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: 2021

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	15,448,420	11,944,633	7,466,861	4,477,772	2,726,354	2,698,780	27,574	777,433	600,183	177,250	3,211,431	1,598,891	1,386,750	225,790
Under 18	1,486,832	1,363,739	552,659	811,080	119,472	118,829	643	3,621	3,151	470	144	72	64	8
18 and 19	4,146,664	3,253,956	2,197,186	1,056,770	837,040	831,576	5,464	55,668	33,831	21,837	1,315	757	501	57
20 and 21	3,828,808	2,905,553	2,223,076	682,477	847,477	844,204	3,273	75,778	51,978	23,800	51,581	30,355	20,549	677
22 to 24	2,122,952	1,679,388	1,163,708	515,680	339,092	335,480	3,612	104,472	75,615	28,857	744,605	403,789	326,602	14,214
25 to 29	1,420,117	1,068,062	570,009	498,053	186,789	181,875	4,914	165,266	126,496	38,770	981,307	507,770	430,632	42,905
30 to 34	881,904	621,274	296,960	324,314	129,218	125,715	3,503	131,412	106,415	24,997	502,070	254,473	207,949	39,648
35 to 39	575,416	387,594	179,302	208,292	94,239	92,001	2,238	93,583	78,333	15,250	317,001	151,894	128,732	36,375
40 to 49	633,951	418,995	186,267	232,728	112,390	109,851	2,539	102,566	86,441	16,125	390,541	169,470	165,206	55,865
50 to 64	296,793	203,846	82,417	121,429	51,257	50,186	1,071	41,690	35,120	6,570	199,090	73,924	91,825	33,341
65 and over	40,373	34,732	11,558	23,174	3,770	3,678	92	1,871	1,594	277	16,336	5,734	8,115	2,487
Age unknown	14,610	7,494	3,719	3,775	5,610	5,385	225	1,506	1,209	297	7,441	653	6,575	213
Full-time	9,499,764	6,737,539	5,285,631	1,451,908	2,232,430	2,209,848	22,582	529,795	361,050	168,745	1,830,507	868,031	864,246	98,230
Under 18	252,253	213,124	124,170	88,954	37,652	37,273	379	1,477	1,017	460	63	41	16	6
18 and 19	3,436,548	2,580,504	1,953,018	627,486	805,444	800,438	5,006	50,600	29,136	21,464	981	580	374	27
20 and 21	3,080,197	2,206,171	1,924,492	281,679	811,846	809,016	2,830	62,180	39,195	22,985	44,960	26,376	18,187	397
22 to 24	1,276,565	928,772	780,872	147,900	271,915	268,946	2,969	75,878	48,278	27,600	591,318	314,144	268,849	8,325
25 to 29	614,771	391,429	264,471	126,958	110,642	106,746	3,896	112,700	75,927	36,773	623,043	304,743	296,818	21,482
30 to 34	340,005	186,044	111,789	74,255	69,234	66,464	2,770	84,727	61,186	23,541	241,762	112,827	112,021	16,914
35 to 39	205,516	100,648	57,550	43,098	47,733	46,003	1,730	57,135	42,838	14,297	123,428	50,134	58,326	14,968
40 to 49	206,889	92,804	50,095	42,709	53,680	51,696	1,984	60,405	45,397	15,008	133,340	43,252	67,856	22,232
50 to 64	76,341	33,259	16,751	16,508	20,528	19,725	803	22,554	16,468	6,086	62,096	14,987	34,329	12,780
65 and over	4,279	2,547	1,034	1,513	786	724	62	946	691	255	4,667	886	2,822	959
Age unknown	6,400	2,237	1,389	848	2,970	2,817	153	1,193	917	276	4,849	61	4,648	140
Part-time	5,948,656	5,207,094	2,181,230	3,025,864	493,924	488,932	4,992	247,638	239,133	8,505	1,380,924	730,860	522,504	127,560
Under 18	1,234,579	1,150,615	428,489	722,126	81,820	81,556	264	2,144	2,134	10	81	31	48	2
18 and 19	710,116	673,452	244,168	429,284	31,596	31,138	458	5,068	4,695	373	334	177	127	30
20 and 21	748,611	699,382	298,584	400,798	35,631	35,188	443	13,598	12,783	815	6,621	3,979	2,362	280
22 to 24	846,387	750,616	382,836	367,780	67,177	66,534	643	28,594	27,337	1,257	153,287	89,645	57,753	5,889
25 to 29	805,346	676,633	305,538	371,095	76,147	75,129	1,018	52,566	50,569	1,997	358,264	203,027	133,814	21,423
30 to 34	541,899	435,230	185,171	250,059	59,984	59,251	733	46,685	45,229	1,456	260,308	141,646	95,928	22,734
35 to 39	369,900	286,946	121,752	165,194	46,506	45,998	508	36,448	35,495	953	193,573	101,760	70,406	21,407
40 to 49	427,062	326,191	136,172	190,019	58,710	58,155	555	42,161	41,044	1,117	257,201	126,218	97,350	33,633
50 to 64	220,452	170,587	65,666	104,921	30,729	30,461	268	19,136	18,652	484	136,994	58,937	57,496	20,561
65 and over	36,094	32,185	10,524	21,661	2,984	2,954	30	925	903	22	11,669	4,848	5,293	1,528
Age unknown	8,210	5,257	2,330	2,927	2,640	2,568	72	313	292	21	2,592	592	1,927	73
	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	9.6	11.4	7.4	18.1	4.4	4.4	2.4	0.5	0.5	0.3	#	#	#	#
18 and 19	26.9	27.3	29.4	23.6	30.8	30.9	20.0	7.2	5.6	12.3	#	#	#	#
20 and 21	24.8	24.3	29.8	15.3	31.1	31.3	12.0	9.8	8.7	13.4	1.6	1.9	1.5	0.3
22 to 24	13.8	14.1	15.6	11.5	12.5	12.5	13.2	13.5	12.6	16.3	23.2	25.3	23.7	6.3
25 to 29	9.2	8.9	7.6	11.1	6.9	6.8	18.0	21.3	21.1	21.9	30.6	31.8	31.2	19.0
30 to 34	5.7	5.2	4.0	7.2	4.7	4.7	12.8	16.9	17.8	14.1	15.7	15.9	15.1	17.6
35 to 39	3.7	3.2	2.4	4.7	3.5	3.4	8.2	12.1	13.1	8.6	9.9	9.5	9.3	16.1
40 to 49	4.1	3.5	2.5	5.2	4.1	4.1	9.3	13.2	14.4	9.1	12.2	10.6	12.0	24.8
50 to 64	1.9	1.7	1.1	2.7	1.9	1.9	3.9	5.4	5.9	3.7	6.2	4.6	6.7	14.8
65 and over	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.4	0.6	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	2.7	3.2	2.3	6.1	1.7	1.7	1.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	#	#	#	#
18 and 19	36.2	38.3	37.0	43.2	36.1	36.3	22.3	9.6	8.1	12.7	0.1	0.1	#	#
20 and 21	32.4	32.8	36.4	19.4	36.4	36.7	12.6	11.8	10.9	13.6	2.5	3.0	2.1	0.4
22 to 24	13.4	13.8	14.8	10.2	12.2	12.2	13.2	14.4	13.4	16.4	32.4	36.2	31.3	8.5
25 to 29	6.5	5.8	5.0	8.7	5.0	4.8	17.4	21.3	21.1	21.8	34.1	35.1	34.5	21.9
30 to 34	3.6	2.8	2.1	5.1	3.1	3.0	12.4	16.0	17.0	14.0	13.2	13.0	13.0	17.2
35 to 39	2.2	1.5	1.1	3.0	2.1	2.1	7.7	10.8	11.9	8.5	6.8	5.8	6.8	15.3
40 to 49	2.2	1.4	0.9	2.9	2.4	2.3	8.8	11.4	12.6	8.9	7.3	5.0	7.9	22.7
50 to 64	0.8	0.5	0.3	1.1	0.9	0.9	3.6	4.3	4.6	3.6	3.4	1.7	4.0	13.0
65 and over	#	#	#	0.1	#	#	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	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	20.8	22.1	19.7	23.9	16.7	16.8	5.4	0.9	0.9	0.1	#	#	#	#
18 and 19	12.0	12.9	11.2	14.2	6.4	6.4	9.3	2.0	2.0	4.4	#	#	#	#
20 and 21	12.6	13.4	13.7	13.3	7.3	7.2	9.0	5.5	5.4	9.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.2
22 to 24	14.2	14.4	17.6	12.2	13.7	13.7	13.1	11.6	11.4	14.8	11.1	12.3	11.1	4.6
25 to 29	13.6	13.0	14.0	12.3	15.5	15.4	20.7	21.3	21.2	23.5	26.0	27.8	25.7	16.8
30 to 34	9.1	8.4	8.5	8.3	12.2	12.2	14.9	18.9	18.9	17.2	18.9	19.4	18.4	17.8
35 to 39	6.2	5.5	5.6	5.5	9.5	9.5	10.3	14.7	14.9	11.2	14.0	13.9	13.5	16.8
40 to 49	7.2	6.3	6.2	6.3	12.0	12.0	11.3	17.0	17.2	13.2	18.7	17.3	18.7	26.4
50 to 64	3.7	3.3	3.0	3.5	6.3	6.3	5.4	7.7	7.8	5.7	9.9	8.1	11.0	16.1
65 and over	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.8	0.7	1.0	1.2

#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 2021, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared November 2022.)