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Age Distribution of Students

Summaries by type of postsecondary institution, Fall 2002 to Fall 2011

Includes undergraduate and graduate students.

Community & Technical Colleges
	Ages 19 and Younger	Ages 20 to 24	Ages 25 to 34	Ages 35 and Older	Unknown Age	Total
2002	28,138	32,950	20,547	21,125	7,084	109,844
2003	29,919	34,268	21,513	21,919	5,789	113,408
2004	30,681	35,395	21,392	20,136	4,978	112,582
2005	31,650	35,727	21,547	18,925	4,262	112,111
2006	32,814	36,052	22,798	18,947	4,005	114,616
2007	33,898	37,504	24,792	19,311	3,821	119,326
2008	34,563	39,208	27,323	20,087	2,597	123,778
2009	35,238	42,345	31,702	23,943	996	134,224
2010	35,191	42,708	34,435	24,870	802	138,006
2011	34,518	41,221	34,165	24,579	672	135,155

State Universities
	Ages 19 and Younger	Ages 20 to 24	Ages 25 to 34	Ages 35 and Older	Unknown Age	Total
2002	15,867	29,223	8,999	6,278	2,337	62,704
2003	16,569	29,455	9,269	6,215	2,178	63,686
2004	16,443	29,750	9,405	6,138	1,806	63,542
2005	16,669	29,923	9,482	5,902	1,678	63,654
2006	17,005	29,945	9,490	5,983	1,362	63,785
2007	18,300	29,928	9,827	5,801	1,492	65,348
2008	19,200	30,102	10,121	5,676	1,403	66,502
2009	19,710	30,551	11,236	6,501	584	68,582
2010	19,902	30,830	11,996	6,844	513	70,085
2011	20,415	30,272	11,930	6,768	431	69,816

University of Minnesota
	Ages 19 and Younger	Ages 20 to 24	Ages 25 to 34	Ages 35 and Older	Unknown Age	Total
2002	14,059	28,306	14,134	5,987	303	62,789
2003	14,025	28,932	14,549	6,084	179	63,769
2004	15,036	28,681	15,103	6,256	171	65,247
2005	15,098	28,813	15,183	6,240	155	65,489
2006	15,459	28,849	15,190	6,138	117	65,753
2007	15,362	29,239	15,253	6,125	117	66,096
2008	15,532	29,162	15,542	5,986	90	66,312
2009	15,672	30,124	15,789	5,718	61	67,364
2010	15,966	30,834	15,691	5,373	68	67,932
2011	17,128	31,370	15,460	5,231	31	69,220

Private Colleges & Universities
	Ages 19 and Younger	Ages 20 to 24	Ages 25 to 34	Ages 35 and Older	Unknown Age	Total
2002	14,673	25,016	10,991	9,008	916	60,604
2003	14,832	25,593	10,599	8,469	987	60,480
2004	15,053	25,876	10,718	9,242	1,023	61,912
2005	15,557	26,218	10,618	9,158	1,516	63,067
2006	16,050	26,599	11,321	9,753	710	64,433
2007	16,260	27,107	12,055	9,965	558	65,945
2008	16,427	27,494	12,102	9,689	580	66,292
2009	16,653	27,277	12,212	9,653	735	66,530
2010	17,036	27,351	12,717	9,928	619	67,651
2011	16,918	27,019	11,918	9,096	506	65,457

Private Career Schools
	Ages 19 and Younger	Ages 20 to 24	Ages 25 to 34	Ages 35 and Older	Unknown Age	Total
2002	1,398	2,953	1,965	982	326	7,624
2003	1,983	5,217	9,272	12,576	4,463	33,511
2004	2,347	6,815	13,095	17,610	1,100	40,967
2005	3,409	9,144	18,285	24,650	967	56,455
2006*	3,595	8,296	6,531	3,891	1,030	23,343
2007	3,534	8,660	7,357	4,062	1,914	25,527
2008	3,914	9,916	9,907	5,916	1,614	31,267
2009	4,066	11,659	12,808	8,075	425	37,033
2010	3,479	10,075	11,758	7,482	1,233	34,027
2011	2,734	8,605	10,622	6,787	697	29,445

Private Career Online Schools*
	Ages 19 and Younger	Ages 20 to 24	Ages 25 to 34	Ages 35 and Older	Unknown Age	Total
2006	105	1,735	16,906	30,540	1,286	50,572
2007	128	2,088	17,779	30,823	410	51,228
2008	267	2,655	20,726	36,123	257	60,028
2009	169	2,985	25,128	44,124	306	72,712
2010	268	3,283	29,957	53,208	196	86,912
2011	188	2,814	28,352	53,879	122	85,355

Private Graduate & Professional Schools
	Ages 19 and Younger	Ages 20 to 24	Ages 25 to 34	Ages 35 and Older	Unknown Age	Total
2002	37	877	2,802	3,836	121	7,673
2003	28	1,022	2,069	1,576	117	4,812
2004	15	829	1,654	1,497	137	4,132
2005	19	986	1,804	1,271	49	4,129
2006	7	982	1,849	1,229	36	4,103
2007	17	769	1,610	1,170	23	3,589
2008	11	692	1,570	1,168	15	3,456
2009	4	740	1,440	898	10	3,092
2010	12	764	1,439	873	13	3,101
2011	9	723	1,331	749	5	2,817

Totals
	Ages 19 and Younger	Ages 20 to 24	Ages 25 to 34	Ages 35 and Older	Unknown Age	Total
2002	74,172	119,325	59,438	47,216	11,087	311,238
2003	77,356	124,487	67,271	56,839	13,713	339,666
2004	79,575	127,346	71,367	60,879	9,215	348,382
2005	82,402	130,811	76,919	66,146	8,627	364,905
2006	85,035	132,458	84,085	76,481	8,546	386,605
2007	87,499	135,295	88,673	77,257	8,335	397,059
2008	89,914	139,229	97,291	84,645	6,556	417,635
2009	91,512	145,681	110,315	98,912	3,117	449,537
2010	91,854	145,845	117,993	108,578	3,444	467,714
2011	91,910	142,024	113,778	107,089	2,464	457,265

*Starting in 2006, schools that only offer online instruction (Capella University and Walden University) were separated from the Career School category.

Source: Office of Higher Education

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