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	19,988,204	13,488,743	6,499,461	14,572,843	8,348,539	6,224,304	5,415,361	4,065,891	4,015,882	50,009	1,349,470	1,124,322	225,148
Under 18	1,053,854	411,514	642,340	949,952	310,082	639,870	103,902	98,681	97,417	1,264	5,221	4,015	1,206
18 and 19	4,341,382	2,878,216	1,463,166	3,431,297	2,001,434	1,429,863	910,085	838,127	830,714	7,413	71,958	46,068	25,890
20 and 21	4,078,990	2,963,348	1,115,642	3,117,615	2,042,818	1,074,797	961,375	859,221	851,920	7,301	102,154	68,610	33,544
22 to 24	3,324,891	2,389,481	935,410	2,515,025	1,628,858	886,167	809,866	644,659	636,521	8,138	165,207	124,102	41,105
25 to 29	2,778,912	1,923,401	855,511	1,881,926	1,082,675	799,251	896,986	613,775	605,045	8,730	283,211	235,681	47,530
30 to 34	1,511,847	1,023,167	488,680	957,600	501,934	455,666	554,247	329,892	324,670	5,222	224,355	196,563	27,792
35 to 39	973,402	651,435	321,967	588,532	288,335	300,197	384,870	217,820	214,160	3,660	167,050	148,940	18,110
40 to 49	1,190,153	796,057	394,096	691,117	321,516	369,601	499,036	283,983	279,493	4,490	215,053	195,048	20,005
50 to 64	627,528	397,112	230,416	371,866	152,543	219,323	255,662	150,047	147,508	2,539	105,615	97,061	8,554
65 and over	66,683	29,144	37,539	51,277	14,290	36,987	15,406	9,019	8,847	172	6,387	6,007	380
Age unknown	40,562	25,868	14,694	16,636	4,054	12,582	23,926	20,667	19,587	1,080	3,259	2,227	1,032
Full-time	12,287,512	9,776,828	2,510,684	8,353,946	6,081,177	2,272,769	3,933,566	3,045,267	3,009,240	36,027	888,299	686,411	201,888
Under 18	206,770	129,601	77,169	165,154	89,420	75,734	41,616	39,223	38,936	287	2,393	1,245	1,148
18 and 19	3,612,294	2,701,199	911,095	2,736,611	1,857,101	879,510	875,683	811,174	804,587	6,587	64,509	39,511	24,998
20 and 21	3,241,515	2,709,738	531,777	2,331,782	1,837,322	494,460	909,733	825,249	819,177	6,072	84,484	53,239	31,245
22 to 24	2,156,073	1,829,594	326,479	1,509,569	1,226,139	283,430	646,504	524,528	518,467	6,061	121,976	84,988	36,988
25 to 29	1,442,151	1,162,333	279,818	854,478	622,758	231,720	587,673	396,655	390,552	6,103	191,018	149,023	41,995
30 to 34	649,695	503,635	146,060	338,636	220,464	118,172	311,059	170,347	166,823	3,524	140,712	116,348	24,364
35 to 39	368,319	280,221	88,098	171,279	101,255	70,024	197,040	97,562	95,184	2,378	99,478	83,782	15,696
40 to 49	403,959	307,808	96,151	166,778	90,562	76,216	237,181	114,573	111,817	2,756	122,608	105,429	17,179
50 to 64	177,157	132,645	44,512	69,353	33,390	35,963	107,804	52,683	51,178	1,505	55,121	48,077	7,044
65 and over	10,556	7,751	2,805	4,127	1,737	2,390	6,429	2,612	2,498	114	3,817	3,516	301
Age unknown	19,023	12,303	6,720	6,179	1,029	5,150	12,844	10,661	10,021	640	2,183	1,253	930
Part-time	7,700,692	3,711,915	3,988,777	6,218,897	2,267,362	3,951,535	1,481,795	1,020,624	1,006,642	13,982	461,171	437,911	23,260
Under 18	847,084	281,913	565,171	784,798	220,662	564,136	62,286	59,458	58,481	977	2,828	2,770	58
18 and 19	729,088	177,017	552,071	694,686	144,333	550,353	34,402	26,953	26,127	826	7,449	6,557	892
20 and 21	837,475	253,610	583,865	785,833	205,496	580,337	51,642	33,972	32,743	1,229	17,670	15,371	2,299
22 to 24	1,168,818	559,887	608,931	1,005,456	402,719	602,737	163,362	120,131	118,054	2,077	43,231	39,114	4,117
25 to 29	1,336,761	761,068	575,693	1,027,448	459,917	567,531	309,313	217,120	214,493	2,627	92,193	86,658	5,535
30 to 34	862,152	519,532	342,620	618,964	281,470	337,494	243,188	159,545	157,847	1,698	83,643	80,215	3,428
35 to 39	605,083	371,214	233,869	417,253	187,080	230,173	187,830	120,258	118,976	1,282	67,572	65,158	2,414
40 to 49	786,194	488,249	297,945	524,339	230,954	293,385	261,855	169,410	167,676	1,734	92,445	89,619	2,826
50 to 64	450,371	264,467	185,904	302,513	119,153	183,360	147,858	97,364	96,330	1,034	50,494	48,984	1,510
65 and over	56,127	21,393	34,734	47,150	12,553	34,597	8,977	6,407	6,349	58	2,570	2,491	79
Age unknown	21,539	13,565	7,974	10,457	3,025	7,432	11,082	10,006	9,566	440	1,076	974	102
	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	3.1	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	23.5	24.0	23.0	16.8	20.6	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	12.2	11.0	18.3
25 to 29	13.9	14.3	13.2	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	5.0	4.0	3.5	4.8	7.1	5.4	5.3	7.3	12.4	13.2	8.0
40 to 49	6.0	5.9	6.1	4.7	3.9	5.9	9.2	7.0	7.0	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	#	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.5	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.5
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	3.3	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	21.8	23.1	27.1	27.2	16.9	9.5	7.8	15.5
22 to 24	17.5	18.7	13.0	18.1	20.2	12.5	16.4	17.2	17.2	16.8	13.7	12.4	18.3
25 to 29	11.7	11.9	11.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	14.9	13.0	13.0	16.9	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	5.5	9.8	15.8	17.0	12.1
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	7.6	13.8	15.4	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	0.1
Age unknown	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.1	#	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.3	1.8	0.2	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	12.6	9.7	14.3	4.2	5.8	5.8	7.0	0.6	0.6	0.2
18 and 19	9.5	4.8	13.8	11.2	6.4	13.9	2.3	2.6	2.6	5.9	1.6	1.5	3.8
20 and 21	10.9	6.8	14.6	12.6	9.1	14.7	3.5	3.3	3.3	8.8	3.8	3.5	9.9
22 to 24	15.2	15.1	15.3	16.2	17.8	15.3	11.0	11.8	11.7	14.9	9.4	8.9	17.7
25 to 29	17.4	20.5	14.4	16.5	20.3	14.4	20.9	21.3	21.3	18.8	20.0	19.8	23.8
30 to 34	11.2	14.0	8.6	10.0	12.4	8.5	16.4	15.6	15.7	12.1	18.1	18.3	14.7
35 to 39	7.9	10.0	5.9	6.7	8.3	5.8	12.7	11.8	11.8	9.2	14.7	14.9	10.4
40 to 49	10.2	13.2	7.5	8.4	10.2	7.4	17.7	16.6	16.7	12.4	20.0	20.5	12.1
50 to 64	5.8	7.1	4.7	4.9	5.3	4.6	10.0	9.5	9.6	7.4	10.9	11.2	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	0.6	0.6	0.3
Age unknown	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.7	1.0	1.0	3.1	0.2	0.2	0.4

#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 2016, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared March 2018.)