College Attendees

College

18 million
The projected number of students enrolled in the nation’s colleges and universities this fall. This is up from 12.8 million 20 years ago. (Source: Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2008)

37%
Percentage of all college students 25 and older in October 2005; 56 percent of these older students attended school part time.

69%
Percentage of undergraduates enrolled in four-year colleges in October 2005. Of those enrolled in such schools, 81 percent attended full time.

49%
Percentage of 18- and 19-year-olds enrolled in college in 2005.

56%
Percentage of undergraduates who were women in October 2005. Among graduate students, the corresponding percentage was even higher: 59 percent.