Table 303.55.

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

Attendance status and age of student	All institutions			Public institutions			Private (nonprofit and for-profit) institutions
	Total	4-year	2-year	Total	4-year	2-year	Total	Nonprofit institutions			For-profit institutions
								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	18,659,851	13,977,255	4,682,596	13,543,524	9,065,752	4,477,772	5,116,327	4,113,104	4,085,530	27,574	1,003,223	825,973	177,250
Under 18	1,486,976	674,783	812,193	1,363,811	552,731	811,080	123,165	119,536	118,893	643	3,629	3,159	470
18 and 19	4,147,979	3,063,908	1,084,071	3,254,713	2,197,943	1,056,770	893,266	837,541	832,077	5,464	55,725	33,888	21,837
20 and 21	3,880,389	3,170,839	709,550	2,935,908	2,253,431	682,477	944,481	868,026	864,753	3,273	76,455	52,655	23,800
22 to 24	2,867,557	2,319,408	548,149	2,083,177	1,567,497	515,680	784,380	665,694	662,082	3,612	118,686	89,829	28,857
25 to 29	2,401,424	1,859,687	541,737	1,575,832	1,077,779	498,053	825,592	617,421	612,507	4,914	208,171	169,401	38,770
30 to 34	1,383,974	1,031,160	352,814	875,747	551,433	324,314	508,227	337,167	333,664	3,503	171,060	146,063	24,997
35 to 39	892,417	666,637	225,780	539,488	331,196	208,292	352,929	222,971	220,733	2,238	129,958	114,708	15,250
40 to 49	1,024,492	773,100	251,392	588,465	355,737	232,728	436,027	277,596	275,057	2,539	158,431	142,306	16,125
50 to 64	495,883	366,813	129,070	277,770	156,341	121,429	218,113	143,082	142,011	1,071	75,031	68,461	6,570
65 and over	56,709	33,166	23,543	40,466	17,292	23,174	16,243	11,885	11,793	92	4,358	4,081	277
Age unknown	22,051	17,754	4,297	8,147	4,372	3,775	13,904	12,185	11,960	225	1,719	1,422	297
Full-time	11,330,271	9,687,036	1,643,235	7,605,570	6,153,662	1,451,908	3,724,701	3,096,676	3,074,094	22,582	628,025	459,280	168,745
Under 18	252,316	162,523	89,793	213,165	124,211	88,954	39,151	37,668	37,289	379	1,483	1,023	460
18 and 19	3,437,529	2,783,573	653,956	2,581,084	1,953,598	627,486	856,445	805,818	800,812	5,006	50,627	29,163	21,464
20 and 21	3,125,157	2,817,663	307,494	2,232,547	1,950,868	281,679	892,610	830,033	827,203	2,830	62,577	39,592	22,985
22 to 24	1,867,883	1,689,414	178,469	1,242,916	1,095,016	147,900	624,967	540,764	537,795	2,969	84,203	56,603	27,600
25 to 29	1,237,814	1,070,187	167,627	696,172	569,214	126,958	541,642	407,460	403,564	3,896	134,182	97,409	36,773
30 to 34	581,767	481,201	100,566	298,871	224,616	74,255	282,896	181,255	178,485	2,770	101,641	78,100	23,541
35 to 39	328,944	269,819	59,125	150,782	107,684	43,098	178,162	106,059	104,329	1,730	72,103	57,806	14,297
40 to 49	340,229	280,528	59,701	136,056	93,347	42,709	204,173	121,536	119,552	1,984	82,637	67,629	15,008
50 to 64	138,437	115,040	23,397	48,246	31,738	16,508	90,191	54,857	54,054	803	35,334	29,248	6,086
65 and over	8,946	7,116	1,830	3,433	1,920	1,513	5,513	3,608	3,546	62	1,905	1,650	255
Age unknown	11,249	9,972	1,277	2,298	1,450	848	8,951	7,618	7,465	153	1,333	1,057	276
Part-time	7,329,580	4,290,219	3,039,361	5,937,954	2,912,090	3,025,864	1,391,626	1,016,428	1,011,436	4,992	375,198	366,693	8,505
Under 18	1,234,660	512,260	722,400	1,150,646	428,520	722,126	84,014	81,868	81,604	264	2,146	2,136	10
18 and 19	710,450	280,335	430,115	673,629	244,345	429,284	36,821	31,723	31,265	458	5,098	4,725	373
20 and 21	755,232	353,176	402,056	703,361	302,563	400,798	51,871	37,993	37,550	443	13,878	13,063	815
22 to 24	999,674	629,994	369,680	840,261	472,481	367,780	159,413	124,930	124,287	643	34,483	33,226	1,257
25 to 29	1,163,610	789,500	374,110	879,660	508,565	371,095	283,950	209,961	208,943	1,018	73,989	71,992	1,997
30 to 34	802,207	549,959	252,248	576,876	326,817	250,059	225,331	155,912	155,179	733	69,419	67,963	1,456
35 to 39	563,473	396,818	166,655	388,706	223,512	165,194	174,767	116,912	116,404	508	57,855	56,902	953
40 to 49	684,263	492,572	191,691	452,409	262,390	190,019	231,854	156,060	155,505	555	75,794	74,677	1,117
50 to 64	357,446	251,773	105,673	229,524	124,603	104,921	127,922	88,225	87,957	268	39,697	39,213	484
65 and over	47,763	26,050	21,713	37,033	15,372	21,661	10,730	8,277	8,247	30	2,453	2,431	22
Age unknown	10,802	7,782	3,020	5,849	2,922	2,927	4,953	4,567	4,495	72	386	365	21
	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	8.0	4.8	17.4	10.1	6.1	18.1	2.4	2.9	2.9	2.4	0.4	0.4	0.3
18 and 19	22.3	21.9	23.2	24.0	24.3	23.6	17.5	20.4	20.4	20.0	5.6	4.1	12.3
20 and 21	20.8	22.7	15.2	21.7	24.9	15.3	18.5	21.2	21.2	12.0	7.6	6.4	13.4
22 to 24	15.4	16.6	11.7	15.4	17.3	11.5	15.4	16.2	16.3	13.2	11.9	10.9	16.3
25 to 29	12.9	13.3	11.6	11.6	11.9	11.1	16.2	15.1	15.0	18.0	20.8	20.5	21.9
30 to 34	7.4	7.4	7.5	6.5	6.1	7.2	10.0	8.2	8.2	12.8	17.1	17.7	14.1
35 to 39	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.0	3.7	4.7	6.9	5.4	5.4	8.2	13.0	13.9	8.6
40 to 49	5.5	5.5	5.4	4.3	3.9	5.2	8.5	6.8	6.8	9.3	15.8	17.3	9.1
50 to 64	2.7	2.6	2.8	2.1	1.7	2.7	4.3	3.5	3.5	3.9	7.5	8.3	3.7
65 and over	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.5	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	2.2	1.7	5.5	2.8	2.0	6.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.7	0.2	0.2	0.3
18 and 19	30.4	28.8	39.8	33.9	31.8	43.2	23.0	26.1	26.1	22.3	8.1	6.4	12.7
20 and 21	27.6	29.1	18.7	29.4	31.7	19.4	24.0	26.9	27.0	12.6	10.0	8.6	13.6
22 to 24	16.5	17.5	10.9	16.3	17.8	10.2	16.8	17.5	17.5	13.2	13.4	12.4	16.4
25 to 29	10.9	11.1	10.2	9.2	9.3	8.7	14.6	13.2	13.2	17.4	21.4	21.3	21.8
30 to 34	5.1	5.0	6.1	3.9	3.7	5.1	7.6	5.9	5.8	12.4	16.2	17.0	14.0
35 to 39	2.9	2.8	3.6	2.0	1.8	3.0	4.8	3.4	3.4	7.7	11.5	12.6	8.5
40 to 49	3.0	2.9	3.6	1.8	1.5	2.9	5.5	3.9	3.9	8.8	13.2	14.8	8.9
50 to 64	1.2	1.2	1.4	0.6	0.5	1.1	2.4	1.8	1.8	3.6	5.6	6.4	3.6
65 and over	0.1	0.1	0.1	#	#	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.4	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	16.9	12.0	23.8	19.4	14.7	23.9	6.1	8.1	8.1	5.4	0.6	0.6	0.1
18 and 19	9.7	6.5	14.2	11.4	8.4	14.2	2.7	3.1	3.1	9.3	1.4	1.3	4.4
20 and 21	10.3	8.2	13.2	11.9	10.4	13.3	3.7	3.8	3.7	9.0	3.7	3.6	9.6
22 to 24	13.7	14.7	12.2	14.2	16.2	12.2	11.5	12.3	12.3	13.1	9.2	9.1	14.8
25 to 29	15.9	18.4	12.3	14.8	17.5	12.3	20.5	20.7	20.8	20.7	19.7	19.7	23.5
30 to 34	11.0	12.8	8.3	9.7	11.2	8.3	16.2	15.4	15.4	14.9	18.5	18.6	17.2
35 to 39	7.7	9.3	5.5	6.6	7.7	5.5	12.6	11.6	11.6	10.3	15.4	15.5	11.2
40 to 49	9.3	11.5	6.3	7.6	9.0	6.3	16.7	15.4	15.4	11.3	20.2	20.4	13.2
50 to 64	4.9	5.9	3.5	3.9	4.3	3.5	9.2	8.7	8.7	5.4	10.6	10.7	5.7
65 and over	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.3

#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 2022, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared April 2023.)