17.6 million students are enrolled in America's 4,216colleges and universities.

57.2 percent of undergrads are women.

30.4 percent of undergrads are minorities.

50 percent of full-time college students work part time.

38 percent of undergrads are 25 or older.

54.3 percent of college freshmen graduate in six years.

$12,605 is the average annual tuition, room, and board at four-year public colleges for in-state students, more than double the 1990 cost.

$34,698 is the average annual tuition, room, and board at four-year private colleges, also more than twice the 1990 tab.

The most expensive tuition bills for 2005-06 (without room and board):

Landmark (Vt.) – $37,738
George Wash. U. (Wash. D.C.) – $36,400
U. of Richmond (Va.) – $34,850
Sarah Lawrence (N.Y.) – $34,042
Kenyon (Ohio) – $33,930

Most popular majors in 2004:

1. Business – 21.9 percent
2. Social science – 10.7 percent
3. Education – 7.6 percent
4. Psychology – 5.9 percent
5. Engineering – 5.6 percent

57,026 students are enrolled at Miami Dade College, making it America's biggest student body.

Top 5 college movies, according to Sports Illustrated's magazine, SI on Campus:

1. Old School
2. PCU
3. Good Will Hunting
4. National Lampoon's Animal House
5. Drumline

191,321 American students studied abroad in 2003-04.

16.8 percent of them went to the United Kingdom.

360,000 students at 1,265 institutions compete each year in 23 different NCAA sports.

44 percent of those are female.

2 percent of NCAA men's basketball and football students go on to play professionally.

107,501 seats fill the University of Michigan's football stadium, the most of any college venue.

Median salaries for head coaches:

Football – $73,707
Men's basketball – $63,202
Women's basketball – $55,616
Baseball – $48,014

16.1 percent of Americans have no high school diploma.

29.5 percent have a high school diploma.

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