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Table 190. -  Total fall enrollment in institutions of higher education and degree-granting institutions, by state: 1970 to 1996
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                       |                               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
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   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.)


1998 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest