Table 211. | Estimated rate of 2007-08 high school graduates attending degree-granting institutions, by state: 2008 |
State | Number of graduates from high schools located in the state | Number of fall 2008 first-time freshmen graduating from high school in the previous 12 months | Estimated rate of high school graduates going to college | ||||||
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Total1 | Public, 2007-08 |
Private, 2006-07 | State residents enrolled in institutions in any state2 | State residents enrolled in insti-tutions in their home state3 | In any state | In their home state | |||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
United States | 3,306,118 | 2,999,508 | 306,610 | 2,109,931 | 4 | 1,713,334 | 63.8 | 51.8 | |
Alabama | 45,926 | 41,346 | 4,580 | 30,616 | 27,732 | 66.7 | 60.4 | ||
Alaska | 8,055 | 7,855 | 200 | 3,682 | 2,128 | 45.7 | 26.4 | ||
Arizona | 64,257 | 61,667 | 2,590 | 33,022 | 29,500 | 51.4 | 45.9 | ||
Arkansas | 30,105 | 28,725 | 1,380 | 18,820 | 16,739 | 62.5 | 55.6 | ||
California | 409,441 | 374,561 | 34,880 | 267,801 | 245,051 | 65.4 | 59.9 | ||
Colorado | 48,602 | 46,082 | 2,520 | 30,445 | 23,182 | 62.6 | 47.7 | ||
Connecticut | 46,409 | 38,419 | 7,990 | 31,580 | 17,366 | 68.0 | 37.4 | ||
Delaware | 9,188 | 7,388 | 1,800 | 6,076 | 4,103 | 66.1 | 44.7 | ||
District of Columbia5 | 5,012 | 3,352 | 1,660 | 2,680 | 562 | 53.5 | 11.2 | ||
Florida | 167,626 | 149,046 | 18,580 | 98,630 | 87,156 | 58.8 | 52.0 | ||
Georgia | 91,075 | 83,505 | 7,570 | 63,374 | 52,821 | 69.6 | 58.0 | ||
Hawaii | 14,003 | 11,613 | 2,390 | 8,725 | 5,852 | 62.3 | 41.8 | ||
Idaho | 17,477 | 16,567 | 910 | 8,578 | 6,020 | 49.1 | 34.4 | ||
Illinois | 150,253 | 135,143 | 15,110 | 86,277 | 61,481 | 57.4 | 40.9 | ||
Indiana | 66,691 | 61,901 | 4,790 | 43,803 | 38,509 | 65.7 | 57.7 | ||
Iowa | 36,833 | 34,573 | 2,260 | 23,682 | 20,267 | 64.3 | 55.0 | ||
Kansas | 33,117 | 30,737 | 2,380 | 21,665 | 18,451 | 65.4 | 55.7 | ||
Kentucky | 43,369 | 39,339 | 4,030 | 26,424 | 23,406 | 60.9 | 54.0 | ||
Louisiana | 41,931 | 34,401 | 7,530 | 27,362 | 24,720 | 65.3 | 59.0 | ||
Maine | 16,970 | 14,350 | 2,620 | 9,690 | 6,575 | 57.1 | 38.7 | ||
Maryland | 68,621 | 59,171 | 9,450 | 43,171 | 26,917 | 62.9 | 39.2 | ||
Massachusetts | 75,627 | 65,197 | 10,430 | 56,456 | 38,275 | 74.7 | 50.6 | ||
Michigan | 123,703 | 115,183 | 8,520 | 74,115 | 65,885 | 59.9 | 53.3 | ||
Minnesota | 65,339 | 60,409 | 4,930 | 45,235 | 32,682 | 69.2 | 50.0 | ||
Mississippi | 28,145 | 24,795 | 3,350 | 21,786 | 20,182 | 77.4 | 71.7 | ||
Missouri | 69,047 | 61,717 | 7,330 | 41,421 | 34,488 | 60.0 | 49.9 | ||
Montana | 12,096 | 10,396 | 1,700 | 6,272 | 4,789 | 51.9 | 39.6 | ||
Nebraska | 22,195 | 20,035 | 2,160 | 14,531 | 11,883 | 65.5 | 53.5 | ||
Nevada | 17,849 | 17,149 | 700 | 9,916 | 7,459 | 55.6 | 41.8 | ||
New Hampshire | 17,272 | 14,982 | 2,290 | 11,032 | 5,736 | 63.9 | 33.2 | ||
New Jersey | 108,334 | 94,994 | 13,340 | 77,068 | 44,863 | 71.1 | 41.4 | ||
New Mexico | 19,764 | 18,264 | 1,500 | 13,376 | 11,449 | 67.7 | 57.9 | ||
New York | 206,200 | 176,310 | 29,890 | 153,009 | 123,387 | 74.2 | 59.8 | ||
North Carolina | 88,897 | 83,307 | 5,590 | 58,670 | 52,578 | 66.0 | 59.1 | ||
North Dakota6 | 6,999 | 6,999 | ‡ | 4,732 | 3,392 | 67.6 | 48.5 | ||
Ohio | 133,818 | 120,758 | 13,060 | 83,895 | 70,330 | 62.7 | 52.6 | ||
Oklahoma | 39,660 | 37,630 | 2,030 | 22,212 | 19,635 | 56.0 | 49.5 | ||
Oregon | 37,759 | 34,949 | 2,810 | 17,566 | 13,315 | 46.5 | 35.3 | ||
Pennsylvania | 147,778 | 130,298 | 17,480 | 94,458 | 77,647 | 63.9 | 52.5 | ||
Rhode Island | 11,927 | 10,347 | 1,580 | 8,040 | 5,288 | 67.4 | 44.3 | ||
South Carolina | 38,350 | 35,140 | 7 | 3,210 | 26,995 | 24,355 | 70.4 | 63.5 | |
South Dakota | 9,142 | 8,582 | 560 | 6,587 | 5,023 | 72.1 | 54.9 | ||
Tennessee | 63,376 | 57,486 | 5,890 | 39,033 | 33,135 | 61.6 | 52.3 | ||
Texas | 264,041 | 252,121 | 11,920 | 150,160 | 131,543 | 56.9 | 49.8 | ||
Utah | 29,517 | 28,167 | 1,350 | 17,259 | 15,817 | 58.5 | 53.6 | ||
Vermont | 9,152 | 7,392 | 1,760 | 4,416 | 1,955 | 48.3 | 21.4 | ||
Virginia | 84,279 | 77,369 | 6,910 | 57,862 | 47,354 | 68.7 | 56.2 | ||
Washington | 66,195 | 61,625 | 4,570 | 33,590 | 26,438 | 50.7 | 39.9 | ||
West Virginia | 18,089 | 17,489 | 600 | 10,682 | 9,474 | 59.1 | 52.4 | ||
Wisconsin | 70,613 | 65,183 | 5,430 | 41,738 | 33,703 | 59.1 | 47.7 | ||
Wyoming6 | 5,494 | 5,494 | ‡ | 3,262 | 2,479 | 59.4 | 45.1 |
‡Reporting standards not met. | |||||||||
1 Total includes public high school graduates for 2007-08 and private high school graduates for 2006-07. Data on private high school graduates are not available for 2007-08. | |||||||||
2 All U.S. resident students living in a particular state when admitted to an institution in any state. Students may be enrolled in any state. | |||||||||
3 Students who attend institutions in their home state. | |||||||||
4 U.S. total includes some U.S. residents whose home state is unknown. | |||||||||
5 A percentage of the private high school graduates are not residents of the District of Columbia. | |||||||||
6 Estimate only includes students graduating from public high schools. | |||||||||
7 Projected data from NCES 2009-062, Projections of Education Statistics to 2018. | |||||||||
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | |||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "NCES Common Core of Data State Dropout and Completion Data File," 2007-08; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2007-08; and 2008 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2009. (This table was prepared June 2010.) |