Table 303.55.

Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by control and level of institution, attendance status, and age of student: 2019

Attendance status and age of student	All institutions			Public institutions			Private (nonprofit and for-profit) institutions
							Total	Nonprofit institutions			For-profit institutions
	Total	4-year	2-year	Total	4-year	2-year		Total	4-year	2-year	Total	4-year	2-year
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
All students	19,637,499	14,038,455	5,599,044	14,501,057	9,102,958	5,398,099	5,136,442	4,145,263	4,100,619	44,644	991,179	834,878	156,301
Under 18	1,450,495	600,390	850,105	1,339,103	490,696	848,407	111,392	107,437	106,617	820	3,955	3,077	878
18 and 19	4,510,568	3,170,599	1,339,969	3,583,559	2,269,472	1,314,087	927,009	870,973	864,742	6,231	56,036	36,385	19,651
20 and 21	4,064,238	3,168,572	895,666	3,112,376	2,244,396	867,980	951,862	876,892	871,901	4,991	74,970	52,275	22,695
22 to 24	3,050,575	2,351,675	698,900	2,286,301	1,620,071	666,230	764,274	648,830	642,756	6,074	115,444	88,848	26,596
25 to 29	2,577,672	1,903,733	673,939	1,738,986	1,108,091	630,895	838,686	631,112	621,783	9,329	207,574	173,859	33,715
30 to 34	1,404,469	1,011,850	392,619	897,875	531,459	366,416	506,594	339,922	333,753	6,169	166,672	146,638	20,034
35 to 39	915,380	659,659	255,721	557,227	318,349	238,878	358,153	229,049	225,017	4,032	129,104	116,293	12,811
40 to 49	1,049,874	758,884	290,990	614,907	342,113	272,794	434,967	277,974	273,445	4,529	156,993	143,326	13,667
50 to 64	524,124	364,089	160,035	307,571	155,045	152,526	216,553	141,954	139,849	2,105	74,599	69,195	5,404
65 and over	68,672	35,416	33,256	52,883	20,071	32,812	15,789	11,417	11,262	155	4,372	4,083	289
Age unknown	21,432	13,588	7,844	10,269	3,195	7,074	11,163	9,703	9,494	209	1,460	899	561
Full-time	11,966,494	9,911,369	2,055,125	8,220,295	6,351,051	1,869,244	3,746,199	3,137,088	3,099,183	37,905	609,111	461,135	147,976
Under 18	254,930	154,686	100,244	219,581	120,625	98,956	35,349	33,293	32,859	434	2,056	1,202	854
18 and 19	3,753,971	2,918,136	835,835	2,861,350	2,050,630	810,720	892,621	841,739	835,883	5,856	50,882	31,623	19,259
20 and 21	3,251,909	2,846,788	405,121	2,347,635	1,968,711	378,924	904,274	842,339	837,916	4,423	61,935	40,161	21,774
22 to 24	1,975,447	1,746,776	228,671	1,363,637	1,165,183	198,454	611,810	529,146	524,125	5,021	82,664	57,468	25,196
25 to 29	1,315,192	1,108,573	206,619	767,485	600,556	166,929	547,707	416,604	408,667	7,937	131,103	99,350	31,753
30 to 34	584,415	473,807	110,608	305,159	218,494	86,665	279,256	183,489	178,305	5,184	95,767	77,008	18,759
35 to 39	334,613	267,133	67,480	155,502	103,289	52,213	179,111	109,602	106,239	3,363	69,509	57,605	11,904
40 to 49	339,433	271,845	67,588	140,783	89,695	51,088	198,650	120,073	116,341	3,732	78,577	65,809	12,768
50 to 64	140,071	111,959	28,112	52,728	31,198	21,530	87,343	53,678	52,029	1,649	33,665	28,732	4,933
65 and over	9,227	6,594	2,633	4,149	1,898	2,251	5,078	3,209	3,090	119	1,869	1,606	263
Age unknown	7,286	5,072	2,214	2,286	772	1,514	5,000	3,916	3,729	187	1,084	571	513
Part-time	7,671,005	4,127,086	3,543,919	6,280,762	2,751,907	3,528,855	1,390,243	1,008,175	1,001,436	6,739	382,068	373,743	8,325
Under 18	1,195,565	445,704	749,861	1,119,522	370,071	749,451	76,043	74,144	73,758	386	1,899	1,875	24
18 and 19	756,597	252,463	504,134	722,209	218,842	503,367	34,388	29,234	28,859	375	5,154	4,762	392
20 and 21	812,329	321,784	490,545	764,741	275,685	489,056	47,588	34,553	33,985	568	13,035	12,114	921
22 to 24	1,075,128	604,899	470,229	922,664	454,888	467,776	152,464	119,684	118,631	1,053	32,780	31,380	1,400
25 to 29	1,262,480	795,160	467,320	971,501	507,535	463,966	290,979	214,508	213,116	1,392	76,471	74,509	1,962
30 to 34	820,054	538,043	282,011	592,716	312,965	279,751	227,338	156,433	155,448	985	70,905	69,630	1,275
35 to 39	580,767	392,526	188,241	401,725	215,060	186,665	179,042	119,447	118,778	669	59,595	58,688	907
40 to 49	710,441	487,039	223,402	474,124	252,418	221,706	236,317	157,901	157,104	797	78,416	77,517	899
50 to 64	384,053	252,130	131,923	254,843	123,847	130,996	129,210	88,276	87,820	456	40,934	40,463	471
65 and over	59,445	28,822	30,623	48,734	18,173	30,561	10,711	8,208	8,172	36	2,503	2,477	26
Age unknown	14,146	8,516	5,630	7,983	2,423	5,560	6,163	5,787	5,765	22	376	328	48
	Percentage distribution of students with known age1
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	100.0
Under 18	7.4	4.3	15.2	9.2	5.4	15.7	2.2	2.6	2.6	1.8	0.4	0.4	0.6
18 and 19	23.0	22.6	24.0	24.7	24.9	24.4	18.1	21.1	21.1	14.0	5.7	4.4	12.6
20 and 21	20.7	22.6	16.0	21.5	24.7	16.1	18.6	21.2	21.3	11.2	7.6	6.3	14.6
22 to 24	15.6	16.8	12.5	15.8	17.8	12.4	14.9	15.7	15.7	13.7	11.7	10.7	17.1
25 to 29	13.1	13.6	12.1	12.0	12.2	11.7	16.4	15.3	15.2	21.0	21.0	20.8	21.6
30 to 34	7.2	7.2	7.0	6.2	5.8	6.8	9.9	8.2	8.2	13.9	16.8	17.6	12.9
35 to 39	4.7	4.7	4.6	3.8	3.5	4.4	7.0	5.5	5.5	9.1	13.0	13.9	8.2
40 to 49	5.4	5.4	5.2	4.2	3.8	5.1	8.5	6.7	6.7	10.2	15.9	17.2	8.8
50 to 64	2.7	2.6	2.9	2.1	1.7	2.8	4.2	3.4	3.4	4.7	7.5	8.3	3.5
65 and over	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.2
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	100.0
Under 18	2.1	1.6	4.9	2.7	1.9	5.3	0.9	1.1	1.1	1.2	0.3	0.3	0.6
18 and 19	31.4	29.5	40.7	34.8	32.3	43.4	23.9	26.9	27.0	15.5	8.4	6.9	13.1
20 and 21	27.2	28.7	19.7	28.6	31.0	20.3	24.2	26.9	27.1	11.7	10.2	8.7	14.8
22 to 24	16.5	17.6	11.1	16.6	18.3	10.6	16.4	16.9	16.9	13.3	13.6	12.5	17.1
25 to 29	11.0	11.2	10.1	9.3	9.5	8.9	14.6	13.3	13.2	21.0	21.6	21.6	21.5
30 to 34	4.9	4.8	5.4	3.7	3.4	4.6	7.5	5.9	5.8	13.7	15.8	16.7	12.7
35 to 39	2.8	2.7	3.3	1.9	1.6	2.8	4.8	3.5	3.4	8.9	11.4	12.5	8.1
40 to 49	2.8	2.7	3.3	1.7	1.4	2.7	5.3	3.8	3.8	9.9	12.9	14.3	8.7
50 to 64	1.2	1.1	1.4	0.6	0.5	1.2	2.3	1.7	1.7	4.4	5.5	6.2	3.3
65 and over	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	#	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2
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	100.0
Under 18	15.6	10.8	21.2	17.8	13.5	21.3	5.5	7.4	7.4	5.7	0.5	0.5	0.3
18 and 19	9.9	6.1	14.2	11.5	8.0	14.3	2.5	2.9	2.9	5.6	1.4	1.3	4.7
20 and 21	10.6	7.8	13.9	12.2	10.0	13.9	3.4	3.4	3.4	8.5	3.4	3.2	11.1
22 to 24	14.0	14.7	13.3	14.7	16.5	13.3	11.0	11.9	11.9	15.7	8.6	8.4	16.9
25 to 29	16.5	19.3	13.2	15.5	18.5	13.2	21.0	21.4	21.4	20.7	20.0	20.0	23.7
30 to 34	10.7	13.1	8.0	9.4	11.4	7.9	16.4	15.6	15.6	14.7	18.6	18.6	15.4
35 to 39	7.6	9.5	5.3	6.4	7.8	5.3	12.9	11.9	11.9	10.0	15.6	15.7	11.0
40 to 49	9.3	11.8	6.3	7.6	9.2	6.3	17.1	15.8	15.8	11.9	20.5	20.8	10.9
50 to 64	5.0	6.1	3.7	4.1	4.5	3.7	9.3	8.8	8.8	6.8	10.7	10.8	5.7
65 and over	0.8	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.3

#Rounds to zero.

1 Percentage distributions exclude students whose age is unknown.

NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2020, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared April 2021.)