19 years old	1,349	1,375	1,421	1,338	1,583	1,629	1,616	1,558	1,551	1,592	1,705	1,799	1,793	1,787
20 and 21 years old	1,095	1,259	1,368	1,282	1,382	1,591	1,562	1,492	1,743	1,778	1,673	1,705	1,827	1,790
22 to 24 years old	964	1,064	1,107	1,153	1,293	1,312	1,342	1,605	1,380	1,355	1,470	1,512	1,641	1,692
25 to 29 years old	783	993	940	962	862	905	890	930	1,045	978	1,051	1,117	1,183	1,342
30 to 34 years old	308	576	537	561	527	510	547	592	518	545	557	572	649	729
35 years old and over	415	507	824	986	1,012	961	1,164	1,025	1,073	1,130	1,037	1,035	1,040	1,144
Females	3,537	6,223	7,535	7,919	8,591	8,967	9,410	9,651	9,885	10,032	10,184	10,378	10,835	11,512
14 to 17 years old	129	148	90	87	82	79	121	91	122	121	149	109	110	127
18 and 19 years old	1,250	1,526	1,529	1,557	1,948	1,966	1,955	1,922	2,027	2,018	2,064	2,154	2,148	2,174
20 and 21 years old	786	1,165	1,392	1,424	1,663	1,817	1,804	1,981	1,908	2,000	1,975	2,018	2,167	2,169
22 to 24 years old	493	925	1,037	1,258	1,324	1,448	1,590	1,877	1,657	1,717	1,724	1,777	1,943	2,061
25 to 29 years old	291	878	1,043	1,159	1,099	1,110	1,212	1,177	1,341	1,406	1,350	1,413	1,475	1,692
30 to 34 years old	179	667	784	675	738	780	753	776	812	809	852	862	967	1,084
35 years old and over	409	914	1,659	1,760	1,736	1,767	1,976	1,827	2,018	1,960	2,070	2,044	2,026	2,206
Full-time	5,816	7,098	7,821	8,129	9,010	9,448	9,946	10,326	10,610	10,797	10,957	11,263	11,817	12,430
14 to 17 years old	242	223	144	123	125	122	161	121	165	131	166	131	132	150
18 and 19 years old	2,406	2,669	2,548	2,387	2,932	2,929	2,942	2,953	3,028	3,037	3,155	3,304	3,297	3,339
20 and 21 years old	1,647	2,075	2,151	2,109	2,401	2,662	2,759	2,767	2,911	3,030	2,944	3,006	3,231	3,234
22 to 24 years old	881	1,121	1,350	1,517	1,653	1,757	1,922	2,144	2,074	2,097	2,093	2,162	2,369	2,515
25 to 29 years old	407	577	770	908	878	883	1,013	1,072	1,131	1,136	1,217	1,280	1,340	1,554
30 to 34 years old	100	251	387	430	422	494	465	512	490	549	605	613	687	786
35 years old and over	134	182	471	653	599	602	684	758	812	818	778	767	759	852
Males	3,505	3,689	3,808	3,807	4,111	4,300	4,501	4,638	4,739	4,803	4,879	5,055	5,305	5,457
14 to 17 years old	124	87	71	54	51	43	65	50	63	36	66	64	62	66
18 and 19 years old	1,265	1,270	1,230	1,091	1,250	1,329	1,327	1,307	1,313	1,357	1,409	1,486	1,482	1,478
20 and 21 years old	990	1,109	1,055	999	1,106	1,249	1,275	1,218	1,385	1,460	1,331	1,358	1,454	1,426
22 to 24 years old	650	665	742	789	839	854	936	1,041	960	951	1,003	1,034	1,125	1,155
25 to 29 years old	327	360	401	454	415	397	467	503	509	439	562	599	635	722
30 to 34 years old	72	124	156	183	195	216	183	242	201	238	232	239	271	305
35 years old and over	75	74	152	238	256	212	247	277	310	321	275	275	276	305
Females	2,311	3,409	4,013	4,321	4,899	5,148	5,445	5,688	5,871	5,994	6,078	6,208	6,511	6,973
14 to 17 years old	117	136	73	69	74	78	96	71	103	94	100	67	70	84
18 and 19 years old	1,140	1,399	1,318	1,296	1,682	1,600	1,615	1,646	1,716	1,680	1,746	1,818	1,816	1,861
20 and 21 years old	657	966	1,096	1,111	1,296	1,413	1,484	1,549	1,526	1,569	1,612	1,649	1,777	1,808
22 to 24 years old	231	456	608	729	814	903	985	1,103	1,113	1,146	1,090	1,128	1,244	1,360
25 to 29 years old	80	217	369	455	463	486	546	569	622	697	654	681	706	832
30 to 34 years old	28	127	231	247	227	277	282	270	289	311	372	374	416	481
35 years old and over	59	108	319	415	343	390	437	481	502	497	503	492	483	547
Part-time	2,765	4,999	5,998	6,133	6,303	6,480	6,665	6,585	6,662	6,690	6,802	6,937	7,231	7,650
14 to 17 years old	17	38	32	25	20	11	41	30	35	68	65	60	58	61
18 and 19 years old	194	418	402	507	599	666	628	526	549	573	614	648	643	621
20 and 21 years old	233	441	610	596	644	746	607	706	741	748	704	716	762	724
22 to 24 years old	576	844	794	894	964	1,003	1,010	1,338	963	976	1,100	1,127	1,215	1,238
25 to 29 years old	668	1,209	1,213	1,212	1,083	1,132	1,088	1,034	1,255	1,248	1,184	1,251	1,317	1,481
30 to 34 years old	388	905	935	805	843	796	835	856	839	805	805	821	928	1,027
35 years old and over	689	1,145	2,012	2,093	2,150	2,126	2,456	2,094	2,280	2,272	2,329	2,313	2,307	2,498
Males	1,540	2,185	2,476	2,535	2,611	2,661	2,701	2,622	2,648	2,653	2,696	2,767	2,907	3,111
14 to 17 years old	5	17	16	7	11	11	17	10	15	41	16	18	17	18
18 and 19 years old	84	202	191	246	333	300	288	250	239	235	297	313	311	309
20 and 21 years old	105	201	313	283	276	342	287	274	358	318	341	347	372	364
22 to 24 years old	314	392	365	365	454	458	405	564	419	405	466	478	517	537
25 to 29 years old	456	594	539	508	447	508	423	427	536	539	488	518	548	621
30 to 34 years old	236	397	381	378	332	294	364	350	317	306	325	333	378	423
35 years old and over	340	382	672	748	757	749	917	748	764	809	762	761	764	839
Females	1,225	2,814	3,521	3,598	3,692	3,820	3,964	3,963	4,014	4,038	4,106	4,170	4,324	4,539
14 to 17 years old	12	20	17	18	9	1	24	20	19	27	48	42	41	43
18 and 19 years old	110	215	211	261	266	366	340	276	311	338	318	336	332	312
20 and 21 years old	128	240	297	313	368	404	320	433	382	430	363	369	390	360
22 to 24 years old	262	452	429	529	510	545	605	774	543	571	634	649	699	701
25 to 29 years old	212	616	674	704	636	624	666	608	720	709	696	733	769	861
30 to 34 years old	151	507	554	427	511	502	471	507	523	499	480	488	551	604
35 years old and over	349	762	1,340	1,345	1,393	1,377	1,539	1,346	1,516	1,464	1,567	1,552	1,543	1,659

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.) 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 2006 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90–99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2007; and Projections of Education Statistics to 2017. U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October, selected years, 1970 through 2007. (This table was prepared August 2008.)