Table 303.50.

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

Attendance status and age of student	Undergraduate										Postbaccalaureate
	Total	Public			Private nonprofit			Private for-profit			Total	Public	Private nonprofit	Private for-profit
		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	15
	Number of students
All students	16,557,539	13,004,143	7,603,278	5,400,865	2,794,796	2,761,306	33,490	758,600	602,244	156,356	3,072,639	1,499,504	1,340,576	232,559
Under 18	1,454,568	1,342,288	490,988	851,300	108,374	107,555	819	3,906	3,070	836	101	43	54	4
18 and 19	4,509,906	3,584,466	2,269,568	1,314,898	869,434	863,308	6,126	56,006	36,349	19,657	1,264	731	492	41
20 and 21	4,021,903	3,088,109	2,220,684	867,425	859,497	854,975	4,522	74,297	51,598	22,699	41,474	23,609	17,200	665
22 to 24	2,359,552	1,914,197	1,248,327	665,870	342,963	338,197	4,766	102,392	75,776	26,616	688,373	370,753	304,539	13,081
25 to 29	1,613,296	1,248,627	617,751	630,876	200,605	194,392	6,213	164,064	130,339	33,725	961,565	490,167	427,956	43,442
30 to 34	915,709	656,990	290,588	366,402	132,939	128,984	3,955	125,780	105,745	20,035	486,888	240,845	205,183	40,860
35 to 39	605,577	415,433	176,551	238,882	99,628	97,075	2,553	90,516	77,698	12,818	308,345	141,782	127,954	38,609
40 to 49	674,425	458,835	186,011	272,824	117,490	114,608	2,882	98,100	84,421	13,679	373,921	156,093	158,899	58,929
50 to 64	333,447	238,959	86,456	152,503	54,017	52,609	1,408	40,471	35,061	5,410	189,939	68,581	87,215	34,143
65 and over	53,368	47,241	14,421	32,820	4,287	4,175	112	1,840	1,552	288	15,252	5,651	7,072	2,529
Age unknown	15,788	8,998	1,933	7,065	5,562	5,428	134	1,228	635	593	5,517	1,249	4,012	256
Full-time	10,209,793	7,398,061	5,529,269	1,868,792	2,303,747	2,276,095	27,652	507,985	359,956	148,029	1,744,620	821,174	822,256	101,190
Under 18	255,449	220,200	121,142	99,058	33,241	32,808	433	2,008	1,196	812	47	20	24	3
18 and 19	3,752,795	2,861,915	2,050,822	811,093	840,016	834,259	5,757	50,864	31,600	19,264	1,065	623	416	26
20 and 21	3,214,410	2,326,238	1,947,785	378,453	826,710	822,718	3,992	61,462	39,691	21,771	36,518	20,793	15,267	458
22 to 24	1,423,156	1,069,708	871,487	198,221	278,562	274,762	3,800	74,886	49,665	25,221	549,594	292,654	249,119	7,821
25 to 29	700,304	469,037	302,197	166,840	121,609	116,573	5,036	109,658	77,892	31,766	611,682	297,882	292,379	21,421
30 to 34	347,487	196,827	110,201	86,626	72,313	69,130	3,183	78,347	59,585	18,762	234,967	108,111	109,447	17,409
35 to 39	212,943	108,444	56,280	52,164	51,017	49,006	2,011	53,482	41,573	11,909	120,223	46,940	57,236	16,047
40 to 49	211,829	101,259	50,193	51,066	55,509	53,279	2,230	55,061	42,283	12,778	126,107	39,448	63,114	23,545
50 to 64	80,952	39,100	17,588	21,512	21,486	20,463	1,023	20,366	15,426	4,940	58,471	13,604	31,553	13,314
65 and over	5,109	3,309	1,058	2,251	893	813	80	907	645	262	4,080	839	2,280	961
Age unknown	5,359	2,024	516	1,508	2,391	2,284	107	944	400	544	1,866	260	1,421	185
Part-time	6,347,746	5,606,082	2,074,009	3,532,073	491,049	485,211	5,838	250,615	242,288	8,327	1,328,019	678,330	518,320	131,369
Under 18	1,199,119	1,122,088	369,846	752,242	75,133	74,747	386	1,898	1,874	24	54	23	30	1
18 and 19	757,111	722,551	218,746	503,805	29,418	29,049	369	5,142	4,749	393	199	108	76	15
20 and 21	807,493	761,871	272,899	488,972	32,787	32,257	530	12,835	11,907	928	4,956	2,816	1,933	207
22 to 24	936,396	844,489	376,840	467,649	64,401	63,435	966	27,506	26,111	1,395	138,779	78,099	55,420	5,260
25 to 29	912,992	779,590	315,554	464,036	78,996	77,819	1,177	54,406	52,447	1,959	349,883	192,285	135,577	22,021
30 to 34	568,222	460,163	180,387	279,776	60,626	59,854	772	47,433	46,160	1,273	251,921	132,734	95,736	23,451
35 to 39	392,634	306,989	120,271	186,718	48,611	48,069	542	37,034	36,125	909	188,122	94,842	70,718	22,562
40 to 49	462,596	357,576	135,818	221,758	61,981	61,329	652	43,039	42,138	901	247,814	116,645	95,785	35,384
50 to 64	252,495	199,859	68,868	130,991	32,531	32,146	385	20,105	19,635	470	131,468	54,977	55,662	20,829
65 and over	48,259	43,932	13,363	30,569	3,394	3,362	32	933	907	26	11,172	4,812	4,792	1,568
Age unknown	10,429	6,974	1,417	5,557	3,171	3,144	27	284	235	49	3,651	989	2,591	71
	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	100.0
Under 18	8.8	10.3	6.5	15.8	3.9	3.9	2.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	#	#	#	#
18 and 19	27.3	27.6	29.9	24.4	31.2	31.3	18.4	7.4	6.0	12.6	#	#	#	#
20 and 21	24.3	23.8	29.2	16.1	30.8	31.0	13.6	9.8	8.6	14.6	1.4	1.6	1.3	0.3
22 to 24	14.3	14.7	16.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	14.3	13.5	12.6	17.1	22.4	24.7	22.8	5.6
25 to 29	9.8	9.6	8.1	11.7	7.2	7.1	18.6	21.7	21.7	21.7	31.4	32.7	32.0	18.7
30 to 34	5.5	5.1	3.8	6.8	4.8	4.7	11.9	16.6	17.6	12.9	15.9	16.1	15.4	17.6
35 to 39	3.7	3.2	2.3	4.4	3.6	3.5	7.7	12.0	12.9	8.2	10.1	9.5	9.6	16.6
40 to 49	4.1	3.5	2.4	5.1	4.2	4.2	8.6	13.0	14.0	8.8	12.2	10.4	11.9	25.4
50 to 64	2.0	1.8	1.1	2.8	1.9	1.9	4.2	5.3	5.8	3.5	6.2	4.6	6.5	14.7
65 and over	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.4	0.5	1.1
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	100.0
Under 18	2.5	3.0	2.2	5.3	1.4	1.4	1.6	0.4	0.3	0.6	#	#	#	#
18 and 19	36.8	38.7	37.1	43.4	36.5	36.7	20.9	10.0	8.8	13.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	#
20 and 21	31.5	31.5	35.2	20.3	35.9	36.2	14.5	12.1	11.0	14.8	2.1	2.5	1.9	0.5
22 to 24	13.9	14.5	15.8	10.6	12.1	12.1	13.8	14.8	13.8	17.1	31.5	35.6	30.3	7.7
25 to 29	6.9	6.3	5.5	8.9	5.3	5.1	18.3	21.6	21.7	21.5	35.1	36.3	35.6	21.2
30 to 34	3.4	2.7	2.0	4.6	3.1	3.0	11.6	15.5	16.6	12.7	13.5	13.2	13.3	17.2
35 to 39	2.1	1.5	1.0	2.8	2.2	2.2	7.3	10.5	11.6	8.1	6.9	5.7	7.0	15.9
40 to 49	2.1	1.4	0.9	2.7	2.4	2.3	8.1	10.9	11.8	8.7	7.2	4.8	7.7	23.3
50 to 64	0.8	0.5	0.3	1.2	0.9	0.9	3.7	4.0	4.3	3.3	3.4	1.7	3.8	13.2
65 and over	0.1	#	#	0.1	#	#	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.3	1.0
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	100.0
Under 18	18.9	20.0	17.8	21.3	15.4	15.5	6.6	0.8	0.8	0.3	#	#	#	#
18 and 19	11.9	12.9	10.6	14.3	6.0	6.0	6.4	2.1	2.0	4.7	#	#	#	#
20 and 21	12.7	13.6	13.2	13.9	6.7	6.7	9.1	5.1	4.9	11.2	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.2
22 to 24	14.8	15.1	18.2	13.3	13.2	13.2	16.6	11.0	10.8	16.9	10.5	11.5	10.7	4.0
25 to 29	14.4	13.9	15.2	13.2	16.2	16.1	20.3	21.7	21.7	23.7	26.4	28.4	26.3	16.8
30 to 34	9.0	8.2	8.7	7.9	12.4	12.4	13.3	18.9	19.1	15.4	19.0	19.6	18.6	17.9
35 to 39	6.2	5.5	5.8	5.3	10.0	10.0	9.3	14.8	14.9	11.0	14.2	14.0	13.7	17.2
40 to 49	7.3	6.4	6.6	6.3	12.7	12.7	11.2	17.2	17.4	10.9	18.7	17.2	18.6	26.9
50 to 64	4.0	3.6	3.3	3.7	6.7	6.7	6.6	8.0	8.1	5.7	9.9	8.1	10.8	15.9
65 and over	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.8	0.7	0.9	1.2

#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 2020, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared November 2021.)