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Table 191.Total fall enrollment in public 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 ......|6,428,134 |8,834,508 |9,457,394 |9,479,273 |10,844,717 |11,309,563 |11,384,567 |11,189,088 |11,133,680 |11,092,374 |   2.3
                       |__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______
Alabama ...............|   87,884 |  145,698 |  143,674 |  158,688 |   195,939 |   202,311 |   206,287 |   210,094 |   206,546 |   203,165 |   3.7
Alaska ................|    8,563 |   13,218 |   20,561 |   26,510 |    27,792 |    29,019 |    29,037 |    28,708 |    27,631 |    28,368 |   2.1
Arizona ...............|  107,315 |  168,666 |  194,034 |  202,036 |   248,213 |   253,631 |   255,907 |   246,754 |   252,184 |   254,530 |   2.5
Arkansas ..............|   43,599 |   56,127 |   66,068 |   66,123 |    78,645 |    82,152 |    85,829 |    87,942 |    85,601 |    87,067 |  10.7
California ............|1,123,529 |1,617,558 |1,599,838 |1,444,207 | 1,594,710 | 1,804,654 | 1,748,649 | 1,604,158 | 1,582,837 | 1,564,230 |  -1.9
                       |          |          |          |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |
Colorado ..............|  108,562 |  136,370 |  145,598 |  142,031 |   200,653 |   206,645 |   212,427 |   209,932 |   209,717 |   210,312 |   4.8
Connecticut ...........|   73,391 |   93,567 |   97,788 |   98,616 |   109,556 |   107,321 |   107,786 |   105,446 |   102,450 |   100,539 |  -8.2
Delaware ..............|   21,151 |   27,082 |   28,325 |   27,933 |    34,252 |    35,311 |    35,313 |    35,771 |    36,322 |    36,204 |   5.7
District of Columbia\2\|   12,194 |   15,159 |   13,900 |   12,080 |    11,990 |    11,422 |    11,578 |    10,608 |    10,599 |     9,663 | -19.4
Florida ...............|  189,450 |  287,745 |  334,349 |  362,241 |   489,081 |   506,342 |   511,226 |   518,480 |   528,024 |   530,607 |   8.5
                       |          |          |          |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |
Georgia ...............|  101,900 |  142,593 |  140,158 |  148,956 |   196,413 |   218,924 |   233,078 |   239,755 |   243,855 |   248,682 |  26.6
Hawaii ................|   32,963 |   43,278 |   43,269 |   43,246 |    45,728 |    45,682 |    49,605 |    50,618 |    51,646 |    50,198 |   9.8
Idaho .................|   27,072 |   31,298 |   34,491 |   33,666 |    41,315 |    44,149 |    46,607 |    47,524 |    48,994 |    48,986 |  18.6
Illinois ..............|  315,634 |  444,458 |  491,274 |  520,224 |   551,333 |   571,249 |   566,614 |   549,745 |   545,958 |   530,248 |  -3.8
Indiana................|  136,739 |  159,453 |  189,224 |  193,833 |   223,953 |   228,378 |   234,624 |   231,259 |   228,270 |   224,795 |   0.4
                       |          |          |          |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |
Iowa ..................|   68,390 |   83,572 |   97,454 |  109,765 |   117,834 |   120,360 |   122,841 |   122,267 |   122,017 |   122,396 |   3.9
Kansas ................|   88,215 |  107,761 |  121,987 |  127,220 |   149,117 |   152,349 |   153,399 |   154,016 |   152,798 |   160,449 |   7.6
Kentucky ..............|   77,240 |  105,265 |  114,884 |  110,836 |   147,095 |   155,773 |   157,838 |   156,160 |   151,575 |   148,808 |   1.2
Louisiana .............|  101,127 |  132,054 |  136,703 |  153,173 |   158,290 |   168,822 |   177,373 |   173,950 |   175,112 |   174,873 |  10.5
Maine .................|   25,405 |   31,092 |   31,878 |   33,188 |    41,500 |    40,928 |    40,846 |    39,819 |    39,188 |    38,195 |  -8.0
                       |          |          |          |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |
Maryland ..............|  118,988 |  176,544 |  195,051 |  198,992 |   220,783 |   228,638 |   227,987 |   226,666 |   223,692 |   222,857 |   0.9
Massachusetts .........|  116,127 |  173,564 |  183,765 |  185,602 |   186,035 |   180,559 |   183,119 |   181,461 |   179,799 |   176,777 |  -5.0
Michigan ..............|  339,625 |  436,655 |  454,147 |  434,270 |   487,359 |   486,301 |   473,322 |   483,145 |   466,758 |   462,390 |  -5.1
Minnesota .............|  130,567 |  148,630 |  162,379 |  173,984 |   199,211 |   199,753 |   212,158 |   207,131 |   227,015 |   217,249 |   9.1
Mississippi ...........|   64,968 |   89,919 |   90,661 |   90,704 |   109,038 |   111,386 |   109,911 |   109,373 |   108,398 |   110,600 |   1.4
                       |          |          |          |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |
Missouri...............|  132,540 |  158,196 |  165,179 |  168,829 |   200,093 |   203,125 |   198,610 |   197,821 |   191,859 |   189,993 |  -5.0
Montana ...............|   27,287 |   27,798 |   31,178 |   32,032 |    31,865 |    33,453 |    33,765 |    34,326 |    34,927 |    37,435 |  17.5
Nebraska ..............|   51,454 |   61,240 |   73,509 |   81,202 |    94,614 |    94,692 |   103,196 |    95,782 |    95,877 |    95,599 |   1.0
Nevada ................|   13,576 |   30,010 |   40,280 |   43,368 |    61,242 |    61,985 |    63,192 |    63,229 |    63,271 |    66,683 |   8.9
New Hampshire .........|   15,979 |   24,205 |   24,119 |   26,669 |    32,163 |    34,518 |    35,255 |    35,571 |    34,988 |    36,069 |  12.1
                       |          |          |          |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |
New Jersey ............|  145,373 |  227,764 |  247,028 |  237,297 |   261,601 |   270,728 |   278,385 |   278,361 |   272,420 |   271,069 |   3.6
New Mexico ............|   40,795 |   47,605 |   55,077 |   66,059 |    83,403 |    89,853 |    94,901 |    98,093 |    97,073 |    97,220 |  16.6
New York ..............|  449,437 |  613,842 |  563,251 |  563,251 |   616,884 |   605,898 |   606,308 |   604,989 |   604,433 |   588,491 |  -4.6
North Carolina ........|  123,761 |  201,288 |  228,154 |  267,044 |   285,405 |   305,473 |   315,518 |   303,556 |   303,649 |   303,099 |   6.2
North Dakota ..........|   30,192 |   27,954 |   31,709 |   34,802 |    34,690 |    35,218 |    36,783 |    36,644 |    36,639 |    36,810 |   6.1
                       |          |          |          |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |
Ohio ..................|  281,099 |  336,931 |  381,765 |  379,164 |   427,613 |   436,292 |   437,027 |   429,756 |   417,566 |   409,818 |  -4.2
Oklahoma ..............|   91,438 |  124,372 |  137,188 |  146,827 |   151,073 |   160,166 |   164,728 |   160,901 |   161,748 |   158,026 |   4.6
Oregon ................|  108,483 |  129,785 |  140,102 |  119,612 |   144,427 |   144,451 |   144,902 |   143,352 |   141,027 |   143,617 |  -0.6
Pennsylvania ..........|  232,982 |  287,436 |  292,499 |  300,523 |   343,478 |   354,435 |   359,856 |   351,747 |   342,565 |   339,928 |  -1.0
Rhode Island ..........|   25,527 |   32,311 |   35,052 |   35,389 |    42,350 |    42,503 |    43,264 |    40,833 |    39,376 |    38,653 |  -8.7
                       |          |          |          |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |
South Carolina ........|   47,101 |  107,690 |  107,683 |  105,854 |   131,134 |   137,012 |   145,580 |   148,933 |   148,514 |   148,706 |  13.4
South Dakota ..........|   23,936 |   21,925 |   24,328 |   23,339 |    26,596 |    28,888 |    30,346 |    31,427 |    30,980 |    29,693 |  11.6
Tennessee .............|   98,897 |  139,526 |  156,835 |  147,951 |   175,049 |   186,441 |   192,302 |   194,225 |   191,425 |   193,136 |  10.3
Texas .................|  365,522 |  542,212 |  613,552 |  677,192 |   802,314 |   816,554 |   832,458 |   834,696 |   843,002 |   836,851 |   4.3
Utah ..................|   49,588 |   56,536 |   59,598 |   69,426 |    86,108 |    94,802 |    96,958 |   100,271 |   108,593 |   110,560 |  28.4
                       |          |          |          |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |
Vermont ...............|   12,536 |   17,145 |   17,984 |   18,844 |    20,910 |    21,485 |    21,397 |    21,001 |    20,505 |    20,470 |  -2.1
Virginia ..............|  123,279 |  215,253 |  246,500 |  250,754 |   291,286 |   298,107 |   297,522 |   293,810 |   293,165 |   293,127 |   0.6
Washington ............|  162,718 |  202,531 |  276,028 |  201,532 |   227,632 |   238,345 |   238,763 |   241,813 |   244,772 |   246,635 |   8.3
West Virginia..........|   51,363 |   68,117 |   71,228 |   66,531 |    74,108 |    78,215 |    79,284 |    77,500 |    76,120 |    74,857 |   1.0
Wisconsin .............|  170,374 |  210,535 |  235,179 |  238,735 |   253,529 |   260,082 |   256,890 |   256,669 |   250,246 |   245,770 |  -3.1
Wyoming ...............|   15,220 |   18,078 |   21,121 |   24,204 |    30,623 |    31,251 |    30,687 |    30,002 |    30,015 |    29,420 |  -3.9
                       |          |          |          |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |
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 .....|   46,680 |   59,923 |   60,692 |   65,411 |    66,244 |    66,074 |    66,702 |    69,115 |    70,917 |    77,050 |  16.3
                       |__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______
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 ...........|   42,516 |   53,170 |   54,127 |   56,438 |    55,691 |    55,036 |    55,063 |    55,835 |    56,670 |    63,730 |  14.4
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 December 1996).



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