• Forty-six percent are 25 or older, and 32 percent are at least 30 years old. The average age is 29.
• Fifty-eight percent are women.
• Twenty-nine percent have annual household incomes less than $20,000.
• Eighty-five percent balance studies with full-time or part-time work. More than half (54 percent) have full-time jobs.
• Thirty percent of those who work full time also attend classes full time (12 or more credit hours). Among students 30-39 years old, the rate climbs to 41 percent.
• Minority students constitute 30 percent of community college enrollments nationally, with Latino students representing the fastest-growing racial/ethnic population.

Source: The American Association of Community Colleges, based on material in the National Profile of Community Colleges:Trends & Statistics, Phillippe & Patton, 2000.