Table 181.	Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by sex, age, and attendance status: Selected years, 1970 through 2016
[In thousands]

Sex, age, and attendance status	1970	1980	1990	1995	2000	2001	2002	20031	2004	20051	Projected
											20061	2011	2016
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Males and females	8,581	12,097	13,819	14,262	15,312	15,928	16,612	16,911	17,272	17,487	17,672	19,105	20,442
14 to 17 years old	259	247	177	148	145	133	202	151	200	199	172	176	190
18 and 19 years old	2,600	2,901	2,950	2,894	3,531	3,595	3,571	3,479	3,578	3,610	3,710	3,996	4,010
20 and 21 years old	1,880	2,424	2,761	2,705	3,045	3,408	3,366	3,473	3,651	3,778	3,855	4,294	4,299
22 to 24 years old	1,457	1,989	2,144	2,411	2,617	2,760	2,932	3,482	3,036	3,072	3,060	3,364	3,715
25 to 29 years old	1,074	1,871	1,982	2,120	1,960	2,014	2,102	2,106	2,386	2,384	2,452	2,729	3,168
30 to 34 years old	487	1,243	1,322	1,236	1,265	1,290	1,300	1,368	1,329	1,354	1,331	1,501	1,741
35 years old and over	823	1,421	2,484	2,747	2,749	2,727	3,139	2,852	3,092	3,090	3,092	3,046	3,319
Males	5,044	5,874	6,284	6,343	6,722	6,961	7,202	7,260	7,387	7,456	7,470	7,967	8,222
14 to 17 years old	130	99	87	61	63	54	82	60	78	78	80	80	82
18 and 19 years old	1,349	1,375	1,421	1,338	1,583	1,629	1,616	1,558	1,551	1,592	1,626	1,727	1,687
20 and 21 years old	1,095	1,259	1,368	1,282	1,382	1,591	1,562	1,492	1,743	1,778	1,792	1,966	1,919
22 to 24 years old	964	1,064	1,107	1,153	1,293	1,312	1,342	1,605	1,380	1,355	1,330	1,428	1,516
25 to 29 years old	783	993	940	962	862	905	890	930	1,045	978	989	1,082	1,198
30 to 34 years old	308	576	537	561	527	510	547	592	518	545	530	589	660
35 years old and over	415	507	824	986	1,012	961	1,164	1,025	1,073	1,130	1,122	1,095	1,161
Females	3,537	6,223	7,535	7,919	8,591	8,967	9,410	9,651	9,885	10,032	10,202	11,139	12,220
14 to 17 years old	129	148	90	87	82	79	121	91	122	121	91	96	108
18 and 19 years old	1,250	1,526	1,529	1,557	1,948	1,966	1,955	1,922	2,027	2,018	2,084	2,269	2,323
20 and 21 years old	786	1,165	1,392	1,424	1,663	1,817	1,804	1,981	1,908	2,000	2,064	2,328	2,380
22 to 24 years old	493	925	1,037	1,258	1,324	1,448	1,590	1,877	1,657	1,717	1,730	1,936	2,199
25 to 29 years old	291	878	1,043	1,159	1,099	1,110	1,212	1,177	1,341	1,406	1,463	1,646	1,970
30 to 34 years old	179	667	784	675	738	780	753	776	812	809	801	912	1,081
35 years old and over	409	914	1,659	1,760	1,736	1,767	1,976	1,827	2,018	1,960	1,970	1,951	2,159
Full-time	5,816	7,098	7,821	8,129	9,010	9,448	9,946	10,326	10,610	10,797	10,982	12,222	13,325
14 to 17 years old	242	223	144	123	125	122	161	121	165	131	107	112	125
18 and 19 years old	2,406	2,669	2,548	2,387	2,932	2,929	2,942	2,953	3,028	3,037	3,126	3,401	3,469
20 and 21 years old	1,647	2,075	2,151	2,109	2,401	2,662	2,759	2,767	2,911	3,030	3,099	3,495	3,567
22 to 24 years old	881	1,121	1,350	1,517	1,653	1,757	1,922	2,144	2,074	2,097	2,098	2,357	2,679
25 to 29 years old	407	577	770	908	878	883	1,013	1,072	1,131	1,136	1,179	1,360	1,676
30 to 34 years old	100	251	387	430	422	494	465	512	490	549	545	639	790
35 years old and over	134	182	471	653	599	602	684	758	812	818	828	858	1,019
Males	3,505	3,689	3,808	3,807	4,111	4,300	4,501	4,638	4,739	4,803	4,836	5,231	5,377
14 to 17 years old	124	87	71	54	51	43	65	50	63	36	43	43	44
18 and 19 years old	1,265	1,270	1,230	1,091	1,250	1,329	1,327	1,307	1,313	1,357	1,387	1,478	1,452
20 and 21 years old	990	1,109	1,055	999	1,106	1,249	1,275	1,218	1,385	1,460	1,473	1,624	1,595
22 to 24 years old	650	665	742	789	839	854	936	1,041	960	951	935	1,012	1,083
25 to 29 years old	327	360	401	454	415	397	467	503	509	439	445	494	558
30 to 34 years old	72	124	156	183	195	216	183	242	201	238	233	262	300
35 years old and over	75	74	152	238	256	212	247	277	310	321	320	318	346
Females	2,311	3,409	4,013	4,321	4,899	5,148	5,445	5,688	5,871	5,994	6,146	6,991	7,948
14 to 17 years old	117	136	73	69	74	78	96	71	103	94	64	69	80
18 and 19 years old	1,140	1,399	1,318	1,296	1,682	1,600	1,615	1,646	1,716	1,680	1,739	1,923	2,017
20 and 21 years old	657	966	1,096	1,111	1,296	1,413	1,484	1,549	1,526	1,569	1,626	1,871	1,973
22 to 24 years old	231	456	608	729	814	903	985	1,103	1,113	1,146	1,164	1,345	1,596
25 to 29 years old	80	217	369	455	463	486	546	569	622	697	733	866	1,118
30 to 34 years old	28	127	231	247	227	277	282	270	289	311	312	377	491
35 years old and over	59	108	319	415	343	390	437	481	502	497	508	540	673
Part-time	2,765	4,999	5,998	6,133	6,303	6,480	6,665	6,585	6,662	6,690	6,689	6,883	7,117
14 to 17 years old	17	38	32	25	20	11	41	30	35	68	65	64	65
18 and 19 years old	194	418	402	507	599	666	628	526	549	573	584	595	542
20 and 21 years old	233	441	610	596	644	746	607	706	741	748	756	799	732
22 to 24 years old	576	844	794	894	964	1,003	1,010	1,338	963	976	962	1,008	1,036
25 to 29 years old	668	1,209	1,213	1,212	1,083	1,132	1,088	1,034	1,255	1,248	1,273	1,369	1,493
30 to 34 years old	388	905	935	805	843	796	835	856	839	805	787	862	950
35 years old and over	689	1,145	2,012	2,093	2,150	2,126	2,456	2,094	2,280	2,272	2,264	2,187	2,301
Males	1,540	2,185	2,476	2,535	2,611	2,661	2,701	2,622	2,648	2,653	2,634	2,736	2,845
14 to 17 years old	5	17	16	7	11	11	17	10	15	41	38	37	37
18 and 19 years old	84	202	191	246	333	300	288	250	239	235	239	249	235
20 and 21 years old	105	201	313	283	276	342	287	274	358	318	319	342	324
22 to 24 years old	314	392	365	365	454	458	405	564	419	405	396	416	433
25 to 29 years old	456	594	539	508	447	508	423	427	536	539	544	588	640
30 to 34 years old	236	397	381	378	332	294	364	350	317	306	298	327	360
35 years old and over	340	382	672	748	757	749	917	748	764	809	802	777	815
Females	1,225	2,814	3,521	3,598	3,692	3,820	3,964	3,963	4,014	4,038	4,056	4,148	4,272
14 to 17 years old	12	20	17	18	9	1	24	20	19	27	27	27	27
18 and 19 years old	110	215	211	261	266	366	340	276	311	338	344	346	306
20 and 21 years old	128	240	297	313	368	404	320	433	382	430	437	457	407
22 to 24 years old	262	452	429	529	510	545	605	774	543	571	566	592	603
25 to 29 years old	212	616	674	704	636	624	666	608	720	709	729	781	852
30 to 34 years old	151	507	554	427	511	502	471	507	523	499	489	535	590
35 years old and over	349	762	1,340	1,345	1,393	1,377	1,539	1,346	1,516	1,464	1,462	1,411	1,486

1 Some data have been revised from previously published figures. NOTE: Distributions by age are estimates based on samples of the civilian noninstitutional population from the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey. Data through 1995 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the ear­lier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. (See Guide to Sources for details.) Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys, 1970 and 1980; 1990 through 2005 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90–99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2006; and Projections of Education Statistics to 2016. U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October, selected years, 1970 through 2005. (This table was prepared August 2007.)