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Digest of Education Statistics: 2006
Digest of Education Statistics: 2006

NCES 2007-017
July 2007


Table 206. Full-time-equivalent fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by control and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1980 through 2005
State or jurisdiction Total Public Private
1980 1990 2000 2004 2005 1990 2000 2005 1990 2000 2005
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
United States 8,819,013 9,983,436 11,267,025 13,000,994 13,200,790 7,557,982 8,266,932 9,390,216 2,425,454 3,000,093 3,810,574
Alabama 138,910 174,610 184,031 203,150 201,697 154,343 159,867 176,238 20,267 24,164 25,459
Alaska 10,073 18,496 17,787 20,160 19,858 17,087 16,808 18,908 1,409 979 950
Arizona 127,114 167,617 225,396 368,620 420,004 153,500 173,079 203,093 14,117 52,317 216,911
Arkansas 64,307 74,449 91,886 108,671 111,778 63,472 79,416 98,260 10,977 12,470 13,518
California 1,099,559 1,156,288 1,468,486 1,608,720 1,629,006 979,663 1,183,585 1,293,150 176,625 284,901 335,856
                       
Colorado 123,589 159,032 188,117 221,261 224,638 138,350 151,166 167,747 20,682 36,951 56,891
Connecticut 112,612 115,791 117,954 131,992 134,262 70,870 67,760 80,140 44,921 50,194 54,122
Delaware 26,284 31,612 34,057 38,514 39,866 26,059 27,366 30,642 5,553 6,691 9,224
District of Columbia 62,126 61,549 59,560 76,440 78,917 7,294 3,364 3,615 54,255 56,196 75,302
Florida 290,647 383,385 486,818 624,502 633,811 302,579 363,905 449,215 80,806 122,913 184,596
                       
Georgia 152,369 198,549 268,707 343,524 334,673 149,115 202,640 258,434 49,434 66,067 76,239
Hawaii 35,859 41,097 45,329 49,959 49,755 32,496 32,011 35,911 8,601 13,318 13,844
Idaho 33,938 41,275 52,353 61,683 62,459 31,408 40,932 46,289 9,867 11,421 16,170
Illinois 432,365 493,364 520,087 573,703 608,805 353,247 351,125 376,329 140,117 168,962 232,476
Indiana 193,445 222,835 250,998 287,320 291,994 168,984 184,113 207,957 53,851 66,885 84,037
                       
Iowa 120,083 138,565 152,505 171,328 177,588 95,772 106,480 114,318 42,793 46,025 63,270
Kansas 101,147 118,969 129,839 141,263 141,311 106,570 113,764 123,764 12,399 16,075 17,547
Kentucky 113,709 137,651 149,395 184,413 185,949 111,858 118,319 149,435 25,793 31,076 36,514
Louisiana 132,780 154,132 183,661 204,063 165,806 129,357 153,502 150,744 24,775 30,159 15,062
Maine 34,471 42,021 43,384 49,695 50,119 29,876 29,475 35,008 12,145 13,909 15,111
                       
Maryland 149,202 169,972 188,887 218,455 221,114 141,950 152,296 176,452 28,022 36,591 44,662
Massachusetts 315,937 320,299 327,984 351,157 356,390 130,962 126,424 135,647 189,337 201,560 220,743
Michigan 366,058 389,814 402,019 454,224 459,424 326,952 325,775 367,285 62,862 76,244 92,139
Minnesota 162,559 190,608 223,232 270,329 277,460 143,424 160,512 180,965 47,184 62,720 96,495
Mississippi 85,621 103,957 113,804 129,192 127,987 92,269 103,352 114,968 11,688 10,452 13,019
                       
Missouri 180,156 210,104 237,161 274,323 281,256 142,953 145,980 162,985 67,151 91,181 118,271
Montana 29,428 29,905 36,005 40,147 40,186 26,835 32,178 35,972 3,070 3,827 4,214
Nebraska 68,505 80,989 85,993 94,395 94,683 65,739 65,186 70,130 15,250 20,807 24,553
Nevada 22,467 33,814 52,577 71,681 75,448 33,392 48,099 65,184 422 4,478 10,264
New Hampshire 39,456 45,762 48,230 55,392 55,748 24,948 26,506 31,030 20,814 21,724 24,718
                       
New Jersey 218,838 221,468 245,447 281,732 283,103 174,324 190,816 221,887 47,144 54,631 61,216
New Mexico 43,722 59,517 77,415 90,885 90,896 57,870 69,320 81,588 1,647 8,095 9,308
New York 760,305 798,696 826,078 926,102 937,053 446,379 438,575 484,485 352,317 387,503 452,568
North Carolina 235,266 269,025 305,805 360,438 370,611 208,321 237,202 291,101 60,704 68,603 79,510
North Dakota 30,188 33,118 35,230 42,226 41,874 30,276 31,243 36,021 2,842 3,987 5,853
                       
Ohio 369,342 420,499 426,080 484,846 489,636 317,837 308,742 349,544 102,662 117,338 140,092
Oklahoma 115,701 128,203 136,833 162,024 161,599 108,933 114,783 135,632 19,270 22,050 25,967
Oregon 110,649 120,176 130,705 149,906 149,198 101,424 105,687 117,343 18,752 25,018 31,855
Pennsylvania 404,192 464,179 499,729 566,077 572,290 261,305 269,891 305,746 202,874 229,838 266,544
Rhode Island 50,628 60,168 59,639 65,794 67,090 28,804 26,617 28,868 31,364 33,022 38,222
                       
South Carolina 109,346 127,225 143,343 164,813 166,413 101,918 116,113 134,487 25,307 27,230 31,926
South Dakota 27,873 28,256 34,876 39,056 38,977 22,128 28,074 30,414 6,128 6,802 8,563
Tennessee 161,058 175,961 209,100 229,125 232,961 130,184 152,782 158,199 45,777 56,318 74,762
Texas 527,724 637,742 741,012 878,489 889,332 553,436 626,580 753,978 84,306 114,432 135,354
Utah 78,199 94,012 125,622 147,506 151,963 63,495 88,436 104,630 30,517 37,186 47,333
                       
Vermont 25,572 29,072 29,099 31,775 32,959 16,048 15,426 18,646 13,024 13,673 14,313
Virginia 199,549 251,708 277,270 316,516 328,949 202,285 220,283 249,530 49,423 56,987 79,419
Washington 194,440 189,521 236,609 259,263 262,055 160,889 198,653 216,585 28,632 37,956 45,470
West Virginia 60,394 68,235 72,962 82,375 83,498 59,229 62,140 70,480 9,006 10,822 13,018
Wisconsin 206,790 229,975 232,912 254,467 257,893 192,107 186,856 203,512 37,868 46,056 54,381
Wyoming 14,725 21,888 21,542 24,549 25,183 21,185 20,253 22,460 703 1,289 2,723
                       
U.S. Service Schools1  49,736 48,281 13,475 14,754 15,265 48,281 13,475 15,265
Other jurisdictions 117,637 140,954 166,039 190,144 190,144 55,908 73,576 71,090 85,046 92,463 119,054
American Samoa 824 952 214 1,018 1,038 952 214 1,038 0 0 0
Federated States of Micronesia 195 549 1,308 2,169 1,798 549 1,308 1,798 0 0 0
Guam 2,115 2,956 3,579 3,271 3,909 2,956 3,579 3,754 0 0 155
Marshall Islands 0 0 166 540 517 0 166 517 0 0 0
Northern Marianas 0 376 707 931 833 376 707 833 0 0 0
Palau 0 423 450 504 505 423 450 505 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 113,285 134,193 158,028 178,767 179,832 49,147 65,565 60,933 85,046 92,463 118,899
Virgin Islands 1,218 1,505 1,587 1,778 1,712 1,505 1,587 1,712 0 0 0
†Not applicable.
1 Data for 2000 and later years reflect substantial change in survey coverage.
NOTE: Data through 1990 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. (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" 1980 survey; and 1990 through 2005 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2006. (This table was prepared August 2006.)