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Table 201. Full-time-equivalent fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by control and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1980 through 2004
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                         |                      Total                         |             Public          |            Private
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State or jurisdiction    |  1980\1\|  1990\1\|   2000\2\|   2003\2\|   2004\2\|  1990\1\|  2000\2\|  2004\2\|  1990\1\|  2000\2\| 2004\2\
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1                        |        2|        3|         4|         5|         6|        7|       8 |        9|       10|       11|       12
_________________________|_________|_________|__________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|___________
   United States ........|8,819,013|9,983,436|11,267,025|12,674,309|13,000,994|7,557,982|8,266,932|9,348,081|2,425,454|3,000,093|3,652,913
                         |_________|_________|__________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|___________
Alabama .................|  138,910|  174,610|   184,031|   200,863|   203,150|  154,343|  159,867|  177,457|   20,267|   24,164|   25,693
Alaska ..................|   10,073|   18,496|    17,787|    19,956|    20,160|   17,087|   16,808|   19,184|    1,409|      979|      976
Arizona .................|  127,114|  167,617|   225,396|   310,949|   368,620|  153,500|  173,079|  202,296|   14,117|   52,317|  166,324
Arkansas ................|   64,307|   74,449|    91,886|   105,579|   108,671|   63,472|   79,416|   95,560|   10,977|   12,470|   13,111
California ..............|1,099,559|1,156,288| 1,468,486| 1,587,201| 1,608,720|  979,663|1,183,585|1,277,519|  176,625|  284,901|  331,201
                         |         |         |          |          |          |         |         |         |         |         |
Colorado ................|  123,589|  159,032|   188,117|   210,938|   221,261|  138,350|  151,166|  170,313|   20,682|   36,951|   50,948
Connecticut .............|  112,612|  115,791|   117,954|   129,221|   131,992|   70,870|   67,760|   78,502|   44,921|   50,194|   53,490
Delaware ................|   26,284|   31,612|    34,057|    38,064|    38,514|   26,059|   27,366|   30,340|    5,553|    6,691|    8,174
District of Columbia ....|   62,126|   61,549|    59,560|    73,387|    76,440|    7,294|    3,364|    3,493|   54,255|   56,196|   72,947
Florida .................|  290,647|  383,385|   486,818|   597,889|   624,502|  302,579|  363,905|  445,724|   80,806|  122,913|  178,778
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Georgia .................|  152,369|  198,549|   268,707|   321,107|   343,524|  149,115|  202,640|  253,611|   49,434|   66,067|   89,913
Hawaii ..................|   35,859|   41,097|    45,329|    49,931|    49,959|   32,496|   32,011|   36,360|    8,601|   13,318|   13,599
Idaho ...................|   33,938|   41,275|    52,353|    60,799|    61,683|   31,408|   40,932|   46,961|    9,867|   11,421|   14,722
Illinois ................|  432,365|  493,364|   520,087|   568,176|   573,703|  353,247|  351,125|  379,644|  140,117|  168,962|  194,059
Indiana .................|  193,445|  222,835|   250,998|   281,851|   287,320|  168,984|  184,113|  207,037|   53,851|   66,885|   80,283
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Iowa ....................|  120,083|  138,565|   152,505|   170,270|   171,328|   95,772|  106,480|  115,666|   42,793|   46,025|   55,662
Kansas ..................|  101,147|  118,969|   129,839|   139,723|   141,263|  106,570|  113,764|  123,762|   12,399|   16,075|   17,501
Kentucky ................|  113,709|  137,651|   149,395|   180,816|   184,413|  111,858|  118,319|  148,315|   25,793|   31,076|   36,098
Louisiana ...............|  132,780|  154,132|   183,661|   201,588|   204,063|  129,357|  153,502|  170,391|   24,775|   30,159|   33,672
Maine ...................|   34,471|   42,021|    43,384|    48,478|    49,695|   29,876|   29,475|   34,811|   12,145|   13,909|   14,884
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Maryland ................|  149,202|  169,972|   188,887|   214,642|   218,455|  141,950|  152,296|  175,670|   28,022|   36,591|   42,785
Massachusetts ...........|  315,937|  320,299|   327,984|   346,939|   351,157|  130,962|  126,424|  133,964|  189,337|  201,560|  217,193
Michigan ................|  366,058|  389,814|   402,019|   447,227|   454,224|  326,952|  325,775|  362,559|   62,862|   76,244|   91,665
Minnesota ...............|  162,559|  190,608|   223,232|   260,382|   270,329|  143,424|  160,512|  181,832|   47,184|   62,720|   88,497
Mississippi .............|   85,621|  103,957|   113,804|   126,407|   129,192|   92,269|  103,352|  116,116|   11,688|   10,452|   13,076
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Missouri.................|  180,156|  210,104|   237,161|   268,385|   274,323|  142,953|  145,980|  160,675|   67,151|   91,181|  113,648
Montana .................|   29,428|   29,905|    36,005|    40,081|    40,147|   26,835|   32,178|   35,853|    3,070|    3,827|    4,294
Nebraska ................|   68,505|   80,989|    85,993|    92,873|    94,395|   65,739|   65,186|   69,778|   15,250|   20,807|   24,617
Nevada ..................|   22,467|   33,814|    52,577|    64,394|    71,681|   33,392|   48,099|   62,790|      422|    4,478|    8,891
New Hampshire ...........|   39,456|   45,762|    48,230|    54,469|    55,392|   24,948|   26,506|   30,512|   20,814|   21,724|   24,880
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New Jersey ..............|  218,838|  221,468|   245,447|   275,679|   281,732|  174,324|  190,816|  220,908|   47,144|   54,631|   60,824
New Mexico ..............|   43,722|   59,517|    77,415|    88,044|    90,885|   57,870|   69,320|   81,761|    1,647|    8,095|    9,124
New York ................|  760,305|  798,696|   826,078|   912,042|   926,102|  446,379|  438,575|  480,675|  352,317|  387,503|  445,427
North Carolina ..........|  235,266|  269,025|   305,805|   355,671|   360,438|  208,321|  237,202|  284,930|   60,704|   68,603|   75,508
North Dakota ............|   30,188|   33,118|    35,230|    41,321|    42,226|   30,276|   31,243|   36,635|    2,842|    3,987|    5,591
                         |         |         |          |          |          |         |         |         |         |         |
Ohio ....................|  369,342|  420,499|   426,080|   475,523|   484,846|  317,837|  308,742|  348,510|  102,662|  117,338|  136,336
Oklahoma ................|  115,701|  128,203|   136,833|   161,226|   162,024|  108,933|  114,783|  136,501|   19,270|   22,050|   25,523
Oregon ..................|  110,649|  120,176|   130,705|   147,806|   149,906|  101,424|  105,687|  119,144|   18,752|   25,018|   30,762
Pennsylvania ............|  404,192|  464,179|   499,729|   553,618|   566,077|  261,305|  269,891|  307,347|  202,874|  229,838|  258,730
Rhode Island ............|   50,628|   60,168|    59,639|    64,166|    65,794|   28,804|   26,617|   28,617|   31,364|   33,022|   37,177
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South Carolina ..........|  109,346|  127,225|   143,343|   162,667|   164,813|  101,918|  116,113|  132,396|   25,307|   27,230|   32,417
South Dakota ............|   27,873|   28,256|    34,876|    39,022|    39,056|   22,128|   28,074|   30,477|    6,128|    6,802|    8,579
Tennessee ...............|  161,058|  175,961|   209,100|   219,021|   229,125|  130,184|  152,782|  157,836|   45,777|   56,318|   71,289
Texas ...................|  527,724|  637,742|   741,012|   852,058|   878,489|  553,436|  626,580|  745,556|   84,306|  114,432|  132,933
Utah ....................|   78,199|   94,012|   125,622|   143,268|   147,506|   63,495|   88,436|  104,116|   30,517|   37,186|   43,390
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Vermont .................|   25,572|   29,072|    29,099|    30,860|    31,775|   16,048|   15,426|   17,681|   13,024|   13,673|   14,094
Virginia ................|  199,549|  251,708|   277,270|   307,103|   316,516|  202,285|  220,283|  244,761|   49,423|   56,987|   71,755
Washington ..............|  194,440|  189,521|   236,609|   260,520|   259,263|  160,889|  198,653|  215,608|   28,632|   37,956|   43,655
West Virginia ...........|   60,394|   68,235|    72,962|    81,482|    82,375|   59,229|   62,140|   69,205|    9,006|   10,822|   13,170
Wisconsin ...............|  206,790|  229,975|   232,912|   251,909|   254,467|  192,107|  186,856|  201,777|   37,868|   46,056|   52,690
Wyoming .................|   14,725|   21,888|    21,542|    24,090|    24,549|   21,185|   20,253|   22,191|      703|    1,289|    2,358
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U.S. Service Schools\3\ .|   49,736|   48,281|    13,475|    14,628|    14,754|   48,281|   13,475|   14,754|       † |       † |       †
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   Other jurisdictions ..|  117,637|  140,954|   166,039|   188,978|    85,046|   55,908|   73,576|   73,054|   85,046|   92,463|  115,924
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American Samoa ..........|      824|      952|       214|     1,052|     1,018|      952|      214|    1,018|        0|        0|        0
Federated States of      |         |         |          |          |          |         |         |         |         |         |
   Micronesia ...........|      195|      549|     1,308|     2,180|     2,169|      549|    1,308|    2,169|        0|        0|        0
Guam ....................|    2,115|    2,956|     3,579|     3,295|     3,271|    2,956|    3,579|    3,141|        0|        0|      130
Marshall Islands ........|        0|        0|       166|       495|       540|        0|      166|      540|        0|        0|        0
Northern Marianas .......|        0|      376|       707|       999|       931|      376|      707|      931|        0|        0|        0
Palau ...................|        0|      423|       450|       556|       504|      423|      450|      504|        0|        0|        0
Puerto Rico .............|  113,285|  134,193|   158,028|   174,560|   178,767|   49,147|   65,565|   62,973|   85,046|   92,463|  115,794
Virgin Islands ..........|    1,218|    1,505|     1,587|     1,748|     1,778|    1,505|    1,587|    1,778|        0|        0|        0
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†Not applicable.
\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 for 2000 and later years reflect substantial change in survey coverage.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" 1980 survey; and 1990 through 2004 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2005. (This table was prepared December 2005.)


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