Table 303.45.

Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by level of enrollment, sex, attendance status, and age of student: 2015, 2017, and 2019

Attendance status and age of student	Fall 2015	Fall 2017			Fall 2019
	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	19,988,204	19,778,151	8,571,314	11,206,837	19,637,499	8,362,890	11,274,609	16,565,066	7,148,530	9,416,536	3,072,433	1,214,360	1,858,073
Under 18	1,053,854	1,233,155	506,387	726,768	1,450,495	590,348	860,147	1,450,384	590,288	860,096	111	60	51
18 and 19	4,341,382	4,446,105	1,994,211	2,451,894	4,510,568	2,001,584	2,508,984	4,509,302	2,001,188	2,508,114	1,266	396	870
20 and 21	4,078,990	4,096,336	1,844,738	2,251,598	4,064,238	1,812,537	2,251,701	4,022,673	1,798,272	2,224,401	41,565	14,265	27,300
22 to 24	3,324,891	3,204,527	1,471,011	1,733,516	3,050,575	1,373,094	1,677,481	2,361,365	1,109,372	1,251,993	689,210	263,722	425,488
25 to 29	2,778,912	2,694,183	1,167,840	1,526,343	2,577,672	1,084,658	1,493,014	1,616,666	679,615	937,051	961,006	405,043	555,963
30 to 34	1,511,847	1,421,657	597,664	823,993	1,404,469	570,542	833,927	917,999	361,662	556,337	486,470	208,880	277,590
35 to 39	973,402	933,343	366,653	566,690	915,380	349,408	565,972	607,080	228,144	378,936	308,300	121,264	187,036
40 to 49	1,190,153	1,090,103	389,284	700,819	1,049,874	365,202	684,672	676,016	236,129	439,887	373,858	129,073	244,785
50 to 64	627,528	560,173	192,051	368,122	524,124	177,494	346,630	334,213	114,349	219,864	189,911	63,145	126,766
65 and over	66,683	67,094	28,537	38,557	68,672	29,149	39,523	53,426	22,620	30,806	15,246	6,529	8,717
Age unknown	40,562	31,475	12,938	18,537	21,432	8,874	12,558	15,942	6,891	9,051	5,490	1,983	3,507
Full-time	12,287,512	12,076,141	5,423,955	6,652,186	11,966,494	5,276,895	6,689,599	10,219,934	4,544,189	5,675,745	1,746,560	732,706	1,013,854
Under 18	206,770	220,590	86,108	134,482	254,930	100,314	154,616	254,881	100,290	154,591	49	24	25
18 and 19	3,612,294	3,695,990	1,644,606	2,051,384	3,753,971	1,655,128	2,098,843	3,752,904	1,654,811	2,098,093	1,067	317	750
20 and 21	3,241,515	3,267,198	1,475,104	1,792,094	3,251,909	1,454,267	1,797,642	3,215,272	1,441,514	1,773,758	36,637	12,753	23,884
22 to 24	2,156,073	2,068,425	983,041	1,085,384	1,975,447	917,755	1,057,692	1,424,669	702,562	722,107	550,778	215,193	335,585
25 to 29	1,442,151	1,372,010	636,740	735,270	1,315,192	589,249	725,943	703,292	314,206	389,086	611,900	275,043	336,857
30 to 34	649,695	591,317	266,301	325,016	584,415	252,995	331,420	349,420	143,206	206,214	234,995	109,789	125,206
35 to 39	368,319	338,499	138,827	199,672	334,613	131,630	202,983	214,215	80,673	133,542	120,398	50,957	69,441
40 to 49	403,959	350,409	129,668	220,741	339,433	120,031	219,402	213,164	74,206	138,958	126,269	45,825	80,444
50 to 64	177,157	148,671	53,859	94,812	140,071	48,545	91,526	81,515	28,129	53,386	58,556	20,416	38,140
65 and over	10,556	8,951	3,941	5,010	9,227	4,108	5,119	5,148	2,340	2,808	4,079	1,768	2,311
Age unknown	19,023	14,081	5,760	8,321	7,286	2,873	4,413	5,454	2,252	3,202	1,832	621	1,211
Part-time	7,700,692	7,702,010	3,147,359	4,554,651	7,671,005	3,085,995	4,585,010	6,345,132	2,604,341	3,740,791	1,325,873	481,654	844,219
Under 18	847,084	1,012,565	420,279	592,286	1,195,565	490,034	705,531	1,195,503	489,998	705,505	62	36	26
18 and 19	729,088	750,115	349,605	400,510	756,597	346,456	410,141	756,398	346,377	410,021	199	79	120
20 and 21	837,475	829,138	369,634	459,504	812,329	358,270	454,059	807,401	356,758	450,643	4,928	1,512	3,416
22 to 24	1,168,818	1,136,102	487,970	648,132	1,075,128	455,339	619,789	936,696	406,810	529,886	138,432	48,529	89,903
25 to 29	1,336,761	1,322,173	531,100	791,073	1,262,480	495,409	767,071	913,374	365,409	547,965	349,106	130,000	219,106
30 to 34	862,152	830,340	331,363	498,977	820,054	317,547	502,507	568,579	218,456	350,123	251,475	99,091	152,384
35 to 39	605,083	594,844	227,826	367,018	580,767	217,778	362,989	392,865	147,471	245,394	187,902	70,307	117,595
40 to 49	786,194	739,694	259,616	480,078	710,441	245,171	465,270	462,852	161,923	300,929	247,589	83,248	164,341
50 to 64	450,371	411,502	138,192	273,310	384,053	128,949	255,104	252,698	86,220	166,478	131,355	42,729	88,626
65 and over	56,127	58,143	24,596	33,547	59,445	25,041	34,404	48,278	20,280	27,998	11,167	4,761	6,406
Age unknown	21,539	17,394	7,178	10,216	14,146	6,001	8,145	10,488	4,639	5,849	3,658	1,362	2,296
	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	5.3	6.2	5.9	6.5	7.4	7.1	7.6	8.8	8.3	9.1	#	#	#
18 and 19	21.8	22.5	23.3	21.9	23.0	24.0	22.3	27.2	28.0	26.7	#	#	#
20 and 21	20.4	20.7	21.6	20.1	20.7	21.7	20.0	24.3	25.2	23.6	1.4	1.2	1.5
22 to 24	16.7	16.2	17.2	15.5	15.6	16.4	14.9	14.3	15.5	13.3	22.5	21.8	22.9
25 to 29	13.9	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.1	13.0	13.3	9.8	9.5	10.0	31.3	33.4	30.0
30 to 34	7.6	7.2	7.0	7.4	7.2	6.8	7.4	5.5	5.1	5.9	15.9	17.2	15.0
35 to 39	4.9	4.7	4.3	5.1	4.7	4.2	5.0	3.7	3.2	4.0	10.1	10.0	10.1
40 to 49	6.0	5.5	4.5	6.3	5.4	4.4	6.1	4.1	3.3	4.7	12.2	10.6	13.2
50 to 64	3.1	2.8	2.2	3.3	2.7	2.1	3.1	2.0	1.6	2.3	6.2	5.2	6.8
65 and over	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	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	1.8	1.6	2.0	2.1	1.9	2.3	2.5	2.2	2.7	#	#	#
18 and 19	29.4	30.6	30.4	30.9	31.4	31.4	31.4	36.7	36.4	37.0	0.1	#	0.1
20 and 21	26.4	27.1	27.2	27.0	27.2	27.6	26.9	31.5	31.7	31.3	2.1	1.7	2.4
22 to 24	17.6	17.1	18.1	16.3	16.5	17.4	15.8	13.9	15.5	12.7	31.6	29.4	33.1
25 to 29	11.8	11.4	11.8	11.1	11.0	11.2	10.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	35.1	37.6	33.3
30 to 34	5.3	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	5.0	3.4	3.2	3.6	13.5	15.0	12.4
35 to 39	3.0	2.8	2.6	3.0	2.8	2.5	3.0	2.1	1.8	2.4	6.9	7.0	6.9
40 to 49	3.3	2.9	2.4	3.3	2.8	2.3	3.3	2.1	1.6	2.4	7.2	6.3	7.9
50 to 64	1.4	1.2	1.0	1.4	1.2	0.9	1.4	0.8	0.6	0.9	3.4	2.8	3.8
65 and over	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	#	0.2	0.2	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	11.0	13.2	13.4	13.0	15.6	15.9	15.4	18.9	18.8	18.9	#	#	#
18 and 19	9.5	9.8	11.1	8.8	9.9	11.2	9.0	11.9	13.3	11.0	#	#	#
20 and 21	10.9	10.8	11.8	10.1	10.6	11.6	9.9	12.7	13.7	12.1	0.4	0.3	0.4
22 to 24	15.2	14.8	15.5	14.3	14.0	14.8	13.5	14.8	15.6	14.2	10.5	10.1	10.7
25 to 29	17.4	17.2	16.9	17.4	16.5	16.1	16.8	14.4	14.1	14.7	26.4	27.1	26.0
30 to 34	11.2	10.8	10.6	11.0	10.7	10.3	11.0	9.0	8.4	9.4	19.0	20.6	18.1
35 to 39	7.9	7.7	7.3	8.1	7.6	7.1	7.9	6.2	5.7	6.6	14.2	14.6	14.0
40 to 49	10.2	9.6	8.3	10.6	9.3	8.0	10.2	7.3	6.2	8.1	18.7	17.3	19.5
50 to 64	5.9	5.4	4.4	6.0	5.0	4.2	5.6	4.0	3.3	4.5	9.9	8.9	10.5
65 and over	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.8	1.0	0.8

#Rounds to zero.

1 Percentage distributions exclude students whose age is unknown.

NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 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, 2018, and 2020, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared April 2021.)