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Table 190.Total fall enrollment in institutions of higher education, by state: 1970 to 1995 

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                       |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |Percent
         State         |   Fall   |   Fall    |   Fall    |   Fall    |   Fall    |   Fall    |   Fall    |   Fall    |   Fall    |   Fall    |change,
          or           |   1970   |   1975    |   1980    |   1985    |   1990    |   1991    |   1992    |   1993    |   1994    |  1995\1\  |1990 to
      other area       |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           | 1995
_______________________|__________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______
           1           |    2     |     3     |     4     |     5     |     6     |     7     |     8     |     9     |    10     |    11     |  12
_______________________|__________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______
   United States ......|8,580,887 |11,184,859 |12,096,895 |12,247,055 |13,818,637 |14,358,953 |14,487,359 |14,304,803 |14,278,790 |14,261,781 |   3.2
                       |__________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______
Alabama ...............|  103,936 |   164,700 |   164,306 |   179,343 |   218,589 |   224,331 |   230,537 |   233,525 |   229,511 |   225,612 |   3.2
Alaska ................|    9,471 |    13,998 |    21,296 |    27,479 |    29,833 |    30,793 |    30,902 |    30,638 |    28,798 |    29,348 |  -1.6
Arizona ...............|  109,619 |   173,542 |   202,716 |   216,854 |   264,148 |   272,971 |   274,671 |   272,300 |   274,932 |   273,981 |   3.7
Arkansas ..............|   52,039 |    65,547 |    77,607 |    77,958 |    90,425 |    94,340 |    97,578 |    99,262 |    96,294 |    98,180 |   8.6
California ............|1,257,245 | 1,787,932 | 1,790,993 | 1,650,439 | 1,808,740 | 2,024,274 | 1,978,003 | 1,836,349 | 1,835,791 | 1,817,042 |   0.5
                       |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
Colorado ..............|  123,395 |   149,814 |   162,916 |   161,314 |   227,131 |   235,108 |   241,352 |   239,805 |   241,295 |   242,739 |   6.9
Connecticut ...........|  124,700 |   148,491 |   159,632 |   159,348 |   168,604 |   165,824 |   165,874 |   162,300 |   159,990 |   157,695 |  -6.5
Delaware ..............|   25,260 |    32,389 |    32,939 |    31,883 |    42,004 |    42,988 |    42,763 |    43,528 |    44,197 |    44,307 |   5.5
District of Columbia\2\|   77,158 |    84,190 |    86,675 |    78,201 |    79,551 |    77,353 |    81,202 |    81,565 |    77,256 |    77,277 |  -2.9
Florida ...............|  235,525 |   344,267 |   411,891 |   451,392 |   588,086 |   611,781 |   618,285 |   623,403 |   634,237 |   637,303 |   8.4
                       |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
Georgia ...............|  126,511 |   173,585 |   184,159 |   196,826 |   251,786 |   277,023 |   293,606 |   302,844 |   308,587 |   314,712 |  25.0
Hawaii ................|   36,562 |    46,671 |    47,181 |    49,937 |    56,436 |    57,302 |    61,162 |    62,871 |    64,322 |    63,198 |  12.0
Idaho .................|   34,567 |    39,075 |    43,018 |    42,668 |    51,881 |    55,397 |    57,798 |    58,768 |    60,393 |    59,566 |  14.8
Illinois ..............|  452,146 |   584,089 |   644,245 |   678,689 |   729,246 |   753,297 |   748,805 |   734,089 |   731,420 |   717,854 |  -1.6
Indiana................|  192,668 |   213,820 |   247,253 |   250,567 |   284,832 |   290,301 |   296,912 |   294,685 |   292,276 |   289,615 |   1.7
                       |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
Iowa ..................|  108,902 |   121,678 |   140,449 |   152,897 |   170,515 |   171,024 |   172,805 |   172,797 |   172,450 |   173,835 |   1.9
Kansas ................|  102,485 |   120,833 |   136,605 |   141,359 |   163,733 |   167,699 |   169,419 |   170,135 |   170,603 |   177,643 |   8.5
Kentucky ..............|   98,591 |   125,253 |   143,066 |   141,724 |   177,852 |   187,958 |   188,322 |   187,332 |   182,577 |   178,858 |   0.6
Louisiana .............|  120,728 |   153,213 |   160,058 |   177,176 |   186,840 |   197,438 |   204,379 |   201,987 |   203,567 |   203,935 |   9.1
Maine .................|   34,134 |    40,443 |    43,264 |    52,201 |    57,186 |    57,178 |    57,977 |    56,294 |    56,724 |    56,547 |  -1.1
                       |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
Maryland ..............|  149,607 |   205,570 |   225,526 |   231,649 |   259,700 |   267,931 |   268,399 |   268,005 |   266,214 |   266,310 |   2.5
Massachusetts .........|  303,809 |   384,485 |   418,415 |   421,175 |   417,833 |   419,381 |   422,976 |   420,127 |   416,505 |   413,794 |  -1.0
Michigan ..............|  392,726 |   496,405 |   520,131 |   507,293 |   569,803 |   568,491 |   560,773 |   568,210 |   551,307 |   548,339 |  -3.8
Minnesota .............|  160,788 |   184,756 |   206,691 |   221,162 |   253,789 |   255,054 |   272,920 |   268,118 |   289,300 |   280,816 |  10.6
Mississippi ...........|   73,967 |    99,962 |   102,364 |   101,180 |   122,883 |   125,350 |   123,754 |   122,408 |   120,884 |   122,690 |  -0.2
                       |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
Missouri...............|  183,930 |   223,115 |   234,421 |   241,146 |   289,899 |   297,154 |   296,617 |   297,062 |   293,810 |   291,536 |   0.6
Montana ...............|   30,062 |    30,843 |    35,177 |    35,958 |    35,876 |    37,821 |    39,644 |    39,557 |    40,095 |    42,674 |  18.9
Nebraska ..............|   66,915 |    74,705 |    89,488 |    97,769 |   112,831 |   113,648 |   122,603 |   115,523 |   116,000 |   115,718 |   2.6
Nevada ................|   13,669 |    30,187 |    40,455 |    43,656 |    61,728 |    62,664 |    63,877 |    63,947 |    64,085 |    67,826 |   9.9
New Hampshire .........|   29,400 |    41,030 |    46,794 |    52,283 |    59,510 |    63,718 |    63,924 |    64,043 |    62,847 |    64,327 |   8.1
                       |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
New Jersey ............|  216,121 |   297,114 |   321,610 |   297,658 |   324,286 |   334,641 |   343,232 |   343,029 |   335,480 |   333,831 |   2.9
New Mexico ............|   44,461 |    51,944 |    58,283 |    68,295 |    85,500 |    93,507 |    99,276 |   101,460 |   101,881 |   102,405 |  19.8
New York ..............|  806,479 | 1,005,063 |   992,237 | 1,000,098 | 1,048,286 | 1,056,487 | 1,064,822 | 1,062,924 | 1,057,841 | 1,041,566 |  -0.6
North Carolina ........|  171,925 |   251,786 |   287,537 |   327,288 |   352,138 |   371,968 |   383,453 |   371,280 |   369,386 |   372,030 |   5.6
North Dakota ..........|   31,495 |    29,743 |    34,069 |    37,939 |    37,878 |    38,739 |    40,470 |    40,316 |    40,184 |    40,399 |   6.7
                       |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
Ohio ..................|  376,267 |   436,052 |   489,145 |   514,745 |   557,690 |   569,326 |   573,183 |   562,402 |   549,304 |   540,275 |  -3.1
Oklahoma ..............|  110,155 |   146,613 |   160,295 |   169,173 |   173,221 |   183,536 |   187,846 |   183,342 |   185,174 |   180,676 |   4.3
Oregon ................|  122,177 |   145,281 |   157,458 |   137,967 |   165,741 |   167,107 |   167,415 |   165,834 |   164,447 |   167,145 |   0.8
Pennsylvania ..........|  411,044 |   470,536 |   507,716 |   533,198 |   604,060 |   620,036 |   626,904 |   621,228 |   611,174 |   617,759 |   2.3
Rhode Island ..........|   45,898 |    64,479 |    66,869 |    69,927 |    78,273 |    79,112 |    79,165 |    77,407 |    74,718 |    74,100 |  -5.3
                       |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
South Carolina ........|   69,518 |   133,023 |   132,476 |   131,902 |   159,302 |   164,907 |   171,443 |   174,302 |   173,070 |   174,125 |   9.3
South Dakota ..........|   30,639 |    30,260 |    32,761 |    32,772 |    34,208 |    36,332 |    37,596 |    38,166 |    37,764 |    36,695 |   7.3
Tennessee .............|  135,103 |   181,435 |   204,581 |   194,845 |   226,238 |   238,042 |   242,970 |   244,936 |   242,966 |   245,962 |   8.7
Texas .................|  442,225 |   624,390 |   701,391 |   769,692 |   901,437 |   917,443 |   938,526 |   942,178 |   954,495 |   952,525 |   5.7
Utah ..................|   81,687 |    87,323 |    93,987 |   103,994 |   121,303 |   130,419 |   133,083 |   138,139 |   146,196 |   147,324 |  21.5
                       |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
Vermont ...............|   22,209 |    29,095 |    30,628 |    31,416 |    36,398 |    37,436 |    37,377 |    36,415 |    35,409 |    35,065 |  -3.7
Virginia ..............|  151,915 |   244,671 |   280,504 |   292,416 |   353,442 |   356,325 |   354,172 |   348,535 |   354,149 |   355,919 |   0.7
Washington ............|  183,544 |   227,168 |   303,603 |   231,553 |   263,384 |   274,760 |   275,556 |   279,845 |   284,662 |   285,819 |   8.5
West Virginia..........|   63,153 |    78,619 |    81,973 |    76,659 |    84,790 |    88,602 |    90,252 |    88,852 |    87,741 |    86,034 |   1.5
Wisconsin .............|  202,058 |   240,701 |   269,086 |   275,069 |   299,774 |   308,986 |   307,902 |   309,036 |   303,861 |   300,223 |   0.1
Wyoming ...............|   15,220 |    18,078 |    21,147 |    24,204 |    31,326 |    32,118 |    31,548 |    30,702 |    30,682 |    30,176 |  -3.7
                       |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
U.S. Service Schools\2\|   17,079 |    36,897 |    49,808 |    54,719 |    48,692 |    53,532 |    53,329 |    52,998 |    51,939 |    88,451 |  81.7
                       |==========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|=======
   Outlying areas .....|   67,237 |   104,270 |   137,749 |   164,890 |   164,618 |   168,771 |   169,759 |   172,989 |   170,686 |   183,657 |  11.6
                       |__________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______
American Samoa ........|       ---|       689 |       976 |       758 |     1,219 |     1,267 |     1,295 |     1,264 |     1,249 |     1,232 |   1.1
Federated States of    |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
  Micronesia ..........|       ---|        ---|        ---|        ---|       975 |       837 |     1,028 |     1,148 |     1,374 |     1,296 |  32.9
Guam ..................|    2,719 |     3,800 |     3,217 |     4,601 |     4,741 |     5,016 |     4,845 |     5,843 |     6,449 |     6,010 |  26.8
Marshall Islands ......|       ---|        ---|        ---|        ---|        ---|        ---|       374 |       386 |       424 |       418 |    ---
Northern Marianas .....|       ---|        ---|        ---|       318 |       661 |       847 |       796 |     1,261 |     1,253 |       959 |  45.1
Palau .................|       ---|        ---|        ---|        ---|       491 |       355 |       445 |       436 |       403 |       351 | -28.5
Puerto Rico ...........|   63,073 |    97,517 |   131,184 |   155,917 |   154,065 |   157,733 |   158,120 |   159,709 |   156,439 |   170,337 |  10.6
Trust Territory of the |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
  Pacific .............|       ---|       185 |       224 |       724 |        ---|        ---|        ---|        ---|        ---|        ---|    ---
Virgin Islands ........|    1,445 |     2,079 |     2,148 |     2,572 |     2,466 |     2,716 |     2,856 |     2,942 |     3,095 |     3,054 |  23.8
_______________________|__________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______

\1\Preliminary data.

\2\Some data revised from previously published figures.

---Data not reported or not applicable.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys. (This table was prepared January 1997.)



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