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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: 2013 |
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 | 20,375,789 | 13,407,050 | 6,968,739 | 14,745,558 | 8,120,417 | 6,625,141 | 5,630,231 | 3,974,004 | 3,941,806 | 32,198 | 1,656,227 | 1,344,827 | 311,400 |
Under 18 | 879,127 | 334,268 | 544,859 | 784,851 | 242,341 | 542,510 | 94,276 | 87,653 | 86,567 | 1,086 | 6,623 | 5,360 | 1,263 |
18 and 19 | 4,265,853 | 2,772,740 | 1,493,113 | 3,349,706 | 1,897,376 | 1,452,330 | 916,147 | 827,262 | 820,904 | 6,358 | 88,885 | 54,460 | 34,425 |
20 and 21 | 4,085,724 | 2,891,038 | 1,194,686 | 3,104,101 | 1,964,543 | 1,139,558 | 981,623 | 843,177 | 837,621 | 5,556 | 138,446 | 88,874 | 49,572 |
22 to 24 | 3,430,650 | 2,411,652 | 1,018,998 | 2,578,656 | 1,623,182 | 955,474 | 851,994 | 634,494 | 629,283 | 5,211 | 217,500 | 159,187 | 58,313 |
25 to 29 | 2,857,056 | 1,926,534 | 930,522 | 1,924,172 | 1,061,062 | 863,110 | 932,884 | 589,145 | 584,295 | 4,850 | 343,739 | 281,177 | 62,562 |
30 to 34 | 1,642,431 | 1,072,826 | 569,605 | 1,045,697 | 515,868 | 529,829 | 596,734 | 324,730 | 321,792 | 2,938 | 272,004 | 235,166 | 36,838 |
35 to 39 | 1,034,148 | 661,681 | 372,467 | 635,424 | 288,689 | 346,735 | 398,724 | 205,447 | 203,392 | 2,055 | 193,277 | 169,600 | 23,677 |
40 to 49 | 1,346,655 | 848,170 | 498,485 | 806,633 | 339,431 | 467,202 | 540,022 | 279,423 | 276,837 | 2,586 | 260,599 | 231,902 | 28,697 |
50 to 64 | 717,300 | 423,897 | 293,403 | 443,952 | 165,536 | 278,416 | 273,348 | 147,356 | 146,041 | 1,315 | 125,992 | 112,320 | 13,672 |
65 and over | 66,161 | 25,645 | 40,516 | 52,893 | 12,924 | 39,969 | 13,268 | 8,483 | 8,399 | 84 | 4,785 | 4,322 | 463 |
Age unknown | 50,684 | 38,599 | 12,085 | 19,473 | 9,465 | 10,008 | 31,211 | 26,834 | 26,675 | 159 | 4,377 | 2,459 | 1,918 |
Full-time | 12,597,112 | 9,764,196 | 2,832,916 | 8,464,809 | 5,934,852 | 2,529,957 | 4,132,303 | 2,986,053 | 2,961,998 | 24,055 | 1,146,250 | 867,346 | 278,904 |
Under 18 | 185,718 | 107,901 | 77,817 | 144,572 | 68,134 | 76,438 | 41,146 | 36,507 | 36,278 | 229 | 4,639 | 3,489 | 1,150 |
18 and 19 | 3,548,294 | 2,613,729 | 934,565 | 2,664,990 | 1,769,079 | 895,911 | 883,304 | 805,019 | 799,185 | 5,834 | 78,285 | 45,465 | 32,820 |
20 and 21 | 3,244,414 | 2,649,081 | 595,333 | 2,319,772 | 1,774,886 | 544,886 | 924,642 | 812,014 | 807,240 | 4,774 | 112,628 | 66,955 | 45,673 |
22 to 24 | 2,239,397 | 1,855,491 | 383,906 | 1,557,129 | 1,229,558 | 327,571 | 682,268 | 519,576 | 515,636 | 3,940 | 162,692 | 110,297 | 52,395 |
25 to 29 | 1,499,143 | 1,172,231 | 326,912 | 879,668 | 611,829 | 267,839 | 619,475 | 379,028 | 375,585 | 3,443 | 240,447 | 184,817 | 55,630 |
30 to 34 | 725,416 | 543,366 | 182,050 | 378,545 | 230,709 | 147,836 | 346,871 | 166,037 | 164,050 | 1,987 | 180,834 | 148,607 | 32,227 |
35 to 39 | 409,512 | 297,621 | 111,891 | 194,469 | 104,477 | 89,992 | 215,043 | 90,843 | 89,490 | 1,353 | 124,200 | 103,654 | 20,546 |
40 to 49 | 484,308 | 346,005 | 138,303 | 211,633 | 99,682 | 111,951 | 272,675 | 110,234 | 108,662 | 1,572 | 162,441 | 137,661 | 24,780 |
50 to 64 | 226,606 | 151,934 | 74,672 | 100,890 | 38,761 | 62,129 | 125,716 | 51,254 | 50,476 | 778 | 74,462 | 62,697 | 11,765 |
65 and over | 9,133 | 6,181 | 2,952 | 3,985 | 1,469 | 2,516 | 5,148 | 2,535 | 2,478 | 57 | 2,613 | 2,234 | 379 |
Age unknown | 25,171 | 20,656 | 4,515 | 9,156 | 6,268 | 2,888 | 16,015 | 13,006 | 12,918 | 88 | 3,009 | 1,470 | 1,539 |
Part-time | 7,778,677 | 3,642,854 | 4,135,823 | 6,280,749 | 2,185,565 | 4,095,184 | 1,497,928 | 987,951 | 979,808 | 8,143 | 509,977 | 477,481 | 32,496 |
Under 18 | 693,409 | 226,367 | 467,042 | 640,279 | 174,207 | 466,072 | 53,130 | 51,146 | 50,289 | 857 | 1,984 | 1,871 | 113 |
18 and 19 | 717,559 | 159,011 | 558,548 | 684,716 | 128,297 | 556,419 | 32,843 | 22,243 | 21,719 | 524 | 10,600 | 8,995 | 1,605 |
20 and 21 | 841,310 | 241,957 | 599,353 | 784,329 | 189,657 | 594,672 | 56,981 | 31,163 | 30,381 | 782 | 25,818 | 21,919 | 3,899 |
22 to 24 | 1,191,253 | 556,161 | 635,092 | 1,021,527 | 393,624 | 627,903 | 169,726 | 114,918 | 113,647 | 1,271 | 54,808 | 48,890 | 5,918 |
25 to 29 | 1,357,913 | 754,303 | 603,610 | 1,044,504 | 449,233 | 595,271 | 313,409 | 210,117 | 208,710 | 1,407 | 103,292 | 96,360 | 6,932 |
30 to 34 | 917,015 | 529,460 | 387,555 | 667,152 | 285,159 | 381,993 | 249,863 | 158,693 | 157,742 | 951 | 91,170 | 86,559 | 4,611 |
35 to 39 | 624,636 | 364,060 | 260,576 | 440,955 | 184,212 | 256,743 | 183,681 | 114,604 | 113,902 | 702 | 69,077 | 65,946 | 3,131 |
40 to 49 | 862,347 | 502,165 | 360,182 | 595,000 | 239,749 | 355,251 | 267,347 | 169,189 | 168,175 | 1,014 | 98,158 | 94,241 | 3,917 |
50 to 64 | 490,694 | 271,963 | 218,731 | 343,062 | 126,775 | 216,287 | 147,632 | 96,102 | 95,565 | 537 | 51,530 | 49,623 | 1,907 |
65 and over | 57,028 | 19,464 | 37,564 | 48,908 | 11,455 | 37,453 | 8,120 | 5,948 | 5,921 | 27 | 2,172 | 2,088 | 84 |
Age unknown | 25,513 | 17,943 | 7,570 | 10,317 | 3,197 | 7,120 | 15,196 | 13,828 | 13,757 | 71 | 1,368 | 989 | 379 |
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 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 7.8 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 8.2 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
18 and 19 | 20.9 | 20.7 | 21.4 | 22.7 | 23.4 | 21.9 | 16.3 | 20.8 | 20.8 | 19.7 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 11.1 |
20 and 21 | 20.1 | 21.6 | 17.1 | 21.1 | 24.2 | 17.2 | 17.4 | 21.2 | 21.2 | 17.3 | 8.4 | 6.6 | 15.9 |
22 to 24 | 16.8 | 18.0 | 14.6 | 17.5 | 20.0 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.2 | 13.1 | 11.8 | 18.7 |
25 to 29 | 14.0 | 14.4 | 13.4 | 13.0 | 13.1 | 13.0 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 15.1 | 20.8 | 20.9 | 20.1 |
30 to 34 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 8.0 | 10.6 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 16.4 | 17.5 | 11.8 |
35 to 39 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 7.1 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 11.7 | 12.6 | 7.6 |
40 to 49 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 7.1 | 9.6 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 15.7 | 17.2 | 9.2 |
50 to 64 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 4.4 |
65 and over | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
Age unknown | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 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 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
18 and 19 | 28.2 | 26.8 | 33.0 | 31.5 | 29.8 | 35.4 | 21.4 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 24.3 | 6.8 | 5.2 | 11.8 |
20 and 21 | 25.8 | 27.1 | 21.0 | 27.4 | 29.9 | 21.5 | 22.4 | 27.2 | 27.3 | 19.8 | 9.8 | 7.7 | 16.4 |
22 to 24 | 17.8 | 19.0 | 13.6 | 18.4 | 20.7 | 12.9 | 16.5 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 16.4 | 14.2 | 12.7 | 18.8 |
25 to 29 | 11.9 | 12.0 | 11.5 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 15.0 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 14.3 | 21.0 | 21.3 | 19.9 |
30 to 34 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 8.4 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 8.3 | 15.8 | 17.1 | 11.6 |
35 to 39 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 5.6 | 10.8 | 12.0 | 7.4 |
40 to 49 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 6.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 6.5 | 14.2 | 15.9 | 8.9 |
50 to 64 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 4.2 |
65 and over | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | # | # | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
Age unknown | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 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 | 8.9 | 6.2 | 11.3 | 10.2 | 8.0 | 11.4 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 10.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
18 and 19 | 9.2 | 4.4 | 13.5 | 10.9 | 5.9 | 13.6 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 6.4 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 4.9 |
20 and 21 | 10.8 | 6.6 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 8.7 | 14.5 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 9.6 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 12.0 |
22 to 24 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 15.4 | 16.3 | 18.0 | 15.3 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 15.6 | 10.7 | 10.2 | 18.2 |
25 to 29 | 17.5 | 20.7 | 14.6 | 16.6 | 20.6 | 14.5 | 20.9 | 21.3 | 21.3 | 17.3 | 20.3 | 20.2 | 21.3 |
30 to 34 | 11.8 | 14.5 | 9.4 | 10.6 | 13.0 | 9.3 | 16.7 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 11.7 | 17.9 | 18.1 | 14.2 |
35 to 39 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 8.4 | 6.3 | 12.3 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 8.6 | 13.5 | 13.8 | 9.6 |
40 to 49 | 11.1 | 13.8 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 8.7 | 17.8 | 17.1 | 17.2 | 12.5 | 19.2 | 19.7 | 12.1 |
50 to 64 | 6.3 | 7.5 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 9.9 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 6.6 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 5.9 |
65 and over | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
Age unknown | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
#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.) |