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
							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.)