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Table 175.Total fall enrollment in institutions of higher education, by level, sex, age, and attendance status of student: 1995 

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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 ..|14,261,781 |6,342,539 |7,919,242 |12,231,719 |5,401,130 |6,830,589 |297,592 |173,897 |123,695 |1,732,470 | 767,512 | 964,958
  Under 18 ....|   285,383 |  114,735 |  170,648 |   284,759 |  114,456 |  170,303 |     77 |     40 |     37 |      547 |     239 |     308
  18 and 19 ...| 2,796,149 |1,256,770 |1,539,379 | 2,794,635 |1,256,001 |1,538,634 |    352 |    179 |    173 |    1,162 |     590 |     572
  20 and 21 ...| 2,617,440 |1,220,653 |1,396,787 | 2,597,107 |1,211,777 |1,385,330 |  7,366 |  3,249 |  4,117 |   12,967 |   5,627 |   7,340
  22 to 24 ....| 2,356,678 |1,157,227 |1,199,451 | 1,991,784 |  991,364 |1,000,420 |107,149 | 58,389 | 48,760 |  257,745 | 107,474 | 150,271
  25 to 29 ....| 2,113,799 |1,008,579 |1,105,220 | 1,484,742 |  690,986 |  793,756 |110,853 | 68,846 | 42,007 |  518,204 | 248,747 | 269,457
  30 to 34 ....| 1,295,176 |  561,110 |  734,066 |   954,866 |  380,067 |  574,799 | 33,729 | 21,577 | 12,152 |  306,581 | 159,466 | 147,115
  35 to 39 ....|   980,171 |  376,083 |  604,088 |   757,416 |  272,998 |  484,418 | 16,661 | 10,089 |  6,572 |  206,094 |  92,996 | 113,098
  40 to 49 ....| 1,234,660 |  427,681 |  806,979 |   910,307 |  309,117 |  601,190 | 15,529 |  8,496 |  7,033 |  308,824 | 110,068 | 198,756
  50 to 64 ....|   356,036 |  123,342 |  232,694 |   269,524 |   94,144 |  175,380 |  3,408 |  1,696 |  1,712 |   83,104 |  27,502 |  55,602
  65 and over .|    80,950 |   33,454 |   47,496 |    75,125 |   30,799 |   44,326 |    336 |    192 |    144 |    5,489 |   2,463 |   3,026
  Age unknown .|   145,339 |   62,905 |   82,434 |   111,454 |   49,421 |   62,033 |  2,132 |  1,144 |    988 |   31,753 |  12,340 |  19,413
               |           |          |          |           |          |          |        |        |        |          |         |
Full-time .....| 8,128,802 |3,807,392 |4,321,410 | 7,145,268 |3,296,610 |3,848,658 |266,414 |155,056 |111,358 |  717,120 | 355,726 | 361,394
  Under 18 ....|   115,479 |   45,123 |   70,356 |   115,193 |   44,988 |   70,205 |     61 |     30 |     31 |      225 |     105 |     120
  18 and 19 ...| 2,395,257 |1,072,206 |1,323,051 | 2,394,042 |1,071,549 |1,322,493 |    345 |    176 |    169 |      870 |     481 |     389
  20 and 21 ...| 2,088,263 |  977,094 |1,111,169 | 2,070,547 |  969,175 |1,101,372 |  7,260 |  3,199 |  4,061 |   10,456 |   4,720 |   5,736
  22 to 24 ....| 1,501,692 |  771,189 |  730,503 | 1,224,186 |  637,463 |  586,723 |104,110 | 56,754 | 47,356 |  173,396 |  76,972 |  96,424
  25 to 29 ....|   951,825 |  493,254 |  458,571 |   597,685 |  295,896 |  301,789 |101,168 | 62,741 | 38,427 |  252,972 | 134,617 | 118,355
  30 to 34 ....|   423,324 |  191,737 |  231,587 |   280,133 |  108,369 |  171,764 | 27,121 | 17,307 |  9,814 |  116,070 |  66,061 |  50,009
  35 to 39 ....|   265,514 |  104,568 |  160,946 |   191,114 |   66,111 |  125,003 | 12,180 |  7,296 |  4,884 |   62,220 |  31,161 |  31,059
  40 to 49 ....|   279,755 |  106,129 |  173,626 |   194,854 |   70,101 |  124,753 | 10,284 |  5,580 |  4,704 |   74,617 |  30,448 |  44,169
  50 to 64 ....|    57,402 |   22,360 |   35,042 |    38,184 |   14,816 |   23,368 |  2,068 |  1,025 |  1,043 |   17,150 |   6,519 |  10,631
  65 and over .|     6,615 |    3,282 |    3,333 |     5,481 |    2,679 |    2,802 |    236 |    139 |     97 |      898 |     464 |     434
  Age unknown .|    43,676 |   20,450 |   23,226 |    33,849 |   15,463 |   18,386 |  1,581 |    809 |    772 |    8,246 |   4,178 |   4,068
               |           |          |          |           |          |          |        |        |        |          |         |
Part-time .....| 6,132,979 |2,535,147 |3,597,832 | 5,086,451 |2,104,520 |2,981,931 | 31,178 | 18,841 | 12,337 |1,015,350 | 411,786 | 603,564
  Under 18 ....|   169,904 |   69,612 |  100,292 |   169,566 |   69,468 |  100,098 |     16 |     10 |      6 |      322 |     134 |     188
  18 and 19 ...|   400,892 |  184,564 |  216,328 |   400,593 |  184,452 |  216,141 |      7 |      3 |      4 |      292 |     109 |     183
  20 and 21 ...|   529,177 |  243,559 |  285,618 |   526,560 |  242,602 |  283,958 |    106 |     50 |     56 |    2,511 |     907 |   1,604
  22 to 24 ....|   854,986 |  386,038 |  468,948 |   767,598 |  353,901 |  413,697 |  3,039 |  1,635 |  1,404 |   84,349 |  30,502 |  53,847
  25 to 29 ....| 1,161,974 |  515,325 |  646,649 |   887,057 |  395,090 |  491,967 |  9,685 |  6,105 |  3,580 |  265,232 | 114,130 | 151,102
  30 to 34 ....|   871,852 |  369,373 |  502,479 |   674,733 |  271,698 |  403,035 |  6,608 |  4,270 |  2,338 |  190,511 |  93,405 |  97,106
  35 to 39 ....|   714,657 |  271,515 |  443,142 |   566,302 |  206,887 |  359,415 |  4,481 |  2,793 |  1,688 |  143,874 |  61,835 |  82,039
  40 to 49 ....|   954,905 |  321,552 |  633,353 |   715,453 |  239,016 |  476,437 |  5,245 |  2,916 |  2,329 |  234,207 |  79,620 | 154,587
  50 to 64 ....|   298,634 |  100,982 |  197,652 |   231,340 |   79,328 |  152,012 |  1,340 |    671 |    669 |   65,954 |  20,983 |  44,971
  65 and over .|    74,335 |   30,172 |   44,163 |    69,644 |   28,120 |   41,524 |    100 |     53 |     47 |    4,591 |   1,999 |   2,592
  Age unknown .|   101,663 |   42,455 |   59,208 |    77,605 |   33,958 |   43,647 |    551 |    335 |    216 |   23,507 |   8,162 |  15,345
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               |                                                  Percentage distribution
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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 ....|       2.0 |      1.8 |      2.2 |       2.3 |      2.1 |      2.5 |   (\1\)|   (\1\)|   (\1\)|     (\1\)|    (\1\)|    (\1\)
  18 and 19 ...|      19.6 |     19.8 |     19.4 |      22.8 |     23.3 |     22.5 |    0.1 |    0.1 |    0.1 |      0.1 |     0.1 |     0.1
  20 and 21 ...|      18.4 |     19.2 |     17.6 |      21.2 |     22.4 |     20.3 |    2.5 |    1.9 |    3.3 |      0.7 |     0.7 |     0.8
  22 to 24 ....|      16.5 |     18.2 |     15.1 |      16.3 |     18.4 |     14.6 |   36.0 |   33.6 |   39.4 |     14.9 |    14.0 |    15.6
  25 to 29 ....|      14.8 |     15.9 |     14.0 |      12.1 |     12.8 |     11.6 |   37.2 |   39.6 |   34.0 |     29.9 |    32.4 |    27.9
  30 to 34 ....|       9.1 |      8.8 |      9.3 |       7.8 |      7.0 |      8.4 |   11.3 |   12.4 |    9.8 |     17.7 |    20.8 |    15.2
  35 to 39 ....|       6.9 |      5.9 |      7.6 |       6.2 |      5.1 |      7.1 |    5.6 |    5.8 |    5.3 |     11.9 |    12.1 |    11.7
  40 to 49 ....|       8.7 |      6.7 |     10.2 |       7.4 |      5.7 |      8.8 |    5.2 |    4.9 |    5.7 |     17.8 |    14.3 |    20.6
  50 to 64 ....|       2.5 |      1.9 |      2.9 |       2.2 |      1.7 |      2.6 |    1.1 |    1.0 |    1.4 |      4.8 |     3.6 |     5.8
  65 and over .|       0.6 |      0.5 |      0.6 |       0.6 |      0.6 |      0.6 |    0.1 |    0.1 |    0.1 |      0.3 |     0.3 |     0.3
  Age unknown .|       1.0 |      1.0 |      1.0 |       0.9 |      0.9 |      0.9 |    0.7 |    0.7 |    0.8 |      1.8 |     1.6 |     2.0
               |           |          |          |           |          |          |        |        |        |          |         |
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 |      1.2 |      1.6 |       1.6 |      1.4 |      1.8 |   (\1\)|   (\1\)|   (\1\)|     (\1\)|    (\1\)|    (\1\)
  18 and 19 ...|      29.5 |     28.2 |     30.6 |      33.5 |     32.5 |     34.4 |    0.1 |    0.1 |    0.2 |      0.1 |     0.1 |     0.1
  20 and 21 ...|      25.7 |     25.7 |     25.7 |      29.0 |     29.4 |     28.6 |    2.7 |    2.1 |    3.6 |      1.5 |     1.3 |     1.6
  22 to 24 ....|      18.5 |     20.3 |     16.9 |      17.1 |     19.3 |     15.2 |   39.1 |   36.6 |   42.5 |     24.2 |    21.6 |    26.7
  25 to 29 ....|      11.7 |     13.0 |     10.6 |       8.4 |      9.0 |      7.8 |   38.0 |   40.5 |   34.5 |     35.3 |    37.8 |    32.7
  30 to 34 ....|       5.2 |      5.0 |      5.4 |       3.9 |      3.3 |      4.5 |   10.2 |   11.2 |    8.8 |     16.2 |    18.6 |    13.8
  35 to 39 ....|       3.3 |      2.7 |      3.7 |       2.7 |      2.0 |      3.2 |    4.6 |    4.7 |    4.4 |      8.7 |     8.8 |     8.6
  40 to 49 ....|       3.4 |      2.8 |      4.0 |       2.7 |      2.1 |      3.2 |    3.9 |    3.6 |    4.2 |     10.4 |     8.6 |    12.2
  50 to 64 ....|       0.7 |      0.6 |      0.8 |       0.5 |      0.4 |      0.6 |    0.8 |    0.7 |    0.9 |      2.4 |     1.8 |     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 .|       0.5 |      0.5 |      0.5 |       0.5 |      0.5 |      0.5 |    0.6 |    0.5 |    0.7 |      1.1 |     1.2 |     1.1
               |           |          |          |           |          |          |        |        |        |          |         |
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 ....|       2.8 |      2.7 |      2.8 |       3.3 |      3.3 |      3.4 |    0.1 |    0.1 |   (\1\)|     (\1\)|    (\1\)|    (\1\)
  18 and 19 ...|       6.5 |      7.3 |      6.0 |       7.9 |      8.8 |      7.2 |   (\1\)|   (\1\)|   (\1\)|     (\1\)|    (\1\)|    (\1\)
  20 and 21 ...|       8.6 |      9.6 |      7.9 |      10.4 |     11.5 |      9.5 |    0.3 |    0.3 |    0.5 |      0.2 |     0.2 |     0.3
  22 to 24 ....|      13.9 |     15.2 |     13.0 |      15.1 |     16.8 |     13.9 |    9.7 |    8.7 |   11.4 |      8.3 |     7.4 |     8.9
  25 to 29 ....|      18.9 |     20.3 |     18.0 |      17.4 |     18.8 |     16.5 |   31.1 |   32.4 |   29.0 |     26.1 |    27.7 |    25.0
  30 to 34 ....|      14.2 |     14.6 |     14.0 |      13.3 |     12.9 |     13.5 |   21.2 |   22.7 |   19.0 |     18.8 |    22.7 |    16.1
  35 to 39 ....|      11.7 |     10.7 |     12.3 |      11.1 |      9.8 |     12.1 |   14.4 |   14.8 |   13.7 |     14.2 |    15.0 |    13.6
  40 to 49 ....|      15.6 |     12.7 |     17.6 |      14.1 |     11.4 |     16.0 |   16.8 |   15.5 |   18.9 |     23.1 |    19.3 |    25.6
  50 to 64 ....|       4.9 |      4.0 |      5.5 |       4.5 |      3.8 |      5.1 |    4.3 |    3.6 |    5.4 |      6.5 |     5.1 |     7.5
  65 and over .|       1.2 |      1.2 |      1.2 |       1.4 |      1.3 |      1.4 |    0.3 |    0.3 |    0.4 |      0.5 |     0.5 |     0.4
  Age unknown .|       1.7 |      1.7 |      1.6 |       1.5 |      1.6 |      1.5 |    1.8 |    1.8 |    1.8 |      2.3 |     2.0 |     2.5
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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, 1995" survey. (This table was prepared January 1997.)



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