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Table 303.45. | Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by level of enrollment, sex, attendance status, and age of student: 2009, 2011, and 2013 |
Attendance status and age of student | Fall 2009 | Fall 2011 | Fall 2013 | ||||||||||
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All levels | All levels | All levels | Undergraduate | Postbaccalaureate | |||||||||
Total | 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 | 14 |
All students | 20,313,594 | 21,010,590 | 9,034,256 | 11,976,334 | 20,375,789 | 8,860,786 | 11,515,003 | 17,474,835 | 7,659,626 | 9,815,209 | 2,900,954 | 1,201,160 | 1,699,794 |
Under 18 | 758,719 | 796,322 | 330,026 | 466,296 | 879,127 | 363,634 | 515,493 | 878,960 | 363,571 | 515,389 | 167 | 63 | 104 |
18 and 19 | 4,291,786 | 4,291,189 | 1,935,116 | 2,356,073 | 4,265,853 | 1,920,939 | 2,344,914 | 4,264,764 | 1,920,536 | 2,344,228 | 1,089 | 403 | 686 |
20 and 21 | 3,995,409 | 4,161,496 | 1,874,220 | 2,287,276 | 4,085,724 | 1,852,000 | 2,233,724 | 4,051,605 | 1,839,026 | 2,212,579 | 34,119 | 12,974 | 21,145 |
22 to 24 | 3,300,898 | 3,434,603 | 1,574,540 | 1,860,063 | 3,430,650 | 1,580,020 | 1,850,630 | 2,812,445 | 1,331,251 | 1,481,194 | 618,205 | 248,769 | 369,436 |
25 to 29 | 2,934,931 | 3,045,652 | 1,329,306 | 1,716,346 | 2,857,056 | 1,259,180 | 1,597,876 | 1,949,698 | 859,923 | 1,089,775 | 907,358 | 399,257 | 508,101 |
30 to 34 | 1,614,852 | 1,759,975 | 726,923 | 1,033,052 | 1,642,431 | 695,841 | 946,590 | 1,166,637 | 482,591 | 684,046 | 475,794 | 213,250 | 262,544 |
35 to 39 | 1,113,548 | 1,125,125 | 427,973 | 697,152 | 1,034,148 | 403,714 | 630,434 | 756,185 | 288,377 | 467,808 | 277,963 | 115,337 | 162,626 |
40 to 49 | 1,432,883 | 1,503,908 | 526,491 | 977,417 | 1,346,655 | 483,480 | 863,175 | 988,078 | 351,076 | 637,002 | 358,577 | 132,404 | 226,173 |
50 to 64 | 728,033 | 760,089 | 253,539 | 506,550 | 717,300 | 252,559 | 464,741 | 518,914 | 186,574 | 332,340 | 198,386 | 65,985 | 132,401 |
65 and over | 69,679 | 65,122 | 27,123 | 37,999 | 66,161 | 28,065 | 38,096 | 55,195 | 23,056 | 32,139 | 10,966 | 5,009 | 5,957 |
Age unknown | 72,856 | 67,109 | 28,999 | 38,110 | 50,684 | 21,354 | 29,330 | 32,354 | 13,645 | 18,709 | 18,330 | 7,709 | 10,621 |
Full-time | 12,605,355 | 13,002,531 | 5,792,818 | 7,209,713 | 12,597,112 | 5,682,166 | 6,914,946 | 10,938,494 | 4,949,572 | 5,988,922 | 1,658,618 | 732,594 | 926,024 |
Under 18 | 176,567 | 181,159 | 72,371 | 108,788 | 185,718 | 74,583 | 111,135 | 185,631 | 74,555 | 111,076 | 87 | 28 | 59 |
18 and 19 | 3,630,783 | 3,571,443 | 1,597,775 | 1,973,668 | 3,548,294 | 1,585,220 | 1,963,074 | 3,547,315 | 1,584,855 | 1,962,460 | 979 | 365 | 614 |
20 and 21 | 3,240,417 | 3,311,201 | 1,495,119 | 1,816,082 | 3,244,414 | 1,472,318 | 1,772,096 | 3,213,421 | 1,460,365 | 1,753,056 | 30,993 | 11,953 | 19,040 |
22 to 24 | 2,183,499 | 2,257,755 | 1,072,259 | 1,185,496 | 2,239,397 | 1,066,976 | 1,172,421 | 1,743,151 | 861,461 | 881,690 | 496,246 | 205,515 | 290,731 |
25 to 29 | 1,513,822 | 1,607,135 | 745,669 | 861,466 | 1,499,143 | 705,540 | 793,603 | 923,550 | 434,039 | 489,511 | 575,593 | 271,501 | 304,092 |
30 to 34 | 705,835 | 793,229 | 342,108 | 451,121 | 725,416 | 325,394 | 400,022 | 491,630 | 212,248 | 279,382 | 233,786 | 113,146 | 120,640 |
35 to 39 | 433,345 | 459,050 | 176,259 | 282,791 | 409,512 | 164,713 | 244,799 | 295,425 | 114,157 | 181,268 | 114,087 | 50,556 | 63,531 |
40 to 49 | 485,700 | 550,606 | 195,769 | 354,837 | 484,308 | 182,654 | 301,654 | 355,343 | 132,126 | 223,217 | 128,965 | 50,528 | 78,437 |
50 to 64 | 201,201 | 232,693 | 79,027 | 153,666 | 226,606 | 89,774 | 136,832 | 162,457 | 67,040 | 95,417 | 64,149 | 22,734 | 41,415 |
65 and over | 6,502 | 8,387 | 3,586 | 4,801 | 9,133 | 4,082 | 5,051 | 5,931 | 2,599 | 3,332 | 3,202 | 1,483 | 1,719 |
Age unknown | 27,684 | 29,873 | 12,876 | 16,997 | 25,171 | 10,912 | 14,259 | 14,640 | 6,127 | 8,513 | 10,531 | 4,785 | 5,746 |
Part-time | 7,708,239 | 8,008,059 | 3,241,438 | 4,766,621 | 7,778,677 | 3,178,620 | 4,600,057 | 6,536,341 | 2,710,054 | 3,826,287 | 1,242,336 | 468,566 | 773,770 |
Under 18 | 582,152 | 615,163 | 257,655 | 357,508 | 693,409 | 289,051 | 404,358 | 693,329 | 289,016 | 404,313 | 80 | 35 | 45 |
18 and 19 | 661,003 | 719,746 | 337,341 | 382,405 | 717,559 | 335,719 | 381,840 | 717,449 | 335,681 | 381,768 | 110 | 38 | 72 |
20 and 21 | 754,992 | 850,295 | 379,101 | 471,194 | 841,310 | 379,682 | 461,628 | 838,184 | 378,661 | 459,523 | 3,126 | 1,021 | 2,105 |
22 to 24 | 1,117,399 | 1,176,848 | 502,281 | 674,567 | 1,191,253 | 513,044 | 678,209 | 1,069,294 | 469,790 | 599,504 | 121,959 | 43,254 | 78,705 |
25 to 29 | 1,421,109 | 1,438,517 | 583,637 | 854,880 | 1,357,913 | 553,640 | 804,273 | 1,026,148 | 425,884 | 600,264 | 331,765 | 127,756 | 204,009 |
30 to 34 | 909,017 | 966,746 | 384,815 | 581,931 | 917,015 | 370,447 | 546,568 | 675,007 | 270,343 | 404,664 | 242,008 | 100,104 | 141,904 |
35 to 39 | 680,203 | 666,075 | 251,714 | 414,361 | 624,636 | 239,001 | 385,635 | 460,760 | 174,220 | 286,540 | 163,876 | 64,781 | 99,095 |
40 to 49 | 947,183 | 953,302 | 330,722 | 622,580 | 862,347 | 300,826 | 561,521 | 632,735 | 218,950 | 413,785 | 229,612 | 81,876 | 147,736 |
50 to 64 | 526,832 | 527,396 | 174,512 | 352,884 | 490,694 | 162,785 | 327,909 | 356,457 | 119,534 | 236,923 | 134,237 | 43,251 | 90,986 |
65 and over | 63,177 | 56,735 | 23,537 | 33,198 | 57,028 | 23,983 | 33,045 | 49,264 | 20,457 | 28,807 | 7,764 | 3,526 | 4,238 |
Age unknown | 45,172 | 37,236 | 16,123 | 21,113 | 25,513 | 10,442 | 15,071 | 17,714 | 7,518 | 10,196 | 7,799 | 2,924 | 4,875 |
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 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.3 | # | # | # |
18 and 19 | 21.1 | 20.4 | 21.4 | 19.7 | 20.9 | 21.7 | 20.4 | 24.4 | 25.1 | 23.9 | # | # | # |
20 and 21 | 19.7 | 19.8 | 20.7 | 19.1 | 20.1 | 20.9 | 19.4 | 23.2 | 24.0 | 22.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
22 to 24 | 16.2 | 16.3 | 17.4 | 15.5 | 16.8 | 17.8 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 17.4 | 15.1 | 21.3 | 20.7 | 21.7 |
25 to 29 | 14.4 | 14.5 | 14.7 | 14.3 | 14.0 | 14.2 | 13.9 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 31.3 | 33.2 | 29.9 |
30 to 34 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 16.4 | 17.8 | 15.4 |
35 to 39 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 |
40 to 49 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 5.8 | 8.2 | 6.6 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 6.5 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 13.3 |
50 to 64 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 7.8 |
65 and over | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Age unknown | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 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 |
Under 18 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.9 | # | # | # |
18 and 19 | 28.8 | 27.5 | 27.6 | 27.4 | 28.2 | 27.9 | 28.4 | 32.4 | 32.0 | 32.8 | 0.1 | # | 0.1 |
20 and 21 | 25.7 | 25.5 | 25.8 | 25.2 | 25.8 | 25.9 | 25.6 | 29.4 | 29.5 | 29.3 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.1 |
22 to 24 | 17.3 | 17.4 | 18.5 | 16.4 | 17.8 | 18.8 | 17.0 | 15.9 | 17.4 | 14.7 | 29.9 | 28.1 | 31.4 |
25 to 29 | 12.0 | 12.4 | 12.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 12.4 | 11.5 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 34.7 | 37.1 | 32.8 |
30 to 34 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 14.1 | 15.4 | 13.0 |
35 to 39 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.9 |
40 to 49 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 8.5 |
50 to 64 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.5 |
65 and over | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Age unknown | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
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 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.6 | # | # | # |
18 and 19 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 10.4 | 8.0 | 9.2 | 10.6 | 8.3 | 11.0 | 12.4 | 10.0 | # | # | # |
20 and 21 | 9.8 | 10.6 | 11.7 | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 10.0 | 12.8 | 14.0 | 12.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
22 to 24 | 14.5 | 14.7 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 15.3 | 16.1 | 14.7 | 16.4 | 17.3 | 15.7 | 9.8 | 9.2 | 10.2 |
25 to 29 | 18.4 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 17.9 | 17.5 | 17.4 | 17.5 | 15.7 | 15.7 | 15.7 | 26.7 | 27.3 | 26.4 |
30 to 34 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 11.9 | 12.2 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 10.6 | 19.5 | 21.4 | 18.3 |
35 to 39 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 13.2 | 13.8 | 12.8 |
40 to 49 | 12.3 | 11.9 | 10.2 | 13.1 | 11.1 | 9.5 | 12.2 | 9.7 | 8.1 | 10.8 | 18.5 | 17.5 | 19.1 |
50 to 64 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 7.1 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 6.2 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 11.8 |
65 and over | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
Age unknown | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. | |||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2010, 2012, and 2014, Enrollment component. (This table was prepared November 2014.) |