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
	Number of students
All students	19,988,204	19,778,151	8,571,314	11,206,837	19,630,178	8,363,889	11,266,289	16,557,539	7,149,450	9,408,089	3,072,639	1,214,439	1,858,200
Under 18	1,053,854	1,233,155	506,387	726,768	1,454,669	592,064	862,605	1,454,568	592,008	862,560	101	56	45
18 and 19	4,341,382	4,446,105	1,994,211	2,451,894	4,511,170	2,002,110	2,509,060	4,509,906	2,001,717	2,508,189	1,264	393	871
20 and 21	4,078,990	4,096,336	1,844,738	2,251,598	4,063,377	1,812,188	2,251,189	4,021,903	1,797,971	2,223,932	41,474	14,217	27,257
22 to 24	3,324,891	3,204,527	1,471,011	1,733,516	3,047,925	1,372,306	1,675,619	2,359,552	1,108,957	1,250,595	688,373	263,349	425,024
25 to 29	2,778,912	2,694,183	1,167,840	1,526,343	2,574,861	1,084,606	1,490,255	1,613,296	679,362	933,934	961,565	405,244	556,321
30 to 34	1,511,847	1,421,657	597,664	823,993	1,402,597	570,603	831,994	915,709	361,496	554,213	486,888	209,107	277,781
35 to 39	973,402	933,343	366,653	566,690	913,922	349,328	564,594	605,577	228,048	377,529	308,345	121,280	187,065
40 to 49	1,190,153	1,090,103	389,284	700,819	1,048,346	365,194	683,152	674,425	236,082	438,343	373,921	129,112	244,809
50 to 64	627,528	560,173	192,051	368,122	523,386	177,436	345,950	333,447	114,267	219,180	189,939	63,169	126,770
65 and over	66,683	67,094	28,537	38,557	68,620	29,144	39,476	53,368	22,613	30,755	15,252	6,531	8,721
Age unknown	40,562	31,475	12,938	18,537	21,305	8,910	12,395	15,788	6,929	8,859	5,517	1,981	3,536
Full-time	12,287,512	12,076,141	5,423,955	6,652,186	11,954,413	5,275,612	6,678,801	10,209,793	4,543,556	5,666,237	1,744,620	732,056	1,012,564
Under 18	206,770	220,590	86,108	134,482	255,496	100,505	154,991	255,449	100,481	154,968	47	24	23
18 and 19	3,612,294	3,695,990	1,644,606	2,051,384	3,753,860	1,655,292	2,098,568	3,752,795	1,654,978	2,097,817	1,065	314	751
20 and 21	3,241,515	3,267,198	1,475,104	1,792,094	3,250,928	1,453,943	1,796,985	3,214,410	1,441,245	1,773,165	36,518	12,698	23,820
22 to 24	2,156,073	2,068,425	983,041	1,085,384	1,972,750	916,938	1,055,812	1,423,156	702,214	720,942	549,594	214,724	334,870
25 to 29	1,442,151	1,372,010	636,740	735,270	1,311,986	588,995	722,991	700,304	313,994	386,310	611,682	275,001	336,681
30 to 34	649,695	591,317	266,301	325,016	582,454	252,916	329,538	347,487	143,086	204,401	234,967	109,830	125,137
35 to 39	368,319	338,499	138,827	199,672	333,166	131,543	201,623	212,943	80,651	132,292	120,223	50,892	69,331
40 to 49	403,959	350,409	129,668	220,741	337,936	119,990	217,946	211,829	74,216	137,613	126,107	45,774	80,333
50 to 64	177,157	148,671	53,859	94,812	139,423	48,526	90,897	80,952	28,119	52,833	58,471	20,407	38,064
65 and over	10,556	8,951	3,941	5,010	9,189	4,106	5,083	5,109	2,337	2,772	4,080	1,769	2,311
Age unknown	19,023	14,081	5,760	8,321	7,225	2,858	4,367	5,359	2,235	3,124	1,866	623	1,243
Part-time	7,700,692	7,702,010	3,147,359	4,554,651	7,675,765	3,088,277	4,587,488	6,347,746	2,605,894	3,741,852	1,328,019	482,383	845,636
Under 18	847,084	1,012,565	420,279	592,286	1,199,173	491,559	707,614	1,199,119	491,527	707,592	54	32	22
18 and 19	729,088	750,115	349,605	400,510	757,310	346,818	410,492	757,111	346,739	410,372	199	79	120
20 and 21	837,475	829,138	369,634	459,504	812,449	358,245	454,204	807,493	356,726	450,767	4,956	1,519	3,437
22 to 24	1,168,818	1,136,102	487,970	648,132	1,075,175	455,368	619,807	936,396	406,743	529,653	138,779	48,625	90,154
25 to 29	1,336,761	1,322,173	531,100	791,073	1,262,875	495,611	767,264	912,992	365,368	547,624	349,883	130,243	219,640
30 to 34	862,152	830,340	331,363	498,977	820,143	317,687	502,456	568,222	218,410	349,812	251,921	99,277	152,644
35 to 39	605,083	594,844	227,826	367,018	580,756	217,785	362,971	392,634	147,397	245,237	188,122	70,388	117,734
40 to 49	786,194	739,694	259,616	480,078	710,410	245,204	465,206	462,596	161,866	300,730	247,814	83,338	164,476
50 to 64	450,371	411,502	138,192	273,310	383,963	128,910	255,053	252,495	86,148	166,347	131,468	42,762	88,706
65 and over	56,127	58,143	24,596	33,547	59,431	25,038	34,393	48,259	20,276	27,983	11,172	4,762	6,410
Age unknown	21,539	17,394	7,178	10,216	14,080	6,052	8,028	10,429	4,694	5,735	3,651	1,358	2,293
	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	7.7	8.8	8.3	9.2	#	#	#
18 and 19	21.8	22.5	23.3	21.9	23.0	24.0	22.3	27.3	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	23.7	1.4	1.2	1.5
22 to 24	16.7	16.2	17.2	15.5	15.5	16.4	14.9	14.3	15.5	13.3	22.4	21.7	22.9
25 to 29	13.9	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.1	13.0	13.2	9.8	9.5	9.9	31.4	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	5.3	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	0.3	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	36.8	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	31.5	29.4	33.1
25 to 29	11.8	11.4	11.8	11.1	11.0	11.2	10.8	6.9	6.9	6.8	35.1	37.6	33.3
30 to 34	5.3	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.9	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	2.3	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	15.7	15.9	15.5	18.9	18.9	18.9	#	#	#
18 and 19	9.5	9.8	11.1	8.8	9.9	11.3	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	14.0	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	8.0	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. 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, 2018, and 2020, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared April 2022.)