Table 191.

Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by sex, age, and attendance status: Selected years, 1970 through 2018

[In thousands]
Sex, age, and attendance status													Projected
	1970	1980	1990	1995	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2009	2013	2018
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
All students	8,581	12,097	13,819	14,262	15,312	15,928	16,612	16,911	17,272	17,487	17,759	18,248	19,037	19,710	20,620
14 to 17 years old	259	247	177	148	145	133	202	150	200	199	231	179	146	142	161
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	3,978	4,162	4,032	4,175
20 and 21 years old	1,880	2,424	2,761	2,705	3,045	3,408	3,366	3,472	3,651	3,778	3,648	3,761	4,021	4,157	4,128
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	3,362	3,438	3,750	3,820
25 to 29 years old	1,074	1,871	1,982	2,120	1,960	2,014	2,102	2,107	2,386	2,384	2,401	2,522	2,667	2,800	3,097
30 to 34 years old	487	1,243	1,322	1,236	1,265	1,290	1,300	1,369	1,329	1,354	1,409	1,428	1,525	1,716	1,856
35 years old and over	823	1,421	2,484	2,747	2,749	2,727	3,139	2,853	3,092	3,090	3,107	3,017	3,078	3,113	3,383
Males	5,044	5,874	6,284	6,343	6,722	6,961	7,202	7,260	7,387	7,456	7,575	7,816	8,210	8,359	8,505
14 to 17 years old	130	99	87	61	63	54	82	60	78	78	82	75	77	74	81
18 and 19 years old	1,349	1,375	1,421	1,338	1,583	1,629	1,616	1,557	1,551	1,592	1,705	1,805	1,851	1,768	1,784
20 and 21 years old	1,095	1,259	1,368	1,282	1,382	1,591	1,562	1,491	1,743	1,778	1,673	1,633	1,793	1,829	1,773
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	1,551	1,588	1,699	1,669
25 to 29 years old	783	993	940	962	862	905	890	930	1,045	978	1,051	1,020	1,110	1,139	1,243
30 to 34 years old	308	576	537	561	527	510	547	592	518	545	557	659	697	766	811
35 years old and over	415	507	824	986	1,012	961	1,164	1,025	1,073	1,130	1,037	1,074	1,094	1,083	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	10,432	10,827	11,351	12,115
14 to 17 years old	129	148	90	87	82	79	121	91	122	121	149	104	69	68	81
18 and 19 years old	1,250	1,526	1,529	1,557	1,948	1,966	1,955	1,921	2,027	2,018	2,064	2,173	2,311	2,264	2,391
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	2,129	2,227	2,328	2,356
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	1,811	1,850	2,051	2,151
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	1,502	1,557	1,661	1,854
30 to 34 years old	179	667	784	675	738	780	753	777	812	809	852	770	829	949	1,044
35 years old and over	409	914	1,659	1,760	1,736	1,767	1,976	1,828	2,018	1,960	2,070	1,943	1,984	2,030	2,239
Full-time	5,816	7,098	7,821	8,129	9,010	9,448	9,946	10,326	10,610	10,797	10,957	11,270	11,833	12,290	12,932
14 to 17 years old	242	223	144	123	125	122	161	120	165	131	166	153	103	101	117
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	3,379	3,548	3,454	3,625
20 and 21 years old	1,647	2,075	2,151	2,109	2,401	2,662	2,759	2,766	2,911	3,030	2,944	3,021	3,246	3,375	3,409
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	2,133	2,187	2,412	2,524
25 to 29 years old	407	577	770	908	878	883	1,013	1,072	1,131	1,136	1,217	1,263	1,312	1,395	1,547
30 to 34 years old	100	251	387	430	422	494	465	512	490	549	605	549	596	682	747
35 years old and over	134	182	471	653	599	602	684	758	812	818	778	772	842	870	963
Males	3,505	3,689	3,808	3,807	4,111	4,300	4,501	4,638	4,739	4,803	4,879	5,029	5,292	5,383	5,513
14 to 17 years old	124	87	71	54	51	43	65	50	63	36	66	58	56	54	59
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	1,532	1,574	1,509	1,535
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	1,344	1,480	1,513	1,481
22 to 24 years old	650	665	742	789	839	854	936	1,041	960	951	1,003	1,007	1,035	1,114	1,114
25 to 29 years old	327	360	401	454	415	397	467	503	509	439	562	585	595	614	688
30 to 34 years old	72	124	156	183	195	216	183	242	201	238	232	228	253	280	307
35 years old and over	75	74	152	238	256	212	247	277	310	321	275	275	300	299	329
Females	2,311	3,409	4,013	4,321	4,899	5,148	5,445	5,688	5,871	5,994	6,078	6,240	6,541	6,907	7,419
14 to 17 years old	117	136	73	69	74	78	96	71	103	94	100	95	47	47	57
18 and 19 years old	1,140	1,399	1,318	1,296	1,682	1,600	1,615	1,645	1,716	1,680	1,746	1,847	1,974	1,946	2,090
20 and 21 years old	657	966	1,096	1,111	1,296	1,413	1,484	1,548	1,526	1,569	1,612	1,677	1,766	1,862	1,928
22 to 24 years old	231	456	608	729	814	903	985	1,103	1,113	1,146	1,090	1,127	1,152	1,298	1,410
25 to 29 years old	80	217	369	455	463	486	546	569	622	697	654	678	716	781	860
30 to 34 years old	28	127	231	247	227	277	282	270	289	311	372	320	343	402	440
35 years old and over	59	108	319	415	343	390	437	482	502	497	503	497	542	571	634
Part-time	2,765	4,999	5,998	6,133	6,303	6,480	6,665	6,585	6,662	6,690	6,802	6,978	7,204	7,421	7,688
14 to 17 years old	17	38	32	25	20	11	41	30	35	68	65	26	43	42	45
18 and 19 years old	194	418	402	507	599	666	628	526	549	573	614	600	614	578	550
20 and 21 years old	233	441	610	596	644	746	607	706	741	748	704	740	775	782	719
22 to 24 years old	576	844	794	894	964	1,003	1,010	1,338	963	976	1,100	1,229	1,251	1,339	1,296
25 to 29 years old	668	1,209	1,213	1,212	1,083	1,132	1,088	1,035	1,255	1,248	1,184	1,259	1,355	1,405	1,550
30 to 34 years old	388	905	935	805	843	796	835	856	839	805	805	880	930	1,033	1,109
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	2,245	2,237	2,243	2,420
Males	1,540	2,185	2,476	2,535	2,612	2,661	2,701	2,622	2,648	2,653	2,696	2,786	2,918	2,976	2,992
14 to 17 years old	5	17	16	7	11	11	17	10	15	41	16	17	21	20	21
18 and 19 years old	84	202	191	246	333	300	288	250	239	235	297	273	276	260	249
20 and 21 years old	105	201	313	283	276	342	287	274	358	318	341	288	314	316	292
22 to 24 years old	314	392	365	365	454	458	405	564	419	405	466	544	553	586	555
25 to 29 years old	456	594	539	508	447	508	423	427	536	539	488	435	515	525	555
30 to 34 years old	236	397	381	378	332	294	364	350	317	306	325	430	444	486	504
35 years old and over	340	382	672	748	757	749	917	748	764	809	762	799	795	784	815
Females	1,225	2,814	3,521	3,598	3,691	3,820	3,964	3,963	4,014	4,038	4,106	4,192	4,286	4,444	4,696
14 to 17 years old	12	20	17	18	9	1	24	20	19	27	48	9	22	21	23
18 and 19 years old	110	215	211	261	266	366	340	276	311	338	318	327	338	318	301
20 and 21 years old	128	240	297	313	368	404	320	433	382	430	363	452	461	466	427
22 to 24 years old	262	452	429	529	510	545	605	774	543	571	634	685	698	753	740
25 to 29 years old	212	616	674	704	636	624	666	608	720	709	696	824	840	880	994
30 to 34 years old	151	507	554	427	511	502	471	507	523	499	480	449	486	547	605
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	1,446	1,442	1,459	1,605

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 Appendix A: 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 2008 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90-99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2008; and Projections of Education Statistics to 2018. U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October, selected years, 1970 through 2008. (This table was prepared September 2009.)