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

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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	Total	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	18,658,756	13,974,931	4,683,825	13,545,702	9,065,518	4,480,184	5,113,054	4,111,799	4,084,220	27,579	1,001,255	825,193	176,062
Under 18	1,487,227	672,499	814,728	1,364,553	550,939	813,614	122,674	119,047	118,402	645	3,627	3,158	469
18 and 19	4,144,099	3,061,610	1,082,489	3,252,987	2,197,241	1,055,746	891,112	836,035	830,572	5,463	55,077	33,797	21,280
20 and 21	3,878,725	3,169,484	709,241	2,934,148	2,251,692	682,456	944,577	868,476	865,207	3,269	76,101	52,585	23,516
22 to 24	2,866,351	2,317,956	548,395	2,081,852	1,565,713	516,139	784,499	666,054	662,447	3,607	118,445	89,796	28,649
25 to 29	2,402,792	1,860,793	541,999	1,577,078	1,078,620	498,458	825,714	617,828	612,913	4,915	207,886	169,260	38,626
30 to 34	1,384,935	1,032,050	352,885	876,902	552,430	324,472	508,033	337,244	333,741	3,503	170,789	145,879	24,910
35 to 39	892,618	666,785	225,833	539,777	331,406	208,371	352,841	223,060	220,823	2,237	129,781	114,556	15,225
40 to 49	1,026,077	774,590	251,487	590,228	357,404	232,824	435,849	277,646	275,109	2,537	158,203	142,077	16,126
50 to 64	497,200	368,120	129,080	279,188	157,742	121,446	218,012	143,073	142,003	1,070	74,939	68,375	6,564
65 and over	56,811	33,267	23,544	40,567	17,395	23,172	16,244	11,892	11,798	94	4,352	4,074	278
Age unknown	21,921	17,777	4,144	8,422	4,936	3,486	13,499	11,444	11,205	239	2,055	1,636	419

Full-time	11,326,343	9,684,308	1,642,035	7,605,998	6,154,013	1,451,985	3,720,345	3,096,691	3,074,117	22,574	623,654	456,178	167,476
Under 18	251,859	162,176	89,683	212,734	123,891	88,843	39,125	37,650	37,269	381	1,475	1,016	459
18 and 19	3,435,988	2,782,621	653,367	2,580,433	1,952,971	627,462	855,555	805,645	800,646	4,999	49,910	29,004	20,906
20 and 21	3,124,722	2,817,690	307,032	2,232,263	1,950,747	281,516	892,459	830,427	827,604	2,823	62,032	39,339	22,693
22 to 24	1,867,922	1,689,506	178,416	1,243,189	1,095,119	148,070	624,733	541,171	538,206	2,965	83,562	56,181	27,381
25 to 29	1,237,516	1,069,987	167,529	696,543	569,515	127,028	540,973	407,672	403,781	3,891	133,301	96,691	36,610
30 to 34	581,514	481,018	100,496	299,256	224,972	74,284	282,258	181,249	178,482	2,767	101,009	77,564	23,445
35 to 39	328,765	269,630	59,135	151,044	107,902	43,142	177,721	106,023	104,293	1,730	71,698	57,435	14,263
40 to 49	339,701	280,041	59,660	136,189	93,504	42,685	203,512	121,402	119,420	1,982	82,110	67,117	14,993
50 to 64	138,187	114,805	23,382	48,351	31,843	16,508	89,836	54,735	53,934	801	35,101	29,028	6,073
65 and over	8,908	7,075	1,833	3,441	1,925	1,516	5,467	3,601	3,539	62	1,866	1,611	255
Age unknown	11,261	9,759	1,502	2,555	1,624	931	8,706	7,116	6,943	173	1,590	1,192	398

Part-time	7,332,413	4,290,623	3,041,790	5,939,704	2,911,505	3,028,199	1,392,709	1,015,108	1,010,103	5,005	377,601	369,015	8,586
Under 18	1,235,368	510,323	725,045	1,151,819	427,048	724,771	83,549	81,397	81,133	264	2,152	2,142	10
18 and 19	708,111	278,989	429,122	672,554	244,270	428,284	35,557	30,390	29,926	464	5,167	4,793	374
20 and 21	754,003	351,794	402,209	701,885	300,945	400,940	52,118	38,049	37,603	446	14,069	13,246	823
22 to 24	998,429	628,450	369,979	838,663	470,594	368,069	159,766	124,883	124,241	642	34,883	33,615	1,268
25 to 29	1,165,276	790,806	374,470	880,535	509,105	371,430	284,741	210,156	209,132	1,024	74,585	72,569	2,016
30 to 34	803,421	551,032	252,389	577,646	327,458	250,188	225,775	155,995	155,259	736	69,780	68,315	1,465
35 to 39	563,853	397,155	166,698	388,733	223,504	165,229	175,120	117,037	116,530	507	58,083	57,121	962
40 to 49	686,376	494,549	191,827	454,039	263,900	190,139	232,337	156,244	155,689	555	76,093	74,960	1,133
50 to 64	359,013	253,315	105,698	230,837	125,899	104,938	128,176	88,338	88,069	269	39,838	39,347	491
65 and over	47,903	26,192	21,711	37,126	15,470	21,656	10,777	8,291	8,259	32	2,486	2,463	23
Age unknown	10,660	8,018	2,642	5,867	3,312	2,555	4,793	4,328	4,262	66	465	444	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	18.2	2.4	2.9	2.9	2.4	0.4	0.4	0.3
18 and 19	22.2	21.9	23.1	24.0	24.3	23.6	17.5	20.4	20.4	20.0	5.5	4.1	12.1
20 and 21	20.8	22.7	15.2	21.7	24.9	15.2	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	20.6	22.0
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	14.2
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	8.7
40 to 49	5.5	5.5	5.4	4.4	3.9	5.2	8.5	6.8	6.8	9.3	15.8	17.3	9.2
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	31.7	43.2	23.1	26.1	26.1	22.3	8.0	6.4	12.5
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	16.4	17.8	10.2	16.8	17.5	17.5	13.2	13.4	12.3	16.4
25 to 29	10.9	11.1	10.2	9.2	9.3	8.8	14.6	13.2	13.2	17.4	21.4	21.3	21.9
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	9.0
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	11.9	23.9	19.4	14.7	24.0	6.0	8.1	8.1	5.3	0.6	0.6	0.1
18 and 19	9.7	6.5	14.1	11.3	8.4	14.2	2.6	3.0	3.0	9.4	1.4	1.3	4.4
20 and 21	10.3	8.2	13.2	11.8	10.3	13.3	3.8	3.8	3.7	9.0	3.7	3.6	9.6
22 to 24	13.6	14.7	12.2	14.1	16.2	12.2	11.5	12.4	12.4	13.0	9.2	9.1	14.8
25 to 29	15.9	18.5	12.3	14.8	17.5	12.3	20.5	20.8	20.8	20.7	19.8	19.7	23.5
30 to 34	11.0	12.9	8.3	9.7	11.3	8.3	16.3	15.4	15.4	14.9	18.5	18.5	17.1
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	9.4	11.5	6.3	7.7	9.1	6.3	16.7	15.5	15.5	11.2	20.2	20.3	13.2
50 to 64	4.9	5.9	3.5	3.9	4.3	3.5	9.2	8.7	8.8	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. 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 2022 (final data). (This table was prepared January 2024.)

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