Table 303.55.

Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by control and level of institution, attendance status, and age of student: 2017

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	19,765,598	13,823,640	5,941,958	14,560,155	8,853,477	5,706,678	5,205,443	4,106,477	4,058,087	48,390	1,098,966	912,076	186,890
Under 18	1,230,419	477,250	753,169	1,128,722	377,324	751,398	101,697	97,005	96,346	659	4,692	3,580	1,112
18 and 19	4,445,555	3,062,795	1,382,760	3,526,504	2,172,835	1,353,669	919,051	860,409	853,208	7,201	58,642	36,752	21,890
20 and 21	4,096,516	3,104,002	992,514	3,152,499	2,191,766	960,733	944,017	863,017	857,599	5,418	81,000	54,637	26,363
22 to 24	3,203,272	2,395,018	808,254	2,422,528	1,654,301	768,227	780,744	651,805	644,761	7,044	128,939	95,956	32,983
25 to 29	2,692,386	1,936,736	755,650	1,828,741	1,122,710	706,031	863,645	633,502	623,843	9,659	230,143	190,183	39,960
30 to 34	1,420,422	1,000,779	419,643	907,900	517,784	390,116	512,522	330,730	324,687	6,043	181,792	158,308	23,484
35 to 39	932,331	653,908	278,423	566,054	307,423	258,631	366,277	224,504	220,316	4,188	141,773	126,169	15,604
40 to 49	1,088,176	765,819	322,357	631,866	331,472	300,394	456,310	279,142	273,995	5,147	177,168	160,352	16,816
50 to 64	559,156	376,090	183,066	327,803	154,875	172,928	231,353	144,209	141,481	2,728	87,144	79,734	7,410
65 and over	67,037	32,556	34,481	52,275	18,355	33,920	14,762	10,146	9,931	215	4,616	4,270	346
Age unknown	30,328	18,687	11,641	15,263	4,632	10,631	15,065	12,008	11,920	88	3,057	2,135	922
Full-time	12,077,304	9,849,327	2,227,977	8,328,073	6,310,488	2,017,585	3,749,231	3,082,286	3,041,196	41,090	666,945	497,643	169,302
Under 18	220,615	138,033	82,582	184,686	103,457	81,229	35,929	33,789	33,523	266	2,140	1,053	1,087
18 and 19	3,694,625	2,836,784	857,841	2,811,574	1,981,565	830,009	883,051	830,436	823,603	6,833	52,615	31,616	20,999
20 and 21	3,267,248	2,804,515	462,733	2,373,430	1,939,902	433,528	893,818	827,778	823,069	4,709	66,040	41,544	24,496
22 to 24	2,068,941	1,796,908	272,033	1,448,837	1,212,464	236,373	620,104	529,129	523,315	5,814	90,975	61,129	29,846
25 to 29	1,373,147	1,134,690	238,457	817,875	623,412	194,463	555,272	411,277	403,145	8,132	143,995	108,133	35,862
30 to 34	592,027	470,444	121,583	315,386	219,748	95,638	276,641	173,271	168,203	5,068	103,370	82,493	20,877
35 to 39	338,942	264,507	74,435	160,625	103,569	57,056	178,317	102,206	98,718	3,488	76,111	62,220	13,891
40 to 49	350,641	273,554	77,087	147,447	89,485	57,962	203,194	114,740	110,443	4,297	88,454	73,626	14,828
50 to 64	148,810	114,851	33,959	57,641	32,183	25,458	91,169	51,767	49,510	2,257	39,402	33,158	6,244
65 and over	8,979	6,224	2,755	4,048	1,774	2,274	4,931	2,863	2,685	178	2,068	1,765	303
Age unknown	13,329	8,817	4,512	6,524	2,929	3,595	6,805	5,030	4,982	48	1,775	906	869
Part-time	7,688,294	3,974,313	3,713,981	6,232,082	2,542,989	3,689,093	1,456,212	1,024,191	1,016,891	7,300	432,021	414,433	17,588
Under 18	1,009,804	339,217	670,587	944,036	273,867	670,169	65,768	63,216	62,823	393	2,552	2,527	25
18 and 19	750,930	226,011	524,919	714,930	191,270	523,660	36,000	29,973	29,605	368	6,027	5,136	891
20 and 21	829,268	299,487	529,781	779,069	251,864	527,205	50,199	35,239	34,530	709	14,960	13,093	1,867
22 to 24	1,134,331	598,110	536,221	973,691	441,837	531,854	160,640	122,676	121,446	1,230	37,964	34,827	3,137
25 to 29	1,319,239	802,046	517,193	1,010,866	499,298	511,568	308,373	222,225	220,698	1,527	86,148	82,050	4,098
30 to 34	828,395	530,335	298,060	592,514	298,036	294,478	235,881	157,459	156,484	975	78,422	75,815	2,607
35 to 39	593,389	389,401	203,988	405,429	203,854	201,575	187,960	122,298	121,598	700	65,662	63,949	1,713
40 to 49	737,535	492,265	245,270	484,419	241,987	242,432	253,116	164,402	163,552	850	88,714	86,726	1,988
50 to 64	410,346	261,239	149,107	270,162	122,692	147,470	140,184	92,442	91,971	471	47,742	46,576	1,166
65 and over	58,058	26,332	31,726	48,227	16,581	31,646	9,831	7,283	7,246	37	2,548	2,505	43
Age unknown	16,999	9,870	7,129	8,739	1,703	7,036	8,260	6,978	6,938	40	1,282	1,229	53
	Percentage distribution of students with known age1
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	6.2	3.5	12.7	7.8	4.3	13.2	2.0	2.4	2.4	1.4	0.4	0.4	0.6
18 and 19	22.5	22.2	23.3	24.2	24.6	23.8	17.7	21.0	21.1	14.9	5.4	4.0	11.8
20 and 21	20.8	22.5	16.7	21.7	24.8	16.9	18.2	21.1	21.2	11.2	7.4	6.0	14.2
22 to 24	16.2	17.3	13.6	16.7	18.7	13.5	15.0	15.9	15.9	14.6	11.8	10.5	17.7
25 to 29	13.6	14.0	12.7	12.6	12.7	12.4	16.6	15.5	15.4	20.0	21.0	20.9	21.5
30 to 34	7.2	7.2	7.1	6.2	5.9	6.8	9.9	8.1	8.0	12.5	16.6	17.4	12.6
35 to 39	4.7	4.7	4.7	3.9	3.5	4.5	7.1	5.5	5.4	8.7	12.9	13.9	8.4
40 to 49	5.5	5.5	5.4	4.3	3.7	5.3	8.8	6.8	6.8	10.7	16.2	17.6	9.0
50 to 64	2.8	2.7	3.1	2.3	1.8	3.0	4.5	3.5	3.5	5.6	8.0	8.8	4.0
65 and over	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.5	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
Under 18	1.8	1.4	3.7	2.2	1.6	4.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.6
18 and 19	30.6	28.8	38.6	33.8	31.4	41.2	23.6	27.0	27.1	16.6	7.9	6.4	12.5
20 and 21	27.1	28.5	20.8	28.5	30.8	21.5	23.9	26.9	27.1	11.5	9.9	8.4	14.5
22 to 24	17.1	18.3	12.2	17.4	19.2	11.7	16.6	17.2	17.2	14.2	13.7	12.3	17.7
25 to 29	11.4	11.5	10.7	9.8	9.9	9.7	14.8	13.4	13.3	19.8	21.6	21.8	21.3
30 to 34	4.9	4.8	5.5	3.8	3.5	4.7	7.4	5.6	5.5	12.3	15.5	16.6	12.4
35 to 39	2.8	2.7	3.3	1.9	1.6	2.8	4.8	3.3	3.3	8.5	11.4	12.5	8.2
40 to 49	2.9	2.8	3.5	1.8	1.4	2.9	5.4	3.7	3.6	10.5	13.3	14.8	8.8
50 to 64	1.2	1.2	1.5	0.7	0.5	1.3	2.4	1.7	1.6	5.5	5.9	6.7	3.7
65 and over	0.1	0.1	0.1	#	#	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.4	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
Under 18	13.2	8.6	18.1	15.2	10.8	18.2	4.5	6.2	6.2	5.4	0.6	0.6	0.1
18 and 19	9.8	5.7	14.2	11.5	7.5	14.2	2.5	2.9	2.9	5.1	1.4	1.2	5.1
20 and 21	10.8	7.6	14.3	12.5	9.9	14.3	3.5	3.5	3.4	9.8	3.5	3.2	10.6
22 to 24	14.8	15.1	14.5	15.6	17.4	14.4	11.1	12.1	12.0	16.9	8.8	8.4	17.9
25 to 29	17.2	20.2	14.0	16.2	19.6	13.9	21.3	21.8	21.9	21.0	20.0	19.9	23.4
30 to 34	10.8	13.4	8.0	9.5	11.7	8.0	16.3	15.5	15.5	13.4	18.2	18.3	14.9
35 to 39	7.7	9.8	5.5	6.5	8.0	5.5	13.0	12.0	12.0	9.6	15.2	15.5	9.8
40 to 49	9.6	12.4	6.6	7.8	9.5	6.6	17.5	16.2	16.2	11.7	20.6	21.0	11.3
50 to 64	5.3	6.6	4.0	4.3	4.8	4.0	9.7	9.1	9.1	6.5	11.1	11.3	6.6
65 and over	0.8	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.2

#Rounds to zero.

1 Percentage distributions exclude students whose age is unknown.

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 2018, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared October 2018.)