Digest of Education Statistics: 2008
Digest of Education Statistics: 2008

NCES 2009-020
March 2009


Table 191. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by level of enrollment, sex, age, and attendance status of student: 2007
Age of student and attendance status All levels Undergraduate First-professional Graduate
Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
All students 18,248,128 7,815,914 10,432,214 15,603,771 6,727,600 8,876,171 350,764 177,988 172,776 2,293,593 910,326 1,383,267
Under 18 668,426 277,582 390,844 668,193 277,489 390,704 18 5 13 215 88 127
18 and 19 3,963,371 1,794,001 2,169,370 3,961,149 1,793,284 2,167,865 1,291 464 827 931 253 678
20 and 21 3,642,872 1,647,492 1,995,380 3,612,195 1,635,396 1,976,799 11,926 4,454 7,472 18,751 7,642 11,109
22 to 24 3,009,713 1,381,504 1,628,209 2,474,561 1,168,612 1,305,949 133,563 61,463 72,100 401,589 151,429 250,160
25 to 29 2,550,482 1,091,510 1,458,972 1,710,195 728,331 981,864 138,825 74,285 64,540 701,462 288,894 412,568
30 to 34 1,365,912 551,208 814,704 944,123 357,944 586,179 31,764 19,067 12,697 390,025 174,197 215,828
35 to 39 980,818 368,814 612,004 709,012 251,299 457,713 13,326 7,895 5,431 258,480 109,620 148,860
40 to 49 1,266,171 423,603 842,568 935,783 304,967 630,816 12,314 6,613 5,701 318,074 112,023 206,051
50 to 64 627,603 208,067 419,536 445,568 150,103 295,465 6,197 2,902 3,295 175,838 55,062 120,776
65 and over 77,379 31,040 46,339 70,608 27,847 42,761 288 132 156 6,483 3,061 3,422
Age unknown 95,381 41,093 54,288 72,384 32,328 40,056 1,252 708 544 21,745 8,057 13,688
                         
Full-time 11,269,892 5,029,444 6,240,448 9,840,978 4,396,868 5,444,110 316,549 159,328 157,221 1,112,365 473,248 639,117
Under 18 171,784 69,033 102,751 171,705 69,000 102,705 15 4 11 64 29 35
18 and 19 3,383,318 1,522,297 1,861,021 3,381,502 1,521,669 1,859,833 1,286 461 825 530 167 363
20 and 21 2,964,697 1,346,897 1,617,800 2,937,292 1,335,936 1,601,356 11,695 4,354 7,341 15,710 6,607 9,103
22 to 24 1,986,776 949,700 1,037,076 1,572,230 778,160 794,070 128,394 58,966 69,428 286,152 112,574 173,578
25 to 29 1,284,698 584,798 699,900 776,416 346,671 429,745 127,726 68,108 59,618 380,556 170,019 210,537
30 to 34 565,710 235,321 330,389 365,008 135,611 229,397 26,135 15,665 10,470 174,567 84,045 90,522
35 to 39 347,864 130,397 217,467 241,500 81,381 160,119 9,555 5,666 3,889 96,809 43,350 53,459
40 to 49 380,043 125,982 254,061 270,137 84,186 185,951 7,527 4,056 3,471 102,379 37,740 64,639
50 to 64 145,757 47,812 97,945 93,913 30,478 63,435 3,153 1,449 1,704 48,691 15,885 32,806
65 and over 4,868 2,260 2,608 3,185 1,471 1,714 149 68 81 1,534 721 813
Age unknown 34,377 14,947 19,430 28,090 12,305 15,785 914 531 383 5,373 2,111 3,262
                         
Part-time 6,978,236 2,786,470 4,191,766 5,762,793 2,330,732 3,432,061 34,215 18,660 15,555 1,181,228 437,078 744,150
Under 18 496,642 208,549 288,093 496,488 208,489 287,999 3 1 2 151 59 92
18 and 19 580,053 271,704 308,349 579,647 271,615 308,032 5 3 2 401 86 315
20 and 21 678,175 300,595 377,580 674,903 299,460 375,443 231 100 131 3,041 1,035 2,006
22 to 24 1,022,937 431,804 591,133 902,331 390,452 511,879 5,169 2,497 2,672 115,437 38,855 76,582
25 to 29 1,265,784 506,712 759,072 933,779 381,660 552,119 11,099 6,177 4,922 320,906 118,875 202,031
30 to 34 800,202 315,887 484,315 579,115 222,333 356,782 5,629 3,402 2,227 215,458 90,152 125,306
35 to 39 632,954 238,417 394,537 467,512 169,918 297,594 3,771 2,229 1,542 161,671 66,270 95,401
40 to 49 886,128 297,621 588,507 665,646 220,781 444,865 4,787 2,557 2,230 215,695 74,283 141,412
50 to 64 481,846 160,255 321,591 351,655 119,625 232,030 3,044 1,453 1,591 127,147 39,177 87,970
65 and over 72,511 28,780 43,731 67,423 26,376 41,047 139 64 75 4,949 2,340 2,609
Age unknown 61,004 26,146 34,858 44,294 20,023 24,271 338 177 161 16,372 5,946 10,426
  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 3.7 3.6 3.7 4.3 4.1 4.4 # # # # # #
18 and 19 21.7 23.0 20.8 25.4 26.7 24.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 # # #
20 and 21 20.0 21.1 19.1 23.1 24.3 22.3 3.4 2.5 4.3 0.8 0.8 0.8
22 to 24 16.5 17.7 15.6 15.9 17.4 14.7 38.1 34.5 41.7 17.5 16.6 18.1
25 to 29 14.0 14.0 14.0 11.0 10.8 11.1 39.6 41.7 37.4 30.6 31.7 29.8
30 to 34 7.5 7.1 7.8 6.1 5.3 6.6 9.1 10.7 7.3 17.0 19.1 15.6
35 to 39 5.4 4.7 5.9 4.5 3.7 5.2 3.8 4.4 3.1 11.3 12.0 10.8
40 to 49 6.9 5.4 8.1 6.0 4.5 7.1 3.5 3.7 3.3 13.9 12.3 14.9
50 to 64 3.4 2.7 4.0 2.9 2.2 3.3 1.8 1.6 1.9 7.7 6.0 8.7
65 and over 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2
Age unknown 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.9 0.9 1.0
                         
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 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.9 # # # # # #
18 and 19 30.0 30.3 29.8 34.4 34.6 34.2 0.4 0.3 0.5 # # #
20 and 21 26.3 26.8 25.9 29.8 30.4 29.4 3.7 2.7 4.7 1.4 1.4 1.4
22 to 24 17.6 18.9 16.6 16.0 17.7 14.6 40.6 37.0 44.2 25.7 23.8 27.2
25 to 29 11.4 11.6 11.2 7.9 7.9 7.9 40.3 42.7 37.9 34.2 35.9 32.9
30 to 34 5.0 4.7 5.3 3.7 3.1 4.2 8.3 9.8 6.7 15.7 17.8 14.2
35 to 39 3.1 2.6 3.5 2.5 1.9 2.9 3.0 3.6 2.5 8.7 9.2 8.4
40 to 49 3.4 2.5 4.1 2.7 1.9 3.4 2.4 2.5 2.2 9.2 8.0 10.1
50 to 64 1.3 1.0 1.6 1.0 0.7 1.2 1.0 0.9 1.1 4.4 3.4 5.1
65 and over # # # # # # # # 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
Age unknown 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.5
                         
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 7.1 7.5 6.9 8.6 8.9 8.4 # # # # # #
18 and 19 8.3 9.8 7.4 10.1 11.7 9.0 # # # # # #
20 and 21 9.7 10.8 9.0 11.7 12.8 10.9 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.3
22 to 24 14.7 15.5 14.1 15.7 16.8 14.9 15.1 13.4 17.2 9.8 8.9 10.3
25 to 29 18.1 18.2 18.1 16.2 16.4 16.1 32.4 33.1 31.6 27.2 27.2 27.1
30 to 34 11.5 11.3 11.6 10.0 9.5 10.4 16.5 18.2 14.3 18.2 20.6 16.8
35 to 39 9.1 8.6 9.4 8.1 7.3 8.7 11.0 11.9 9.9 13.7 15.2 12.8
40 to 49 12.7 10.7 14.0 11.6 9.5 13.0 14.0 13.7 14.3 18.3 17.0 19.0
50 to 64 6.9 5.8 7.7 6.1 5.1 6.8 8.9 7.8 10.2 10.8 9.0 11.8
65 and over 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.2 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4
Age unknown 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.7 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.4 1.4 1.4
# Rounds to zero.
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2007 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2007. (This table was prepared October 2008.)