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	19,988,204	8,723,819	11,264,385	17,046,673	7,502,254	9,544,419	2,941,531	1,221,565	1,719,966
Under 18	796,322	878,766	363,347	515,419	1,053,854	435,452	618,402	1,053,599	435,316	618,283	255	136	119
18 and 19	4,291,189	4,265,916	1,920,934	2,344,982	4,341,382	1,954,795	2,386,587	4,340,407	1,954,430	2,385,977	975	365	610
20 and 21	4,161,496	4,086,686	1,852,313	2,234,373	4,078,990	1,849,082	2,229,908	4,042,453	1,835,008	2,207,445	36,537	14,074	22,463
22 to 24	3,434,603	3,431,880	1,580,749	1,851,131	3,324,891	1,540,990	1,783,901	2,683,944	1,277,812	1,406,132	640,947	263,178	377,769
25 to 29	3,045,652	2,856,287	1,259,015	1,597,272	2,778,912	1,227,002	1,551,910	1,845,935	816,304	1,029,631	932,977	410,698	522,279
30 to 34	1,759,975	1,641,631	695,386	946,245	1,511,847	644,424	867,423	1,040,212	434,635	605,577	471,635	209,789	261,846
35 to 39	1,125,125	1,033,809	403,658	630,151	973,402	384,395	589,007	687,603	266,227	421,376	285,799	118,168	167,631
40 to 49	1,503,908	1,346,668	483,500	863,168	1,190,153	428,681	761,472	834,465	298,849	535,616	355,688	129,832	225,856
50 to 64	760,089	717,355	252,533	464,822	627,528	214,632	412,896	435,443	149,506	285,937	192,085	65,126	126,959
65 and over	65,122	66,202	28,088	38,114	66,683	28,234	38,449	54,499	22,838	31,661	12,184	5,396	6,788
Age unknown	67,109	51,477	21,674	29,803	40,562	16,132	24,430	28,113	11,329	16,784	12,449	4,803	7,646
Full-time	13,002,531	12,596,610	5,682,322	6,914,288	12,287,512	5,558,447	6,729,065	10,603,030	4,809,098	5,793,932	1,684,482	749,349	935,133
Under 18	181,159	185,285	74,291	110,994	206,770	83,135	123,635	206,660	83,071	123,589	110	64	46
18 and 19	3,571,443	3,549,171	1,585,689	1,963,482	3,612,294	1,612,557	1,999,737	3,611,507	1,612,282	1,999,225	787	275	512
20 and 21	3,311,201	3,245,703	1,472,870	1,772,833	3,241,515	1,470,848	1,770,667	3,208,500	1,458,019	1,750,481	33,015	12,829	20,186
22 to 24	2,257,755	2,240,365	1,067,672	1,172,693	2,156,073	1,033,642	1,122,431	1,640,583	816,770	823,813	515,490	216,872	298,618
25 to 29	1,607,135	1,497,997	705,214	792,783	1,442,151	681,881	760,270	845,789	399,309	446,480	596,362	282,572	313,790
30 to 34	793,229	724,235	324,784	399,451	649,695	296,410	353,285	419,459	184,887	234,572	230,236	111,523	118,713
35 to 39	459,050	408,932	164,504	244,428	368,319	151,776	216,543	253,295	100,658	152,637	115,024	51,118	63,906
40 to 49	550,606	483,716	182,377	301,339	403,959	151,610	252,349	280,459	103,754	176,705	123,500	47,856	75,644
50 to 64	232,693	226,402	89,706	136,696	177,157	64,530	112,627	117,101	42,624	74,477	60,056	21,906	38,150
65 and over	8,387	9,105	4,087	5,018	10,556	4,747	5,809	7,162	3,257	3,905	3,394	1,490	1,904
Age unknown	29,873	25,699	11,128	14,571	19,023	7,311	11,712	12,515	4,467	8,048	6,508	2,844	3,664
Part-time	8,008,059	7,780,067	3,178,875	4,601,192	7,700,692	3,165,372	4,535,320	6,443,643	2,693,156	3,750,487	1,257,049	472,216	784,833
Under 18	615,163	693,481	289,056	404,425	847,084	352,317	494,767	846,939	352,245	494,694	145	72	73
18 and 19	719,746	716,745	335,245	381,500	729,088	342,238	386,850	728,900	342,148	386,752	188	90	98
20 and 21	850,295	840,983	379,443	461,540	837,475	378,234	459,241	833,953	376,989	456,964	3,522	1,245	2,277
22 to 24	1,176,848	1,191,515	513,077	678,438	1,168,818	507,348	661,470	1,043,361	461,042	582,319	125,457	46,306	79,151
25 to 29	1,438,517	1,358,290	553,801	804,489	1,336,761	545,121	791,640	1,000,146	416,995	583,151	336,615	128,126	208,489
30 to 34	966,746	917,396	370,602	546,794	862,152	348,014	514,138	620,753	249,748	371,005	241,399	98,266	143,133
35 to 39	666,075	624,877	239,154	385,723	605,083	232,619	372,464	434,308	165,569	268,739	170,775	67,050	103,725
40 to 49	953,302	862,952	301,123	561,829	786,194	277,071	509,123	554,006	195,095	358,911	232,188	81,976	150,212
50 to 64	527,396	490,953	162,827	328,126	450,371	150,102	300,269	318,342	106,882	211,460	132,029	43,220	88,809
65 and over	56,735	57,097	24,001	33,096	56,127	23,487	32,640	47,337	19,581	27,756	8,790	3,906	4,884
Age unknown	37,236	25,778	10,546	15,232	21,539	8,821	12,718	15,598	6,862	8,736	5,941	1,959	3,982
	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	6.0	4.9	6.8	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	2.6	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	1.9	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	26.5	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	17.5	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	4.0	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	3.0	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	0.2	0.1	0.2	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	11.1	10.9	13.1	13.1	13.2	#	#	#
18 and 19	9.0	9.2	10.5	8.3	9.5	10.8	8.5	11.3	12.7	10.3	#	#	#
20 and 21	10.6	10.8	11.9	10.0	10.9	11.9	10.1	12.9	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	17.4	17.2	17.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	26.8	27.1	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	7.9	7.3	8.2	6.7	6.1	7.2	13.6	14.2	13.2
40 to 49	11.9	11.1	9.5	12.2	10.2	8.8	11.2	8.6	7.2	9.6	18.5	17.4	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	9.2	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	0.2	0.3	0.2	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 March 2018.)