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Table 190. Total fall enrollment in public degree-granting institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 to 2002 

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                        |Institutions of higher education|                                  Degree-granting institutions
                        |________________________________|___________________________________________________________________________________________
State or                |         |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |Percent
jurisdiction            |    Fall |     Fall |      Fall |      Fall |      Fall |      Fall |      Fall |      Fall |      Fall |      Fall |change,
                        |    1970 |     1980 |      1990 |      1996 |      1997 |      1998 |   1999\1\ |      2000 |      2001 |      2002 |1997 to
                        |         |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |   2002
________________________|_________|__________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______
1                       |       2 |         3|          4|          5|          6|          7|          8|          9|         10|         11|     12
________________________|_________|__________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______
   United States .......|6,428,134| 9,457,394| 10,844,717| 11,120,499| 11,196,119| 11,137,769| 11,309,399| 11,752,786| 12,233,156| 12,751,993|   13.9
                        |_________|__________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______
Alabama ................|   87,884|   143,674|    195,939|    196,531|    193,974|    190,685|    197,173|    207,435|    208,385|    217,883|   12.3
Alaska .................|    8,563|    20,561|     27,792|     27,828|     26,717|     26,296|     25,687|     26,559|     26,550|     28,314|    6.0
Arizona ................|  107,315|   194,034|    248,213|    259,163|    260,832|    268,102|    276,268|    284,522|    294,174|    307,496|   17.9
Arkansas ...............|   43,599|    66,068|     78,645|     97,405|    100,855|    102,264|    103,326|    101,775|    108,950|    113,509|   12.5
California .............|1,123,529| 1,599,838|  1,594,710|  1,625,021|  1,664,478|  1,646,329|  1,692,607|  1,927,771|  2,043,182|  2,121,106|   27.4
                        |         |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
Colorado ...............|  108,562|   145,598|    200,653|    209,183|    213,475|    216,351|    219,436|    217,897|    222,815|    233,740|    9.5
Connecticut ............|   73,391|    97,788|    109,556|     96,336|     95,041|     94,299|     96,834|    101,027|    104,066|    108,522|   14.2
Delaware ...............|   21,151|    28,325|     34,252|     36,579|     36,495|     37,362|     36,895|     34,194|     36,510|     37,344|    2.3
District of Columbia ...|   12,194|    13,900|     11,990|      7,736|      4,887|      5,410|      5,349|      5,499|      5,589|      5,603|   14.7
Florida ................|  189,450|   334,349|    489,081|    529,422|    534,721|    531,921|    540,967|    556,912|    588,921|    617,754|   15.5
                        |         |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
Georgia ................|  101,900|   140,158|    196,413|    230,204|    235,011|    229,928|    237,411|    271,755|    298,215|    317,180|   35.0
Hawaii .................|   32,963|    43,269|     45,728|     47,370|     45,542|     45,270|     46,479|     44,579|     45,994|     48,163|    5.8
Idaho ..................|   27,072|    34,491|     41,315|     49,806|     50,233|     51,330|     52,615|     53,751|     56,673|     57,996|   15.5
Illinois ...............|  315,634|   491,274|    551,333|    532,470|    536,578|    533,294|    533,522|    534,155|    534,280|    554,093|    3.3
Indiana ................|  136,739|   189,224|    223,953|    220,967|    224,522|    228,450|    230,810|    240,023|    259,258|    258,627|   15.2
                        |         |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
Iowa ...................|   68,390|    97,454|    117,834|    125,923|    128,073|    129,302|    133,753|    135,008|    140,227|    145,798|   13.8
Kansas .................|   88,215|   121,987|    149,117|    156,446|    159,955|    158,594|    157,088|    159,976|    164,173|    167,741|    4.9
Kentucky ...............|   77,240|   114,884|    147,095|    147,423|    146,295|    146,344|    146,558|    151,973|    178,349|    188,518|   28.9
Louisiana ..............|  101,127|   136,703|    158,290|    185,223|    189,179|    189,896|    188,573|    189,213|    194,790|    197,547|    4.4
Maine ..................|   25,405|    31,878|     41,500|     38,260|     38,010|     38,636|     40,349|     40,662|     42,425|     44,850|   18.0
                        |         |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
Maryland ...............|  118,988|   195,051|    220,783|    217,277|    217,250|    219,055|    220,809|    223,797|    236,795|    246,792|   13.6
Massachusetts ..........|  116,127|   183,765|    186,035|    173,854|    174,694|    178,376|    181,514|    183,248|    186,891|    187,874|    7.5
Michigan ...............|  339,625|   454,147|    487,359|    458,989|    458,561|    462,580|    461,825|    467,861|    482,154|    495,676|    8.1
Minnesota ..............|  130,567|   162,379|    199,211|    213,284|    203,088|    200,422|    207,474|    218,617|    225,941|    235,513|   16.0
Mississippi ............|   64,968|    90,661|    109,038|    114,905|    118,847|    120,831|    121,369|    125,355|    125,656|    134,130|   12.9
                        |         |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
Missouri ...............|  132,540|   165,179|    200,093|    189,851|    190,608|    194,462|    199,324|    201,509|    206,721|    214,022|   12.3
Montana ................|   27,287|    31,178|     31,865|     38,000|     38,702|     38,768|     38,336|     37,387|     39,368|     40,615|    4.9
Nebraska ...............|   51,454|    73,509|     94,614|     99,717|     89,414|     89,040|     88,386|     88,531|     89,639|     92,111|    3.0
Nevada .................|   13,576|    40,280|     61,242|     71,925|     73,309|     79,147|     85,270|     83,120|     86,790|     89,547|   22.2
New Hampshire ..........|   15,979|    24,119|     32,163|     36,365|     35,259|     32,187|     34,927|     35,870|     37,224|     40,958|   16.2
                        |         |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
New Jersey .............|  145,373|   247,028|    261,601|    264,596|    261,365|    260,092|    263,752|    266,921|    275,655|    289,275|   10.7
New Mexico .............|   40,795|    55,077|     83,403|     99,918|    100,708|    101,150|    103,125|    101,450|    103,758|    111,667|   10.9
New York ...............|  449,437|   563,251|    616,884|    572,482|    567,893|    567,202|    566,306|    583,417|    584,607|    610,756|    7.5
North Carolina .........|  123,761|   228,154|    285,405|    302,939|    302,033|    314,110|    321,311|    329,422|    350,684|    367,861|   21.8
North Dakota ...........|   30,192|    31,709|     34,690|     36,765|     35,037|     35,264|     35,940|     36,014|     38,560|     41,134|   17.4
                        |         |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
Ohio ...................|  281,099|   381,765|    427,613|    407,108|    404,694|    408,487|    411,541|    411,161|    425,265|    441,738|    9.2
Oklahoma ...............|   91,438|   137,188|    151,073|    154,381|    154,572|    155,796|    155,361|    153,699|    163,336|    171,369|   10.9
Oregon .................|  108,483|   140,102|    144,427|    141,429|    144,342|    144,326|    148,177|    154,756|    162,645|    173,698|   20.3
Pennsylvania ...........|  232,982|   292,499|    343,478|    335,181|    334,901|    338,047|    336,930|    339,229|    353,950|    370,386|   10.6
Rhode Island ...........|   25,527|    35,052|     42,350|     37,487|     37,251|     38,368|     38,650|     38,458|     39,149|     38,867|    4.3
                        |         |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
South Carolina .........|   47,101|   107,683|    131,134|    148,363|    148,694|    152,542|    153,496|    155,519|    158,661|    167,563|   12.7
South Dakota ...........|   23,936|    24,328|     26,596|     32,861|     32,863|     34,088|     34,197|     34,857|     37,310|     37,760|   14.9
Tennessee ..............|   98,897|   156,835|    175,049|    194,138|    193,516|    193,393|    193,646|    202,530|    194,696|    194,202|    0.4
Texas ..................|  365,522|   613,552|    802,314|    838,943|    845,686|    849,075|    862,271|    896,534|    935,826|  1,006,549|   19.0
Utah ...................|   49,588|    59,598|     86,108|    113,696|    118,619|    111,315|    120,558|    123,046|    133,790|    135,778|   14.5
                        |         |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
Vermont ................|   12,536|    17,984|     20,910|     20,139|     20,540|     20,549|     20,580|     20,021|     20,480|     21,238|    3.4
Virginia ...............|  123,279|   246,500|    291,286|    292,412|    301,594|    305,455|    311,536|    313,780|    326,758|    337,286|   11.8
Washington .............|  162,718|   276,028|    227,632|    262,359|    274,705|    257,047|    263,415|    273,928|    277,023|    293,007|    6.7
West Virginia ..........|   51,363|    71,228|     74,108|     75,116|     76,078|     76,322|     76,777|     76,136|     78,304|     79,741|    4.8
Wisconsin ..............|  170,374|   235,179|    253,529|    245,060|    243,858|    247,462|    249,608|    249,737|    257,888|    268,010|    9.9
Wyoming ................|   15,220|    21,121|     30,623|     29,994|     29,475|     28,757|     27,944|     28,715|     29,545|     30,666|    4.0
                        |         |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
U.S. Service Schools\2\ |   17,079|    49,808|     48,692|     81,669|     83,090|     13,991|     13,344|     13,475|     14,561|     14,420|  -82.6
                        |=========|==========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|=======
   Other jurisdictions .|   46,680|    60,692|     66,244|     79,083|     80,715|     82,537|     83,919|     84,464|     85,535|     86,484|    7.1
                        |_________|__________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______
American Samoa .........|        0|       976|      1,219|      1,239|      1,248|        909|      1,172|        297|      1,178|      1,367|    9.5
Federated States of     |         |          |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
   Micronesia ..........|        0|       224|        975|      1,396|      1,372|        772|      1,506|      1,576|      2,243|      2,173|   58.4
Guam ...................|    2,719|     3,217|      4,741|      5,335|      5,533|      5,758|      5,727|      5,215|      4,869|      5,038|   -8.9
Marshall Islands .......|        0|         0|          0|        431|        459|        513|        616|        328|        220|        224|  -51.2
Northern Marianas ......|        0|         0|        661|      1,096|      1,136|      1,239|      1,080|      1,078|        982|      1,299|   14.3
Palau ..................|        0|         0|        491|        332|        330|        424|        569|        581|        579|        668|  102.4
Puerto Rico ............|   42,516|    54,127|     55,691|     66,356|     68,027|     70,276|     70,507|     73,121|     73,173|     73,180|    7.6
Virgin Islands .........|    1,445|     2,148|      2,466|      2,898|      2,610|      2,646|      2,742|      2,268|      2,291|      2,535|   -2.9
________________________|_________|__________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______

\1\Data were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)
\2\Data for 1998 and later years reflect substantial changes in survey coverage.

NOTE: Institutions of higher education 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. The new degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, except that it includes some additional institutions, primarily 2-year colleges, and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not award associate's or higher degrees. These degree-granting institutions participated in Title IV federal financial aid programs. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys, 1970 and 1980; and 1990 through 2002 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90-99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2003. (This table was prepared October 2004.)


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