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Table 303.50. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by level of enrollment, control and level of institution, attendance status, and age of student: 2011
Attendance status and age of student Undergraduate Postbaccalaureate
Total Public Private, nonprofit Private, for-profit Total Public Private, non-profit Private, for-
profit
Total 4-year 2-year Total 4-year 2-year Total 4-year 2-year
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
All students 18,063,037 13,688,792 6,626,325 7,062,467 2,718,880 2,679,016 39,864 1,655,365 1,257,714 397,651 2,931,076 1,421,404 1,208,306 301,366
Under 18 796,117 716,684 218,543 498,141 74,833 73,994 839 4,600 2,924 1,676 258 71 100 87
18 and 19 4,289,343 3,355,112 1,844,445 1,510,667 824,285 816,719 7,566 109,946 63,475 46,471 1,643 461 1,077 105
20 and 21 4,128,526 3,137,619 1,927,481 1,210,138 819,186 811,947 7,239 171,721 106,750 64,971 31,762 17,582 13,471 709
22 to 24 2,824,613 2,234,132 1,247,283 986,849 354,688 348,703 5,985 235,793 165,858 69,935 608,621 335,228 257,730 15,663
25 to 29 2,109,253 1,560,039 609,495 950,544 198,293 191,788 6,505 350,921 273,143 77,778 933,484 477,293 397,756 58,435
30 to 34 1,280,160 887,626 290,381 597,245 129,891 125,803 4,088 262,643 214,794 47,849 476,774 232,227 188,119 56,428
35 to 39 841,866 565,830 170,043 395,787 94,608 91,817 2,791 181,428 149,947 31,481 280,765 125,583 108,163 47,019
40 to 49 1,133,631 763,973 210,740 553,233 138,769 135,614 3,155 230,889 192,616 38,273 366,392 149,450 141,886 75,056
50 to 64 554,461 398,818 94,504 304,314 60,867 59,441 1,426 94,776 79,237 15,539 203,125 78,540 80,335 44,250
65 and over 55,755 49,703 7,850 41,853 3,073 2,986 87 2,979 2,180 799 9,403 3,830 3,794 1,779
Age unknown 49,312 19,256 5,560 13,696 20,387 20,204 183 9,669 6,790 2,879 18,849 1,139 15,875 1,835
                             
Full-time 11,359,068 7,894,906 5,118,175 2,776,731 2,235,815 2,205,236 30,579 1,228,347 875,621 352,726 1,642,389 770,834 702,004 169,551
Under 18 181,732 146,634 80,890 65,744 31,737 31,522 215 3,361 1,890 1,471 102 27 63 12
18 and 19 3,567,947 2,669,114 1,725,670 943,444 802,267 795,492 6,775 96,566 53,057 43,509 1,498 404 1,010 84
20 and 21 3,281,595 2,349,095 1,745,228 603,867 790,545 784,271 6,274 141,955 82,927 59,028 27,932 15,096 12,271 565
22 to 24 1,772,646 1,298,188 938,407 359,781 293,040 288,374 4,666 181,418 119,742 61,676 484,099 264,981 207,829 11,289
25 to 29 1,025,404 647,857 336,441 311,416 117,996 113,231 4,765 259,551 191,278 68,273 581,617 287,166 259,441 35,010
30 to 34 564,393 310,836 129,916 180,920 65,277 62,434 2,843 188,280 146,523 41,757 229,155 104,392 93,840 30,923
35 to 39 346,510 174,974 65,140 109,834 43,793 41,802 1,991 127,743 100,299 27,444 113,320 43,274 44,540 25,506
40 to 49 422,084 205,352 69,269 136,083 57,822 55,801 2,021 158,910 125,945 32,965 129,657 39,057 50,008 40,592
50 to 64 168,877 84,785 24,581 60,204 21,779 20,919 860 62,313 49,040 13,273 63,658 15,627 24,543 23,488
65 and over 6,081 3,330 763 2,567 757 706 51 1,994 1,259 735 2,575 522 1,135 918
Age unknown 21,799 4,741 1,870 2,871 10,802 10,684 118 6,256 3,661 2,595 8,776 288 7,324 1,164
                             
Part-time 6,703,969 5,793,886 1,508,150 4,285,736 483,065 473,780 9,285 427,018 382,093 44,925 1,288,687 650,570 506,302 131,815
Under 18 614,385 570,050 137,653 432,397 43,096 42,472 624 1,239 1,034 205 156 44 37 75
18 and 19 721,396 685,998 118,775 567,223 22,018 21,227 791 13,380 10,418 2,962 145 57 67 21
20 and 21 846,931 788,524 182,253 606,271 28,641 27,676 965 29,766 23,823 5,943 3,830 2,486 1,200 144
22 to 24 1,051,967 935,944 308,876 627,068 61,648 60,329 1,319 54,375 46,116 8,259 124,522 70,247 49,901 4,374
25 to 29 1,083,849 912,182 273,054 639,128 80,297 78,557 1,740 91,370 81,865 9,505 351,867 190,127 138,315 23,425
30 to 34 715,767 576,790 160,465 416,325 64,614 63,369 1,245 74,363 68,271 6,092 247,619 127,835 94,279 25,505
35 to 39 495,356 390,856 104,903 285,953 50,815 50,015 800 53,685 49,648 4,037 167,445 82,309 63,623 21,513
40 to 49 711,547 558,621 141,471 417,150 80,947 79,813 1,134 71,979 66,671 5,308 236,735 110,393 91,878 34,464
50 to 64 385,584 314,033 69,923 244,110 39,088 38,522 566 32,463 30,197 2,266 139,467 62,913 55,792 20,762
65 and over 49,674 46,373 7,087 39,286 2,316 2,280 36 985 921 64 6,828 3,308 2,659 861
Age unknown 27,513 14,515 3,690 10,825 9,585 9,520 65 3,413 3,129 284 10,073 851 8,551 671
  Percentage distribution
All students 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under 18 4.4 5.2 3.3 7.1 2.8 2.8 2.1 0.3 0.2 0.4 # # # #
18 and 19 23.7 24.5 27.8 21.4 30.3 30.5 19.0 6.6 5.0 11.7 0.1 # 0.1 #
20 and 21 22.9 22.9 29.1 17.1 30.1 30.3 18.2 10.4 8.5 16.3 1.1 1.2 1.1 0.2
22 to 24 15.6 16.3 18.8 14.0 13.0 13.0 15.0 14.2 13.2 17.6 20.8 23.6 21.3 5.2
25 to 29 11.7 11.4 9.2 13.5 7.3 7.2 16.3 21.2 21.7 19.6 31.8 33.6 32.9 19.4
30 to 34 7.1 6.5 4.4 8.5 4.8 4.7 10.3 15.9 17.1 12.0 16.3 16.3 15.6 18.7
35 to 39 4.7 4.1 2.6 5.6 3.5 3.4 7.0 11.0 11.9 7.9 9.6 8.8 9.0 15.6
40 to 49 6.3 5.6 3.2 7.8 5.1 5.1 7.9 13.9 15.3 9.6 12.5 10.5 11.7 24.9
50 to 64 3.1 2.9 1.4 4.3 2.2 2.2 3.6 5.7 6.3 3.9 6.9 5.5 6.6 14.7
65 and over 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.6
Age unknown 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.1 1.3 0.6
                             
Full-time 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under 18 1.6 1.9 1.6 2.4 1.4 1.4 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.4 # # # #
18 and 19 31.4 33.8 33.7 34.0 35.9 36.1 22.2 7.9 6.1 12.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
20 and 21 28.9 29.8 34.1 21.7 35.4 35.6 20.5 11.6 9.5 16.7 1.7 2.0 1.7 0.3
22 to 24 15.6 16.4 18.3 13.0 13.1 13.1 15.3 14.8 13.7 17.5 29.5 34.4 29.6 6.7
25 to 29 9.0 8.2 6.6 11.2 5.3 5.1 15.6 21.1 21.8 19.4 35.4 37.3 37.0 20.6
30 to 34 5.0 3.9 2.5 6.5 2.9 2.8 9.3 15.3 16.7 11.8 14.0 13.5 13.4 18.2
35 to 39 3.1 2.2 1.3 4.0 2.0 1.9 6.5 10.4 11.5 7.8 6.9 5.6 6.3 15.0
40 to 49 3.7 2.6 1.4 4.9 2.6 2.5 6.6 12.9 14.4 9.3 7.9 5.1 7.1 23.9
50 to 64 1.5 1.1 0.5 2.2 1.0 0.9 2.8 5.1 5.6 3.8 3.9 2.0 3.5 13.9
65 and over 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.5
Age unknown 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.0 1.0 0.7
                             
Part-time 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Under 18 9.2 9.8 9.1 10.1 8.9 9.0 6.7 0.3 0.3 0.5 # # # 0.1
18 and 19 10.8 11.8 7.9 13.2 4.6 4.5 8.5 3.1 2.7 6.6 # # # #
20 and 21 12.6 13.6 12.1 14.1 5.9 5.8 10.4 7.0 6.2 13.2 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.1
22 to 24 15.7 16.2 20.5 14.6 12.8 12.7 14.2 12.7 12.1 18.4 9.7 10.8 9.9 3.3
25 to 29 16.2 15.7 18.1 14.9 16.6 16.6 18.7 21.4 21.4 21.2 27.3 29.2 27.3 17.8
30 to 34 10.7 10.0 10.6 9.7 13.4 13.4 13.4 17.4 17.9 13.6 19.2 19.6 18.6 19.3
35 to 39 7.4 6.7 7.0 6.7 10.5 10.6 8.6 12.6 13.0 9.0 13.0 12.7 12.6 16.3
40 to 49 10.6 9.6 9.4 9.7 16.8 16.8 12.2 16.9 17.4 11.8 18.4 17.0 18.1 26.1
50 to 64 5.8 5.4 4.6 5.7 8.1 8.1 6.1 7.6 7.9 5.0 10.8 9.7 11.0 15.8
65 and over 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7
Age unknown 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3 2.0 2.0 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.1 1.7 0.5
#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, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2012, Enrollment component. (This table was prepared November 2012.)

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