Table 303.45.

Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by level of enrollment, sex, attendance status, and age of student: 2017, 2019, and 2021

Attendance status and age of student	Fall 2017	Fall 2019			Fall 2021
	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	19,778,151	19,630,178	8,363,889	11,266,289	18,659,851	7,769,476	10,890,375	15,448,420	6,525,438	8,922,982	3,211,431	1,244,038	1,967,393
Under 18	1,233,155	1,454,669	592,064	862,605	1,486,976	602,895	884,081	1,486,832	602,837	883,995	144	58	86
18 and 19	4,446,105	4,511,170	2,002,110	2,509,060	4,147,979	1,815,988	2,331,991	4,146,664	1,815,579	2,331,085	1,315	409	906
20 and 21	4,096,336	4,063,377	1,812,188	2,251,189	3,880,389	1,701,569	2,178,820	3,828,808	1,684,483	2,144,325	51,581	17,086	34,495
22 to 24	3,204,527	3,047,925	1,372,306	1,675,619	2,867,557	1,270,739	1,596,818	2,122,952	987,719	1,135,233	744,605	283,020	461,585
25 to 29	2,694,183	2,574,861	1,084,606	1,490,255	2,401,424	977,393	1,424,031	1,420,117	573,541	846,576	981,307	403,852	577,455
30 to 34	1,421,657	1,402,597	570,603	831,994	1,383,974	535,911	848,063	881,904	325,648	556,256	502,070	210,263	291,807
35 to 39	933,343	913,922	349,328	564,594	892,417	326,616	565,801	575,416	204,534	370,882	317,001	122,082	194,919
40 to 49	1,090,103	1,048,346	365,194	683,152	1,024,492	341,862	682,630	633,951	210,390	423,561	390,541	131,472	259,069
50 to 64	560,173	523,386	177,436	345,950	495,883	163,787	332,096	296,793	98,094	198,699	199,090	65,693	133,397
65 and over	67,094	68,620	29,144	39,476	56,709	23,862	32,847	40,373	16,836	23,537	16,336	7,026	9,310
Age unknown	31,475	21,305	8,910	12,395	22,051	8,854	13,197	14,610	5,777	8,833	7,441	3,077	4,364
Full-time	12,076,141	11,954,413	5,275,612	6,678,801	11,330,271	4,888,601	6,441,670	9,499,764	4,141,221	5,358,543	1,830,507	747,380	1,083,127
Under 18	220,590	255,496	100,505	154,991	252,316	98,129	154,187	252,253	98,102	154,151	63	27	36
18 and 19	3,695,990	3,753,860	1,655,292	2,098,568	3,437,529	1,495,968	1,941,561	3,436,548	1,495,651	1,940,897	981	317	664
20 and 21	3,267,198	3,250,928	1,453,943	1,796,985	3,125,157	1,377,771	1,747,386	3,080,197	1,362,695	1,717,502	44,960	15,076	29,884
22 to 24	2,068,425	1,972,750	916,938	1,055,812	1,867,883	851,978	1,015,905	1,276,565	622,998	653,567	591,318	228,980	362,338
25 to 29	1,372,010	1,311,986	588,995	722,991	1,237,814	533,509	704,305	614,771	262,246	352,525	623,043	271,263	351,780
30 to 34	591,317	582,454	252,916	329,538	581,767	237,583	344,184	340,005	128,650	211,355	241,762	108,933	132,829
35 to 39	338,499	333,166	131,543	201,623	328,944	123,834	205,110	205,516	73,483	132,033	123,428	50,351	73,077
40 to 49	350,409	337,936	119,990	217,946	340,229	115,034	225,195	206,889	67,939	138,950	133,340	47,095	86,245
50 to 64	148,671	139,423	48,526	90,897	138,437	46,227	92,210	76,341	25,128	51,213	62,096	21,099	40,997
65 and over	8,951	9,189	4,106	5,083	8,946	3,770	5,176	4,279	1,780	2,499	4,667	1,990	2,677
Age unknown	14,081	7,225	2,858	4,367	11,249	4,798	6,451	6,400	2,549	3,851	4,849	2,249	2,600
Part-time	7,702,010	7,675,765	3,088,277	4,587,488	7,329,580	2,880,875	4,448,705	5,948,656	2,384,217	3,564,439	1,380,924	496,658	884,266
Under 18	1,012,565	1,199,173	491,559	707,614	1,234,660	504,766	729,894	1,234,579	504,735	729,844	81	31	50
18 and 19	750,115	757,310	346,818	410,492	710,450	320,020	390,430	710,116	319,928	390,188	334	92	242
20 and 21	829,138	812,449	358,245	454,204	755,232	323,798	431,434	748,611	321,788	426,823	6,621	2,010	4,611
22 to 24	1,136,102	1,075,175	455,368	619,807	999,674	418,761	580,913	846,387	364,721	481,666	153,287	54,040	99,247
25 to 29	1,322,173	1,262,875	495,611	767,264	1,163,610	443,884	719,726	805,346	311,295	494,051	358,264	132,589	225,675
30 to 34	830,340	820,143	317,687	502,456	802,207	298,328	503,879	541,899	196,998	344,901	260,308	101,330	158,978
35 to 39	594,844	580,756	217,785	362,971	563,473	202,782	360,691	369,900	131,051	238,849	193,573	71,731	121,842
40 to 49	739,694	710,410	245,204	465,206	684,263	226,828	457,435	427,062	142,451	284,611	257,201	84,377	172,824
50 to 64	411,502	383,963	128,910	255,053	357,446	117,560	239,886	220,452	72,966	147,486	136,994	44,594	92,400
65 and over	58,143	59,431	25,038	34,393	47,763	20,092	27,671	36,094	15,056	21,038	11,669	5,036	6,633
Age unknown	17,394	14,080	6,052	8,028	10,802	4,056	6,746	8,210	3,228	4,982	2,592	828	1,764
	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	6.2	7.4	7.1	7.7	8.0	7.8	8.1	9.6	9.2	9.9	#	#	#
18 and 19	22.5	23.0	24.0	22.3	22.3	23.4	21.4	26.9	27.8	26.2	#	#	#
20 and 21	20.7	20.7	21.7	20.0	20.8	21.9	20.0	24.8	25.8	24.1	1.6	1.4	1.8
22 to 24	16.2	15.5	16.4	14.9	15.4	16.4	14.7	13.8	15.1	12.7	23.2	22.8	23.5
25 to 29	13.6	13.1	13.0	13.2	12.9	12.6	13.1	9.2	8.8	9.5	30.6	32.5	29.4
30 to 34	7.2	7.2	6.8	7.4	7.4	6.9	7.8	5.7	5.0	6.2	15.7	16.9	14.9
35 to 39	4.7	4.7	4.2	5.0	4.8	4.2	5.2	3.7	3.1	4.2	9.9	9.8	9.9
40 to 49	5.5	5.3	4.4	6.1	5.5	4.4	6.3	4.1	3.2	4.8	12.2	10.6	13.2
50 to 64	2.8	2.7	2.1	3.1	2.7	2.1	3.1	1.9	1.5	2.2	6.2	5.3	6.8
65 and over	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.6	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	1.8	2.1	1.9	2.3	2.2	2.0	2.4	2.7	2.4	2.9	#	#	#
18 and 19	30.6	31.4	31.4	31.4	30.4	30.6	30.2	36.2	36.1	36.2	0.1	#	0.1
20 and 21	27.1	27.2	27.6	26.9	27.6	28.2	27.2	32.4	32.9	32.1	2.5	2.0	2.8
22 to 24	17.1	16.5	17.4	15.8	16.5	17.4	15.8	13.4	15.1	12.2	32.4	30.7	33.5
25 to 29	11.4	11.0	11.2	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	6.5	6.3	6.6	34.1	36.4	32.6
30 to 34	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.9	5.1	4.9	5.3	3.6	3.1	3.9	13.2	14.6	12.3
35 to 39	2.8	2.8	2.5	3.0	2.9	2.5	3.2	2.2	1.8	2.5	6.8	6.8	6.8
40 to 49	2.9	2.8	2.3	3.3	3.0	2.4	3.5	2.2	1.6	2.6	7.3	6.3	8.0
50 to 64	1.2	1.2	0.9	1.4	1.2	0.9	1.4	0.8	0.6	1.0	3.4	2.8	3.8
65 and over	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	#	#	#	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	13.2	15.7	15.9	15.5	16.9	17.5	16.4	20.8	21.2	20.5	#	#	#
18 and 19	9.8	9.9	11.3	9.0	9.7	11.1	8.8	12.0	13.4	11.0	#	#	#
20 and 21	10.8	10.6	11.6	9.9	10.3	11.3	9.7	12.6	13.5	12.0	0.5	0.4	0.5
22 to 24	14.8	14.0	14.8	13.5	13.7	14.6	13.1	14.2	15.3	13.5	11.1	10.9	11.2
25 to 29	17.2	16.5	16.1	16.8	15.9	15.4	16.2	13.6	13.1	13.9	26.0	26.7	25.6
30 to 34	10.8	10.7	10.3	11.0	11.0	10.4	11.3	9.1	8.3	9.7	18.9	20.4	18.0
35 to 39	7.7	7.6	7.1	7.9	7.7	7.0	8.1	6.2	5.5	6.7	14.0	14.5	13.8
40 to 49	9.6	9.3	8.0	10.2	9.3	7.9	10.3	7.2	6.0	8.0	18.7	17.0	19.6
50 to 64	5.4	5.0	4.2	5.6	4.9	4.1	5.4	3.7	3.1	4.1	9.9	9.0	10.5
65 and over	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.8	1.0	0.8

#Rounds to zero.

1Percentage 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 2018, 2020, and 2022, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared April 2023.)