Table 303.40.

Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by attendance status, sex, and age of student: Selected years, 2001 through 2031

[In thousands]
Attendance status, sex, and age	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2021	Projected
												2022	2024	2031
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
All students	15,928	16,911	17,474	18,258	20,314	21,011	20,377	19,988	19,778	19,630	18,660	18,961	19,248	20,234
Under 18	486	490	567	670	759	796	879	1,054	1,233	1,455	1,487	1,375	1,416	1,328
18 and 19	3,355	3,562	3,725	3,970	4,292	4,291	4,266	4,341	4,446	4,511	4,148	4,351	4,439	4,385
20 and 21	3,141	3,383	3,505	3,643	3,995	4,161	4,087	4,079	4,096	4,063	3,880	3,938	4,033	4,222
22 to 24	2,495	2,811	2,911	3,010	3,301	3,435	3,432	3,325	3,205	3,048	2,868	2,972	3,040	3,360
25 to 29	2,031	2,288	2,410	2,551	2,935	3,046	2,856	2,779	2,694	2,575	2,401	2,420	2,399	2,689
30 to 34	1,244	1,365	1,352	1,366	1,615	1,760	1,642	1,512	1,422	1,403	1,384	1,381	1,376	1,464
35 years old and over	2,688	2,866	2,900	2,953	3,344	3,454	3,164	2,858	2,651	2,554	2,470	2,504	2,524	2,763
Age unknown	488	147	104	96	73	67	51	41	31	21	22	21	21	22
Males	6,961	7,260	7,451	7,820	8,733	9,034	8,861	8,724	8,571	8,364	7,769	7,814	7,938	8,439
Under 18	208	200	234	278	315	330	363	435	506	592	603	539	556	521
18 and 19	1,496	1,586	1,674	1,797	1,944	1,935	1,921	1,955	1,994	2,002	1,816	1,878	1,922	1,911
20 and 21	1,423	1,522	1,572	1,648	1,812	1,874	1,852	1,849	1,845	1,812	1,702	1,708	1,758	1,875
22 to 24	1,176	1,298	1,332	1,381	1,516	1,575	1,581	1,541	1,471	1,372	1,271	1,297	1,328	1,486
25 to 29	918	998	1,030	1,092	1,268	1,329	1,259	1,227	1,168	1,085	977	983	971	1,103
30 to 34	540	571	550	551	657	727	695	644	598	571	536	540	536	583
35 years old and over	985	1,020	1,014	1,032	1,189	1,235	1,168	1,056	977	921	856	862	858	952
Age unknown	214	65	45	41	32	29	22	16	13	9	9	8	8	9
Females	8,967	9,651	10,024	10,438	11,581	11,976	11,515	11,264	11,207	11,266	10,890	11,147	11,309	11,794
Under 18	278	289	333	392	444	466	515	618	727	863	884	836	860	807
18 and 19	1,860	1,975	2,052	2,173	2,348	2,356	2,345	2,387	2,452	2,509	2,332	2,473	2,517	2,473
20 and 21	1,718	1,861	1,933	1,996	2,183	2,287	2,234	2,230	2,252	2,251	2,179	2,230	2,275	2,347
22 to 24	1,319	1,513	1,579	1,628	1,785	1,860	1,851	1,784	1,734	1,676	1,597	1,675	1,712	1,875
25 to 29	1,112	1,290	1,380	1,459	1,666	1,716	1,597	1,552	1,526	1,490	1,424	1,438	1,428	1,587
30 to 34	704	795	803	815	958	1,033	946	867	824	832	848	841	840	881
35 years old and over	1,703	1,846	1,886	1,921	2,155	2,219	1,996	1,802	1,674	1,633	1,613	1,642	1,665	1,811
Age unknown	274	82	59	55	41	38	30	24	19	12	13	12	13	13
Full-time	9,448	10,326	10,793	11,271	12,605	13,003	12,597	12,288	12,076	11,954	11,330	11,548	11,694	12,177
Under 18	136	143	156	172	177	181	185	207	221	255	252	242	249	234
18 and 19	2,869	3,053	3,188	3,388	3,631	3,571	3,549	3,612	3,696	3,754	3,438	3,627	3,691	3,608
20 and 21	2,538	2,752	2,855	2,964	3,240	3,311	3,246	3,242	3,267	3,251	3,125	3,154	3,211	3,297
22 to 24	1,621	1,850	1,922	1,986	2,183	2,258	2,240	2,156	2,068	1,973	1,868	1,927	1,968	2,160
25 to 29	958	1,139	1,220	1,284	1,514	1,607	1,498	1,442	1,372	1,312	1,238	1,229	1,214	1,366
30 to 34	443	541	557	565	706	793	724	650	591	582	582	570	564	610
35 years old and over	637	794	857	878	1,127	1,251	1,128	960	847	820	817	792	790	895
Age unknown	245	55	38	33	28	30	26	19	14	7	11	7	7	7
Males	4,300	4,638	4,802	5,030	5,632	5,793	5,682	5,558	5,424	5,276	4,889	4,937	5,003	5,262
Under 18	57	56	63	69	71	72	74	83	86	101	98	92	95	89
18 and 19	1,273	1,354	1,424	1,525	1,633	1,598	1,586	1,613	1,645	1,655	1,496	1,557	1,588	1,560
20 and 21	1,155	1,246	1,286	1,347	1,474	1,495	1,473	1,471	1,475	1,454	1,378	1,374	1,404	1,463
22 to 24	796	892	915	949	1,042	1,072	1,068	1,034	983	917	852	868	888	985
25 to 29	463	531	555	585	696	746	705	682	637	589	534	530	523	594
30 to 34	201	238	235	235	298	342	325	296	266	253	238	236	232	257
35 years old and over	241	297	306	306	405	455	441	373	326	304	289	277	270	312
Age unknown	114	25	17	14	12	13	11	7	6	3	5	3	3	3
Females	5,148	5,688	5,991	6,241	6,973	7,210	6,914	6,729	6,652	6,679	6,442	6,611	6,691	6,914
Under 18	80	87	93	103	105	109	111	124	134	155	154	150	155	145
18 and 19	1,595	1,700	1,763	1,864	1,998	1,974	1,963	2,000	2,051	2,099	1,942	2,070	2,103	2,048
20 and 21	1,383	1,506	1,568	1,618	1,766	1,816	1,773	1,771	1,792	1,797	1,747	1,781	1,807	1,833
22 to 24	825	958	1,007	1,036	1,141	1,185	1,173	1,122	1,085	1,056	1,016	1,059	1,080	1,175
25 to 29	495	608	666	700	818	861	793	760	735	723	704	698	692	772
30 to 34	243	304	322	330	408	451	399	353	325	330	344	333	331	353
35 years old and over	396	497	551	572	722	796	687	587	520	516	528	515	519	583
Age unknown	131	29	21	19	15	17	15	12	8	4	6	4	4	5
Part-time	6,480	6,585	6,681	6,987	7,708	8,008	7,780	7,701	7,702	7,676	7,330	7,413	7,554	8,057
Under 18	350	347	411	498	582	615	693	847	1,013	1,199	1,235	1,133	1,166	1,094
18 and 19	486	508	537	582	661	720	717	729	750	757	710	723	748	777
20 and 21	603	631	650	679	755	850	841	837	829	812	755	784	822	925
22 to 24	874	961	989	1,024	1,117	1,177	1,192	1,169	1,136	1,075	1,000	1,044	1,072	1,200
25 to 29	1,073	1,149	1,190	1,267	1,421	1,439	1,358	1,337	1,322	1,263	1,164	1,192	1,185	1,324
30 to 34	800	824	795	801	909	967	917	862	830	820	802	811	812	854
35 years old and over	2,051	2,072	2,043	2,074	2,217	2,204	2,036	1,898	1,804	1,735	1,653	1,712	1,734	1,868
Age unknown	243	92	66	63	45	37	26	22	17	14	11	14	14	15
Males	2,661	2,622	2,649	2,790	3,101	3,241	3,179	3,165	3,147	3,088	2,881	2,877	2,935	3,177
Under 18	152	145	171	209	244	258	289	352	420	492	505	448	461	432
18 and 19	222	233	249	273	311	337	335	342	350	347	320	321	334	351
20 and 21	268	277	286	301	338	379	379	378	370	358	324	334	354	411
22 to 24	381	406	417	432	474	502	513	507	488	455	419	428	440	501
25 to 29	456	467	475	507	572	584	554	545	531	496	444	452	449	508
30 to 34	339	333	314	316	359	385	371	348	331	318	298	304	303	326
35 years old and over	744	723	709	725	784	780	727	683	650	617	567	585	588	640
Age unknown	100	39	28	27	20	16	11	9	7	6	4	6	6	6
Females	3,820	3,963	4,032	4,197	4,607	4,767	4,601	4,535	4,555	4,587	4,449	4,536	4,618	4,880
Under 18	198	202	239	289	339	358	404	495	592	708	730	686	705	662
18 and 19	264	276	288	309	350	382	382	387	401	410	390	402	415	426
20 and 21	336	354	365	378	417	471	462	459	460	454	431	450	468	514
22 to 24	494	555	572	592	644	675	678	661	648	620	581	616	632	699
25 to 29	617	682	715	760	849	855	804	792	791	767	720	739	736	815
30 to 34	461	491	481	485	550	582	547	514	499	502	504	507	509	528
35 years old and over	1,307	1,349	1,335	1,349	1,433	1,423	1,309	1,214	1,154	1,118	1,086	1,127	1,146	1,228
Age unknown	143	53	38	36	26	21	15	13	10	8	7	8	8	9

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. Projections in this table were calculated after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and take into account the expected impacts of the pandemic. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. 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 2002 through Spring 2022, Fall Enrollment component; and Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Projection Model, through 2031. (This table was prepared November 2022.)