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Table 303.55. | Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by control and level of institution, attendance status, and age of student: 2011 |
Attendance status and age of student | All institutions | Public institutions | Private (nonprofit and for-profit) institutions | ||||||||||
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Total | Nonprofit institutions | For-profit institutions | |||||||||||
Total | 4-year | 2-year | 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 |
All students | 20,994,113 | 13,494,131 | 7,499,982 | 15,110,196 | 8,047,729 | 7,062,467 | 5,883,917 | 3,927,186 | 3,887,322 | 39,864 | 1,956,731 | 1,559,080 | 397,651 |
Under 18 | 796,375 | 295,719 | 500,656 | 716,755 | 218,614 | 498,141 | 79,620 | 74,933 | 74,094 | 839 | 4,687 | 3,011 | 1,676 |
18 and 19 | 4,290,986 | 2,726,282 | 1,564,704 | 3,355,573 | 1,844,906 | 1,510,667 | 935,413 | 825,362 | 817,796 | 7,566 | 110,051 | 63,580 | 46,471 |
20 and 21 | 4,160,288 | 2,877,940 | 1,282,348 | 3,155,201 | 1,945,063 | 1,210,138 | 1,005,087 | 832,657 | 825,418 | 7,239 | 172,430 | 107,459 | 64,971 |
22 to 24 | 3,433,234 | 2,370,465 | 1,062,769 | 2,569,360 | 1,582,511 | 986,849 | 863,874 | 612,418 | 606,433 | 5,985 | 251,456 | 181,521 | 69,935 |
25 to 29 | 3,042,737 | 2,007,910 | 1,034,827 | 2,037,332 | 1,086,788 | 950,544 | 1,005,405 | 596,049 | 589,544 | 6,505 | 409,356 | 331,578 | 77,778 |
30 to 34 | 1,756,934 | 1,107,752 | 649,182 | 1,119,853 | 522,608 | 597,245 | 637,081 | 318,010 | 313,922 | 4,088 | 319,071 | 271,222 | 47,849 |
35 to 39 | 1,122,631 | 692,572 | 430,059 | 691,413 | 295,626 | 395,787 | 431,218 | 202,771 | 199,980 | 2,791 | 228,447 | 196,966 | 31,481 |
40 to 49 | 1,500,023 | 905,362 | 594,661 | 913,423 | 360,190 | 553,233 | 586,600 | 280,655 | 277,500 | 3,155 | 305,945 | 267,672 | 38,273 |
50 to 64 | 757,586 | 436,307 | 321,279 | 477,358 | 173,044 | 304,314 | 280,228 | 141,202 | 139,776 | 1,426 | 139,026 | 123,487 | 15,539 |
65 and over | 65,158 | 22,419 | 42,739 | 53,533 | 11,680 | 41,853 | 11,625 | 6,867 | 6,780 | 87 | 4,758 | 3,959 | 799 |
Age unknown | 68,161 | 51,403 | 16,758 | 20,395 | 6,699 | 13,696 | 47,766 | 36,262 | 36,079 | 183 | 11,504 | 8,625 | 2,879 |
Full-time | 13,001,457 | 9,841,421 | 3,160,036 | 8,665,740 | 5,889,009 | 2,776,731 | 4,335,717 | 2,937,819 | 2,907,240 | 30,579 | 1,397,898 | 1,045,172 | 352,726 |
Under 18 | 181,834 | 114,404 | 67,430 | 146,661 | 80,917 | 65,744 | 35,173 | 31,800 | 31,585 | 215 | 3,373 | 1,902 | 1,471 |
18 and 19 | 3,569,445 | 2,575,717 | 993,728 | 2,669,518 | 1,726,074 | 943,444 | 899,927 | 803,277 | 796,502 | 6,775 | 96,650 | 53,141 | 43,509 |
20 and 21 | 3,309,527 | 2,640,358 | 669,169 | 2,364,191 | 1,760,324 | 603,867 | 945,336 | 802,816 | 796,542 | 6,274 | 142,520 | 83,492 | 59,028 |
22 to 24 | 2,256,745 | 1,830,622 | 426,123 | 1,563,169 | 1,203,388 | 359,781 | 693,576 | 500,869 | 496,203 | 4,666 | 192,707 | 131,031 | 61,676 |
25 to 29 | 1,607,021 | 1,222,567 | 384,454 | 935,023 | 623,607 | 311,416 | 671,998 | 377,437 | 372,672 | 4,765 | 294,561 | 226,288 | 68,273 |
30 to 34 | 793,548 | 568,028 | 225,520 | 415,228 | 234,308 | 180,920 | 378,320 | 159,117 | 156,274 | 2,843 | 219,203 | 177,446 | 41,757 |
35 to 39 | 459,830 | 320,561 | 139,269 | 218,248 | 108,414 | 109,834 | 241,582 | 88,333 | 86,342 | 1,991 | 153,249 | 125,805 | 27,444 |
40 to 49 | 551,741 | 380,672 | 171,069 | 244,409 | 108,326 | 136,083 | 307,332 | 107,830 | 105,809 | 2,021 | 199,502 | 166,537 | 32,965 |
50 to 64 | 232,535 | 158,198 | 74,337 | 100,412 | 40,208 | 60,204 | 132,123 | 46,322 | 45,462 | 860 | 85,801 | 72,528 | 13,273 |
65 and over | 8,656 | 5,303 | 3,353 | 3,852 | 1,285 | 2,567 | 4,804 | 1,892 | 1,841 | 51 | 2,912 | 2,177 | 735 |
Age unknown | 30,575 | 24,991 | 5,584 | 5,029 | 2,158 | 2,871 | 25,546 | 18,126 | 18,008 | 118 | 7,420 | 4,825 | 2,595 |
Part-time | 7,992,656 | 3,652,710 | 4,339,946 | 6,444,456 | 2,158,720 | 4,285,736 | 1,548,200 | 989,367 | 980,082 | 9,285 | 558,833 | 513,908 | 44,925 |
Under 18 | 614,541 | 181,315 | 433,226 | 570,094 | 137,697 | 432,397 | 44,447 | 43,133 | 42,509 | 624 | 1,314 | 1,109 | 205 |
18 and 19 | 721,541 | 150,565 | 570,976 | 686,055 | 118,832 | 567,223 | 35,486 | 22,085 | 21,294 | 791 | 13,401 | 10,439 | 2,962 |
20 and 21 | 850,761 | 237,582 | 613,179 | 791,010 | 184,739 | 606,271 | 59,751 | 29,841 | 28,876 | 965 | 29,910 | 23,967 | 5,943 |
22 to 24 | 1,176,489 | 539,843 | 636,646 | 1,006,191 | 379,123 | 627,068 | 170,298 | 111,549 | 110,230 | 1,319 | 58,749 | 50,490 | 8,259 |
25 to 29 | 1,435,716 | 785,343 | 650,373 | 1,102,309 | 463,181 | 639,128 | 333,407 | 218,612 | 216,872 | 1,740 | 114,795 | 105,290 | 9,505 |
30 to 34 | 963,386 | 539,724 | 423,662 | 704,625 | 288,300 | 416,325 | 258,761 | 158,893 | 157,648 | 1,245 | 99,868 | 93,776 | 6,092 |
35 to 39 | 662,801 | 372,011 | 290,790 | 473,165 | 187,212 | 285,953 | 189,636 | 114,438 | 113,638 | 800 | 75,198 | 71,161 | 4,037 |
40 to 49 | 948,282 | 524,690 | 423,592 | 669,014 | 251,864 | 417,150 | 279,268 | 172,825 | 171,691 | 1,134 | 106,443 | 101,135 | 5,308 |
50 to 64 | 525,051 | 278,109 | 246,942 | 376,946 | 132,836 | 244,110 | 148,105 | 94,880 | 94,314 | 566 | 53,225 | 50,959 | 2,266 |
65 and over | 56,502 | 17,116 | 39,386 | 49,681 | 10,395 | 39,286 | 6,821 | 4,975 | 4,939 | 36 | 1,846 | 1,782 | 64 |
Age unknown | 37,586 | 26,412 | 11,174 | 15,366 | 4,541 | 10,825 | 22,220 | 18,136 | 18,071 | 65 | 4,084 | 3,800 | 284 |
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 |
Under 18 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 6.7 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 7.1 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
18 and 19 | 20.4 | 20.2 | 20.9 | 22.2 | 22.9 | 21.4 | 15.9 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 19.0 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 11.7 |
20 and 21 | 19.8 | 21.3 | 17.1 | 20.9 | 24.2 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 21.2 | 21.2 | 18.2 | 8.8 | 6.9 | 16.3 |
22 to 24 | 16.4 | 17.6 | 14.2 | 17.0 | 19.7 | 14.0 | 14.7 | 15.6 | 15.6 | 15.0 | 12.9 | 11.6 | 17.6 |
25 to 29 | 14.5 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 17.1 | 15.2 | 15.2 | 16.3 | 20.9 | 21.3 | 19.6 |
30 to 34 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 7.4 | 6.5 | 8.5 | 10.8 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 10.3 | 16.3 | 17.4 | 12.0 |
35 to 39 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 5.6 | 7.3 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 7.0 | 11.7 | 12.6 | 7.9 |
40 to 49 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 7.9 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 7.8 | 10.0 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.9 | 15.6 | 17.2 | 9.6 |
50 to 64 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 7.1 | 7.9 | 3.9 |
65 and over | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
Age unknown | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
Full-time | 100.0 | 99.9 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Under 18 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
18 and 19 | 27.5 | 26.2 | 31.4 | 30.8 | 29.3 | 34.0 | 20.8 | 27.3 | 27.4 | 22.2 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 12.3 |
20 and 21 | 25.5 | 26.8 | 21.2 | 27.3 | 29.9 | 21.7 | 21.8 | 27.3 | 27.4 | 20.5 | 10.2 | 8.0 | 16.7 |
22 to 24 | 17.4 | 18.6 | 13.5 | 18.0 | 20.4 | 13.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 17.1 | 15.3 | 13.8 | 12.5 | 17.5 |
25 to 29 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.2 | 10.8 | 10.6 | 11.2 | 15.5 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 15.6 | 21.1 | 21.7 | 19.4 |
30 to 34 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 7.1 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 6.5 | 8.7 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 9.3 | 15.7 | 17.0 | 11.8 |
35 to 39 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 6.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 7.8 |
40 to 49 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 4.9 | 7.1 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 6.6 | 14.3 | 15.9 | 9.3 |
50 to 64 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 3.8 |
65 and over | 0.1 | # | 0.1 | # | # | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Age unknown | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | # | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 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 |
Under 18 | 7.7 | 5.0 | 10.0 | 8.8 | 6.4 | 10.1 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 6.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
18 and 19 | 9.0 | 4.1 | 13.2 | 10.6 | 5.5 | 13.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 8.5 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 6.6 |
20 and 21 | 10.6 | 6.5 | 14.1 | 12.3 | 8.6 | 14.1 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 10.4 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 13.2 |
22 to 24 | 14.7 | 14.8 | 14.7 | 15.6 | 17.6 | 14.6 | 11.0 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 14.2 | 10.5 | 9.8 | 18.4 |
25 to 29 | 18.0 | 21.5 | 15.0 | 17.1 | 21.5 | 14.9 | 21.5 | 22.1 | 22.1 | 18.7 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 21.2 |
30 to 34 | 12.1 | 14.8 | 9.8 | 10.9 | 13.4 | 9.7 | 16.7 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 13.4 | 17.9 | 18.2 | 13.6 |
35 to 39 | 8.3 | 10.2 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 6.7 | 12.2 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 8.6 | 13.5 | 13.8 | 9.0 |
40 to 49 | 11.9 | 14.4 | 9.8 | 10.4 | 11.7 | 9.7 | 18.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 12.2 | 19.0 | 19.7 | 11.8 |
50 to 64 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 6.1 | 9.5 | 9.9 | 5.0 |
65 and over | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
Age unknown | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
#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 September 2012.) |