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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: 2011, 2013, and 2015
Attendance status and age of student Fall 2011 Fall 2013 Fall 2015
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 21,010,590 20,376,677 8,861,197 11,515,480 19,977,270 8,721,403 11,255,867 17,036,778 7,499,837 9,536,941 2,940,492 1,221,566 1,718,926
Under 18 796,322 878,766 363,347 515,419 1,055,626 436,280 619,346 1,055,371 436,144 619,227 255 136 119
18 and 19 4,291,189 4,265,916 1,920,934 2,344,982 4,342,374 1,955,020 2,387,354 4,341,399 1,954,657 2,386,742 975 363 612
20 and 21 4,161,496 4,086,686 1,852,313 2,234,373 4,077,767 1,848,508 2,229,259 4,041,207 1,834,421 2,206,786 36,560 14,087 22,473
22 to 24 3,434,603 3,431,880 1,580,749 1,851,131 3,324,323 1,540,780 1,783,543 2,682,977 1,277,539 1,405,438 641,346 263,241 378,105
25 to 29 3,045,652 2,856,287 1,259,015 1,597,272 2,776,701 1,226,511 1,550,190 1,843,292 815,586 1,027,706 933,409 410,925 522,484
30 to 34 1,759,975 1,641,631 695,386 946,245 1,509,863 643,913 865,950 1,038,342 434,014 604,328 471,521 209,899 261,622
35 to 39 1,125,125 1,033,809 403,658 630,151 970,923 383,718 587,205 685,459 265,627 419,832 285,464 118,091 167,373
40 to 49 1,503,908 1,346,668 483,500 863,168 1,187,624 427,859 759,765 832,617 298,136 534,481 355,007 129,723 225,284
50 to 64 760,089 717,355 252,533 464,822 625,707 214,201 411,506 434,424 149,305 285,119 191,283 64,896 126,387
65 and over 65,122 66,202 28,088 38,114 66,835 28,273 38,562 54,723 22,924 31,799 12,112 5,349 6,763
Age unknown 67,109 51,477 21,674 29,803 39,527 16,340 23,187 26,967 11,484 15,483 12,560 4,856 7,704
                           
Full-time 13,002,531 12,596,610 5,682,322 6,914,288 12,290,829 5,560,535 6,730,294 10,604,992 4,810,564 5,794,428 1,685,837 749,971 935,866
Under 18 181,159 185,285 74,291 110,994 207,573 83,487 124,086 207,463 83,423 124,040 110 64 46
18 and 19 3,571,443 3,549,171 1,585,689 1,963,482 3,613,544 1,613,129 2,000,415 3,612,756 1,612,855 1,999,901 788 274 514
20 and 21 3,311,201 3,245,703 1,472,870 1,772,833 3,241,216 1,470,596 1,770,620 3,208,201 1,457,761 1,750,440 33,015 12,835 20,180
22 to 24 2,257,755 2,240,365 1,067,672 1,172,693 2,157,167 1,034,036 1,123,131 1,641,624 817,207 824,417 515,543 216,829 298,714
25 to 29 1,607,135 1,497,997 705,214 792,783 1,443,334 682,446 760,888 846,359 399,598 446,761 596,975 282,848 314,127
30 to 34 793,229 724,235 324,784 399,451 650,379 296,732 353,647 419,782 184,971 234,811 230,597 111,761 118,836
35 to 39 459,050 408,932 164,504 244,428 368,657 151,749 216,908 253,482 100,581 152,901 115,175 51,168 64,007
40 to 49 550,606 483,716 182,377 301,339 404,345 151,588 252,757 280,755 103,681 177,074 123,590 47,907 75,683
50 to 64 232,693 226,402 89,706 136,696 177,337 64,651 112,686 117,245 42,721 74,524 60,092 21,930 38,162
65 and over 8,387 9,105 4,087 5,018 10,577 4,758 5,819 7,175 3,268 3,907 3,402 1,490 1,912
Age unknown 29,873 25,699 11,128 14,571 16,700 7,363 9,337 10,150 4,498 5,652 6,550 2,865 3,685
                           
Part-time 8,008,059 7,780,067 3,178,875 4,601,192 7,686,441 3,160,868 4,525,573 6,431,786 2,689,273 3,742,513 1,254,655 471,595 783,060
Under 18 615,163 693,481 289,056 404,425 848,053 352,793 495,260 847,908 352,721 495,187 145 72 73
18 and 19 719,746 716,745 335,245 381,500 728,830 341,891 386,939 728,643 341,802 386,841 187 89 98
20 and 21 850,295 840,983 379,443 461,540 836,551 377,912 458,639 833,006 376,660 456,346 3,545 1,252 2,293
22 to 24 1,176,848 1,191,515 513,077 678,438 1,167,156 506,744 660,412 1,041,353 460,332 581,021 125,803 46,412 79,391
25 to 29 1,438,517 1,358,290 553,801 804,489 1,333,367 544,065 789,302 996,933 415,988 580,945 336,434 128,077 208,357
30 to 34 966,746 917,396 370,602 546,794 859,484 347,181 512,303 618,560 249,043 369,517 240,924 98,138 142,786
35 to 39 666,075 624,877 239,154 385,723 602,266 231,969 370,297 431,977 165,046 266,931 170,289 66,923 103,366
40 to 49 953,302 862,952 301,123 561,829 783,279 276,271 507,008 551,862 194,455 357,407 231,417 81,816 149,601
50 to 64 527,396 490,953 162,827 328,126 448,370 149,550 298,820 317,179 106,584 210,595 131,191 42,966 88,225
65 and over 56,735 57,097 24,001 33,096 56,258 23,515 32,743 47,548 19,656 27,892 8,710 3,859 4,851
Age unknown 37,236 25,778 10,546 15,232 22,827 8,977 13,850 16,817 6,986 9,831 6,010 1,991 4,019
  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 3.8 4.3 4.1 4.5 5.3 5.0 5.5 6.2 5.8 6.5 # # #
18 and 19 20.4 20.9 21.7 20.4 21.7 22.4 21.2 25.5 26.1 25.0 # # #
20 and 21 19.8 20.1 20.9 19.4 20.4 21.2 19.8 23.7 24.5 23.1 1.2 1.2 1.3
22 to 24 16.3 16.8 17.8 16.1 16.6 17.7 15.8 15.7 17.0 14.7 21.8 21.5 22.0
25 to 29 14.5 14.0 14.2 13.9 13.9 14.1 13.8 10.8 10.9 10.8 31.7 33.6 30.4
30 to 34 8.4 8.1 7.8 8.2 7.6 7.4 7.7 6.1 5.8 6.3 16.0 17.2 15.2
35 to 39 5.4 5.1 4.6 5.5 4.9 4.4 5.2 4.0 3.5 4.4 9.7 9.7 9.7
40 to 49 7.2 6.6 5.5 7.5 5.9 4.9 6.7 4.9 4.0 5.6 12.1 10.6 13.1
50 to 64 3.6 3.5 2.8 4.0 3.1 2.5 3.7 2.5 2.0 3.0 6.5 5.3 7.4
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 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.4
                           
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 1.5 1.3 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.8 2.0 1.7 2.1 # # #
18 and 19 27.5 28.2 27.9 28.4 29.4 29.0 29.7 34.1 33.5 34.5 # # 0.1
20 and 21 25.5 25.8 25.9 25.6 26.4 26.4 26.3 30.3 30.3 30.2 2.0 1.7 2.2
22 to 24 17.4 17.8 18.8 17.0 17.6 18.6 16.7 15.5 17.0 14.2 30.6 28.9 31.9
25 to 29 12.4 11.9 12.4 11.5 11.7 12.3 11.3 8.0 8.3 7.7 35.4 37.7 33.6
30 to 34 6.1 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.3 5.3 5.3 4.0 3.8 4.1 13.7 14.9 12.7
35 to 39 3.5 3.2 2.9 3.5 3.0 2.7 3.2 2.4 2.1 2.6 6.8 6.8 6.8
40 to 49 4.2 3.8 3.2 4.4 3.3 2.7 3.8 2.6 2.2 3.1 7.3 6.4 8.1
50 to 64 1.8 1.8 1.6 2.0 1.4 1.2 1.7 1.1 0.9 1.3 3.6 2.9 4.1
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 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.4
                           
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 7.7 8.9 9.1 8.8 11.0 11.2 10.9 13.2 13.1 13.2 # # #
18 and 19 9.0 9.2 10.5 8.3 9.5 10.8 8.6 11.3 12.7 10.3 # # #
20 and 21 10.6 10.8 11.9 10.0 10.9 12.0 10.1 13.0 14.0 12.2 0.3 0.3 0.3
22 to 24 14.7 15.3 16.1 14.7 15.2 16.0 14.6 16.2 17.1 15.5 10.0 9.8 10.1
25 to 29 18.0 17.5 17.4 17.5 17.3 17.2 17.4 15.5 15.5 15.5 26.8 27.2 26.6
30 to 34 12.1 11.8 11.7 11.9 11.2 11.0 11.3 9.6 9.3 9.9 19.2 20.8 18.2
35 to 39 8.3 8.0 7.5 8.4 7.8 7.3 8.2 6.7 6.1 7.1 13.6 14.2 13.2
40 to 49 11.9 11.1 9.5 12.2 10.2 8.7 11.2 8.6 7.2 9.5 18.4 17.3 19.1
50 to 64 6.6 6.3 5.1 7.1 5.8 4.7 6.6 4.9 4.0 5.6 10.5 9.1 11.3
65 and over 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.6
Age unknown 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.5
#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 2012, 2014, and 2016, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared October 2016.)

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