Table 190. - | Total fall enrollment in institutions of higher education and degree-granting institutions, by state: 1970 to 1996 |
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Institutions of higher education || Degree- |__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|| granting State | | | | | | | | | |Percent|| insti- or | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall |change,||tutions,\2\ other area | 1970 | 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996\1\ |1990 to|| fall | | | | | | | | | | 1996 || 1996 _______________________|__________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______||___________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 || 12 _______________________|__________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______||___________ United States ......|8,580,887 |11,184,859 |12,096,895 |12,247,055 |13,818,637 |14,304,803 |14,278,790 |14,261,781 |14,300,255 | 3.5 ||14,367,520 |__________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______||___________ Alabama ...............| 103,936 | 164,700 | 164,306 | 179,343 | 218,589 | 233,525 | 229,511 | 225,612 | 219,499 | 0.4 || 220,711 Alaska ................| 9,471 | 13,998 | 21,296 | 27,479 | 29,833 | 30,638 | 28,798 | 29,348 | 28,846 | -3.3 || 28,806 Arizona ...............| 109,619 | 173,542 | 202,716 | 216,854 | 264,148 | 272,300 | 274,932 | 273,981 | 276,832 | 4.8 || 288,036 Arkansas ..............| 52,039 | 65,547 | 77,607 | 77,958 | 90,425 | 99,262 | 96,294 | 98,180 | 100,688 | 11.3 || 108,636 California ............|1,257,245 | 1,787,932 | 1,790,993 | 1,650,439 | 1,808,740 | 1,836,349 | 1,835,791 | 1,817,042 | 1,882,634 | 4.1 || 1,900,099 | | | | | | | | | | || Colorado ..............| 123,395 | 149,814 | 162,916 | 161,314 | 227,131 | 239,805 | 241,295 | 242,739 | 242,949 | 7.0 || 245,112 Connecticut ...........| 124,700 | 148,491 | 159,632 | 159,348 | 168,604 | 162,300 | 159,990 | 157,695 | 155,361 | -7.9 || 154,139 Delaware ..............| 25,260 | 32,389 | 32,939 | 31,883 | 42,004 | 43,528 | 44,197 | 44,307 | 44,838 | 6.7 || 44,838 District of Columbia ..| 77,158 | 84,190 | 86,675 | 78,201 | 79,551 | 81,565 | 77,256 | 77,277 | 74,239 | -6.7 || 74,460 Florida ...............| 235,525 | 344,267 | 411,891 | 451,392 | 588,086 | 623,403 | 634,237 | 637,303 | 641,173 | 9.0 || 645,832 | | | | | | | | | | || Georgia ...............| 126,511 | 173,585 | 184,159 | 196,826 | 251,786 | 302,844 | 308,587 | 314,712 | 317,999 | 26.3 || 300,795 Hawaii ................| 36,562 | 46,671 | 47,181 | 49,937 | 56,436 | 62,871 | 64,322 | 63,198 | 61,383 | 8.8 || 62,844 Idaho .................| 34,567 | 39,075 | 43,018 | 42,668 | 51,881 | 58,768 | 60,393 | 59,566 | 59,904 | 15.5 || 60,411 Illinois ..............| 452,146 | 584,089 | 644,245 | 678,689 | 729,246 | 734,089 | 731,420 | 717,854 | 720,987 | -1.1 || 721,133 Indiana................| 192,668 | 213,820 | 247,253 | 250,567 | 284,832 | 294,685 | 292,276 | 289,615 | 286,326 | 0.5 || 290,184 | | | | | | | | | | || Iowa ..................| 108,902 | 121,678 | 140,449 | 152,897 | 170,515 | 172,797 | 172,450 | 173,835 | 177,021 | 3.8 || 178,860 Kansas ................| 102,485 | 120,833 | 136,605 | 141,359 | 163,733 | 170,135 | 170,603 | 177,643 | 172,350 | 5.3 || 173,865 Kentucky ..............| 98,591 | 125,253 | 143,066 | 141,724 | 177,852 | 187,332 | 182,577 | 178,858 | 177,749 | -0.1 || 178,904 Louisiana .............| 120,728 | 153,213 | 160,058 | 177,176 | 186,840 | 201,987 | 203,567 | 203,935 | 203,517 | 8.9 || 213,993 Maine .................| 34,134 | 40,443 | 43,264 | 52,201 | 57,186 | 56,294 | 56,724 | 56,547 | 55,645 | -2.7 || 56,017 | | | | | | | | | | || Maryland ..............| 149,607 | 205,570 | 225,526 | 231,649 | 259,700 | 268,005 | 266,214 | 266,310 | 260,757 | 0.4 || 260,757 Massachusetts .........| 303,809 | 384,485 | 418,415 | 421,175 | 417,833 | 420,127 | 416,505 | 413,794 | 410,327 | -1.8 || 411,676 Michigan ..............| 392,726 | 496,405 | 520,131 | 507,293 | 569,803 | 568,210 | 551,307 | 548,339 | 546,974 | -4.0 || 547,629 Minnesota .............| 160,788 | 184,756 | 206,691 | 221,162 | 253,789 | 268,118 | 289,300 | 280,816 | 275,262 | 8.5 || 284,964 Mississippi ...........| 73,967 | 99,962 | 102,364 | 101,180 | 122,883 | 122,408 | 120,884 | 122,690 | 126,234 | 2.7 || 126,027 | | | | | | | | | | || Missouri...............| 183,930 | 223,115 | 234,421 | 241,146 | 289,899 | 297,062 | 293,810 | 291,536 | 290,533 | 0.2 || 293,584 Montana ...............| 30,062 | 30,843 | 35,177 | 35,958 | 35,876 | 39,557 | 40,095 | 42,674 | 43,145 | 20.3 || 43,550 Nebraska ..............| 66,915 | 74,705 | 89,488 | 97,769 | 112,831 | 115,523 | 116,000 | 115,718 | 119,300 | 5.7 || 120,689 Nevada ................| 13,669 | 30,187 | 40,455 | 43,656 | 61,728 | 63,947 | 64,085 | 67,826 | 73,467 | 19.0 || 73,970 New Hampshire .........| 29,400 | 41,030 | 46,794 | 52,283 | 59,510 | 64,043 | 62,847 | 64,327 | 64,463 | 8.3 || 64,396 | | | | | | | | | | || New Jersey ............| 216,121 | 297,114 | 321,610 | 297,658 | 324,286 | 343,029 | 335,480 | 333,831 | 328,188 | 1.2 || 328,143 New Mexico ............| 44,461 | 51,944 | 58,283 | 68,295 | 85,500 | 101,460 | 101,881 | 102,405 | 103,546 | 21.1 || 106,662 New York ..............| 806,479 | 1,005,063 | 992,237 | 1,000,098 | 1,048,286 | 1,062,924 | 1,057,841 | 1,041,566 | 1,027,870 | -1.9 || 1,028,351 North Carolina ........| 171,925 | 251,786 | 287,537 | 327,288 | 352,138 | 371,280 | 369,386 | 372,030 | 373,168 | 6.0 || 372,993 North Dakota ..........| 31,495 | 29,743 | 34,069 | 37,939 | 37,878 | 40,316 | 40,184 | 40,399 | 40,554 | 7.1 || 41,142 | | | | | | | | | | || Ohio ..................| 376,267 | 436,052 | 489,145 | 514,745 | 557,690 | 562,402 | 549,304 | 540,275 | 537,535 | -3.6 || 544,371 Oklahoma ..............| 110,155 | 146,613 | 160,295 | 169,173 | 173,221 | 183,342 | 185,174 | 180,676 | 177,255 | 2.3 || 177,166 Oregon ................| 122,177 | 145,281 | 157,458 | 137,967 | 165,741 | 165,834 | 164,447 | 167,145 | 165,168 | -0.3 || 166,662 Pennsylvania ..........| 411,044 | 470,536 | 507,716 | 533,198 | 604,060 | 621,228 | 611,174 | 617,759 | 621,994 | 3.0 || 587,447 Rhode Island ..........| 45,898 | 64,479 | 66,869 | 69,927 | 78,273 | 77,407 | 74,718 | 74,100 | 72,432 | -7.5 || 72,432 | | | | | | | | | | || South Carolina ........| 69,518 | 133,023 | 132,476 | 131,902 | 159,302 | 174,302 | 173,070 | 174,125 | 174,303 | 9.4 || 174,303 South Dakota ..........| 30,639 | 30,260 | 32,761 | 32,772 | 34,208 | 38,166 | 37,764 | 36,695 | 35,373 | 3.4 || 39,820 Tennessee .............| 135,103 | 181,435 | 204,581 | 194,845 | 226,238 | 244,936 | 242,966 | 245,962 | 247,043 | 9.2 || 247,637 Texas .................| 442,225 | 624,390 | 701,391 | 769,692 | 901,437 | 942,178 | 954,495 | 952,525 | 955,439 | 6.0 || 959,698 Utah ..................| 81,687 | 87,323 | 93,987 | 103,994 | 121,303 | 138,139 | 146,196 | 147,324 | 151,637 | 25.0 || 152,262 | | | | | | | | | | || Vermont ...............| 22,209 | 29,095 | 30,628 | 31,416 | 36,398 | 36,415 | 35,409 | 35,065 | 35,090 | -3.6 || 35,779 Virginia ..............| 151,915 | 244,671 | 280,504 | 292,416 | 353,442 | 348,535 | 354,149 | 355,919 | 353,788 | 0.1 || 355,190 Washington ............| 183,544 | 227,168 | 303,603 | 231,553 | 263,384 | 279,845 | 284,662 | 285,819 | 292,180 | 10.9 || 303,450 West Virginia..........| 63,153 | 78,619 | 81,973 | 76,659 | 84,790 | 88,852 | 87,741 | 86,034 | 85,689 | 1.1 || 87,099 Wisconsin .............| 202,058 | 240,701 | 269,086 | 275,069 | 299,774 | 309,036 | 303,861 | 300,223 | 299,127 | -0.2 || 299,522 Wyoming ...............| 15,220 | 18,078 | 21,147 | 24,204 | 31,326 | 30,702 | 30,682 | 30,176 | 30,805 | -1.7 || 30,805 | | | | | | | | | | || U.S. Service Schools ..| 17,079 | 36,897 | 49,808 | 54,719 | 48,692 | 52,998 | 51,939 | 88,451 | 81,669 | 67.7 || 81,669 |==========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|=======||=========== Outlying areas .....| 67,237 | 104,270 | 137,749 | 164,890 | 164,618 | 172,989 | 170,686 | 183,657 | 181,660 | 10.4 || 182,536 |__________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______||___________ American Samoa ........| --- | 689 | 976 | 758 | 1,219 | 1,264 | 1,249 | 1,232 | 1,239 | 1.6 || 1,239 Federated States of | | | | | | | | | | || Micronesia ..........| --- | --- | --- | --- | 975 | 1,148 | 1,374 | 1,296 | 1,396 | 43.2 || 1,396 Guam ..................| 2,719 | 3,800 | 3,217 | 4,601 | 4,741 | 5,843 | 6,449 | 6,010 | 5,335 | 12.5 || 5,335 Marshall Islands ......| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 386 | 424 | 418 | 431 | --- || 431 Northern Marianas .....| --- | --- | --- | 318 | 661 | 1,261 | 1,253 | 959 | 1,096 | 65.8 || 1,096 Palau .................| --- | --- | --- | --- | 491 | 436 | 403 | 351 | 332 | -32.4 || 332 Puerto Rico ...........| 63,073 | 97,517 | 131,184 | 155,917 | 154,065 | 159,709 | 156,439 | 170,337 | 168,933 | 9.7 || 169,809 Trust Territory of the | | | | | | | | | | || Pacific .............| --- | 185 | 224 | 724 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- || --- Virgin Islands ........| 1,445 | 2,079 | 2,148 | 2,572 | 2,466 | 2,942 | 3,095 | 3,054 | 2,898 | 17.5 || 2,898 _______________________|__________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______||___________ |
\1\Preliminary data.
\2\Preliminary data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting higher education institutions that were eligible to participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. ---Data not reported or not applicable. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys. (This table was prepared October 1998.) |