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	19,778,151	13,825,380	5,952,771	14,571,739	8,854,279	5,717,460	5,206,412	4,108,489	4,060,094	48,395	1,097,923	911,007	186,916
Under 18	1,233,155	478,596	754,559	1,132,082	379,292	752,790	101,073	96,502	95,845	657	4,571	3,459	1,112
18 and 19	4,446,105	3,063,168	1,382,937	3,527,244	2,173,376	1,353,868	918,861	860,278	853,098	7,180	58,583	36,694	21,889
20 and 21	4,096,336	3,103,761	992,575	3,151,953	2,191,187	960,766	944,383	863,484	858,052	5,432	80,899	54,522	26,377
22 to 24	3,204,527	2,395,139	809,388	2,422,058	1,652,689	769,369	782,469	653,706	646,661	7,045	128,763	95,789	32,974
25 to 29	2,694,183	1,935,680	758,503	1,831,708	1,122,880	708,828	862,475	632,517	622,850	9,667	229,958	189,950	40,008
30 to 34	1,421,657	1,000,273	421,384	909,688	517,889	391,799	511,969	330,256	324,211	6,045	181,713	158,173	23,540
35 to 39	933,343	653,774	279,569	567,216	307,444	259,772	366,127	224,445	220,254	4,191	141,682	126,076	15,606
40 to 49	1,090,103	766,238	323,865	633,801	331,889	301,912	456,302	279,247	274,101	5,146	177,055	160,248	16,807
50 to 64	560,173	376,179	183,994	328,762	154,900	173,862	231,411	144,312	141,584	2,728	87,099	79,695	7,404
65 and over	67,094	32,390	34,704	52,324	18,181	34,143	14,770	10,155	9,940	215	4,615	4,269	346
Age unknown	31,475	20,182	11,293	14,903	4,552	10,351	16,572	13,587	13,498	89	2,985	2,132	853
Full-time	12,076,141	9,848,817	2,227,324	8,326,474	6,309,569	2,016,905	3,749,667	3,082,071	3,040,980	41,091	667,596	498,268	169,328
Under 18	220,590	137,835	82,755	185,328	103,924	81,404	35,262	33,122	32,858	264	2,140	1,053	1,087
18 and 19	3,695,990	2,838,977	857,013	2,813,009	1,983,811	829,198	882,981	830,370	823,558	6,812	52,611	31,608	21,003
20 and 21	3,267,198	2,804,616	462,582	2,372,769	1,939,420	433,349	894,429	828,372	823,649	4,723	66,057	41,547	24,510
22 to 24	2,068,425	1,796,441	271,984	1,446,810	1,210,477	236,333	621,615	530,615	524,801	5,814	91,000	61,163	29,837
25 to 29	1,372,010	1,133,343	238,667	817,711	623,088	194,623	554,299	410,131	401,992	8,139	144,168	108,263	35,905
30 to 34	591,317	469,585	121,732	315,152	219,419	95,733	276,165	172,591	167,522	5,069	103,574	82,644	20,930
35 to 39	338,499	264,071	74,428	160,350	103,307	57,043	178,149	101,936	98,446	3,490	76,213	62,318	13,895
40 to 49	350,409	273,322	77,087	147,368	89,397	57,971	203,041	114,458	110,162	4,296	88,583	73,763	14,820
50 to 64	148,671	114,753	33,918	57,536	32,113	25,423	91,135	51,667	49,410	2,257	39,468	33,230	6,238
65 and over	8,951	6,219	2,732	4,018	1,767	2,251	4,933	2,856	2,678	178	2,077	1,774	303
Age unknown	14,081	9,655	4,426	6,423	2,846	3,577	7,658	5,953	5,904	49	1,705	905	800
Part-time	7,702,010	3,976,563	3,725,447	6,245,265	2,544,710	3,700,555	1,456,745	1,026,418	1,019,114	7,304	430,327	412,739	17,588
Under 18	1,012,565	340,761	671,804	946,754	275,368	671,386	65,811	63,380	62,987	393	2,431	2,406	25
18 and 19	750,115	224,191	525,924	714,235	189,565	524,670	35,880	29,908	29,540	368	5,972	5,086	886
20 and 21	829,138	299,145	529,993	779,184	251,767	527,417	49,954	35,112	34,403	709	14,842	12,975	1,867
22 to 24	1,136,102	598,698	537,404	975,248	442,212	533,036	160,854	123,091	121,860	1,231	37,763	34,626	3,137
25 to 29	1,322,173	802,337	519,836	1,013,997	499,792	514,205	308,176	222,386	220,858	1,528	85,790	81,687	4,103
30 to 34	830,340	530,688	299,652	594,536	298,470	296,066	235,804	157,665	156,689	976	78,139	75,529	2,610
35 to 39	594,844	389,703	205,141	406,866	204,137	202,729	187,978	122,509	121,808	701	65,469	63,758	1,711
40 to 49	739,694	492,916	246,778	486,433	242,492	243,941	253,261	164,789	163,939	850	88,472	86,485	1,987
50 to 64	411,502	261,426	150,076	271,226	122,787	148,439	140,276	92,645	92,174	471	47,631	46,465	1,166
65 and over	58,143	26,171	31,972	48,306	16,414	31,892	9,837	7,299	7,262	37	2,538	2,495	43
Age unknown	17,394	10,527	6,867	8,480	1,706	6,774	8,914	7,634	7,594	40	1,280	1,227	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	1.9	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	23.7	17.7	21.0	21.1	14.9	5.4	4.0	11.8
20 and 21	20.7	22.5	16.7	21.7	24.8	16.8	18.2	21.1	21.2	11.2	7.4	6.0	14.2
22 to 24	16.2	17.3	13.6	16.6	18.7	13.5	15.1	16.0	16.0	14.6	11.8	10.5	17.7
25 to 29	13.6	14.0	12.8	12.6	12.7	12.4	16.6	15.4	15.4	20.0	21.0	20.9	21.5
30 to 34	7.2	7.2	7.1	6.2	5.9	6.9	9.9	8.1	8.0	12.5	16.6	17.4	12.7
35 to 39	4.7	4.7	4.7	3.9	3.5	4.6	7.1	5.5	5.4	8.7	12.9	13.9	8.4
40 to 49	5.5	5.6	5.5	4.4	3.8	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	0.9	1.1	1.1	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.6
18 and 19	30.6	28.9	38.6	33.8	31.5	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	17.3	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	13.3	13.2	19.8	21.7	21.8	21.3
30 to 34	4.9	4.8	5.5	3.8	3.5	4.8	7.4	5.6	5.5	12.4	15.6	16.6	12.4
35 to 39	2.8	2.7	3.3	1.9	1.6	2.8	4.8	3.3	3.2	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	14.1	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	7.5	14.3	12.5	9.9	14.3	3.5	3.4	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	16.3	19.7	13.9	21.3	21.8	21.8	21.0	20.0	19.9	23.4
30 to 34	10.8	13.4	8.1	9.5	11.7	8.0	16.3	15.5	15.5	13.4	18.2	18.4	14.9
35 to 39	7.7	9.8	5.5	6.5	8.0	5.5	13.0	12.0	12.0	9.7	15.3	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	5.4	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	0.6	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. 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 2018, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared September 2019.)