Projections of Education Statistics to 2011
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Table A1.6.-Full-time enrollment, by level enrolled and type of institution, as a percent of total enrollment, for each age and sex classification: Fall 1999, 2006, and 2011
Age Men Women
1999 2006 2011 1999 2006 2011
  Undergraduate, 4-year institutions
16 to 17 years old 72.8 62.9 62.9 72.6 67.0 67.0
18 to 19 years old 66.2 65.6 65.6 66.4 67.8 67.8
20 to 21 years old 76.2 77.0 77.0 76.3 78.3 78.3
22 to 24 years old 62.8 63.6 63.6 62.0 61.0 61.0
25 to 29 years old 43.5 44.5 44.5 54.6 47.9 47.9
30 to 34 years old 44.0 37.4 37.4 39.2 39.2 39.2
35 years and over 29.5 33.8 33.8 40.6 41.0 41.0
  Undergraduate, 2-year institutions
16 to 17 years old 27.2 35.8 35.8 27.4 32.4 32.4
18 to 19 years old 32.8 33.6 33.6 32.7 31.4 31.4
20 to 21 years old 22.2 21.4 21.4 21.0 19.6 19.6
22 to 24 years old 15.2 16.4 16.4 16.8 17.7 17.7
25 to 29 years old 20.4 16.7 16.7 14.9 20.5 20.5
30 to 34 years old 12.4 16.8 16.8 34.3 36.5 36.5
35 years and over 28.2 25.8 25.8 27.0 30.2 30.2
  Postbaccalaureate, 4-year institutions
16 to 17 years old 0.0 1.4 1.4 0.0 0.6 0.6
18 to 19 years old 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8
20 to 21 years old 1.6 1.7 1.7 2.7 2.1 2.1
22 to 24 years old 22.1 20.0 20.0 21.2 21.4 21.4
25 to 29 years old 36.2 38.8 38.8 30.5 31.6 31.6
30 to 34 years old 43.6 45.8 45.8 26.5 24.3 24.3
35 years and over 42.2 40.4 40.4 32.4 28.8 28.8
NOTE: Projections shown for 2006 and 2011 were adjusted to add to 100 percent before computing projections shown in tables 10 through 22.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Model. (This table was prepared May 2001.)

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