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Table 191. Total fall enrollment in public degree-granting institutions, by state: 1970 to 2000

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                       |                     Institutions of higher education\1\||        Degree-granting institutions\2\
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         State         |          |          |          |           |           ||           |           |           |           |           |Percent
          or           |   Fall   |   Fall   |   Fall   |   Fall    |   Fall    ||   Fall    |   Fall    |   Fall    |   Fall    |   Fall    |change,
      other area       |   1970   |   1980   |   1985   |   1990    |   1995    ||   1996    |   1997    |   1998    |  1999\3\  |   2000    |1996 to
                       |          |          |          |           |           ||           |           |           |           |           | 2000
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           1           |    2     |    3     |    4     |     5     |     6     ||     7     |     8     |     9     |    10     |    11     |  12
_______________________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________||___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______
   United States ......|6,428,134 |9,457,394 |9,479,273 |10,844,717 |11,092,374 ||11,120,499 |11,196,119 |11,137,769 |11,309,399 |11,752,786 |   5.7
                       |__________|__________|__________|___________|___________||___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______
Alabama ...............|   87,884 |  143,674 |  158,688 |   195,939 |   203,165 ||   196,531 |   193,974 |   190,685 |   197,173 |   207,435 |   5.5
Alaska ................|    8,563 |   20,561 |   26,510 |    27,792 |    28,368 ||    27,828 |    26,717 |    26,296 |    25,687 |    26,559 |  -4.6
Arizona ...............|  107,315 |  194,034 |  202,036 |   248,213 |   254,530 ||   259,163 |   260,832 |   268,102 |   276,268 |   284,522 |   9.8
Arkansas ..............|   43,599 |   66,068 |   66,123 |    78,645 |    87,067 ||    97,405 |   100,855 |   102,264 |   103,326 |   101,775 |   4.5
California ............|1,123,529 |1,599,838 |1,444,207 | 1,594,710 | 1,564,230 || 1,625,021 | 1,664,478 | 1,646,329 | 1,692,607 | 1,927,771 |  18.6
                       |          |          |          |           |           ||           |           |           |           |           |
Colorado ..............|  108,562 |  145,598 |  142,031 |   200,653 |   210,312 ||   209,183 |   213,475 |   216,351 |   219,436 |   217,897 |   4.2
Connecticut ...........|   73,391 |   97,788 |   98,616 |   109,556 |   100,539 ||    96,336 |    95,041 |    94,299 |    96,834 |   101,027 |   4.9
Delaware ..............|   21,151 |   28,325 |   27,933 |    34,252 |    36,204 ||    36,579 |    36,495 |    37,362 |    36,895 |    34,194 |  -6.5
District of Columbia ..|   12,194 |   13,900 |   12,080 |    11,990 |     9,663 ||     7,736 |     4,887 |     5,410 |     5,349 |     5,499 | -28.9
Florida ...............|  189,450 |  334,349 |  362,241 |   489,081 |   530,607 ||   529,422 |   534,721 |   531,921 |   540,967 |   556,912 |   5.2
                       |          |          |          |           |           ||           |           |           |           |           |
Georgia ...............|  101,900 |  140,158 |  148,956 |   196,413 |   248,682 ||   230,204 |   235,011 |   229,928 |   237,411 |   271,755 |  18.0
Hawaii ................|   32,963 |   43,269 |   43,246 |    45,728 |    50,198 ||    47,370 |    45,542 |    45,270 |    46,479 |    44,579 |  -5.9
Idaho .................|   27,072 |   34,491 |   33,666 |    41,315 |    48,986 ||    49,806 |    50,233 |    51,330 |    52,615 |    53,751 |   7.9
Illinois ..............|  315,634 |  491,274 |  520,224 |   551,333 |   530,248 ||   532,470 |   536,578 |   533,294 |   533,522 |   534,155 |   0.3
Indiana................|  136,739 |  189,224 |  193,833 |   223,953 |   224,795 ||   220,967 |   224,522 |   228,450 |   230,810 |   240,023 |   8.6
                       |          |          |          |           |           ||           |           |           |           |           |
Iowa ..................|   68,390 |   97,454 |  109,765 |   117,834 |   122,396 ||   125,923 |   128,073 |   129,302 |   133,753 |   135,008 |   7.2
Kansas ................|   88,215 |  121,987 |  127,220 |   149,117 |   160,449 ||   156,446 |   159,955 |   158,594 |   157,088 |   159,976 |   2.3
Kentucky ..............|   77,240 |  114,884 |  110,836 |   147,095 |   148,808 ||   147,423 |   146,295 |   146,344 |   146,558 |   151,973 |   3.1
Louisiana .............|  101,127 |  136,703 |  153,173 |   158,290 |   174,873 ||   185,223 |   189,179 |   189,896 |   188,573 |   189,213 |   2.2
Maine .................|   25,405 |   31,878 |   33,188 |    41,500 |    38,195 ||    38,260 |    38,010 |    38,636 |    40,349 |    40,662 |   6.3
                       |          |          |          |           |           ||           |           |           |           |           |
Maryland ..............|  118,988 |  195,051 |  198,992 |   220,783 |   222,857 ||   217,277 |   217,250 |   219,055 |   220,809 |   223,797 |   3.0
Massachusetts .........|  116,127 |  183,765 |  185,602 |   186,035 |   176,777 ||   173,854 |   174,694 |   178,376 |   181,514 |   183,248 |   5.4
Michigan ..............|  339,625 |  454,147 |  434,270 |   487,359 |   462,390 ||   458,989 |   458,561 |   462,580 |   461,825 |   467,861 |   1.9
Minnesota .............|  130,567 |  162,379 |  173,984 |   199,211 |   217,249 ||   213,284 |   203,088 |   200,422 |   207,474 |   218,617 |   2.5
Mississippi ...........|   64,968 |   90,661 |   90,704 |   109,038 |   110,600 ||   114,905 |   118,847 |   120,831 |   121,369 |   125,355 |   9.1
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Missouri...............|  132,540 |  165,179 |  168,829 |   200,093 |   189,993 ||   189,851 |   190,608 |   194,462 |   199,324 |   201,509 |   6.1
Montana ...............|   27,287 |   31,178 |   32,032 |    31,865 |    37,435 ||    38,000 |    38,702 |    38,768 |    38,336 |    37,387 |  -1.6
Nebraska ..............|   51,454 |   73,509 |   81,202 |    94,614 |    95,599 ||    99,717 |    89,414 |    89,040 |    88,386 |    88,531 | -11.2
Nevada ................|   13,576 |   40,280 |   43,368 |    61,242 |    66,683 ||    71,925 |    73,309 |    79,147 |    85,270 |    83,120 |  15.6
New Hampshire .........|   15,979 |   24,119 |   26,669 |    32,163 |    36,069 ||    36,365 |    35,259 |    32,187 |    34,927 |    35,870 |  -1.4
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New Jersey ............|  145,373 |  247,028 |  237,297 |   261,601 |   271,069 ||   264,596 |   261,365 |   260,092 |   263,752 |   266,921 |   0.9
New Mexico ............|   40,795 |   55,077 |   66,059 |    83,403 |    97,220 ||    99,918 |   100,708 |   101,150 |   103,125 |   101,450 |   1.5
New York ..............|  449,437 |  563,251 |  563,251 |   616,884 |   588,491 ||   572,482 |   567,893 |   567,202 |   566,306 |   583,417 |   1.9
North Carolina ........|  123,761 |  228,154 |  267,044 |   285,405 |   303,099 ||   302,939 |   302,033 |   314,110 |   321,311 |   329,422 |   8.7
North Dakota ..........|   30,192 |   31,709 |   34,802 |    34,690 |    36,810 ||    36,765 |    35,037 |    35,264 |    35,940 |    36,014 |  -2.0
                       |          |          |          |           |           ||           |           |           |           |           |
Ohio ..................|  281,099 |  381,765 |  379,164 |   427,613 |   409,818 ||   407,108 |   404,694 |   408,487 |   411,541 |   411,161 |   1.0
Oklahoma ..............|   91,438 |  137,188 |  146,827 |   151,073 |   158,026 ||   154,381 |   154,572 |   155,796 |   155,361 |   153,699 |  -0.4
Oregon ................|  108,483 |  140,102 |  119,612 |   144,427 |   143,617 ||   141,429 |   144,342 |   144,326 |   148,177 |   154,756 |   9.4
Pennsylvania ..........|  232,982 |  292,499 |  300,523 |   343,478 |   339,928 ||   335,181 |   334,901 |   338,047 |   336,930 |   339,229 |   1.2
Rhode Island ..........|   25,527 |   35,052 |   35,389 |    42,350 |    38,653 ||    37,487 |    37,251 |    38,368 |    38,650 |    38,458 |   2.6
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South Carolina ........|   47,101 |  107,683 |  105,854 |   131,134 |   148,706 ||   148,363 |   148,694 |   152,542 |   153,496 |   155,519 |   4.8
South Dakota ..........|   23,936 |   24,328 |   23,339 |    26,596 |    29,693 ||    32,861 |    32,863 |    34,088 |    34,197 |    34,857 |   6.1
Tennessee .............|   98,897 |  156,835 |  147,951 |   175,049 |   193,136 ||   194,138 |   193,516 |   193,393 |   193,646 |   202,530 |   4.3
Texas .................|  365,522 |  613,552 |  677,192 |   802,314 |   836,851 ||   838,943 |   845,686 |   849,075 |   862,271 |   896,534 |   6.9
Utah ..................|   49,588 |   59,598 |   69,426 |    86,108 |   110,560 ||   113,696 |   118,619 |   111,315 |   120,558 |   123,046 |   8.2
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Vermont ...............|   12,536 |   17,984 |   18,844 |    20,910 |    20,470 ||    20,139 |    20,540 |    20,549 |    20,580 |    20,021 |  -0.6
Virginia ..............|  123,279 |  246,500 |  250,754 |   291,286 |   293,127 ||   292,412 |   301,594 |   305,455 |   311,536 |   313,780 |   7.3
Washington ............|  162,718 |  276,028 |  201,532 |   227,632 |   246,635 ||   262,359 |   274,705 |   257,047 |   263,415 |   273,928 |   4.4
West Virginia..........|   51,363 |   71,228 |   66,531 |    74,108 |    74,857 ||    75,116 |    76,078 |    76,322 |    76,777 |    76,136 |   1.4
Wisconsin .............|  170,374 |  235,179 |  238,735 |   253,529 |   245,770 ||   245,060 |   243,858 |   247,462 |   249,608 |   249,737 |   1.9
Wyoming ...............|   15,220 |   21,121 |   24,204 |    30,623 |    29,420 ||    29,994 |    29,475 |    28,757 |    27,944 |    28,715 |  -4.3
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U.S. Service Schools\4\|   17,079 |   49,808 |   54,719 |    48,692 |    88,451 ||    81,669 |    83,090 |    13,991 |    13,344 |    13,475 | -83.5
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   Outlying areas .....|   46,680 |   60,692 |   65,411 |    66,244 |    77,050 ||    79,083 |    80,715 |    82,537 |    83,919 |    84,464 |   6.8
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American Samoa ........|        0 |      976 |      758 |     1,219 |     1,232 ||     1,239 |     1,248 |       909 |     1,172 |       297 | -76.0
Federated States of    |          |          |          |           |           ||           |           |           |           |           |
  Micronesia ..........|        0 |      224 |      724 |       975 |     1,296 ||     1,396 |     1,372 |       772 |     1,506 |     1,576 |  12.9
Guam ..................|    2,719 |    3,217 |    4,601 |     4,741 |     6,010 ||     5,335 |     5,533 |     5,758 |     5,727 |     5,215 |  -2.2
Marshall Islands.......|        0 |        0 |        0 |         0 |       418 ||       431 |       459 |       513 |       616 |       328 | -23.9
Northern Marianas .....|        0 |        0 |      318 |       661 |       959 ||     1,096 |     1,136 |     1,239 |     1,080 |     1,078 |  -1.6
Palau .................|        0 |        0 |        0 |       491 |       351 ||       332 |       330 |       424 |       569 |       581 |  75.0
Puerto Rico ...........|   42,516 |   54,127 |   56,438 |    55,691 |    63,730 ||    66,356 |    68,027 |    70,276 |    70,507 |    73,121 |  10.2
Virgin Islands ........|    1,445 |    2,148 |    2,572 |     2,466 |     3,054 ||     2,898 |     2,610 |     2,646 |     2,742 |     2,268 | -21.7
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\1\Institutions that were accredited by an agency or association that was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, or recognized directly by the Secretary of Education.
\2\Data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that participated in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
\3\Data imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)
\4\Data for 1998 to 2000 reflect substantial changes in survey coverage.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education" surveys; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys. (This table was prepared May 2002).


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