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Table 180. Total first-time freshmen fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by attendance status, sex, control of institution, and state or jurisdiction: 1998 through 2003
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                        |         |   Total,|         |         |         |         |          Full-time        |        Part-time      |   Public|Private
                        |   Total,|     fall|   Total,|   Total,|   Total,|         |___________________________|_______________________|   insti-|insti-
State or jurisdiction   |fall 1998|  1999\1\|fall 2000|fall 2001|fall 2002|    Total|    Total|  Males|  Females|  Total|  Males|Females|  tutions|tutions
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1                       |        2|        3|        4|        5|        6|        7|        8|      9|       10|     11|     12|     13|       14|     15
________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_______|_________|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______
   United States .......|2,212,593|2,351,932|2,427,551|2,497,078|2,570,611|2,604,714|2,107,321|967,053|1,140,268|497,393|214,180|283,213|1,931,763|672,951
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Alabama ................|   37,821|   39,013|   43,411|   43,674|   43,065|   42,813|   36,968| 16,459|   20,509|  5,845|  2,586|  3,259|   36,851|  5,962
Alaska .................|    2,511|    2,217|    2,432|    2,585|    2,661|    2,753|    2,133|    928|    1,205|    620|    223|    397|    2,645|    108
Arizona ................|   41,253|   38,235|   46,646|   42,725|   46,879|   46,363|   36,893| 17,583|   19,310|  9,470|  4,434|  5,036|   32,186| 14,177
Arkansas ...............|   20,865|   21,474|   22,695|   22,030|   23,021|   24,538|   21,191|  9,280|   11,911|  3,347|  1,458|  1,889|   21,199|  3,339
California .............|  213,243|  284,667|  246,128|  264,689|  274,436|  247,337|  178,669| 79,403|   99,266| 68,668| 32,583| 36,085|  193,489| 53,848
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Colorado ...............|   37,992|   38,080|   43,201|   42,834|   44,525|   46,184|   35,820| 17,003|   18,817| 10,364|  4,324|  6,040|   35,350| 10,834
Connecticut ............|   21,970|   23,173|   24,212|   24,688|   26,408|   26,531|   22,683| 10,237|   12,446|  3,848|  1,399|  2,449|   15,923| 10,608
Delaware ...............|    7,812|    8,292|    7,636|    8,509|    9,299|    8,766|    7,113|  3,084|    4,029|  1,653|    564|  1,089|    7,493|  1,273
District of Columbia ...|    8,843|    8,878|    9,150|   10,825|   10,462|   10,231|    8,162|  3,156|    5,006|  2,069|    701|  1,368|    1,071|  9,160
Florida ................|   90,794|   91,068|  109,931|  121,508|  125,322|  130,930|   98,269| 44,266|   54,003| 32,661| 14,058| 18,603|   99,911| 31,019
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Georgia ................|   53,673|   56,139|   67,616|   67,134|   75,130|   82,614|   63,221| 28,045|   35,176| 19,393|  7,992| 11,401|   65,826| 16,788
Hawaii .................|    9,519|    8,957|    8,931|    9,560|    9,211|    9,088|    6,909|  2,963|    3,946|  2,179|    959|  1,220|    6,980|  2,108
Idaho ..................|   11,078|   11,202|   10,669|   11,498|   12,950|   11,379|    9,777|  4,375|    5,402|  1,602|    692|    910|    8,897|  2,482
Illinois ...............|  108,933|  110,246|  107,592|  107,995|  110,013|  115,479|   85,398| 40,044|   45,354| 30,081| 13,406| 16,675|   83,933| 31,546
Indiana ................|   55,003|   56,950|   59,320|   65,582|   62,691|   62,478|   54,465| 25,459|   29,006|  8,013|  3,225|  4,788|   42,920| 19,558
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Iowa ...................|   37,709|   40,071|   39,564|   41,141|   43,860|   41,835|   30,621| 15,164|   15,457| 11,214|  4,501|  6,713|   29,273| 12,562
Kansas .................|   27,313|   29,809|   31,424|   32,670|   29,271|   29,685|   23,787| 11,910|   11,877|  5,898|  2,648|  3,250|   26,619|  3,066
Kentucky ...............|   30,299|   30,831|   34,140|   36,579|   37,998|   38,390|   33,214| 14,600|   18,614|  5,176|  1,991|  3,185|   28,208| 10,182
Louisiana ..............|   40,654|   41,212|   45,383|   47,167|   43,149|   46,474|   39,636| 16,207|   23,429|  6,838|  3,269|  3,569|   38,477|  7,997
Maine ..................|    8,643|    8,983|    9,231|    9,768|   10,287|   10,721|    9,424|  4,524|    4,900|  1,297|    454|    843|    7,521|  3,200
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Maryland ...............|   35,545|   39,082|   35,552|   38,548|   40,346|   42,335|   32,060| 14,249|   17,811| 10,275|  4,055|  6,220|   35,287|  7,048
Massachusetts ..........|   63,300|   65,051|   66,044|   66,774|   67,654|   68,507|   60,597| 27,352|   33,245|  7,910|  2,916|  4,994|   31,884| 36,623
Michigan ...............|   80,293|   83,746|   84,998|   89,327|   88,325|   88,578|   69,106| 31,194|   37,912| 19,472|  8,056| 11,416|   70,937| 17,641
Minnesota ..............|   45,399|   59,964|   63,893|   64,361|   64,246|   62,456|   49,631| 24,064|   25,567| 12,825|  5,445|  7,380|   48,538| 13,918
Mississippi ............|   28,775|   28,657|   30,356|   32,406|   37,841|   34,373|   29,481| 12,362|   17,119|  4,892|  1,733|  3,159|   31,122|  3,251
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Missouri ...............|   44,320|   45,975|   48,639|   48,446|   49,730|   51,106|   44,284| 19,384|   24,900|  6,822|  2,880|  3,942|   34,338| 16,768
Montana ................|    7,904|    8,012|    7,771|    7,786|    7,868|    8,538|    7,659|  3,883|    3,776|    879|    380|    499|    7,669|    869
Nebraska ...............|   17,648|   19,970|   19,027|   19,280|   19,928|   20,670|   17,714|  8,291|    9,423|  2,956|  1,154|  1,802|   15,795|  4,875
Nevada .................|   11,312|    9,758|   10,490|   11,052|   10,236|    9,969|    7,260|  3,047|    4,213|  2,709|  1,224|  1,485|    8,503|  1,466
New Hampshire ..........|   10,505|   11,168|   13,143|   12,553|   12,408|   12,832|   11,295|  5,105|    6,190|  1,537|    557|    980|    7,046|  5,786
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New Jersey .............|   48,577|   53,197|   52,233|   53,797|   55,624|   56,108|   47,301| 22,337|   24,964|  8,807|  3,466|  5,341|   45,600| 10,508
New Mexico .............|   15,391|   14,996|   15,261|   15,785|   15,834|   16,655|   13,574|  6,172|    7,402|  3,081|  1,406|  1,675|   14,978|  1,677
New York ...............|  157,476|  162,406|  168,181|  167,849|  171,246|  178,289|  165,852| 76,648|   89,204| 12,437|  5,220|  7,217|  100,059| 78,230
North Carolina .........|   66,609|   67,381|   69,343|   74,731|   78,576|   76,675|   61,118| 27,087|   34,031| 15,557|  6,550|  9,007|   61,855| 14,820
North Dakota ...........|    8,293|    8,620|    8,929|    9,332|    9,149|   10,154|    8,788|  4,614|    4,174|  1,366|    552|    814|    8,765|  1,389
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Ohio ...................|   96,062|   93,898|   98,823|   95,580|  100,076|  104,137|   88,440| 40,827|   47,613| 15,697|  6,954|  8,743|   74,464| 29,673
Oklahoma ...............|   32,009|   34,028|   35,094|   36,552|   34,659|   37,583|   30,266| 14,511|   15,755|  7,317|  2,890|  4,427|   31,590|  5,993
Oregon .................|   22,523|   24,530|   26,946|   27,119|   27,112|   27,262|   21,062|  9,727|   11,335|  6,200|  2,988|  3,212|   21,788|  5,474
Pennsylvania ...........|  112,170|  119,899|  125,578|  127,255|  131,518|  131,582|  114,607| 54,800|   59,807| 16,975|  6,602| 10,373|   73,232| 58,350
Rhode Island ...........|   14,372|   14,071|   13,789|   14,421|   14,819|   15,070|   13,614|  6,278|    7,336|  1,456|    523|    933|    6,872|  8,198
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South Carolina .........|   32,026|   31,517|   32,353|   34,503|   37,589|   37,649|   31,906| 13,874|   18,032|  5,743|  2,210|  3,533|   30,811|  6,838
South Dakota ...........|    8,504|    9,542|    8,597|    8,588|    9,124|    9,577|    8,362|  4,129|    4,233|  1,215|    495|    720|    7,567|  2,010
Tennessee ..............|   38,626|   39,410|   43,327|   43,411|   44,876|   45,897|   41,444| 18,388|   23,056|  4,453|  1,698|  2,755|   30,131| 15,766
Texas ..................|  157,878|  163,120|  181,813|  178,185|  188,647|  206,164|  142,272| 66,184|   76,088| 63,892| 28,909| 34,983|  178,260| 27,904
Utah ...................|   25,893|   25,695|   24,953|   28,211|   28,866|   27,783|   21,409|  9,722|   11,687|  6,374|  3,264|  3,110|   19,285|  8,498
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Vermont ................|    6,812|    6,914|    6,810|    6,941|    6,583|    6,341|    6,031|  3,020|    3,011|    310|    131|    179|    3,561|  2,780
Virginia ...............|   51,131|   50,830|   52,661|   51,416|   56,031|   60,296|   52,219| 23,218|   29,001|  8,077|  3,340|  4,737|   45,055| 15,241
Washington .............|   32,910|   33,484|   36,287|   38,417|   36,549|   38,942|   33,328| 15,934|   17,394|  5,614|  2,526|  3,088|   31,848|  7,094
West Virginia ..........|   16,164|   15,797|   15,659|   16,136|   16,826|   17,858|   16,617|  7,552|    9,065|  1,241|    477|    764|   14,311|  3,547
Wisconsin ..............|   49,859|   54,017|   53,662|   55,800|   57,559|   56,201|   45,712| 21,258|   24,454| 10,489|  3,897|  6,592|   47,261|  8,940
Wyoming ................|    4,421|    3,912|    4,209|    5,310|    6,230|    6,326|    5,747|  3,670|    2,077|    579|    215|    364|    4,367|  1,959
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U.S. Service Schools ...|    3,958|    3,788|    3,818|    4,045|    3,898|    4,212|    4,212|  3,482|      730|      0|      0|      0|    4,212|     †
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   Other jurisdictions .|   34,572|   36,540|   39,609|   38,182|   40,931|   43,535|   40,273| 17,252|   23,021|  3,262|  1,493|  1,769|   17,512| 26,023
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American Samoa .........|      435|      723|      297|      440|      477|      536|      369|    158|      211|    167|     69|     98|      536|      0
Federated States of     |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |       |         |       |       |       |         |
   Micronesia ..........|      366|      616|      786|    1,002|      952|    1,102|      988|    497|      491|    114|     60|     54|    1,102|      0
Guam ...................|      562|      607|      770|      729|      756|      749|      506|    188|      318|    243|    115|    128|      703|     46
Marshall Islands .......|      190|      236|      199|      220|      224|      133|      126|     56|       70|      7|      4|      3|      133|      0
Northern Marianas ......|      117|      333|      333|      178|      241|      307|      231|     78|      153|     76|     40|     36|      307|      0
Palau ..................|      140|      115|      147|      147|      103|      110|       97|     52|       45|     13|      3|     10|      110|      0
Puerto Rico ............|   32,448|   33,489|   36,773|   34,908|   37,547|   39,967|   37,520| 16,113|   21,407|  2,447|  1,154|  1,293|   13,990| 25,977
Virgin Islands .........|      314|      421|      304|      558|      631|      631|      436|    110|      326|    195|     48|    147|      631|      0
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†Not applicable.
\1\Data for 1999 were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1997 through 2003 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:97-99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2004. (This table was prepared June 2005.)


2005 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest