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Table 225. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by control, level of enrollment, type of institution, and state or jurisdiction: 2008
State or jurisdiction Public Private
Undergraduate Post-bacca- laureate Undergraduate Postbaccalaureate
Total 4-year 2-year Total 4-year 2-year Total Not-for-profit For-profit
Not-for-profit For-profit Not-for-profit For-profit
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
United States 12,591,217 5,951,146 6,640,071 1,380,936 3,774,521 2,501,181 942,306 35,351 295,683 1,356,140 1,124,987 231,153
Alabama 209,442 125,933 83,509 35,598 58,558 23,229 34,000 0 1,329 7,343 4,128 3,215
Alaska 26,809 25,820 989 2,358 1,312 565 747 0 0 238 238 0
Arizona 303,466 99,797 203,669 27,844 291,869 3,539 275,530 0 12,800 81,066 4,507 76,559
Arkansas 127,004 72,446 54,558 13,702 14,877 12,586 1,635 0 656 2,791 2,595 196
California 2,119,829 538,305 1,581,524 119,658 264,775 136,304 76,356 2,375 49,740 147,979 129,522 18,457
                         
Colorado 204,507 122,796 81,711 30,758 69,460 18,375 40,733 165 10,187 20,507 13,586 6,921
Connecticut 103,728 52,623 51,105 14,966 46,650 41,619 2,511 2,016 504 18,834 18,635 199
Delaware 35,129 20,211 14,918 3,823 8,447 8,227 0 220 0 5,689 5,689 0
District of Columbia 5,121 5,121 0 463 71,465 37,967 33,498 0 0 49,061 36,575 12,486
Florida 647,185 401,276 245,909 62,408 206,477 106,089 79,732 152 20,504 56,629 48,067 8,562
                         
Georgia 337,113 195,437 141,676 39,355 76,356 47,701 23,670 1,057 3,928 23,757 17,940 5,817
Hawaii 46,748 21,591 25,157 6,778 13,950 11,507 1,373 0 1,070 2,628 1,962 666
Idaho 54,441 41,302 13,139 6,749 18,541 16,698 1,010 0 833 725 631 94
Illinois 509,510 152,353 357,157 50,901 200,263 134,075 56,676 1,126 8,386 98,568 86,235 12,333
Indiana 260,206 177,792 82,414 36,744 88,896 68,677 13,020 495 6,704 16,110 15,652 458
                         
Iowa 141,529 53,516 88,013 15,490 113,385 45,397 67,601 151 236 16,487 10,919 5,568
Kansas 150,933 76,763 74,170 21,707 21,458 17,987 779 1,322 1,370 4,893 4,878 15
Kentucky 185,812 96,090 89,722 23,158 41,004 25,922 8,262 0 6,820 7,609 7,163 446
Louisiana 180,343 120,075 60,268 22,755 25,498 17,437 2,651 0 5,410 7,779 7,359 420
Maine 43,844 29,104 14,740 4,347 16,165 14,358 0 150 1,657 3,440 3,440 0
                         
Maryland 238,735 110,662 128,073 41,868 32,990 27,383 2,739 0 2,868 25,321 25,109 212
Massachusetts 180,310 87,264 93,046 25,510 173,897 166,873 2,800 1,737 2,487 97,339 97,203 136
Michigan 460,639 225,174 235,465 67,401 101,252 93,562 4,649 0 3,041 23,507 22,870 637
Minnesota 230,824 106,813 124,011 25,809 78,855 50,793 25,723 106 2,233 75,567 21,232 54,335
Mississippi 129,633 56,568 73,065 14,591 12,684 10,559 0 0 2,125 3,533 3,533 0
                         
Missouri 203,319 110,891 92,428 25,418 117,735 95,299 12,510 2,275 7,651 49,937 49,298 639
Montana 39,078 29,681 9,397 4,487 4,202 3,710 0 492 0 73 73 0
Nebraska 86,400 42,873 43,527 13,193 23,318 21,027 1,793 138 360 7,547 7,541 6
Nevada 98,622 86,130 12,492 9,937 9,455 484 5,693 0 3,278 2,476 1,235 1,241
New Hampshire 36,840 23,957 12,883 5,352 22,381 18,074 3,800 283 224 7,166 7,166 0
                         
New Jersey 293,634 129,398 164,236 35,204 54,894 48,629 5,085 0 1,180 26,428 26,428 0
New Mexico 120,721 45,526 75,195 12,262 7,914 1,970 5,163 0 781 1,516 595 921
New York 605,791 313,147 292,644 70,101 390,435 341,205 24,241 6,575 18,414 168,531 166,449 2,082
North Carolina 389,756 170,472 219,284 45,220 75,228 68,524 4,635 572 1,497 18,773 18,039 734
North Dakota 39,102 32,865 6,237 5,166 6,288 4,454 1,459 375 0 771 771 0
                         
Ohio 418,066 238,963 179,103 57,455 146,395 107,277 7,044 1,272 30,802 31,669 30,621 1,048
Oklahoma 158,406 96,850 61,556 19,847 23,934 17,119 3,830 0 2,985 4,570 4,371 199
Oregon 164,256 71,416 92,840 17,259 28,735 20,290 4,935 0 3,510 10,224 9,933 291
Pennsylvania 358,910 224,976 133,934 46,066 251,369 195,359 17,783 7,492 30,735 83,943 83,372 571
Rhode Island 38,006 20,394 17,612 4,595 35,152 34,918 0 0 234 6,140 6,140 0
                         
South Carolina 167,766 79,263 88,503 19,487 37,651 32,666 2,776 874 1,335 5,791 4,825 966
South Dakota 34,427 29,180 5,247 5,316 9,570 6,304 2,936 330 0 1,131 811 320
Tennessee 188,953 108,790 80,163 25,187 75,283 54,023 8,373 278 12,609 18,187 17,097 1,090
Texas 1,041,910 448,803 593,107 121,222 127,359 92,495 12,935 867 21,062 36,657 33,996 2,661
Utah 146,272 103,361 42,911 11,765 50,117 41,387 6,568 1,377 785 9,070 7,422 1,648
                         
Vermont 23,234 17,502 5,732 2,318 13,377 12,223 668 486 0 4,017 4,017 0
Virginia 331,959 154,838 177,121 51,162 90,439 59,959 24,416 0 6,064 27,236 24,789 2,447
Washington 293,378 123,991 169,387 18,693 37,009 28,983 6,433 0 1,593 13,455 12,589 866
West Virginia 76,080 55,862 20,218 12,615 29,859 10,658 16,989 0 2,212 6,779 1,465 5,314
Wisconsin 256,067 152,120 103,947 24,327 55,831 46,715 6,391 593 2,132 16,650 16,276 374
Wyoming 31,903 9,544 22,359 2,523 1,507 0 155 0 1,352 3 0 3
                         
U.S. Service Academies 15,521 15,521 0 18
                         
Other jurisdictions 75,501 67,840 7,661 6,923 129,618 103,515 10,106 5,606 10,391 24,125 22,189 1,936
American Samoa 1,806 1,806 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Federated States of
   Micronesia
2,457 0 2,457 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 4,909 3,094 1,815 293 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marshall Islands 689 0 689 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Marianas 791 791 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Palau 502 0 502 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 62,135 59,937 2,198 6,449 129,469 103,366 10,106 5,606 10,391 24,125 22,189 1,936
U.S. Virgin Islands 2,212 2,212 0 181 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
†Not applicable.
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2008 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2009. (This table was prepared May 2010.)

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