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Table 198. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by level of enrollment and state: 1998 and 1999

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                         |                 Fall 1998                  |                 Fall 1999
  State or other area    |____________________________________________|____________________________________________
                         |           |  Under-   | First-  |          |           |  Under-   | First-  |
                         |  Total    | graduate  | profes- | Graduate |  Total    | graduate  | profes- | Graduate
                         |           |           | sional  |          |           |           | sional  |
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            1            |     2     |     3     |    4    |    5     |     6     |     7     |    8    |    9
_________________________|___________|___________|_________|__________|___________|___________|_________|__________
   United States ........|14,506,967 |12,436,937 | 302,473 |1,767,557 |14,791,224 |12,681,231 | 303,190 |1,806,803
                         |___________|___________|_________|__________|___________|___________|_________|__________
Alabama .................|   216,241 |   189,480 |   4,401 |   22,360 |   223,144 |   192,026 |   4,364 |   26,754
Alaska ..................|    27,652 |    26,199 |     --- |    1,453 |    26,948 |    25,369 |     --- |    1,579
Arizona .................|   302,123 |   267,539 |   2,152 |   32,432 |   326,159 |   285,473 |   2,328 |   38,358
Arkansas ................|   113,751 |   103,778 |   1,659 |    8,314 |   115,092 |   105,183 |   1,675 |    8,234
California ..............| 1,949,508 | 1,717,810 |  32,145 |  199,553 | 2,017,483 | 1,778,672 |  31,729 |  207,082
                         |           |           |         |          |           |           |         |
Colorado ................|   257,247 |   215,053 |   3,276 |   38,918 |   261,744 |   217,822 |   3,245 |   40,677
Connecticut .............|   153,336 |   120,151 |   3,429 |   29,756 |   156,907 |   123,419 |   3,497 |   29,991
Delaware ................|    46,260 |    40,075 |   1,080 |    5,105 |    46,613 |    40,507 |   1,057 |    5,049
District of Columbia ....|    72,388 |    40,163 |   8,689 |   23,536 |    72,118 |    40,024 |   8,595 |   23,499
Florida .................|   661,187 |   586,686 |  10,467 |   64,034 |   684,745 |   602,515 |  10,576 |   71,654
                         |           |           |         |          |           |           |         |
Georgia .................|   303,685 |   255,958 |  10,698 |   37,029 |   311,812 |   263,366 |   9,821 |   38,625
Hawaii ..................|    61,615 |    53,942 |     469 |    7,204 |    62,578 |    53,991 |     486 |    8,101
Idaho ...................|    63,085 |    55,411 |     542 |    7,132 |    64,661 |    57,316 |     541 |    6,804
Illinois ................|   729,084 |   615,341 |  16,870 |   96,873 |   733,182 |   618,649 |  16,690 |   97,843
Indiana..................|   299,176 |   259,018 |   5,836 |   34,322 |   304,725 |   263,888 |   5,921 |   34,916
                         |           |           |         |          |           |           |         |
Iowa ....................|   181,944 |   158,933 |   6,609 |   16,402 |   186,780 |   163,729 |   6,779 |   16,272
Kansas ..................|   177,561 |   154,650 |   2,181 |   20,730 |   176,737 |   153,331 |   2,140 |   21,266
Kentucky ................|   180,550 |   155,038 |   4,962 |   20,550 |   181,626 |   156,271 |   5,071 |   20,284
Louisiana ...............|   221,110 |   189,292 |   5,780 |   26,038 |   221,348 |   189,412 |   6,231 |   25,705
Maine ...................|    56,986 |    50,082 |     792 |    6,112 |    57,822 |    51,122 |     776 |    5,924
                         |           |           |         |          |           |           |         |
Maryland ................|   265,173 |   216,498 |   4,203 |   44,472 |   268,820 |   219,172 |   4,157 |   45,491
Massachusetts ...........|   415,501 |   316,525 |  14,228 |   84,748 |   419,695 |   320,370 |  14,592 |   84,733
Michigan ................|   557,011 |   473,829 |  10,277 |   72,905 |   558,998 |   474,676 |  10,309 |   74,013
Minnesota ...............|   271,612 |   234,089 |   6,063 |   31,460 |   282,756 |   243,640 |   6,157 |   32,959
Mississippi .............|   132,438 |   119,080 |   1,774 |   11,584 |   133,170 |   119,395 |   1,719 |   12,056
                         |           |           |         |          |           |           |         |
Missouri.................|   310,507 |   258,331 |   9,859 |   42,317 |   317,480 |   263,719 |   9,911 |   43,850
Montana .................|    44,150 |    40,384 |     259 |    3,507 |    43,114 |    40,162 |     238 |    2,714
Nebraska ................|   111,123 |    96,476 |   3,170 |   11,477 |   110,806 |    96,311 |   3,182 |   11,313
Nevada ..................|    83,120 |    74,439 |     345 |    8,336 |    89,711 |    80,834 |     481 |    8,396
New Hampshire ...........|    60,784 |    51,056 |     677 |    9,051 |    63,366 |    53,641 |     645 |    9,080
                         |           |           |         |          |           |           |         |
New Jersey ..............|   325,885 |   277,403 |   5,113 |   43,369 |   330,537 |   280,649 |   5,564 |   44,324
New Mexico ..............|   108,810 |    94,609 |     927 |   13,274 |   111,896 |    97,226 |   1,021 |   13,649
New York ................| 1,014,220 |   815,055 |  28,286 |  170,879 | 1,020,991 |   820,973 |  27,861 |  172,157
North Carolina ..........|   387,407 |   343,569 |   7,748 |   36,090 |   395,907 |   351,037 |   7,705 |   37,165
North Dakota ............|    39,441 |    36,256 |     435 |    2,750 |    40,348 |    37,117 |     418 |    2,813
                         |           |           |         |          |           |           |         |
Ohio ....................|   542,077 |   463,755 |  12,517 |   65,805 |   548,545 |   469,558 |  12,719 |   66,268
Oklahoma ................|   178,507 |   153,822 |   3,793 |   20,892 |   179,055 |   155,348 |   4,066 |   19,641
Oregon ..................|   171,056 |   149,407 |   3,950 |   17,699 |   175,635 |   153,373 |   4,074 |   18,188
Pennsylvania ............|   595,749 |   496,976 |  16,922 |   81,851 |   605,283 |   504,850 |  17,451 |   82,982
Rhode Island ............|    73,970 |    63,597 |     932 |    9,441 |    74,821 |    64,370 |   1,055 |    9,396
                         |           |           |         |          |           |           |         |
South Carolina ..........|   181,353 |   155,819 |   3,062 |   22,472 |   183,626 |   159,408 |   3,031 |   21,187
South Dakota ............|    41,545 |    36,591 |     579 |    4,375 |    42,147 |    37,384 |     558 |    4,205
Tennessee ...............|   251,319 |   218,027 |   5,573 |   27,719 |   252,915 |   219,433 |   5,617 |   27,865
Texas ...................|   978,550 |   854,423 |  19,901 |  104,226 |   990,587 |   867,635 |  18,566 |  104,386
Utah ....................|   151,232 |   139,154 |   1,258 |   10,820 |   161,591 |   148,329 |   1,293 |   11,969
                         |           |           |         |          |           |           |         |
Vermont .................|    37,054 |    32,303 |     878 |    3,873 |    36,728 |    32,237 |     878 |    3,613
Virginia ................|   370,142 |   313,878 |   7,527 |   48,737 |   377,970 |   322,241 |   7,723 |   48,006
Washington ..............|   298,974 |   271,474 |   4,236 |   23,264 |   306,723 |   278,426 |   4,420 |   23,877
West Virginia............|    88,107 |    76,066 |   1,522 |   10,519 |    88,657 |    77,104 |   1,648 |    9,905
Wisconsin ...............|   301,963 |   268,275 |   4,045 |   29,643 |   304,776 |   270,684 |   4,180 |   29,912
Wyoming .................|    29,707 |    27,181 |     377 |    2,149 |    29,002 |    26,500 |     429 |    2,073
                         |           |           |         |          |           |           |         |
U.S. Service Schools ....|    13,991 |    13,991 |     --- |      --- |    13,344 |    13,344 |     --- |      ---
                         |===========|===========|=========|==========|===========|===========|=========|==========
   Outlying areas .......|   181,244 |   164,369 |   3,105 |   13,770 |   185,244 |   167,581 |   3,269 |   14,394
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American Samoa ..........|       909 |       909 |     --- |      --- |     1,172 |     1,172 |     --- |      ---
Federated States of      |           |           |         |          |           |           |         |
  Micronesia ............|       772 |       772 |     --- |      --- |     1,506 |     1,506 |     --- |      ---
Guam ....................|     5,758 |     5,350 |     --- |      408 |     5,727 |     5,285 |     --- |      442
Marshall Islands.........|       513 |       513 |     --- |      --- |       616 |       616 |     --- |      ---
Northern Marianas .......|     1,239 |     1,239 |     --- |      --- |     1,080 |     1,080 |     --- |      ---
Palau ...................|       424 |       424 |     --- |      --- |       569 |       569 |     --- |      ---
Puerto Rico .............|   168,983 |   152,703 |   3,105 |   13,175 |   171,832 |   154,814 |   3,269 |   13,749
Virgin Islands ..........|     2,646 |     2,459 |     --- |      187 |     2,742 |     2,539 |     --- |      203
_________________________|___________|___________|_________|__________|___________|___________|_________|__________

---Not available or not applicable.

NOTE: Data for 1998 revised from previously published figures. Data for U.S. Service Schools reflect substantial changes in survey coverage. Data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that participated in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Data for 1999 imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" survey. (This table was prepared March 2001.)


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