More than a quarter of all undergraduate students in the United States were 25 or older in the fall of 2015, with women greatly outnumbering men among undergraduates in that age group. Among older students, women were more likely than men to be ages 35 to 64. Among sectors, four-year for-profit institutions had by far the highest percentage of undergraduates 25 and older. Among regions, the Rocky Mountains states had the highest share of older students in the undergraduate population.
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