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Table 172.Total fall enrollment in institutions of higher education, by level, sex, age, and attendance status of student: 1993

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  Attendance   |           All levels            |         Undergraduate           |   First-professional     |          Graduate
status and age |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------
  of student   |   Total   |   Men    |  Women   |   Total   |   Men    |  Women   | Total  |  Men   | Women  |  Total   |   Men   |  Women
---------------|-----------|----------|----------|-----------|----------|----------|--------|--------|--------|----------|---------|---------
       1       |     2     |    3     |    4     |     5     |    6     |    7     |   8    |   9    |   10   |    11    |   12    |   13
---------------|-----------|----------|----------|-----------|----------|----------|--------|--------|--------|----------|---------|---------
All students ..|14,304,803 |6,427,450 |7,877,353 |12,323,959 |5,483,682 |6,840,277 |292,431 |172,788 |119,643 |1,688,413 | 770,980 | 917,433
  Under 18 ....|   245,920 |   98,896 |  147,024 |   245,286 |   98,647 |  146,639 |     56 |     27 |     29 |      578 |     222 |     356
  18 and 19 ...| 2,722,131 |1,237,569 |1,484,562 | 2,720,798 |1,237,102 |1,483,696 |    156 |     84 |     72 |    1,177 |     383 |     794
  20 and 21 ...| 2,607,019 |1,228,707 |1,378,312 | 2,589,995 |1,221,262 |1,368,733 |  6,782 |  3,167 |  3,615 |   10,242 |   4,278 |   5,964
  22 to 24 ....| 2,492,269 |1,252,571 |1,239,698 | 2,124,328 |1,077,790 |1,046,538 |107,913 | 60,625 | 47,288 |  260,028 | 114,156 | 145,872
  25 to 29 ....| 2,025,972 |  980,118 |1,045,854 | 1,446,230 |  674,123 |  772,107 | 99,848 | 62,727 | 37,121 |  479,894 | 243,268 | 236,626
  30 to 34 ....| 1,338,069 |  579,400 |  758,669 | 1,008,988 |  401,347 |  607,641 | 33,117 | 21,020 | 12,097 |  295,964 | 157,033 | 138,931
  35 to 39 ....| 1,019,588 |  388,960 |  630,628 |   787,287 |  280,941 |  506,346 | 17,890 | 10,650 |  7,240 |  214,411 |  97,369 | 117,042
  40 to 49 ....| 1,181,248 |  399,544 |  781,704 |   872,239 |  287,473 |  584,766 | 14,724 |  7,749 |  6,975 |  294,285 | 104,322 | 189,963
  50 to 64 ....|   339,497 |  113,834 |  225,663 |   260,447 |   87,359 |  173,088 |  3,638 |  1,702 |  1,936 |   75,412 |  24,773 |  50,639
  65 and over .|    78,375 |   30,997 |   47,378 |    72,877 |   28,554 |   44,323 |    258 |    146 |    112 |    5,240 |   2,297 |   2,943
  Age unknown .|   254,715 |  116,854 |  137,861 |   195,484 |   89,084 |  106,400 |  8,049 |  4,891 |  3,158 |   51,182 |  22,879 |  28,303
               |           |          |          |           |          |          |        |        |        |          |         |
Full-time .....| 8,127,618 |3,890,571 |4,237,047 | 7,179,482 |3,381,997 |3,797,485 |259,764 |153,873 |105,891 |  688,372 | 354,701 | 333,671
  Under 18 ....|   111,151 |   44,204 |   66,947 |   110,937 |   44,117 |   66,820 |     45 |     20 |     25 |      169 |      67 |     102
  18 and 19 ...| 2,324,860 |1,057,170 |1,267,690 | 2,323,726 |1,056,782 |1,266,944 |    153 |     82 |     71 |      981 |     306 |     675
  20 and 21 ...| 2,070,480 |  983,843 |1,086,637 | 2,055,691 |  977,319 |1,078,372 |  6,707 |  3,128 |  3,579 |    8,082 |   3,396 |   4,686
  22 to 24 ....| 1,583,062 |  840,071 |  742,991 | 1,304,599 |  700,230 |  604,369 |104,670 | 58,865 | 45,805 |  173,793 |  80,976 |  92,817
  25 to 29 ....|   884,787 |  472,116 |  412,671 |   564,648 |  285,851 |  278,797 | 89,976 | 56,723 | 33,253 |  230,163 | 129,542 | 100,621
  30 to 34 ....|   433,467 |  200,114 |  233,353 |   295,838 |  117,483 |  178,355 | 26,414 | 16,825 |  9,589 |  111,215 |  65,806 |  45,409
  35 to 39 ....|   276,170 |  111,100 |  165,070 |   199,982 |   71,005 |  128,977 | 13,077 |  7,772 |  5,305 |   63,111 |  32,323 |  30,788
  40 to 49 ....|   268,390 |  103,182 |  165,208 |   190,408 |   69,746 |  120,662 |  9,685 |  5,201 |  4,484 |   68,297 |  28,235 |  40,062
  50 to 64 ....|    57,723 |   21,942 |   35,781 |    40,268 |   15,138 |   25,130 |  2,121 |  1,033 |  1,088 |   15,334 |   5,771 |   9,563
  65 and over .|     9,359 |    4,356 |    5,003 |     8,271 |    3,806 |    4,465 |    170 |    105 |     65 |      918 |     445 |     473
  Age unknown .|   108,169 |   52,473 |   55,696 |    85,114 |   40,520 |   44,594 |  6,746 |  4,119 |  2,627 |   16,309 |   7,834 |   8,475
               |           |          |          |           |          |          |        |        |        |          |         |
Part-time .....| 6,177,185 |2,536,879 |3,640,306 | 5,144,477 |2,101,685 |3,042,792 | 32,667 | 18,915 | 13,752 |1,000,041 | 416,279 | 583,762
  Under 18 ....|   134,769 |   54,692 |   80,077 |   134,349 |   54,530 |   79,819 |     11 |      7 |      4 |      409 |     155 |     254
  18 and 19 ...|   397,271 |  180,399 |  216,872 |   397,072 |  180,320 |  216,752 |      3 |      2 |      1 |      196 |      77 |     119
  20 and 21 ...|   536,539 |  244,864 |  291,675 |   534,304 |  243,943 |  290,361 |     75 |     39 |     36 |    2,160 |     882 |   1,278
  22 to 24 ....|   909,207 |  412,500 |  496,707 |   819,729 |  377,560 |  442,169 |  3,243 |  1,760 |  1,483 |   86,235 |  33,180 |  53,055
  25 to 29 ....| 1,141,185 |  508,002 |  633,183 |   881,582 |  388,272 |  493,310 |  9,872 |  6,004 |  3,868 |  249,731 | 113,726 | 136,005
  30 to 34 ....|   904,602 |  379,286 |  525,316 |   713,150 |  283,864 |  429,286 |  6,703 |  4,195 |  2,508 |  184,749 |  91,227 |  93,522
  35 to 39 ....|   743,418 |  277,860 |  465,558 |   587,305 |  209,936 |  377,369 |  4,813 |  2,878 |  1,935 |  151,300 |  65,046 |  86,254
  40 to 49 ....|   912,858 |  296,362 |  616,496 |   681,831 |  217,727 |  464,104 |  5,039 |  2,548 |  2,491 |  225,988 |  76,087 | 149,901
  50 to 64 ....|   281,774 |   91,892 |  189,882 |   220,179 |   72,221 |  147,958 |  1,517 |    669 |    848 |   60,078 |  19,002 |  41,076
  65 and over .|    69,016 |   26,641 |   42,375 |    64,606 |   24,748 |   39,858 |     88 |     41 |     47 |    4,322 |   1,852 |   2,470
  Age unknown .|   146,546 |   64,381 |   82,165 |   110,370 |   48,564 |   61,806 |  1,303 |    772 |    531 |   34,873 |  15,045 |  19,828
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               |                                                  Percentage distribution
               |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
  Under 18 ....|       1.7 |      1.5 |      1.9 |       2.0 |      1.8 |      2.1 |  (\1\) |  (\1\) |  (\1\) |    (\1\) |   (\1\) |   (\1\)
  18 and 19 ...|      19.0 |     19.3 |     18.8 |      22.1 |     22.6 |     21.7 |    0.1 |  (\1\) |    0.1 |      0.1 |   (\1\) |     0.1
  20 and 21 ...|      18.2 |     19.1 |     17.5 |      21.0 |     22.3 |     20.0 |    2.3 |    1.8 |    3.0 |      0.6 |     0.6 |     0.7
  22 to 24 ....|      17.4 |     19.5 |     15.7 |      17.2 |     19.7 |     15.3 |   36.9 |   35.1 |   39.5 |     15.4 |    14.8 |    15.9
  25 to 29 ....|      14.2 |     15.2 |     13.3 |      11.7 |     12.3 |     11.3 |   34.1 |   36.3 |   31.0 |     28.4 |    31.6 |    25.8
  30 to 34 ....|       9.4 |      9.0 |      9.6 |       8.2 |      7.3 |      8.9 |   11.3 |   12.2 |   10.1 |     17.5 |    20.4 |    15.1
  35 to 39 ....|       7.1 |      6.1 |      8.0 |       6.4 |      5.1 |      7.4 |    6.1 |    6.2 |    6.1 |     12.7 |    12.6 |    12.8
  40 to 49 ....|       8.3 |      6.2 |      9.9 |       7.1 |      5.2 |      8.5 |    5.0 |    4.5 |    5.8 |     17.4 |    13.5 |    20.7
  50 to 64 ....|       2.4 |      1.8 |      2.9 |       2.1 |      1.6 |      2.5 |    1.2 |    1.0 |    1.6 |      4.5 |     3.2 |     5.5
  65 and over .|       0.5 |      0.5 |      0.6 |       0.6 |      0.5 |      0.6 |    0.1 |    0.1 |    0.1 |      0.3 |     0.3 |     0.3
  Age unknown .|       1.8 |      1.8 |      1.8 |       1.6 |      1.6 |      1.6 |    2.8 |    2.8 |    2.6 |      3.0 |     3.0 |     3.1
               |           |          |          |           |          |          |        |        |        |          |         |
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
  Under 18 ....|       1.4 |      1.1 |      1.6 |       1.5 |      1.3 |      1.8 |  (\1\) |  (\1\) |  (\1\) |    (\1\) |   (\1\) |   (\1\)
  18 and 19 ...|      28.6 |     27.2 |     29.9 |      32.4 |     31.2 |     33.4 |    0.1 |    0.1 |    0.1 |      0.1 |     0.1 |     0.2
  20 and 21 ...|      25.5 |     25.3 |     25.6 |      28.6 |     28.9 |     28.4 |    2.6 |    2.0 |    3.4 |      1.2 |     1.0 |     1.4
  22 to 24 ....|      19.5 |     21.6 |     17.5 |      18.2 |     20.7 |     15.9 |   40.3 |   38.3 |   43.3 |     25.2 |    22.8 |    27.8
  25 to 29 ....|      10.9 |     12.1 |      9.7 |       7.9 |      8.5 |      7.3 |   34.6 |   36.9 |   31.4 |     33.4 |    36.5 |    30.2
  30 to 34 ....|       5.3 |      5.1 |      5.5 |       4.1 |      3.5 |      4.7 |   10.2 |   10.9 |    9.1 |     16.2 |    18.6 |    13.6
  35 to 39 ....|       3.4 |      2.9 |      3.9 |       2.8 |      2.1 |      3.4 |    5.0 |    5.1 |    5.0 |      9.2 |     9.1 |     9.2
  40 to 49 ....|       3.3 |      2.7 |      3.9 |       2.7 |      2.1 |      3.2 |    3.7 |    3.4 |    4.2 |      9.9 |     8.0 |    12.0
  50 to 64 ....|       0.7 |      0.6 |      0.8 |       0.6 |      0.4 |      0.7 |    0.8 |    0.7 |    1.0 |      2.2 |     1.6 |     2.9
  65 and over .|       0.1 |      0.1 |      0.1 |       0.1 |      0.1 |      0.1 |    0.1 |    0.1 |    0.1 |      0.1 |     0.1 |     0.1
  Age unknown .|       1.3 |      1.3 |      1.3 |       1.2 |      1.2 |      1.2 |    2.6 |    2.7 |    2.5 |      2.4 |     2.2 |     2.5
               |           |          |          |           |          |          |        |        |        |          |         |
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
  Under 18 ....|       2.2 |      2.2 |      2.2 |       2.6 |      2.6 |      2.6 |  (\1\) |  (\1\) |  (\1\) |    (\1\) |   (\1\) |   (\1\)
  18 and 19 ...|       6.4 |      7.1 |      6.0 |       7.7 |      8.6 |      7.1 |  (\1\) |  (\1\) |  (\1\) |    (\1\) |   (\1\) |   (\1\)
  20 and 21 ...|       8.7 |      9.7 |      8.0 |      10.4 |     11.6 |      9.5 |    0.2 |    0.2 |    0.3 |      0.2 |     0.2 |     0.2
  22 to 24 ....|      14.7 |     16.3 |     13.6 |      15.9 |     18.0 |     14.5 |    9.9 |    9.3 |   10.8 |      8.6 |     8.0 |     9.1
  25 to 29 ....|      18.5 |     20.0 |     17.4 |      17.1 |     18.5 |     16.2 |   30.2 |   31.7 |   28.1 |     25.0 |    27.3 |    23.3
  30 to 34 ....|      14.6 |     15.0 |     14.4 |      13.9 |     13.5 |     14.1 |   20.5 |   22.2 |   18.2 |     18.5 |    21.9 |    16.0
  35 to 39 ....|      12.0 |     11.0 |     12.8 |      11.4 |     10.0 |     12.4 |   14.7 |   15.2 |   14.1 |     15.1 |    15.6 |    14.8
  40 to 49 ....|      14.8 |     11.7 |     16.9 |      13.3 |     10.4 |     15.3 |   15.4 |   13.5 |   18.1 |     22.6 |    18.3 |    25.7
  50 to 64 ....|       4.6 |      3.6 |      5.2 |       4.3 |      3.4 |      4.9 |    4.6 |    3.5 |    6.2 |      6.0 |     4.6 |     7.0
  65 and over .|       1.1 |      1.1 |      1.2 |       1.3 |      1.2 |      1.3 |    0.3 |    0.2 |    0.3 |      0.4 |     0.4 |     0.4
  Age unknown .|       2.4 |      2.5 |      2.3 |       2.1 |      2.3 |      2.0 |    4.0 |    4.1 |    3.9 |      3.5 |     3.6 |     3.4
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\1\Less than .05 percent.

NOTE.--Because of rounding, details may not add to 100.0 percent.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment, 1993" survey. (This table was prepared June 1996.)


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