Table 304.15.

Total fall enrollment in public degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2012

State or jurisdiction	Fall 1970	Fall 1980	Fall 1990	Fall 2000	Fall 2007	Fall 2008	Fall 2009	Fall 2010	Fall 2011	Fall 2012	Percent change, 2007 to 2012
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
United States	6,428,134	9,457,394	10,844,717	11,752,786	13,490,780	13,972,153	14,810,642	15,142,809	15,110,196	14,880,343	10.3
Alabama	87,884	143,674	195,939	207,435	237,632	245,040	260,277	267,083	260,523	251,045	5.6
Alaska	8,563	20,561	27,792	26,559	29,381	29,167	30,493	32,303	32,158	30,595	4.1
Arizona	107,315	194,034	248,213	284,522	332,154	331,310	350,435	366,976	366,116	359,229	8.2
Arkansas	43,599	66,068	78,645	101,775	135,525	140,706	149,474	155,780	158,760	157,224	16.0
California	1,123,529	1,599,838	1,594,710	1,927,771	2,136,087	2,239,487	2,289,470	2,223,648	2,178,629	2,129,152	-0.3
Colorado	108,562	145,598	200,653	217,897	227,984	235,265	255,438	269,407	269,298	272,444	19.5
Connecticut	73,391	97,788	109,556	101,027	114,072	118,694	123,211	127,194	126,487	124,952	9.5
Delaware	21,151	28,325	34,252	34,194	39,092	38,952	40,428	40,408	40,698	41,113	5.2
District of Columbia	12,194	13,900	11,990	5,499	5,608	5,584	5,253	5,840	5,280	5,476	-2.4
Florida	189,450	334,349	489,081	556,912	683,328	709,593	759,479	790,027	803,200	804,693	17.8
Georgia	101,900	140,158	196,413	271,755	359,883	376,468	418,037	436,109	428,708	422,189	17.3
Hawaii	32,963	43,269	45,728	44,579	50,454	53,526	57,945	60,090	60,330	60,295	19.5
Idaho	27,072	34,491	41,315	53,751	60,526	61,190	63,261	64,204	65,753	78,781	30.2
Illinois	315,634	491,274	551,333	534,155	550,940	560,411	588,741	585,515	577,043	557,137	1.1
Indiana	136,739	189,224	223,953	240,023	278,951	296,950	325,072	337,705	340,264	333,769	19.7
Iowa	68,390	97,454	117,834	135,008	154,644	157,019	170,870	177,781	178,491	173,558	12.2
Kansas	88,215	121,987	149,117	159,976	170,054	172,640	182,736	185,623	186,475	183,976	8.2
Kentucky	77,240	114,884	147,095	151,973	211,234	208,970	221,508	229,725	233,427	224,092	6.1
Louisiana	101,127	136,703	158,290	189,213	193,316	203,098	215,511	224,811	225,210	220,971	14.3
Maine	25,405	31,878	41,500	40,662	48,357	48,191	49,668	51,482	50,253	50,270	4.0
Maryland	118,988	195,051	220,783	223,797	269,719	280,603	298,185	309,779	314,383	310,503	15.1
Massachusetts	116,127	183,765	186,035	183,248	198,700	205,820	218,999	224,493	227,005	228,178	14.8
Michigan	339,625	454,147	487,359	467,861	519,449	528,040	553,022	562,444	554,741	540,242	4.0
Minnesota	130,567	162,379	199,211	218,617	250,397	256,633	270,336	276,176	274,192	272,290	8.7
Mississippi	64,968	90,661	109,038	125,355	139,931	144,224	155,517	159,695	160,611	157,995	12.9
Missouri	132,540	165,179	200,093	201,509	223,155	228,737	245,568	256,119	260,585	257,430	15.4
Montana	27,287	31,178	31,865	37,387	42,857	43,565	46,653	48,261	48,912	48,333	12.8
Nebraska	51,454	73,509	94,614	88,531	96,680	99,593	104,149	107,980	106,794	104,166	7.7
Nevada	13,576	40,280	61,242	83,120	104,797	108,559	112,397	113,103	105,048	103,619	-1.1
New Hampshire	15,979	24,119	32,163	35,870	41,982	42,192	43,507	44,072	43,333	43,289	3.1
New Jersey	145,373	247,028	261,601	266,921	318,296	328,838	348,934	358,256	359,458	356,456	12.0
New Mexico	40,795	55,077	83,403	101,450	124,773	132,983	143,101	150,856	146,515	146,792	17.6
New York	449,437	563,251	616,884	583,417	652,428	675,892	712,466	723,500	731,914	722,274	10.7
North Carolina	123,761	228,154	285,405	329,422	410,746	434,976	470,239	475,598	470,989	465,684	13.4
North Dakota	30,192	31,709	34,690	36,014	43,016	44,268	46,727	48,904	48,868	48,929	13.7
Ohio	281,099	381,765	427,613	411,161	460,240	475,521	522,002	547,551	542,774	524,338	13.9
Oklahoma	91,438	137,188	151,073	153,699	177,643	178,253	189,953	197,642	197,373	195,111	9.8
Oregon	108,483	140,102	144,427	154,756	165,260	181,515	201,246	208,002	215,466	212,310	28.5
Pennsylvania	232,982	292,499	343,478	339,229	396,774	404,976	425,979	432,889	428,269	425,890	7.3
Rhode Island	25,527	35,052	42,350	38,458	41,503	42,601	43,409	43,224	43,254	43,204	4.1
South Carolina	47,101	107,683	131,134	155,519	180,479	187,253	200,204	205,080	208,302	209,023	15.8
South Dakota	23,936	24,328	26,596	34,857	38,917	39,743	41,674	44,569	43,729	44,185	13.5
Tennessee	98,897	156,835	175,049	202,530	208,524	214,140	231,741	242,486	241,917	235,010	12.7
Texas	365,522	613,552	802,314	896,534	1,109,666	1,163,132	1,258,841	1,334,885	1,367,005	1,347,860	21.5
Utah	49,588	59,598	86,108	123,046	147,982	158,037	170,921	178,599	179,208	171,001	15.6
Vermont	12,536	17,984	20,910	20,021	24,829	25,552	27,028	27,524	27,132	26,501	6.7
Virginia	123,279	246,500	291,286	313,780	370,486	383,121	401,093	409,004	413,761	409,753	10.6
Washington	162,718	276,028	227,632	273,928	301,793	312,071	328,391	330,874	317,066	311,497	3.2
West Virginia	51,363	71,228	74,108	76,136	87,838	88,695	94,533	96,104	95,634	93,017	5.9
Wisconsin	170,374	235,179	253,529	249,737	273,708	280,394	295,090	301,212	296,795	293,416	7.2
Wyoming	15,220	21,121	30,623	28,715	33,705	34,426	35,682	36,292	36,368	35,859	6.4
U.S. Service Academies1	17,079	49,808	48,692	13,475	15,285	15,539	15,748	15,925	15,692	15,227	-0.4
Other jurisdictions	46,680	60,692	66,244	84,464	80,958	82,424	87,030	83,719	78,928	78,369	-3.2
American Samoa	0	976	1,219	297	1,767	1,806	2,189	2,193	2,091	1,795	1.6
Federated States of    Micronesia	0	224	975	1,576	2,379	2,457	3,401	2,699	2,915	2,744	15.3
Guam	2,719	3,217	4,741	5,215	5,077	5,202	5,661	6,103	6,274	5,847	15.2
Marshall Islands	0	0	0	328	557	689	847	869	989	1,123	101.6
Northern Marianas	0	0	661	1,078	901	791	989	1,137	1,046	1,178	30.7
Palau	0	0	491	581	668	502	651	694	742	680	1.8
Puerto Rico	42,516	54,127	55,691	73,121	67,225	68,584	70,690	67,291	62,257	62,579	-6.9
U.S. Virgin Islands	1,445	2,148	2,466	2,268	2,384	2,393	2,602	2,733	2,614	2,423	1.6

1 Data for 2000 and later years reflect a substantial reduction in the number of Department of Defense institutions included in the IPEDS survey.

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.

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; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90); and IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2013, Enrollment component. (This table was prepared November 2013.)