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

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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	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
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	18,658,756	7,767,866	10,890,890	15,447,557	6,523,879	8,923,678	3,211,199	1,243,987	1,967,212
Under 18	1,233,155	1,454,669	592,064	862,605	1,487,227	603,038	884,189	1,487,087	602,982	884,105	140	56	84
18 and 19	4,446,105	4,511,170	2,002,110	2,509,060	4,144,099	1,813,757	2,330,342	4,142,857	1,813,368	2,329,489	1,242	389	853
20 and 21	4,096,336	4,063,377	1,812,188	2,251,189	3,878,725	1,700,494	2,178,231	3,828,125	1,683,788	2,144,337	50,600	16,706	33,894
22 to 24	3,204,527	3,047,925	1,372,306	1,675,619	2,866,351	1,269,733	1,596,618	2,123,547	987,581	1,135,966	742,804	282,152	460,652
25 to 29	2,694,183	2,574,861	1,084,606	1,490,255	2,402,792	977,793	1,424,999	1,421,006	573,811	847,195	981,786	403,982	577,804
30 to 34	1,421,657	1,402,597	570,603	831,994	1,384,935	536,347	848,588	882,426	325,856	556,570	502,509	210,491	292,018
35 to 39	933,343	913,922	349,328	564,594	892,618	326,794	565,824	575,902	204,816	371,086	316,716	121,978	194,738
40 to 49	1,090,103	1,048,346	365,194	683,152	1,026,077	342,704	683,373	634,403	210,666	423,737	391,674	132,038	259,636
50 to 64	560,173	523,386	177,436	345,950	497,200	164,336	332,864	297,063	98,178	198,885	200,137	66,158	133,979
65 and over	67,094	68,620	29,144	39,476	56,811	23,904	32,907	40,407	16,850	23,557	16,404	7,054	9,350
Age unknown	31,475	21,305	8,910	12,395	21,921	8,966	12,955	14,734	5,983	8,751	7,187	2,983	4,204

Full-time	12,076,141	11,954,413	5,275,612	6,678,801	11,326,343	4,886,604	6,439,739	9,496,957	4,139,458	5,357,499	1,829,386	747,146	1,082,240
Under 18	220,590	255,496	100,505	154,991	251,859	98,014	153,845	251,797	97,987	153,810	62	27	35
18 and 19	3,695,990	3,753,860	1,655,292	2,098,568	3,435,988	1,495,047	1,940,941	3,435,010	1,494,729	1,940,281	978	318	660
20 and 21	3,267,198	3,250,928	1,453,943	1,796,985	3,124,722	1,377,365	1,747,357	3,079,809	1,362,310	1,717,499	44,913	15,055	29,858
22 to 24	2,068,425	1,972,750	916,938	1,055,812	1,867,922	851,823	1,016,099	1,276,670	622,837	653,833	591,252	228,986	362,266
25 to 29	1,372,010	1,311,986	588,995	722,991	1,237,516	533,415	704,101	614,462	262,096	352,366	623,054	271,319	351,735
30 to 34	591,317	582,454	252,916	329,538	581,514	237,577	343,937	339,837	128,610	211,227	241,677	108,967	132,710
35 to 39	338,499	333,166	131,543	201,623	328,765	123,799	204,966	205,509	73,493	132,016	123,256	50,306	72,950
40 to 49	350,409	337,936	119,990	217,946	339,701	114,872	224,829	206,682	67,885	138,797	133,019	46,987	86,032
50 to 64	148,671	139,423	48,526	90,897	138,187	46,123	92,064	76,295	25,090	51,205	61,892	21,033	40,859
65 and over	8,951	9,189	4,106	5,083	8,908	3,757	5,151	4,280	1,780	2,500	4,628	1,977	2,651
Age unknown	14,081	7,225	2,858	4,367	11,261	4,812	6,449	6,606	2,641	3,965	4,655	2,171	2,484

Part-time	7,702,010	7,675,765	3,088,277	4,587,488	7,332,413	2,881,262	4,451,151	5,950,600	2,384,421	3,566,179	1,381,813	496,841	884,972
Under 18	1,012,565	1,199,173	491,559	707,614	1,235,368	505,024	730,344	1,235,290	504,995	730,295	78	29	49
18 and 19	750,115	757,310	346,818	410,492	708,111	318,710	389,401	707,847	318,639	389,208	264	71	193
20 and 21	829,138	812,449	358,245	454,204	754,003	323,129	430,874	748,316	321,478	426,838	5,687	1,651	4,036
22 to 24	1,136,102	1,075,175	455,368	619,807	998,429	417,910	580,519	846,877	364,744	482,133	151,552	53,166	98,386
25 to 29	1,322,173	1,262,875	495,611	767,264	1,165,276	444,378	720,898	806,544	311,715	494,829	358,732	132,663	226,069
30 to 34	830,340	820,143	317,687	502,456	803,421	298,770	504,651	542,589	197,246	345,343	260,832	101,524	159,308
35 to 39	594,844	580,756	217,785	362,971	563,853	202,995	360,858	370,393	131,323	239,070	193,460	71,672	121,788
40 to 49	739,694	710,410	245,204	465,206	686,376	227,832	458,544	427,721	142,781	284,940	258,655	85,051	173,604
50 to 64	411,502	383,963	128,910	255,053	359,013	118,213	240,800	220,768	73,088	147,680	138,245	45,125	93,120
65 and over	58,143	59,431	25,038	34,393	47,903	20,147	27,756	36,127	15,070	21,057	11,776	5,077	6,699
Age unknown	17,394	14,080	6,052	8,028	10,660	4,154	6,506	8,128	3,342	4,786	2,532	812	1,720
	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	9.3	9.9	#	#	#
18 and 19	22.5	23.0	24.0	22.3	22.2	23.4	21.4	26.8	27.8	26.1	#	#	#
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	1.3	1.7
22 to 24	16.2	15.5	16.4	14.9	15.4	16.4	14.7	13.8	15.2	12.7	23.2	22.7	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	32.6	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	17.0	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	32.5	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	13.5	15.1	12.2	32.4	30.7	33.6
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	17.6	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	11.9	13.4	10.9	#	#	#
20 and 21	10.8	10.6	11.6	9.9	10.3	11.2	9.7	12.6	13.5	12.0	0.4	0.3	0.5
22 to 24	14.8	14.0	14.8	13.5	13.6	14.5	13.1	14.3	15.3	13.5	11.0	10.7	11.1
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	11.4	9.1	8.3	9.7	18.9	20.5	18.0
35 to 39	7.7	7.6	7.1	7.9	7.7	7.1	8.1	6.2	5.5	6.7	14.0	14.4	13.8
40 to 49	9.6	9.3	8.0	10.2	9.4	7.9	10.3	7.2	6.0	8.0	18.8	17.1	19.7
50 to 64	5.4	5.0	4.2	5.6	4.9	4.1	5.4	3.7	3.1	4.1	10.0	9.1	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	0.9	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. Data are for degree-granting institutions and U.S. service academies. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. 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), Fall Enrollment component, Spring 2018, 2020, and 2022 (final data). (This table was prepared January 2024.)

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