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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: 2015 |
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 | 19,977,270 | 13,486,342 | 6,490,928 | 14,568,103 | 8,352,437 | 6,215,666 | 5,409,167 | 4,063,372 | 4,013,323 | 50,049 | 1,345,795 | 1,120,582 | 225,213 |
Under 18 | 1,055,626 | 410,680 | 644,946 | 952,306 | 309,829 | 642,477 | 103,320 | 98,102 | 96,838 | 1,264 | 5,218 | 4,013 | 1,205 |
18 and 19 | 4,342,374 | 2,878,686 | 1,463,688 | 3,431,311 | 2,000,901 | 1,430,410 | 911,063 | 839,131 | 831,718 | 7,413 | 71,932 | 46,067 | 25,865 |
20 and 21 | 4,077,767 | 2,964,457 | 1,113,310 | 3,116,345 | 2,043,904 | 1,072,441 | 961,422 | 859,230 | 851,925 | 7,305 | 102,192 | 68,628 | 33,564 |
22 to 24 | 3,324,323 | 2,391,303 | 933,020 | 2,514,004 | 1,630,188 | 883,816 | 810,319 | 644,716 | 636,572 | 8,144 | 165,603 | 124,543 | 41,060 |
25 to 29 | 2,776,701 | 1,923,317 | 853,384 | 1,880,706 | 1,083,563 | 797,143 | 895,995 | 612,984 | 604,237 | 8,747 | 283,011 | 235,517 | 47,494 |
30 to 34 | 1,509,863 | 1,022,520 | 487,343 | 956,837 | 502,468 | 454,369 | 553,026 | 329,446 | 324,219 | 5,227 | 223,580 | 195,833 | 27,747 |
35 to 39 | 970,923 | 649,766 | 321,157 | 587,306 | 287,904 | 299,402 | 383,617 | 217,404 | 213,742 | 3,662 | 166,213 | 148,120 | 18,093 |
40 to 49 | 1,187,624 | 794,330 | 393,294 | 690,535 | 321,738 | 368,797 | 497,089 | 283,257 | 278,762 | 4,495 | 213,832 | 193,830 | 20,002 |
50 to 64 | 625,707 | 395,507 | 230,200 | 371,778 | 152,666 | 219,112 | 253,929 | 149,474 | 146,934 | 2,540 | 104,455 | 95,907 | 8,548 |
65 and over | 66,835 | 29,098 | 37,737 | 51,572 | 14,390 | 37,182 | 15,263 | 8,983 | 8,811 | 172 | 6,280 | 5,897 | 383 |
Age unknown | 39,527 | 26,678 | 12,849 | 15,403 | 4,886 | 10,517 | 24,124 | 20,645 | 19,565 | 1,080 | 3,479 | 2,227 | 1,252 |
Full-time | 12,290,829 | 9,779,608 | 2,511,221 | 8,354,675 | 6,081,493 | 2,273,182 | 3,936,154 | 3,049,132 | 3,013,065 | 36,067 | 887,022 | 685,050 | 201,972 |
Under 18 | 207,573 | 129,636 | 77,937 | 165,791 | 89,288 | 76,503 | 41,782 | 39,392 | 39,105 | 287 | 2,390 | 1,243 | 1,147 |
18 and 19 | 3,613,544 | 2,701,361 | 912,183 | 2,736,941 | 1,856,318 | 880,623 | 876,603 | 812,116 | 805,529 | 6,587 | 64,487 | 39,514 | 24,973 |
20 and 21 | 3,241,216 | 2,709,726 | 531,490 | 2,331,511 | 1,837,375 | 494,136 | 909,705 | 825,185 | 819,109 | 6,076 | 84,520 | 53,242 | 31,278 |
22 to 24 | 2,157,167 | 1,830,392 | 326,775 | 1,510,321 | 1,226,579 | 283,742 | 646,846 | 524,862 | 518,795 | 6,067 | 121,984 | 85,018 | 36,966 |
25 to 29 | 1,443,334 | 1,163,035 | 280,299 | 855,394 | 623,207 | 232,187 | 587,940 | 397,159 | 391,039 | 6,120 | 190,781 | 148,789 | 41,992 |
30 to 34 | 650,379 | 504,100 | 146,279 | 339,080 | 220,656 | 118,424 | 311,299 | 170,921 | 167,392 | 3,529 | 140,378 | 116,052 | 24,326 |
35 to 39 | 368,657 | 280,429 | 88,228 | 171,445 | 101,289 | 70,156 | 197,212 | 97,992 | 95,612 | 2,380 | 99,220 | 83,528 | 15,692 |
40 to 49 | 404,345 | 308,049 | 96,296 | 166,890 | 90,547 | 76,343 | 237,455 | 115,202 | 112,441 | 2,761 | 122,253 | 105,061 | 17,192 |
50 to 64 | 177,337 | 132,751 | 44,586 | 69,419 | 33,385 | 36,034 | 107,918 | 53,034 | 51,528 | 1,506 | 54,884 | 47,838 | 7,046 |
65 and over | 10,577 | 7,757 | 2,820 | 4,147 | 1,745 | 2,402 | 6,430 | 2,614 | 2,500 | 114 | 3,816 | 3,512 | 304 |
Age unknown | 16,700 | 12,372 | 4,328 | 3,736 | 1,104 | 2,632 | 12,964 | 10,655 | 10,015 | 640 | 2,309 | 1,253 | 1,056 |
Part-time | 7,686,441 | 3,706,734 | 3,979,707 | 6,213,428 | 2,270,944 | 3,942,484 | 1,473,013 | 1,014,240 | 1,000,258 | 13,982 | 458,773 | 435,532 | 23,241 |
Under 18 | 848,053 | 281,044 | 567,009 | 786,515 | 220,541 | 565,974 | 61,538 | 58,710 | 57,733 | 977 | 2,828 | 2,770 | 58 |
18 and 19 | 728,830 | 177,325 | 551,505 | 694,370 | 144,583 | 549,787 | 34,460 | 27,015 | 26,189 | 826 | 7,445 | 6,553 | 892 |
20 and 21 | 836,551 | 254,731 | 581,820 | 784,834 | 206,529 | 578,305 | 51,717 | 34,045 | 32,816 | 1,229 | 17,672 | 15,386 | 2,286 |
22 to 24 | 1,167,156 | 560,911 | 606,245 | 1,003,683 | 403,609 | 600,074 | 163,473 | 119,854 | 117,777 | 2,077 | 43,619 | 39,525 | 4,094 |
25 to 29 | 1,333,367 | 760,282 | 573,085 | 1,025,312 | 460,356 | 564,956 | 308,055 | 215,825 | 213,198 | 2,627 | 92,230 | 86,728 | 5,502 |
30 to 34 | 859,484 | 518,420 | 341,064 | 617,757 | 281,812 | 335,945 | 241,727 | 158,525 | 156,827 | 1,698 | 83,202 | 79,781 | 3,421 |
35 to 39 | 602,266 | 369,337 | 232,929 | 415,861 | 186,615 | 229,246 | 186,405 | 119,412 | 118,130 | 1,282 | 66,993 | 64,592 | 2,401 |
40 to 49 | 783,279 | 486,281 | 296,998 | 523,645 | 231,191 | 292,454 | 259,634 | 168,055 | 166,321 | 1,734 | 91,579 | 88,769 | 2,810 |
50 to 64 | 448,370 | 262,756 | 185,614 | 302,359 | 119,281 | 183,078 | 146,011 | 96,440 | 95,406 | 1,034 | 49,571 | 48,069 | 1,502 |
65 and over | 56,258 | 21,341 | 34,917 | 47,425 | 12,645 | 34,780 | 8,833 | 6,369 | 6,311 | 58 | 2,464 | 2,385 | 79 |
Age unknown | 22,827 | 14,306 | 8,521 | 11,667 | 3,782 | 7,885 | 11,160 | 9,990 | 9,550 | 440 | 1,170 | 974 | 196 |
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 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 9.9 | 6.5 | 3.7 | 10.3 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
18 and 19 | 21.7 | 21.3 | 22.5 | 23.6 | 24.0 | 23.0 | 16.8 | 20.7 | 20.7 | 14.8 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 11.5 |
20 and 21 | 20.4 | 22.0 | 17.2 | 21.4 | 24.5 | 17.3 | 17.8 | 21.1 | 21.2 | 14.6 | 7.6 | 6.1 | 14.9 |
22 to 24 | 16.6 | 17.7 | 14.4 | 17.3 | 19.5 | 14.2 | 15.0 | 15.9 | 15.9 | 16.3 | 12.3 | 11.1 | 18.2 |
25 to 29 | 13.9 | 14.3 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 13.0 | 12.8 | 16.6 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 17.5 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 21.1 |
30 to 34 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 7.3 | 10.2 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 10.4 | 16.6 | 17.5 | 12.3 |
35 to 39 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 7.3 | 12.4 | 13.2 | 8.0 |
40 to 49 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 9.2 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 9.0 | 15.9 | 17.3 | 8.9 |
50 to 64 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 3.8 |
65 and over | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
Age unknown | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 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 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
18 and 19 | 29.4 | 27.6 | 36.3 | 32.8 | 30.5 | 38.7 | 22.3 | 26.6 | 26.7 | 18.3 | 7.3 | 5.8 | 12.4 |
20 and 21 | 26.4 | 27.7 | 21.2 | 27.9 | 30.2 | 21.7 | 23.1 | 27.1 | 27.2 | 16.8 | 9.5 | 7.8 | 15.5 |
22 to 24 | 17.6 | 18.7 | 13.0 | 18.1 | 20.2 | 12.5 | 16.4 | 17.2 | 17.2 | 16.8 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 18.3 |
25 to 29 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 14.9 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 17.0 | 21.5 | 21.7 | 20.8 |
30 to 34 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 7.9 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 9.8 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 12.0 |
35 to 39 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 6.6 | 11.2 | 12.2 | 7.8 |
40 to 49 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 6.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 7.7 | 13.8 | 15.3 | 8.5 |
50 to 64 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 4.2 | 6.2 | 7.0 | 3.5 |
65 and over | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | # | # | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
Age unknown | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | # | # | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
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 | 11.0 | 7.6 | 14.2 | 12.7 | 9.7 | 14.4 | 4.2 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 7.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
18 and 19 | 9.5 | 4.8 | 13.9 | 11.2 | 6.4 | 13.9 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 5.9 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 3.8 |
20 and 21 | 10.9 | 6.9 | 14.6 | 12.6 | 9.1 | 14.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 8.8 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 9.8 |
22 to 24 | 15.2 | 15.1 | 15.2 | 16.2 | 17.8 | 15.2 | 11.1 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 14.9 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 17.6 |
25 to 29 | 17.3 | 20.5 | 14.4 | 16.5 | 20.3 | 14.3 | 20.9 | 21.3 | 21.3 | 18.8 | 20.1 | 19.9 | 23.7 |
30 to 34 | 11.2 | 14.0 | 8.6 | 9.9 | 12.4 | 8.5 | 16.4 | 15.6 | 15.7 | 12.1 | 18.1 | 18.3 | 14.7 |
35 to 39 | 7.8 | 10.0 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 8.2 | 5.8 | 12.7 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 9.2 | 14.6 | 14.8 | 10.3 |
40 to 49 | 10.2 | 13.1 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 10.2 | 7.4 | 17.6 | 16.6 | 16.6 | 12.4 | 20.0 | 20.4 | 12.1 |
50 to 64 | 5.8 | 7.1 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 7.4 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 6.5 |
65 and over | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
Age unknown | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
#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.) |