Projections of Education Statistics to 2011
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Table A1.7.-Part-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 0.0 1.1 1.1 0.0 7.7 7.7
18 to 19 years old 17.7 19.3 19.3 18.4 20.7 20.7
20 to 21 years old 27.8 26.6 26.6 29.6 28.9 28.9
22 to 24 years old 34.6 31.8 31.8 38.2 33.5 33.5
25 to 29 years old 24.4 26.5 26.5 27.0 25.8 25.8
30 to 34 years old 29.1 27.2 27.2 26.9 26.2 26.2
35 years and over 22.7 23.4 23.4 18.7 21.5 21.5
  Undergraduate, 2-year institutions
16 to 17 years old 100.0 97.8 97.8 100.0 91.3 91.3
18 to 19 years old 81.0 80.1 80.1 81.4 79.0 79.0
20 to 21 years old 71.7 72.9 72.9 69.9 69.7 69.7
22 to 24 years old 56.5 59.7 59.7 50.1 55.3 55.3
25 to 29 years old 57.6 53.4 53.4 48.0 50.8 50.8
30 to 34 years old 46.4 46.0 46.0 51.0 53.3 53.3
35 years and over 49.9 50.4 50.4 57.0 54.6 54.6
  Postbaccalaureate, 4-year institutions
16 to 17 years old 0.0 1.1 1.1 0.0 1.0 1.0
18 to 19 years old 1.3 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.3
20 to 21 years old 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.3 1.3
22 to 24 years old 8.9 8.5 8.5 11.7 11.2 11.2
25 to 29 years old 18.1 20.1 20.1 25.0 23.4 23.4
30 to 34 years old 24.6 26.8 26.8 22.1 20.5 20.5
35 years and over 27.3 26.2 26.2 24.3 24.0 24.0
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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