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Table 178  Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by level, sex, age, and attendance status of student: 1997

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  Attendance   |           All levels            |         Undergraduate           |   First-professional     |          Graduate
status and age |_________________________________|_________________________________|__________________________|______________________________
  of student   |   Total   |   Men    |  Women   |   Total   |   Men    |  Women   | Total  |  Men   | Women  |  Total   |   Men   |  Women
_______________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|________|________|________|__________|_________|_________
       1       |     2     |    3     |    4     |     5     |    6     |    7     |   8    |   9    |   10   |    11    |   12    |   13
_______________|___________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|________|________|________|__________|_________|_________
All students ..|14,502,334 |6,396,028 |8,106,306 |12,450,587 |5,468,532 |6,982,055 |298,258 |169,627 |128,631 |1,753,489 | 757,869 | 995,620
  Under 18 ....|   353,268 |  141,206 |  212,062 |   352,927 |  141,050 |  211,877 |     29 |     20 |      9 |      312 |     136 |     176
  18 and 19 ...| 2,968,640 |1,323,360 |1,645,280 | 2,967,957 |1,323,085 |1,644,872 |    277 |    106 |    171 |      406 |     169 |     237
  20 and 21 ...| 2,726,647 |1,253,267 |1,473,380 | 2,705,902 |1,244,918 |1,460,984 |  7,674 |  3,172 |  4,502 |   13,071 |   5,177 |   7,894
  22 to 24 ....| 2,304,819 |1,117,426 |1,187,393 | 1,946,749 |  961,364 |  985,385 |103,368 | 54,146 | 49,222 |  254,702 | 101,916 | 152,786
  25 to 29 ....| 2,126,410 |  996,980 |1,129,430 | 1,468,568 |  678,154 |  790,414 |113,812 | 68,503 | 45,309 |  544,030 | 250,323 | 293,707
  30 to 34 ....| 1,208,253 |  526,456 |  681,797 |   873,707 |  353,182 |  520,525 | 32,712 | 20,670 | 12,042 |  301,834 | 152,604 | 149,230
  35 to 39 ....|   936,204 |  363,957 |  572,247 |   717,736 |  262,126 |  455,610 | 16,232 |  9,768 |  6,464 |  202,236 |  92,063 | 110,173
  40 to 49 ....| 1,228,921 |  425,673 |  803,248 |   912,831 |  311,123 |  601,708 | 15,604 |  8,380 |  7,224 |  300,486 | 106,170 | 194,316
  50 to 64 ....|   407,371 |  140,897 |  266,474 |   306,331 |  106,917 |  199,414 |  4,104 |  2,021 |  2,083 |   96,936 |  31,959 |  64,977
  65 and over .|    79,412 |   32,580 |   46,832 |    73,408 |   29,906 |   43,502 |    251 |    140 |    111 |    5,753 |   2,534 |   3,219
  Age unknown .|   162,389 |   74,226 |   88,163 |   124,471 |   56,707 |   67,764 |  4,195 |  2,701 |  1,494 |   33,723 |  14,818 |  18,905
               |           |          |          |           |          |          |        |        |        |          |         |
Full-time .....| 8,438,062 |3,890,442 |4,547,620 | 7,418,598 |3,379,597 |4,039,001 |267,218 |151,325 |115,893 |  752,246 | 359,520 | 392,726
  Under 18 ....|   127,485 |   49,096 |   78,389 |   127,360 |   49,043 |   78,317 |     21 |     13 |      8 |      104 |      40 |      64
  18 and 19 ...| 2,551,664 |1,132,404 |1,419,260 | 2,551,193 |1,132,207 |1,418,986 |    274 |    104 |    170 |      197 |      93 |     104
  20 and 21 ...| 2,190,032 |1,007,895 |1,182,137 | 2,172,203 |1,000,475 |1,171,728 |  7,508 |  3,096 |  4,412 |   10,321 |   4,324 |   5,997
  22 to 24 ....| 1,494,599 |  752,499 |  742,100 | 1,217,353 |  625,328 |  592,025 |100,627 | 52,736 | 47,891 |  176,619 |  74,435 | 102,184
  25 to 29 ....|   981,619 |  494,578 |  487,041 |   603,827 |  292,477 |  311,350 |104,200 | 62,829 | 41,371 |  273,592 | 139,272 | 134,320
  30 to 34 ....|   408,490 |  185,373 |  223,117 |   262,706 |  102,863 |  159,843 | 26,427 | 16,657 |  9,770 |  119,357 |  65,853 |  53,504
  35 to 39 ....|   263,974 |  104,340 |  159,634 |   186,312 |   64,619 |  121,693 | 11,915 |  7,125 |  4,790 |   65,747 |  32,596 |  33,151
  40 to 49 ....|   282,149 |  104,674 |  177,475 |   196,700 |   69,198 |  127,502 | 10,287 |  5,450 |  4,837 |   75,162 |  30,026 |  45,136
  50 to 64 ....|    68,571 |   25,822 |   42,749 |    45,218 |   16,898 |   28,320 |  2,395 |  1,163 |  1,232 |   20,958 |   7,761 |  13,197
  65 and over .|     6,226 |    3,116 |    3,110 |     5,036 |    2,511 |    2,525 |    174 |     99 |     75 |    1,016 |     506 |     510
  Age unknown .|    63,253 |   30,645 |   32,608 |    50,690 |   23,978 |   26,712 |  3,390 |  2,053 |  1,337 |    9,173 |   4,614 |   4,559
               |           |          |          |           |          |          |        |        |        |          |         |
Part-time .....| 6,064,272 |2,505,586 |3,558,686 | 5,031,989 |2,088,935 |2,943,054 | 31,040 | 18,302 | 12,738 |1,001,243 | 398,349 | 602,894
  Under 18 ....|   225,783 |   92,110 |  133,673 |   225,567 |   92,007 |  133,560 |      8 |      7 |      1 |      208 |      96 |     112
  18 and 19 ...|   416,976 |  190,956 |  226,020 |   416,764 |  190,878 |  225,886 |      3 |      2 |      1 |      209 |      76 |     133
  20 and 21 ...|   536,615 |  245,372 |  291,243 |   533,699 |  244,443 |  289,256 |    166 |     76 |     90 |    2,750 |     853 |   1,897
  22 to 24 ....|   810,220 |  364,927 |  445,293 |   729,396 |  336,036 |  393,360 |  2,741 |  1,410 |  1,331 |   78,083 |  27,481 |  50,602
  25 to 29 ....| 1,144,791 |  502,402 |  642,389 |   864,741 |  385,677 |  479,064 |  9,612 |  5,674 |  3,938 |  270,438 | 111,051 | 159,387
  30 to 34 ....|   799,763 |  341,083 |  458,680 |   611,001 |  250,319 |  360,682 |  6,285 |  4,013 |  2,272 |  182,477 |  86,751 |  95,726
  35 to 39 ....|   672,230 |  259,617 |  412,613 |   531,424 |  197,507 |  333,917 |  4,317 |  2,643 |  1,674 |  136,489 |  59,467 |  77,022
  40 to 49 ....|   946,772 |  320,999 |  625,773 |   716,131 |  241,925 |  474,206 |  5,317 |  2,930 |  2,387 |  225,324 |  76,144 | 149,180
  50 to 64 ....|   338,800 |  115,075 |  223,725 |   261,113 |   90,019 |  171,094 |  1,709 |    858 |    851 |   75,978 |  24,198 |  51,780
  65 and over .|    73,186 |   29,464 |   43,722 |    68,372 |   27,395 |   40,977 |     77 |     41 |     36 |    4,737 |   2,028 |   2,709
  Age unknown .|    99,136 |   43,581 |   55,555 |    73,781 |   32,729 |   41,052 |    805 |    648 |    157 |   24,550 |  10,204 |  14,346
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               |                                                  Percentage distribution
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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
  Under 18 ....|       2.4 |      2.2 |      2.6 |       2.8 |      2.6 |      3.0 |  (\1\) |  (\1\) |  (\1\) |    (\1\) |   (\1\) |   (\1\)
  18 and 19 ...|      20.5 |     20.7 |     20.3 |      23.8 |     24.2 |     23.6 |    0.1 |    0.1 |    0.1 |    (\1\) |   (\1\) |   (\1\)
  20 and 21 ...|      18.8 |     19.6 |     18.2 |      21.7 |     22.8 |     20.9 |    2.6 |    1.9 |    3.5 |      0.7 |     0.7 |     0.8
  22 to 24 ....|      15.9 |     17.5 |     14.6 |      15.6 |     17.6 |     14.1 |   34.7 |   31.9 |   38.3 |     14.5 |    13.4 |    15.3
  25 to 29 ....|      14.7 |     15.6 |     13.9 |      11.8 |     12.4 |     11.3 |   38.2 |   40.4 |   35.2 |     31.0 |    33.0 |    29.5
  30 to 34 ....|       8.3 |      8.2 |      8.4 |       7.0 |      6.5 |      7.5 |   11.0 |   12.2 |    9.4 |     17.2 |    20.1 |    15.0
  35 to 39 ....|       6.5 |      5.7 |      7.1 |       5.8 |      4.8 |      6.5 |    5.4 |    5.8 |    5.0 |     11.5 |    12.1 |    11.1
  40 to 49 ....|       8.5 |      6.7 |      9.9 |       7.3 |      5.7 |      8.6 |    5.2 |    4.9 |    5.6 |     17.1 |    14.0 |    19.5
  50 to 64 ....|       2.8 |      2.2 |      3.3 |       2.5 |      2.0 |      2.9 |    1.4 |    1.2 |    1.6 |      5.5 |     4.2 |     6.5
  65 and over .|       0.5 |      0.5 |      0.6 |       0.6 |      0.5 |      0.6 |    0.1 |    0.1 |    0.1 |      0.3 |     0.3 |     0.3
  Age unknown .|       1.1 |      1.2 |      1.1 |       1.0 |      1.0 |      1.0 |    1.4 |    1.6 |    1.2 |      1.9 |     2.0 |     1.9
               |           |          |          |           |          |          |        |        |        |          |         |
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
  Under 18 ....|       1.5 |      1.3 |      1.7 |       1.7 |      1.5 |      1.9 |  (\1\) |  (\1\) |  (\1\) |    (\1\) |   (\1\) |   (\1\)
  18 and 19 ...|      30.2 |     29.1 |     31.2 |      34.4 |     33.5 |     35.1 |    0.1 |    0.1 |    0.1 |    (\1\) |   (\1\) |   (\1\)
  20 and 21 ...|      26.0 |     25.9 |     26.0 |      29.3 |     29.6 |     29.0 |    2.8 |    2.0 |    3.8 |      1.4 |     1.2 |     1.5
  22 to 24 ....|      17.7 |     19.3 |     16.3 |      16.4 |     18.5 |     14.7 |   37.7 |   34.8 |   41.3 |     23.5 |    20.7 |    26.0
  25 to 29 ....|      11.6 |     12.7 |     10.7 |       8.1 |      8.7 |      7.7 |   39.0 |   41.5 |   35.7 |     36.4 |    38.7 |    34.2
  30 to 34 ....|       4.8 |      4.8 |      4.9 |       3.5 |      3.0 |      4.0 |    9.9 |   11.0 |    8.4 |     15.9 |    18.3 |    13.6
  35 to 39 ....|       3.1 |      2.7 |      3.5 |       2.5 |      1.9 |      3.0 |    4.5 |    4.7 |    4.1 |      8.7 |     9.1 |     8.4
  40 to 49 ....|       3.3 |      2.7 |      3.9 |       2.7 |      2.0 |      3.2 |    3.8 |    3.6 |    4.2 |     10.0 |     8.4 |    11.5
  50 to 64 ....|       0.8 |      0.7 |      0.9 |       0.6 |      0.5 |      0.7 |    0.9 |    0.8 |    1.1 |      2.8 |     2.2 |     3.4
  65 and over .|       0.1 |      0.1 |      0.1 |       0.1 |      0.1 |      0.1 |    0.1 |    0.1 |    0.1 |      0.1 |     0.1 |     0.1
  Age unknown .|       0.7 |      0.8 |      0.7 |       0.7 |      0.7 |      0.7 |    1.3 |    1.4 |    1.2 |      1.2 |     1.3 |     1.2
               |           |          |          |           |          |          |        |        |        |          |         |
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
  Under 18 ....|       3.7 |      3.7 |      3.8 |       4.5 |      4.4 |      4.5 |  (\1\) |  (\1\) |  (\1\) |    (\1\) |   (\1\) |   (\1\)
  18 and 19 ...|       6.9 |      7.6 |      6.4 |       8.3 |      9.1 |      7.7 |  (\1\) |  (\1\) |  (\1\) |    (\1\) |   (\1\) |   (\1\)
  20 and 21 ...|       8.8 |      9.8 |      8.2 |      10.6 |     11.7 |      9.8 |    0.5 |    0.4 |    0.7 |      0.3 |     0.2 |     0.3
  22 to 24 ....|      13.4 |     14.6 |     12.5 |      14.5 |     16.1 |     13.4 |    8.8 |    7.7 |   10.4 |      7.8 |     6.9 |     8.4
  25 to 29 ....|      18.9 |     20.1 |     18.1 |      17.2 |     18.5 |     16.3 |   31.0 |   31.0 |   30.9 |     27.0 |    27.9 |    26.4
  30 to 34 ....|      13.2 |     13.6 |     12.9 |      12.1 |     12.0 |     12.3 |   20.2 |   21.9 |   17.8 |     18.2 |    21.8 |    15.9
  35 to 39 ....|      11.1 |     10.4 |     11.6 |      10.6 |      9.5 |     11.3 |   13.9 |   14.4 |   13.1 |     13.6 |    14.9 |    12.8
  40 to 49 ....|      15.6 |     12.8 |     17.6 |      14.2 |     11.6 |     16.1 |   17.1 |   16.0 |   18.7 |     22.5 |    19.1 |    24.7
  50 to 64 ....|       5.6 |      4.6 |      6.3 |       5.2 |      4.3 |      5.8 |    5.5 |    4.7 |    6.7 |      7.6 |     6.1 |     8.6
  65 and over .|       1.2 |      1.2 |      1.2 |       1.4 |      1.3 |      1.4 |    0.2 |    0.2 |    0.3 |      0.5 |     0.5 |     0.4
  Age unknown .|       1.6 |      1.7 |      1.6 |       1.5 |      1.6 |      1.4 |    2.6 |    3.5 |    1.2 |      2.5 |     2.6 |     2.4
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\1\Less than .05 percent. NOTE.
--Data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting higher education institutions that were eligible to participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Because of rounding, details may not add to 100.0 percent.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment, 1997" survey. (This table was prepared July 1999.)


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