Table 303.50.

Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by level of enrollment, control and level of institution, attendance status, and age of student: 2015

Attendance status and age of student	Undergraduate										Postbaccalaureate
	Total	Public			Private, nonprofit			Private, for-profit			Total	Public	Private, non-profit	Private, for- profit
		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	15
All students	17,036,778	13,145,720	6,930,054	6,215,666	2,819,174	2,769,125	50,049	1,071,884	846,671	225,213	2,940,492	1,422,383	1,244,198	273,911
Under 18	1,055,371	952,202	309,725	642,477	97,966	96,702	1,264	5,203	3,998	1,205	255	104	136	15
18 and 19	4,341,399	3,430,770	2,000,360	1,430,410	838,714	831,301	7,413	71,915	46,050	25,865	975	541	417	17
20 and 21	4,041,207	3,097,399	2,024,958	1,072,441	842,115	834,810	7,305	101,693	68,129	33,564	36,560	18,946	17,115	499
22 to 24	2,682,977	2,161,692	1,277,876	883,816	369,471	361,327	8,144	151,814	110,754	41,060	641,346	352,312	275,245	13,789
25 to 29	1,843,292	1,398,873	601,730	797,143	210,548	201,801	8,747	233,871	186,377	47,494	933,409	481,833	402,436	49,140
30 to 34	1,038,342	726,939	272,570	454,369	137,559	132,332	5,227	173,844	146,097	27,747	471,521	229,898	191,887	49,736
35 to 39	685,459	460,509	161,107	299,402	102,900	99,238	3,662	122,050	103,957	18,093	285,464	126,797	114,504	44,163
40 to 49	832,617	550,883	182,086	368,797	138,179	133,684	4,495	143,555	123,553	20,002	355,007	139,652	145,078	70,277
50 to 64	434,424	305,115	86,003	219,112	68,044	65,504	2,540	61,265	52,717	8,548	191,283	66,663	81,430	43,190
65 and over	54,723	46,998	9,816	37,182	4,037	3,865	172	3,688	3,305	383	12,112	4,574	4,946	2,592
Age unknown	26,967	14,340	3,823	10,517	9,641	8,561	1,080	2,986	1,734	1,252	12,560	1,063	11,004	493
Full-time	10,604,992	7,553,732	5,280,550	2,273,182	2,301,160	2,265,093	36,067	750,100	548,128	201,972	1,685,837	800,943	747,972	136,922
Under 18	207,463	165,722	89,219	76,503	39,356	39,069	287	2,385	1,238	1,147	110	69	36	5
18 and 19	3,612,756	2,736,447	1,855,824	880,623	811,834	805,247	6,587	64,475	39,502	24,973	788	494	282	12
20 and 21	3,208,201	2,314,304	1,820,168	494,136	809,775	803,699	6,076	84,122	52,844	31,278	33,015	17,207	15,410	398
22 to 24	1,641,624	1,227,358	943,616	283,742	301,295	295,228	6,067	112,971	76,005	36,966	515,543	282,963	223,567	9,013
25 to 29	846,359	555,809	323,622	232,187	126,278	120,158	6,120	164,272	122,280	41,992	596,975	299,585	270,881	26,509
30 to 34	419,782	232,973	114,549	118,424	70,926	67,397	3,529	115,883	91,557	24,326	230,597	106,107	99,995	24,495
35 to 39	253,482	127,155	56,999	70,156	48,609	46,229	2,380	77,718	62,026	15,692	115,175	44,290	49,383	21,502
40 to 49	280,755	130,801	54,458	76,343	61,343	58,582	2,761	88,611	71,419	17,192	123,590	36,089	53,859	33,642
50 to 64	117,245	56,083	20,049	36,034	26,121	24,615	1,506	35,041	27,995	7,046	60,092	13,336	26,913	19,843
65 and over	7,175	3,510	1,108	2,402	1,030	916	114	2,635	2,331	304	3,402	637	1,584	1,181
Age unknown	10,150	3,570	938	2,632	4,593	3,953	640	1,987	931	1,056	6,550	166	6,062	322
Part-time	6,431,786	5,591,988	1,649,504	3,942,484	518,014	504,032	13,982	321,784	298,543	23,241	1,254,655	621,440	496,226	136,989
Under 18	847,908	786,480	220,506	565,974	58,610	57,633	977	2,818	2,760	58	145	35	100	10
18 and 19	728,643	694,323	144,536	549,787	26,880	26,054	826	7,440	6,548	892	187	47	135	5
20 and 21	833,006	783,095	204,790	578,305	32,340	31,111	1,229	17,571	15,285	2,286	3,545	1,739	1,705	101
22 to 24	1,041,353	934,334	334,260	600,074	68,176	66,099	2,077	38,843	34,749	4,094	125,803	69,349	51,678	4,776
25 to 29	996,933	843,064	278,108	564,956	84,270	81,643	2,627	69,599	64,097	5,502	336,434	182,248	131,555	22,631
30 to 34	618,560	493,966	158,021	335,945	66,633	64,935	1,698	57,961	54,540	3,421	240,924	123,791	91,892	25,241
35 to 39	431,977	333,354	104,108	229,246	54,291	53,009	1,282	44,332	41,931	2,401	170,289	82,507	65,121	22,661
40 to 49	551,862	420,082	127,628	292,454	76,836	75,102	1,734	54,944	52,134	2,810	231,417	103,563	91,219	36,635
50 to 64	317,179	249,032	65,954	183,078	41,923	40,889	1,034	26,224	24,722	1,502	131,191	53,327	54,517	23,347
65 and over	47,548	43,488	8,708	34,780	3,007	2,949	58	1,053	974	79	8,710	3,937	3,362	1,411
Age unknown	16,817	10,770	2,885	7,885	5,048	4,608	440	999	803	196	6,010	897	4,942	171
	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	100.0
Under 18	6.2	7.2	4.5	10.3	3.5	3.5	2.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	#	#	#	#
18 and 19	25.5	26.1	28.9	23.0	29.8	30.0	14.8	6.7	5.4	11.5	#	#	#	#
20 and 21	23.7	23.6	29.2	17.3	29.9	30.1	14.6	9.5	8.0	14.9	1.2	1.3	1.4	0.2
22 to 24	15.7	16.4	18.4	14.2	13.1	13.0	16.3	14.2	13.1	18.2	21.8	24.8	22.1	5.0
25 to 29	10.8	10.6	8.7	12.8	7.5	7.3	17.5	21.8	22.0	21.1	31.7	33.9	32.3	17.9
30 to 34	6.1	5.5	3.9	7.3	4.9	4.8	10.4	16.2	17.3	12.3	16.0	16.2	15.4	18.2
35 to 39	4.0	3.5	2.3	4.8	3.7	3.6	7.3	11.4	12.3	8.0	9.7	8.9	9.2	16.1
40 to 49	4.9	4.2	2.6	5.9	4.9	4.8	9.0	13.4	14.6	8.9	12.1	9.8	11.7	25.7
50 to 64	2.5	2.3	1.2	3.5	2.4	2.4	5.1	5.7	6.2	3.8	6.5	4.7	6.5	15.8
65 and over	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.9
Age unknown	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	2.2	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.9	0.2
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	100.0
Under 18	2.0	2.2	1.7	3.4	1.7	1.7	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.6	#	#	#	#
18 and 19	34.1	36.2	35.1	38.7	35.3	35.6	18.3	8.6	7.2	12.4	#	0.1	#	#
20 and 21	30.3	30.6	34.5	21.7	35.2	35.5	16.8	11.2	9.6	15.5	2.0	2.1	2.1	0.3
22 to 24	15.5	16.2	17.9	12.5	13.1	13.0	16.8	15.1	13.9	18.3	30.6	35.3	29.9	6.6
25 to 29	8.0	7.4	6.1	10.2	5.5	5.3	17.0	21.9	22.3	20.8	35.4	37.4	36.2	19.4
30 to 34	4.0	3.1	2.2	5.2	3.1	3.0	9.8	15.4	16.7	12.0	13.7	13.2	13.4	17.9
35 to 39	2.4	1.7	1.1	3.1	2.1	2.0	6.6	10.4	11.3	7.8	6.8	5.5	6.6	15.7
40 to 49	2.6	1.7	1.0	3.4	2.7	2.6	7.7	11.8	13.0	8.5	7.3	4.5	7.2	24.6
50 to 64	1.1	0.7	0.4	1.6	1.1	1.1	4.2	4.7	5.1	3.5	3.6	1.7	3.6	14.5
65 and over	0.1	#	#	0.1	#	#	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.9
Age unknown	0.1	#	#	0.1	0.2	0.2	1.8	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.4	#	0.8	0.2
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	100.0
Under 18	13.2	14.1	13.4	14.4	11.3	11.4	7.0	0.9	0.9	0.2	#	#	#	#
18 and 19	11.3	12.4	8.8	13.9	5.2	5.2	5.9	2.3	2.2	3.8	#	#	#	#
20 and 21	13.0	14.0	12.4	14.7	6.2	6.2	8.8	5.5	5.1	9.8	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1
22 to 24	16.2	16.7	20.3	15.2	13.2	13.1	14.9	12.1	11.6	17.6	10.0	11.2	10.4	3.5
25 to 29	15.5	15.1	16.9	14.3	16.3	16.2	18.8	21.6	21.5	23.7	26.8	29.3	26.5	16.5
30 to 34	9.6	8.8	9.6	8.5	12.9	12.9	12.1	18.0	18.3	14.7	19.2	19.9	18.5	18.4
35 to 39	6.7	6.0	6.3	5.8	10.5	10.5	9.2	13.8	14.0	10.3	13.6	13.3	13.1	16.5
40 to 49	8.6	7.5	7.7	7.4	14.8	14.9	12.4	17.1	17.5	12.1	18.4	16.7	18.4	26.7
50 to 64	4.9	4.5	4.0	4.6	8.1	8.1	7.4	8.1	8.3	6.5	10.5	8.6	11.0	17.0
65 and over	0.7	0.8	0.5	0.9	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.6	0.7	1.0
Age unknown	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.0	0.9	3.1	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.5	0.1	1.0	0.1

#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 2016, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared October 2016.)