Table 303.40.

Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by attendance status, sex, and age: Selected years, 1970 through 2026

[In thousands]
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.)