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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: 2013
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 17,474,835 13,347,002 6,721,861 6,625,141 2,757,447 2,725,249 32,198 1,370,386 1,058,986 311,400 2,900,954 1,398,556 1,216,557 285,841
Under 18 878,960 784,803 242,293 542,510 87,570 86,484 1,086 6,587 5,324 1,263 167 48 83 36
18 and 19 4,264,764 3,349,245 1,896,915 1,452,330 826,654 820,296 6,358 88,865 54,440 34,425 1,089 461 608 20
20 and 21 4,051,605 3,087,024 1,947,466 1,139,558 826,717 821,161 5,556 137,864 88,292 49,572 34,119 17,077 16,460 582
22 to 24 2,812,445 2,240,127 1,284,653 955,474 369,438 364,227 5,211 202,880 144,567 58,313 618,205 338,529 265,056 14,620
25 to 29 1,949,698 1,458,960 595,850 863,110 198,958 194,108 4,850 291,780 229,218 62,562 907,358 465,212 390,187 51,959
30 to 34 1,166,637 815,017 285,188 529,829 132,642 129,704 2,938 218,978 182,140 36,838 475,794 230,680 192,088 53,026
35 to 39 756,185 512,097 165,362 346,735 95,749 93,694 2,055 148,339 124,662 23,677 277,963 123,327 109,698 44,938
40 to 49 988,078 664,808 197,606 467,202 136,255 133,669 2,586 187,015 158,318 28,697 358,577 141,825 143,168 73,584
50 to 64 518,914 371,772 93,356 278,416 65,567 64,252 1,315 81,575 67,903 13,672 198,386 72,180 81,789 44,417
65 and over 55,195 48,830 8,861 39,969 3,805 3,721 84 2,560 2,097 463 10,966 4,063 4,678 2,225
Age unknown 32,354 14,319 4,311 10,008 14,092 13,933 159 3,943 2,025 1,918 18,330 5,154 12,742 434
                             
Full-time 10,938,494 7,685,669 5,155,712 2,529,957 2,261,723 2,237,668 24,055 991,102 712,198 278,904 1,658,618 779,140 724,330 155,148
Under 18 185,631 144,552 68,114 76,438 36,463 36,234 229 4,616 3,466 1,150 87 20 44 23
18 and 19 3,547,315 2,664,561 1,768,650 895,911 804,479 798,645 5,834 78,275 45,455 32,820 979 429 540 10
20 and 21 3,213,421 2,304,294 1,759,408 544,886 796,874 792,100 4,774 112,253 66,580 45,673 30,993 15,478 15,140 375
22 to 24 1,743,151 1,286,138 958,567 327,571 303,865 299,925 3,940 153,148 100,753 52,395 496,246 270,991 215,711 9,544
25 to 29 923,550 593,123 325,284 267,839 119,627 116,184 3,443 210,800 155,170 55,630 575,593 286,545 259,401 29,647
30 to 34 491,630 272,350 124,514 147,836 66,912 64,925 1,987 152,368 120,141 32,227 233,786 106,195 99,125 28,466
35 to 39 295,425 151,244 61,252 89,992 44,044 42,691 1,353 100,137 79,591 20,546 114,087 43,225 46,799 24,063
40 to 49 355,343 174,691 62,740 111,951 57,405 55,833 1,572 123,247 98,467 24,780 128,965 36,942 52,829 39,194
50 to 64 162,457 86,358 24,229 62,129 24,143 23,365 778 51,956 40,191 11,765 64,149 14,532 27,111 22,506
65 and over 5,931 3,407 891 2,516 986 929 57 1,538 1,159 379 3,202 578 1,549 1,075
Age unknown 14,640 4,951 2,063 2,888 6,925 6,837 88 2,764 1,225 1,539 10,531 4,205 6,081 245
                             
Part-time 6,536,341 5,661,333 1,566,149 4,095,184 495,724 487,581 8,143 379,284 346,788 32,496 1,242,336 619,416 492,227 130,693
Under 18 693,329 640,251 174,179 466,072 51,107 50,250 857 1,971 1,858 113 80 28 39 13
18 and 19 717,449 684,684 128,265 556,419 22,175 21,651 524 10,590 8,985 1,605 110 32 68 10
20 and 21 838,184 782,730 188,058 594,672 29,843 29,061 782 25,611 21,712 3,899 3,126 1,599 1,320 207
22 to 24 1,069,294 953,989 326,086 627,903 65,573 64,302 1,271 49,732 43,814 5,918 121,959 67,538 49,345 5,076
25 to 29 1,026,148 865,837 270,566 595,271 79,331 77,924 1,407 80,980 74,048 6,932 331,765 178,667 130,786 22,312
30 to 34 675,007 542,667 160,674 381,993 65,730 64,779 951 66,610 61,999 4,611 242,008 124,485 92,963 24,560
35 to 39 460,760 360,853 104,110 256,743 51,705 51,003 702 48,202 45,071 3,131 163,876 80,102 62,899 20,875
40 to 49 632,735 490,117 134,866 355,251 78,850 77,836 1,014 63,768 59,851 3,917 229,612 104,883 90,339 34,390
50 to 64 356,457 285,414 69,127 216,287 41,424 40,887 537 29,619 27,712 1,907 134,237 57,648 54,678 21,911
65 and over 49,264 45,423 7,970 37,453 2,819 2,792 27 1,022 938 84 7,764 3,485 3,129 1,150
Age unknown 17,714 9,368 2,248 7,120 7,167 7,096 71 1,179 800 379 7,799 949 6,661 189
  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 5.0 5.9 3.6 8.2 3.2 3.2 3.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 # # # #
18 and 19 24.4 25.1 28.2 21.9 30.0 30.1 19.7 6.5 5.1 11.1 # # # #
20 and 21 23.2 23.1 29.0 17.2 30.0 30.1 17.3 10.1 8.3 15.9 1.2 1.2 1.4 0.2
22 to 24 16.1 16.8 19.1 14.4 13.4 13.4 16.2 14.8 13.7 18.7 21.3 24.2 21.8 5.1
25 to 29 11.2 10.9 8.9 13.0 7.2 7.1 15.1 21.3 21.6 20.1 31.3 33.3 32.1 18.2
30 to 34 6.7 6.1 4.2 8.0 4.8 4.8 9.1 16.0 17.2 11.8 16.4 16.5 15.8 18.6
35 to 39 4.3 3.8 2.5 5.2 3.5 3.4 6.4 10.8 11.8 7.6 9.6 8.8 9.0 15.7
40 to 49 5.7 5.0 2.9 7.1 4.9 4.9 8.0 13.6 14.9 9.2 12.4 10.1 11.8 25.7
50 to 64 3.0 2.8 1.4 4.2 2.4 2.4 4.1 6.0 6.4 4.4 6.8 5.2 6.7 15.5
65 and over 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.8
Age unknown 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.4 1.0 0.2
                             
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 1.7 1.9 1.3 3.0 1.6 1.6 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.4 # # # #
18 and 19 32.4 34.7 34.3 35.4 35.6 35.7 24.3 7.9 6.4 11.8 0.1 0.1 0.1 #
20 and 21 29.4 30.0 34.1 21.5 35.2 35.4 19.8 11.3 9.3 16.4 1.9 2.0 2.1 0.2
22 to 24 15.9 16.7 18.6 12.9 13.4 13.4 16.4 15.5 14.1 18.8 29.9 34.8 29.8 6.2
25 to 29 8.4 7.7 6.3 10.6 5.3 5.2 14.3 21.3 21.8 19.9 34.7 36.8 35.8 19.1
30 to 34 4.5 3.5 2.4 5.8 3.0 2.9 8.3 15.4 16.9 11.6 14.1 13.6 13.7 18.3
35 to 39 2.7 2.0 1.2 3.6 1.9 1.9 5.6 10.1 11.2 7.4 6.9 5.5 6.5 15.5
40 to 49 3.2 2.3 1.2 4.4 2.5 2.5 6.5 12.4 13.8 8.9 7.8 4.7 7.3 25.3
50 to 64 1.5 1.1 0.5 2.5 1.1 1.0 3.2 5.2 5.6 4.2 3.9 1.9 3.7 14.5
65 and over 0.1 # # 0.1 # # 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.7
Age unknown 0.1 0.1 # 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.2
                             
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 10.6 11.3 11.1 11.4 10.3 10.3 10.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 # # # #
18 and 19 11.0 12.1 8.2 13.6 4.5 4.4 6.4 2.8 2.6 4.9 # # # #
20 and 21 12.8 13.8 12.0 14.5 6.0 6.0 9.6 6.8 6.3 12.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2
22 to 24 16.4 16.9 20.8 15.3 13.2 13.2 15.6 13.1 12.6 18.2 9.8 10.9 10.0 3.9
25 to 29 15.7 15.3 17.3 14.5 16.0 16.0 17.3 21.4 21.4 21.3 26.7 28.8 26.6 17.1
30 to 34 10.3 9.6 10.3 9.3 13.3 13.3 11.7 17.6 17.9 14.2 19.5 20.1 18.9 18.8
35 to 39 7.0 6.4 6.6 6.3 10.4 10.5 8.6 12.7 13.0 9.6 13.2 12.9 12.8 16.0
40 to 49 9.7 8.7 8.6 8.7 15.9 16.0 12.5 16.8 17.3 12.1 18.5 16.9 18.4 26.3
50 to 64 5.5 5.0 4.4 5.3 8.4 8.4 6.6 7.8 8.0 5.9 10.8 9.3 11.1 16.8
65 and over 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.9
Age unknown 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 1.4 1.5 0.9 0.3 0.2 1.2 0.6 0.2 1.4 0.1
#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 2014, Enrollment component. (This table was prepared November 2014.)

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