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Table 303.40. | Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by attendance status, sex, and age: Selected years, 1970 through 2026 |
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Attendance status, sex, and age |
1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | Projected | |||
2016 | 2017 | 2020 | 2026 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
All students | 8,581 | 12,097 | 13,819 | 15,312 | 17,487 | 17,759 | 18,248 | 19,103 | 20,314 | 21,019 | 21,011 | 20,644 | 20,377 | 20,207 | 19,977 | 20,185 | 20,413 | 21,346 | 22,631 |
14 to 17 years old | 263 | 257 | 153 | 131 | 187 | 184 | 200 | 195 | 215 | 202 | 221 | 242 | 256 | 239 | 211 | 216 | 219 | 223 | 234 |
18 and 19 years old | 2,579 | 2,852 | 2,777 | 3,258 | 3,444 | 3,561 | 3,690 | 3,813 | 4,009 | 4,057 | 3,956 | 3,782 | 3,720 | 3,720 | 3,691 | 4,029 | 4,091 | 4,237 | 4,534 |
20 and 21 years old | 1,885 | 2,395 | 2,593 | 3,005 | 3,563 | 3,573 | 3,570 | 3,649 | 3,916 | 4,103 | 4,269 | 4,235 | 4,183 | 4,162 | 4,125 | 4,520 | 4,547 | 4,767 | 4,966 |
22 to 24 years old | 1,469 | 1,947 | 2,202 | 2,600 | 3,114 | 3,185 | 3,280 | 3,443 | 3,571 | 3,759 | 3,793 | 3,951 | 3,964 | 3,910 | 3,809 | 3,639 | 3,674 | 3,786 | 4,093 |
25 to 29 years old | 1,091 | 1,843 | 2,083 | 2,044 | 2,469 | 2,506 | 2,651 | 2,840 | 3,082 | 3,254 | 3,272 | 3,155 | 3,050 | 3,084 | 3,110 | 3,121 | 3,196 | 3,354 | 3,431 |
30 to 34 years old | 527 | 1,227 | 1,384 | 1,333 | 1,438 | 1,472 | 1,519 | 1,609 | 1,735 | 1,805 | 1,788 | 1,684 | 1,606 | 1,586 | 1,585 | 1,589 | 1,594 | 1,704 | 1,780 |
35 years old and over | 767 | 1,577 | 2,627 | 2,942 | 3,272 | 3,277 | 3,339 | 3,554 | 3,785 | 3,840 | 3,712 | 3,597 | 3,597 | 3,506 | 3,446 | 3,072 | 3,092 | 3,275 | 3,594 |
Males | 5,044 | 5,874 | 6,284 | 6,722 | 7,456 | 7,575 | 7,816 | 8,189 | 8,733 | 9,046 | 9,034 | 8,919 | 8,861 | 8,797 | 8,721 | 8,855 | 8,869 | 9,212 | 9,678 |
14 to 17 years old | 125 | 106 | 66 | 58 | 68 | 69 | 88 | 93 | 103 | 94 | 104 | 119 | 125 | 117 | 106 | 107 | 107 | 106 | 104 |
18 and 19 years old | 1,355 | 1,368 | 1,298 | 1,464 | 1,523 | 1,604 | 1,669 | 1,704 | 1,795 | 1,820 | 1,782 | 1,707 | 1,661 | 1,673 | 1,657 | 1,858 | 1,859 | 1,919 | 2,053 |
20 and 21 years old | 1,064 | 1,219 | 1,259 | 1,411 | 1,658 | 1,628 | 1,634 | 1,695 | 1,866 | 1,948 | 1,985 | 1,960 | 1,955 | 1,960 | 1,957 | 2,108 | 2,100 | 2,198 | 2,289 |
22 to 24 years old | 1,004 | 1,075 | 1,129 | 1,222 | 1,410 | 1,445 | 1,480 | 1,555 | 1,599 | 1,723 | 1,769 | 1,864 | 1,846 | 1,789 | 1,747 | 1,746 | 1,740 | 1,771 | 1,888 |
25 to 29 years old | 796 | 983 | 1,024 | 908 | 1,057 | 1,040 | 1,148 | 1,222 | 1,378 | 1,410 | 1,404 | 1,353 | 1,356 | 1,378 | 1,383 | 1,371 | 1,397 | 1,461 | 1,472 |
30 to 34 years old | 333 | 564 | 605 | 581 | 591 | 628 | 638 | 691 | 707 | 731 | 700 | 661 | 634 | 643 | 650 | 645 | 645 | 685 | 709 |
35 years old and over | 366 | 559 | 902 | 1,077 | 1,149 | 1,160 | 1,159 | 1,228 | 1,285 | 1,320 | 1,290 | 1,255 | 1,283 | 1,237 | 1,221 | 1,021 | 1,020 | 1,071 | 1,163 |
Females | 3,537 | 6,223 | 7,535 | 8,591 | 10,032 | 10,184 | 10,432 | 10,914 | 11,581 | 11,974 | 11,976 | 11,725 | 11,515 | 11,410 | 11,256 | 11,330 | 11,544 | 12,135 | 12,953 |
14 to 17 years old | 137 | 151 | 87 | 73 | 119 | 115 | 112 | 102 | 113 | 108 | 116 | 123 | 131 | 121 | 105 | 110 | 112 | 118 | 130 |
18 and 19 years old | 1,224 | 1,484 | 1,479 | 1,794 | 1,920 | 1,956 | 2,021 | 2,109 | 2,214 | 2,237 | 2,173 | 2,074 | 2,059 | 2,047 | 2,034 | 2,170 | 2,231 | 2,318 | 2,481 |
20 and 21 years old | 821 | 1,177 | 1,334 | 1,593 | 1,905 | 1,945 | 1,936 | 1,954 | 2,050 | 2,155 | 2,284 | 2,276 | 2,228 | 2,202 | 2,167 | 2,412 | 2,447 | 2,568 | 2,677 |
22 to 24 years old | 464 | 871 | 1,073 | 1,378 | 1,704 | 1,740 | 1,800 | 1,888 | 1,972 | 2,036 | 2,024 | 2,087 | 2,118 | 2,121 | 2,063 | 1,892 | 1,934 | 2,015 | 2,204 |
25 to 29 years old | 296 | 859 | 1,059 | 1,136 | 1,413 | 1,466 | 1,502 | 1,618 | 1,704 | 1,844 | 1,868 | 1,802 | 1,694 | 1,706 | 1,726 | 1,750 | 1,799 | 1,893 | 1,960 |
30 to 34 years old | 194 | 663 | 779 | 752 | 847 | 844 | 881 | 918 | 1,028 | 1,074 | 1,088 | 1,022 | 972 | 943 | 935 | 943 | 949 | 1,018 | 1,071 |
35 years old and over | 401 | 1,018 | 1,725 | 1,865 | 2,123 | 2,117 | 2,180 | 2,326 | 2,500 | 2,520 | 2,422 | 2,341 | 2,314 | 2,270 | 2,225 | 2,052 | 2,072 | 2,204 | 2,431 |
Full-time | 5,816 | 7,098 | 7,821 | 9,010 | 10,797 | 10,957 | 11,270 | 11,748 | 12,605 | 13,087 | 13,003 | 12,734 | 12,597 | 12,454 | 12,291 | 12,396 | 12,564 | 13,114 | 13,797 |
14 to 17 years old | 246 | 231 | 134 | 121 | 152 | 148 | 169 | 168 | 179 | 170 | 185 | 207 | 210 | 200 | 177 | 183 | 186 | 189 | 197 |
18 and 19 years old | 2,374 | 2,544 | 2,471 | 2,823 | 3,026 | 3,120 | 3,244 | 3,359 | 3,481 | 3,496 | 3,351 | 3,226 | 3,199 | 3,174 | 3,151 | 3,196 | 3,255 | 3,372 | 3,597 |
20 and 21 years old | 1,649 | 2,007 | 2,137 | 2,452 | 2,976 | 2,972 | 2,985 | 3,043 | 3,241 | 3,364 | 3,427 | 3,386 | 3,327 | 3,326 | 3,296 | 3,481 | 3,518 | 3,694 | 3,836 |
22 to 24 years old | 904 | 1,181 | 1,405 | 1,714 | 2,122 | 2,127 | 2,205 | 2,347 | 2,511 | 2,585 | 2,580 | 2,603 | 2,650 | 2,597 | 2,571 | 2,471 | 2,511 | 2,598 | 2,808 |
25 to 29 years old | 426 | 641 | 791 | 886 | 1,174 | 1,225 | 1,299 | 1,369 | 1,506 | 1,605 | 1,600 | 1,555 | 1,528 | 1,525 | 1,509 | 1,490 | 1,518 | 1,587 | 1,590 |
30 to 34 years old | 113 | 272 | 383 | 418 | 547 | 571 | 556 | 571 | 657 | 745 | 763 | 711 | 664 | 626 | 607 | 632 | 632 | 677 | 700 |
35 years old and over | 104 | 221 | 500 | 596 | 800 | 794 | 812 | 890 | 1,030 | 1,122 | 1,096 | 1,047 | 1,018 | 1,005 | 980 | 944 | 944 | 997 | 1,068 |
Males | 3,504 | 3,689 | 3,808 | 4,111 | 4,803 | 4,879 | 5,029 | 5,234 | 5,632 | 5,838 | 5,793 | 5,708 | 5,682 | 5,619 | 5,561 | 5,679 | 5,670 | 5,882 | 6,163 |
14 to 17 years old | 121 | 95 | 55 | 51 | 53 | 52 | 74 | 73 | 77 | 71 | 85 | 102 | 106 | 100 | 90 | 85 | 85 | 83 | 80 |
18 and 19 years old | 1,261 | 1,219 | 1,171 | 1,252 | 1,339 | 1,404 | 1,465 | 1,516 | 1,570 | 1,574 | 1,510 | 1,461 | 1,423 | 1,402 | 1,380 | 1,466 | 1,462 | 1,510 | 1,616 |
20 and 21 years old | 955 | 1,046 | 1,035 | 1,156 | 1,398 | 1,372 | 1,366 | 1,407 | 1,536 | 1,586 | 1,586 | 1,537 | 1,542 | 1,549 | 1,569 | 1,630 | 1,625 | 1,704 | 1,773 |
22 to 24 years old | 686 | 717 | 768 | 834 | 982 | 992 | 1,043 | 1,105 | 1,169 | 1,215 | 1,217 | 1,254 | 1,270 | 1,236 | 1,222 | 1,196 | 1,193 | 1,218 | 1,299 |
25 to 29 years old | 346 | 391 | 433 | 410 | 506 | 533 | 578 | 597 | 661 | 715 | 727 | 728 | 734 | 732 | 711 | 698 | 707 | 735 | 729 |
30 to 34 years old | 77 | 142 | 171 | 186 | 225 | 235 | 231 | 249 | 279 | 301 | 299 | 278 | 257 | 242 | 236 | 256 | 254 | 271 | 280 |
35 years old and over | 58 | 80 | 174 | 222 | 300 | 291 | 273 | 287 | 341 | 376 | 369 | 349 | 351 | 360 | 353 | 348 | 344 | 361 | 387 |
Females | 2,312 | 3,409 | 4,013 | 4,899 | 5,994 | 6,078 | 6,240 | 6,513 | 6,973 | 7,249 | 7,210 | 7,026 | 6,914 | 6,835 | 6,730 | 6,717 | 6,893 | 7,231 | 7,634 |
14 to 17 years old | 125 | 136 | 78 | 70 | 98 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 102 | 99 | 100 | 105 | 104 | 101 | 86 | 99 | 101 | 106 | 117 |
18 and 19 years old | 1,113 | 1,325 | 1,300 | 1,571 | 1,687 | 1,716 | 1,779 | 1,843 | 1,911 | 1,922 | 1,842 | 1,765 | 1,776 | 1,773 | 1,771 | 1,730 | 1,793 | 1,862 | 1,981 |
20 and 21 years old | 693 | 961 | 1,101 | 1,296 | 1,578 | 1,601 | 1,619 | 1,636 | 1,705 | 1,778 | 1,840 | 1,849 | 1,785 | 1,777 | 1,727 | 1,852 | 1,893 | 1,989 | 2,062 |
22 to 24 years old | 218 | 464 | 638 | 880 | 1,140 | 1,135 | 1,163 | 1,242 | 1,343 | 1,370 | 1,364 | 1,349 | 1,380 | 1,362 | 1,350 | 1,275 | 1,318 | 1,380 | 1,509 |
25 to 29 years old | 80 | 250 | 358 | 476 | 668 | 692 | 721 | 772 | 845 | 891 | 873 | 827 | 794 | 793 | 798 | 791 | 811 | 851 | 861 |
30 to 34 years old | 37 | 130 | 212 | 232 | 322 | 336 | 324 | 322 | 378 | 444 | 464 | 433 | 408 | 384 | 370 | 375 | 377 | 406 | 421 |
35 years old and over | 46 | 141 | 326 | 374 | 500 | 503 | 539 | 603 | 690 | 746 | 727 | 698 | 667 | 645 | 627 | 596 | 600 | 636 | 681 |
Part-time | 2,765 | 4,999 | 5,998 | 6,303 | 6,690 | 6,802 | 6,978 | 7,355 | 7,708 | 7,932 | 8,008 | 7,910 | 7,780 | 7,753 | 7,686 | 7,789 | 7,849 | 8,232 | 8,835 |
14 to 17 years old | 16 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 36 | 36 | 31 | 27 | 36 | 32 | 36 | 35 | 47 | 38 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 37 |
18 and 19 years old | 205 | 308 | 306 | 435 | 417 | 440 | 446 | 453 | 528 | 561 | 604 | 556 | 521 | 545 | 540 | 833 | 835 | 864 | 937 |
20 and 21 years old | 236 | 388 | 456 | 553 | 586 | 601 | 585 | 606 | 675 | 738 | 842 | 850 | 855 | 836 | 829 | 1,039 | 1,029 | 1,073 | 1,130 |
22 to 24 years old | 564 | 765 | 796 | 886 | 992 | 1,058 | 1,074 | 1,096 | 1,059 | 1,174 | 1,212 | 1,348 | 1,314 | 1,313 | 1,238 | 1,168 | 1,163 | 1,188 | 1,284 |
25 to 29 years old | 665 | 1,202 | 1,291 | 1,158 | 1,296 | 1,282 | 1,352 | 1,471 | 1,576 | 1,648 | 1,672 | 1,600 | 1,522 | 1,559 | 1,600 | 1,631 | 1,679 | 1,767 | 1,841 |
30 to 34 years old | 414 | 954 | 1,001 | 915 | 891 | 901 | 963 | 1,037 | 1,079 | 1,060 | 1,025 | 973 | 942 | 960 | 979 | 957 | 962 | 1,027 | 1,079 |
35 years old and over | 663 | 1,356 | 2,127 | 2,345 | 2,472 | 2,483 | 2,527 | 2,664 | 2,754 | 2,718 | 2,616 | 2,550 | 2,579 | 2,501 | 2,466 | 2,129 | 2,148 | 2,278 | 2,526 |
Males | 1,540 | 2,185 | 2,476 | 2,611 | 2,653 | 2,696 | 2,786 | 2,955 | 3,101 | 3,207 | 3,241 | 3,211 | 3,179 | 3,178 | 3,161 | 3,176 | 3,199 | 3,329 | 3,515 |
14 to 17 years old | 4 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
18 and 19 years old | 94 | 149 | 127 | 212 | 184 | 200 | 204 | 188 | 226 | 245 | 273 | 246 | 239 | 271 | 277 | 392 | 398 | 409 | 437 |
20 and 21 years old | 108 | 172 | 224 | 255 | 260 | 257 | 269 | 289 | 330 | 362 | 398 | 423 | 413 | 411 | 389 | 478 | 475 | 494 | 516 |
22 to 24 years old | 318 | 359 | 361 | 388 | 428 | 452 | 438 | 450 | 430 | 508 | 552 | 610 | 576 | 553 | 525 | 550 | 547 | 554 | 590 |
25 to 29 years old | 450 | 592 | 591 | 498 | 551 | 507 | 570 | 625 | 718 | 695 | 677 | 625 | 622 | 646 | 673 | 673 | 691 | 725 | 743 |
30 to 34 years old | 257 | 422 | 435 | 395 | 365 | 393 | 406 | 442 | 428 | 430 | 401 | 383 | 377 | 401 | 414 | 389 | 390 | 414 | 429 |
35 years old and over | 309 | 479 | 728 | 855 | 850 | 869 | 886 | 941 | 944 | 944 | 921 | 906 | 932 | 877 | 868 | 673 | 676 | 710 | 776 |
Females | 1,225 | 2,814 | 3,521 | 3,692 | 4,038 | 4,106 | 4,192 | 4,401 | 4,607 | 4,725 | 4,767 | 4,699 | 4,601 | 4,576 | 4,526 | 4,613 | 4,651 | 4,903 | 5,320 |
14 to 17 years old | 12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 27 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
18 and 19 years old | 112 | 159 | 179 | 223 | 233 | 240 | 242 | 265 | 303 | 316 | 332 | 310 | 283 | 274 | 263 | 441 | 438 | 456 | 499 |
20 and 21 years old | 128 | 216 | 233 | 298 | 327 | 344 | 317 | 318 | 345 | 377 | 444 | 427 | 443 | 425 | 440 | 561 | 554 | 579 | 614 |
22 to 24 years old | 246 | 407 | 435 | 497 | 564 | 605 | 637 | 646 | 629 | 666 | 660 | 738 | 738 | 760 | 713 | 618 | 615 | 634 | 695 |
25 to 29 years old | 216 | 609 | 700 | 660 | 745 | 774 | 781 | 846 | 859 | 953 | 995 | 975 | 900 | 913 | 928 | 958 | 988 | 1,042 | 1,098 |
30 to 34 years old | 158 | 532 | 567 | 520 | 526 | 508 | 557 | 595 | 651 | 630 | 624 | 589 | 565 | 559 | 565 | 568 | 572 | 613 | 650 |
35 years old and over | 354 | 876 | 1,399 | 1,491 | 1,623 | 1,614 | 1,640 | 1,723 | 1,810 | 1,774 | 1,695 | 1,643 | 1,647 | 1,625 | 1,598 | 1,456 | 1,473 | 1,568 | 1,750 |
NOTE: Distributions by age are estimates based on samples of the civilian noninstitutionalized population from the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey. Data through 1995 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys, 1970 and 1980; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90-99); IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2016, Fall Enrollment component; and Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Projection Model, 2000 through 2026. U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October, selected years, 1970 through 2015. (This table was prepared April 2017.) |