Projections of Education Statistics to 2011: Table 11A.-Total enrollment in all degree-granting institutions, by sex, age, and attendance status: Fall 1986 to fall 1999

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Table 11A.-Total enrollment in all degree-granting institutions, by sex, age, and attendance status: Fall 1986 to fall 1999
(In thousands)
Sex, age, and attendance status	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Men and women, total	12,505	12,767	13,055	13,539	13,819	14,359	14,486	14,305	14,279	14,262	14,368	14,502	14,507	14,791
14 to 17 years old	206	264	179	185	177	125	186	127	138	148	231	171	119	143
18 to 19 years old	2,914	3,012	2,940	3,041	2,950	2,864	2,784	2,840	2,787	2,894	3,038	3,061	3,382	3,414
20 to 21 years old	2,304	2,651	2,667	2,550	2,761	2,920	2,883	2,674	2,724	2,705	2,659	2,875	2,811	2,989
22 to 24 years old	2,051	1,979	2,068	2,185	2,144	2,306	2,527	2,570	2,482	2,411	2,324	2,475	2,377	2,435
25 to 29 years old	1,893	1,745	1,740	1,979	1,982	2,072	1,985	2,002	1,985	2,120	2,128	1,999	1,991	1,870
30 to 34 years old	1,219	1,223	1,283	1,305	1,322	1,415	1,456	1,345	1,414	1,236	1,196	1,109	1,195	1,145
35 years old and over	1,918	1,892	2,179	2,293	2,484	2,656	2,665	2,747	2,750	2,747	2,791	2,814	2,632	2,796
Men, total	5,885	5,932	6,002	6,190	6,284	6,502	6,524	6,427	6,372	6,343	6,353	6,396	6,369	6,491
14 to 17 years old	85	127	58	77	87	50	89	54	62	61	92	56	45	72
18 to 19 years old	1,428	1,427	1,343	1,433	1,421	1,299	1,305	1,288	1,302	1,338	1,354	1,414	1,535	1,541
20 to 21 years old	1,143	1,318	1,332	1,261	1,368	1,387	1,342	1,284	1,264	1,282	1,228	1,374	1,374	1,392
22 to 24 years old	1,067	995	1,130	1,084	1,107	1,232	1,272	1,344	1,238	1,153	1,177	1,200	1,127	1,090
25 to 29 years old	1,001	920	844	993	940	1,049	955	903	936	962	991	972	908	874
30 to 34 years old	545	520	588	562	537	614	627	584	601	561	477	443	463	517
35 years old and over	616	625	707	782	824	870	933	970	969	986	1,033	938	917	1,005
Women, total	6,620	6,835	7,053	7,349	7,535	7,857	7,963	7,877	7,907	7,919	8,015	8,106	8,138	8,301
14 to 17 years old	121	136	121	108	90	76	97	73	75	87	139	115	74	72
18 to 19 years old	1,486	1,585	1,596	1,608	1,529	1,565	1,479	1,552	1,485	1,557	1,684	1,647	1,847	1,874
20 to 21 years old	1,161	1,333	1,336	1,290	1,392	1,533	1,541	1,391	1,461	1,424	1,430	1,501	1,437	1,597
22 to 24 years old	983	984	937	1,101	1,037	1,074	1,255	1,226	1,243	1,258	1,147	1,275	1,250	1,344
25 to 29 years old	892	825	896	986	1,043	1,022	1,030	1,098	1,049	1,159	1,137	1,027	1,083	995
30 to 34 years old	673	703	695	743	784	800	828	761	812	675	719	666	732	627
35 years old and over	1,302	1,268	1,472	1,511	1,659	1,786	1,732	1,777	1,781	1,760	1,758	1,877	1,715	1,791
Full-time, total	7,120	7,231	7,437	7,661	7,821	8,115	8,161	8,128	8,138	8,129	8,303	8,438	8,563	8,786
14 to 17 years old	187	146	150	154	144	117	179	92	118	123	166	123	93	129
18 to 19 years old	2,524	2,568	2,528	2,671	2,548	2,466	2,382	2,370	2,321	2,387	2,553	2,534	2,794	2,848
20 to 21 years old	1,844	2,060	2,108	2,064	2,151	2,342	2,267	2,148	2,178	2,109	2,117	2,275	2,271	2,362
22 to 24 years old	1,264	1,185	1,243	1,300	1,350	1,467	1,594	1,612	1,551	1,517	1,598	1,606	1,564	1,662
25 to 29 years old	658	650	670	667	770	830	731	839	869	908	911	897	890	854
30 to 34 years old	310	278	350	332	387	382	409	424	440	430	383	377	367	338
35 years old and over	333	344	389	474	471	513	598	643	660	653	575	626	584	593
Full-time men	3,599	3,611	3,662	3,740	3,808	3,929	3,926	3,891	3,855	3,807	3,851	3,890	3,934	4,026
14 to 17 years old	81	70	51	60	71	41	86	37	51	54	72	48	39	63
18 to 19 years old	1,250	1,228	1,171	1,289	1,230	1,141	1,130	1,079	1,081	1,091	1,126	1,154	1,240	1,271
20 to 21 years old	938	1,039	1,032	1,017	1,055	1,103	1,084	1,003	1,029	999	969	1,074	1,129	1,125
22 to 24 years old	691	649	723	696	742	817	854	896	811	789	858	770	777	788
25 to 29 years old	381	353	383	366	401	465	378	443	457	454	444	475	424	416
30 to 34 years old	150	139	158	151	156	174	174	180	193	183	143	160	141	149
35 years old and over	109	132	145	162	152	187	220	253	232	238	240	210	184	213
Full-time women	3,521	3,620	3,775	3,921	4,013	4,186	4,235	4,237	4,283	4,321	4,452	4,548	4,630	4,761
14 to 17 years old	107	76	99	93	73	76	93	55	67	69	95	75	54	66
18 to 19 years old	1,275	1,341	1,357	1,383	1,318	1,325	1,253	1,291	1,240	1,296	1,426	1,380	1,555	1,577
20 to 21 years old	906	1,021	1,076	1,047	1,096	1,239	1,183	1,145	1,149	1,111	1,148	1,201	1,142	1,237
22 to 24 years old	573	536	520	604	608	650	739	716	740	729	740	836	787	875
25 to 29 years old	277	296	287	301	369	364	353	396	412	455	467	422	466	437
30 to 34 years old	160	139	192	182	231	208	235	244	247	247	240	217	226	190
35 years old and over	223	211	244	311	319	325	377	390	428	415	336	416	400	380
Part-time, total	5,384	5,536	5,618	5,878	5,998	6,244	6,325	6,177	6,141	6,133	6,065	6,064	5,944	6,005
14 to 17 years old	19	117	29	32	32	9	7	35	19	25	65	48	26	14
18 to 19 years old	390	444	412	370	402	399	402	470	466	507	485	526	588	566
20 to 21 years old	460	591	559	487	610	578	616	526	546	596	542	600	540	627
22 to 24 years old	787	794	825	885	794	840	933	958	930	894	727	869	813	772
25 to 29 years old	1,235	1,096	1,070	1,312	1,213	1,242	1,254	1,163	1,116	1,212	1,217	1,101	1,101	1,016
30 to 34 years old	909	945	933	973	935	1,033	1,046	921	973	805	813	732	828	806
35 years old and over	1,586	1,549	1,790	1,819	2,012	2,143	2,068	2,104	2,091	2,093	2,216	2,188	2,048	2,203
Part-time men	2,286	2,321	2,340	2,450	2,476	2,572	2,597	2,537	2,517	2,535	2,502	2,506	2,436	2,465
14 to 17 years old	5	57	7	17	16	9	4	17	11	7	20	9	5	8
18 to 19 years old	178	199	172	144	191	158	176	210	220	246	228	260	296	269
20 to 21 years old	205	279	300	244	313	285	258	281	235	283	260	300	245	267
22 to 24 years old	377	346	408	388	365	415	417	448	427	365	319	430	350	302
25 to 29 years old	620	567	461	627	539	584	577	460	479	508	547	497	485	458
30 to 34 years old	395	381	431	411	381	440	453	404	408	378	334	283	322	369
35 years old and over	507	492	561	619	672	682	713	717	737	748	793	728	733	791
Part-time women	3,099	3,214	3,278	3,428	3,521	3,671	3,728	3,640	3,624	3,598	3,563	3,559	3,508	3,540
14 to 17 years old	14	61	22	15	17	0	3	18	8	18	45	39	21	6
18 to 19 years old	212	244	240	226	211	241	226	261	245	261	257	267	292	297
20 to 21 years old	255	312	260	243	297	294	358	245	311	313	282	300	295	360
22 to 24 years old	410	448	417	497	429	425	516	510	504	529	407	439	463	470
25 to 29 years old	615	528	609	685	674	658	677	702	637	704	670	605	617	558
30 to 34 years old	514	564	503	562	554	593	593	517	565	427	479	449	506	438
35 years old and over	1,079	1,056	1,229	1,200	1,340	1,461	1,355	1,386	1,354	1,345	1,423	1,460	1,315	1,411
NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Data by age are based on the distribution by age from the Bureau of the Census. Data for 1999 were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Appendix E for more details.) Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Mean absolute percentage errors of selected education statistics can be found in table A2. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) surveys; Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Model; and U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, "Social and Economic Characteristics of Students," various years. (This table was prepared May 2001.)

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