Table 303.55.

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

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
	Number of students
All students	19,630,178	14,039,467	5,590,711	14,503,647	9,102,782	5,400,865	5,126,531	4,135,372	4,101,882	33,490	991,159	834,803	156,356
Under 18	1,454,669	601,714	852,955	1,342,331	491,031	851,300	112,338	108,428	107,609	819	3,910	3,074	836
18 and 19	4,511,170	3,170,489	1,340,681	3,585,197	2,270,299	1,314,898	925,973	869,926	863,800	6,126	56,047	36,390	19,657
20 and 21	4,063,377	3,168,731	894,646	3,111,718	2,244,293	867,425	951,659	876,697	872,175	4,522	74,962	52,263	22,699
22 to 24	3,047,925	2,350,673	697,252	2,284,950	1,619,080	665,870	762,975	647,502	642,736	4,766	115,473	88,857	26,616
25 to 29	2,574,861	1,904,047	670,814	1,738,794	1,107,918	630,876	836,067	628,561	622,348	6,213	207,506	173,781	33,725
30 to 34	1,402,597	1,012,205	390,392	897,835	531,433	366,402	504,762	338,122	334,167	3,955	166,640	146,605	20,035
35 to 39	913,922	659,669	254,253	557,215	318,333	238,882	356,707	227,582	225,029	2,553	129,125	116,307	12,818
40 to 49	1,048,346	758,961	289,385	614,928	342,104	272,824	433,418	276,389	273,507	2,882	157,029	143,350	13,679
50 to 64	523,386	364,065	159,321	307,540	155,037	152,503	215,846	141,232	139,824	1,408	74,614	69,204	5,410
65 and over	68,620	35,400	33,220	52,892	20,072	32,820	15,728	11,359	11,247	112	4,369	4,081	288
Age unknown	21,305	13,513	7,792	10,247	3,182	7,065	11,058	9,574	9,440	134	1,484	891	593
Full-time	11,954,413	9,909,940	2,044,473	8,219,235	6,350,443	1,868,792	3,735,178	3,126,003	3,098,351	27,652	609,175	461,146	148,029
Under 18	255,496	155,193	100,303	220,220	121,162	99,058	35,276	33,265	32,832	433	2,011	1,199	812
18 and 19	3,753,860	2,917,746	836,114	2,862,538	2,051,445	811,093	891,322	840,432	834,675	5,757	50,890	31,626	19,264
20 and 21	3,250,928	2,846,712	404,216	2,347,031	1,968,578	378,453	903,897	841,977	837,985	3,992	61,920	40,149	21,771
22 to 24	1,972,750	1,745,508	227,242	1,362,362	1,164,141	198,221	610,388	527,681	523,881	3,800	82,707	57,486	25,221
25 to 29	1,311,986	1,108,344	203,642	766,919	600,079	166,840	545,067	413,988	408,952	5,036	131,079	99,313	31,766
30 to 34	582,454	473,883	108,571	304,938	218,312	86,626	277,516	181,760	178,577	3,183	95,756	76,994	18,762
35 to 39	333,166	267,082	66,084	155,384	103,220	52,164	177,782	108,253	106,242	2,011	69,529	57,620	11,909
40 to 49	337,936	271,862	66,074	140,707	89,641	51,066	197,229	118,623	116,393	2,230	78,606	65,828	12,778
50 to 64	139,423	111,948	27,475	52,704	31,192	21,512	86,719	53,039	52,016	1,023	33,680	28,740	4,940
65 and over	9,189	6,596	2,593	4,148	1,897	2,251	5,041	3,173	3,093	80	1,868	1,606	262
Age unknown	7,225	5,066	2,159	2,284	776	1,508	4,941	3,812	3,705	107	1,129	585	544
Part-time	7,675,765	4,129,527	3,546,238	6,284,412	2,752,339	3,532,073	1,391,353	1,009,369	1,003,531	5,838	381,984	373,657	8,327
Under 18	1,199,173	446,521	752,652	1,122,111	369,869	752,242	77,062	75,163	74,777	386	1,899	1,875	24
18 and 19	757,310	252,743	504,567	722,659	218,854	503,805	34,651	29,494	29,125	369	5,157	4,764	393
20 and 21	812,449	322,019	490,430	764,687	275,715	488,972	47,762	34,720	34,190	530	13,042	12,114	928
22 to 24	1,075,175	605,165	470,010	922,588	454,939	467,649	152,587	119,821	118,855	966	32,766	31,371	1,395
25 to 29	1,262,875	795,703	467,172	971,875	507,839	464,036	291,000	214,573	213,396	1,177	76,427	74,468	1,959
30 to 34	820,143	538,322	281,821	592,897	313,121	279,776	227,246	156,362	155,590	772	70,884	69,611	1,273
35 to 39	580,756	392,587	188,169	401,831	215,113	186,718	178,925	119,329	118,787	542	59,596	58,687	909
40 to 49	710,410	487,099	223,311	474,221	252,463	221,758	236,189	157,766	157,114	652	78,423	77,522	901
50 to 64	383,963	252,117	131,846	254,836	123,845	130,991	129,127	88,193	87,808	385	40,934	40,464	470
65 and over	59,431	28,804	30,627	48,744	18,175	30,569	10,687	8,186	8,154	32	2,501	2,475	26
Age unknown	14,080	8,447	5,633	7,963	2,406	5,557	6,117	5,762	5,735	27	355	306	49
	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	7.4	4.3	15.3	9.3	5.4	15.8	2.2	2.6	2.6	2.5	0.4	0.4	0.5
18 and 19	23.0	22.6	24.0	24.7	24.9	24.4	18.1	21.1	21.1	18.4	5.7	4.4	12.6
20 and 21	20.7	22.6	16.0	21.5	24.7	16.1	18.6	21.2	21.3	13.6	7.6	6.3	14.6
22 to 24	15.5	16.8	12.5	15.8	17.8	12.3	14.9	15.7	15.7	14.3	11.7	10.7	17.1
25 to 29	13.1	13.6	12.0	12.0	12.2	11.7	16.3	15.2	15.2	18.6	21.0	20.8	21.7
30 to 34	7.2	7.2	7.0	6.2	5.8	6.8	9.9	8.2	8.2	11.9	16.8	17.6	12.9
35 to 39	4.7	4.7	4.6	3.8	3.5	4.4	7.0	5.5	5.5	7.7	13.0	13.9	8.2
40 to 49	5.3	5.4	5.2	4.2	3.8	5.1	8.5	6.7	6.7	8.6	15.9	17.2	8.8
50 to 64	2.7	2.6	2.9	2.1	1.7	2.8	4.2	3.4	3.4	4.2	7.5	8.3	3.5
65 and over	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	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	2.1	1.6	4.9	2.7	1.9	5.3	0.9	1.1	1.1	1.6	0.3	0.3	0.6
18 and 19	31.4	29.5	40.9	34.8	32.3	43.4	23.9	26.9	27.0	20.9	8.4	6.9	13.1
20 and 21	27.2	28.7	19.8	28.6	31.0	20.3	24.2	27.0	27.1	14.5	10.2	8.7	14.8
22 to 24	16.5	17.6	11.1	16.6	18.3	10.6	16.4	16.9	16.9	13.8	13.6	12.5	17.1
25 to 29	11.0	11.2	10.0	9.3	9.5	8.9	14.6	13.3	13.2	18.3	21.6	21.6	21.5
30 to 34	4.9	4.8	5.3	3.7	3.4	4.6	7.4	5.8	5.8	11.6	15.7	16.7	12.7
35 to 39	2.8	2.7	3.2	1.9	1.6	2.8	4.8	3.5	3.4	7.3	11.4	12.5	8.1
40 to 49	2.8	2.7	3.2	1.7	1.4	2.7	5.3	3.8	3.8	8.1	12.9	14.3	8.7
50 to 64	1.2	1.1	1.3	0.6	0.5	1.2	2.3	1.7	1.7	3.7	5.5	6.2	3.3
65 and over	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	#	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	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	15.7	10.8	21.3	17.9	13.5	21.3	5.6	7.5	7.5	6.6	0.5	0.5	0.3
18 and 19	9.9	6.1	14.3	11.5	8.0	14.3	2.5	2.9	2.9	6.4	1.4	1.3	4.7
20 and 21	10.6	7.8	13.9	12.2	10.0	13.9	3.4	3.5	3.4	9.1	3.4	3.2	11.2
22 to 24	14.0	14.7	13.3	14.7	16.5	13.3	11.0	11.9	11.9	16.6	8.6	8.4	16.9
25 to 29	16.5	19.3	13.2	15.5	18.5	13.2	21.0	21.4	21.4	20.3	20.0	19.9	23.7
30 to 34	10.7	13.1	8.0	9.4	11.4	7.9	16.4	15.6	15.6	13.3	18.6	18.6	15.4
35 to 39	7.6	9.5	5.3	6.4	7.8	5.3	12.9	11.9	11.9	9.3	15.6	15.7	11.0
40 to 49	9.3	11.8	6.3	7.6	9.2	6.3	17.1	15.7	15.7	11.2	20.5	20.8	10.9
50 to 64	5.0	6.1	3.7	4.1	4.5	3.7	9.3	8.8	8.8	6.6	10.7	10.8	5.7
65 and over	0.8	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.3

#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.)