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Table 191. -  Total fall enrollment in public 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|| institu-
          or           |   Fall   |   Fall   |   Fall   |   Fall   |   Fall    |   Fall    |   Fall    |   Fall    |   Fall    |change,|| tions,\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 ......|6,428,134 |8,834,508 |9,457,394 |9,479,273 |10,844,717 |11,189,088 |11,133,680 |11,092,374 |11,090,171 |   2.3 ||11,120,499
                       |__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______||___________
Alabama ...............|   87,884 |  145,698 |  143,674 |  158,688 |   195,939 |   210,094 |   206,546 |   203,165 |   196,531 |   0.3 ||   196,531
Alaska ................|    8,563 |   13,218 |   20,561 |   26,510 |    27,792 |    28,708 |    27,631 |    28,368 |    27,828 |   0.1 ||    27,828
Arizona ...............|  107,315 |  168,666 |  194,034 |  202,036 |   248,213 |   246,754 |   252,184 |   254,530 |   253,469 |   2.1 ||   259,163
Arkansas ..............|   43,599 |   56,127 |   66,068 |   66,123 |    78,645 |    87,942 |    85,601 |    87,067 |    89,457 |  13.7 ||    97,405
California ............|1,123,529 |1,617,558 |1,599,838 |1,444,207 | 1,594,710 | 1,604,158 | 1,582,837 | 1,564,230 | 1,624,907 |   1.9 || 1,625,021
                       |          |          |          |          |           |           |           |           |           |       ||
Colorado ..............|  108,562 |  136,370 |  145,598 |  142,031 |   200,653 |   209,932 |   209,717 |   210,312 |   209,183 |   4.3 ||   209,183
Connecticut ...........|   73,391 |   93,567 |   97,788 |   98,616 |   109,556 |   105,446 |   102,450 |   100,539 |    97,588 | -10.9 ||    96,336
Delaware ..............|   21,151 |   27,082 |   28,325 |   27,933 |    34,252 |    35,771 |    36,322 |    36,204 |    36,579 |   6.8 ||    36,579
District of Columbia ..|   12,194 |   15,159 |   13,900 |   12,080 |    11,990 |    10,608 |    10,599 |     9,663 |     7,456 | -37.8 ||     7,736
Florida ...............|  189,450 |  287,745 |  334,349 |  362,241 |   489,081 |   518,480 |   528,024 |   530,607 |   531,030 |   8.6 ||   529,422
                       |          |          |          |          |           |           |           |           |           |       ||
Georgia ...............|  101,900 |  142,593 |  140,158 |  148,956 |   196,413 |   239,755 |   243,855 |   248,682 |   249,284 |  26.9 ||   230,204
Hawaii ................|   32,963 |   43,278 |   43,269 |   43,246 |    45,728 |    50,618 |    51,646 |    50,198 |    47,370 |   3.6 ||    47,370
Idaho .................|   27,072 |   31,298 |   34,491 |   33,666 |    41,315 |    47,524 |    48,994 |    48,986 |    49,392 |  19.5 ||    49,806
Illinois ..............|  315,634 |  444,458 |  491,274 |  520,224 |   551,333 |   549,745 |   545,958 |   530,248 |   532,470 |  -3.4 ||   532,470
Indiana................|  136,739 |  159,453 |  189,224 |  193,833 |   223,953 |   231,259 |   228,270 |   224,795 |   220,967 |  -1.3 ||   220,967
                       |          |          |          |          |           |           |           |           |           |       ||
Iowa ..................|   68,390 |   83,572 |   97,454 |  109,765 |   117,834 |   122,267 |   122,017 |   122,396 |   125,923 |   6.9 ||   125,923
Kansas ................|   88,215 |  107,761 |  121,987 |  127,220 |   149,117 |   154,016 |   152,798 |   160,449 |   155,429 |   4.2 ||   156,446
Kentucky ..............|   77,240 |  105,265 |  114,884 |  110,836 |   147,095 |   156,160 |   151,575 |   148,808 |   147,423 |   0.2 ||   147,423
Louisiana .............|  101,127 |  132,054 |  136,703 |  153,173 |   158,290 |   173,950 |   175,112 |   174,873 |   174,589 |  10.3 ||   185,223
Maine .................|   25,405 |   31,092 |   31,878 |   33,188 |    41,500 |    39,819 |    39,188 |    38,195 |    37,888 |  -8.7 ||    38,260
                       |          |          |          |          |           |           |           |           |           |       ||
Maryland ..............|  118,988 |  176,544 |  195,051 |  198,992 |   220,783 |   226,666 |   223,692 |   222,857 |   217,277 |  -1.6 ||   217,277
Massachusetts .........|  116,127 |  173,564 |  183,765 |  185,602 |   186,035 |   181,461 |   179,799 |   176,777 |   173,416 |  -6.8 ||   173,854
Michigan ..............|  339,625 |  436,655 |  454,147 |  434,270 |   487,359 |   483,145 |   466,758 |   462,390 |   458,989 |  -5.8 ||   458,989
Minnesota .............|  130,567 |  148,630 |  162,379 |  173,984 |   199,211 |   207,131 |   227,015 |   217,249 |   208,540 |   4.7 ||   213,284
Mississippi ...........|   64,968 |   89,919 |   90,661 |   90,704 |   109,038 |   109,373 |   108,398 |   110,600 |   114,905 |   5.4 ||   114,905
                       |          |          |          |          |           |           |           |           |           |       ||
Missouri...............|  132,540 |  158,196 |  165,179 |  168,829 |   200,093 |   197,821 |   191,859 |   189,993 |   189,269 |  -5.4 ||   189,851
Montana ...............|   27,287 |   27,798 |   31,178 |   32,032 |    31,865 |    34,326 |    34,927 |    37,435 |    38,000 |  19.3 ||    38,000
Nebraska ..............|   51,454 |   61,240 |   73,509 |   81,202 |    94,614 |    95,782 |    95,877 |    95,599 |    99,717 |   5.4 ||    99,717
Nevada ................|   13,576 |   30,010 |   40,280 |   43,368 |    61,242 |    63,229 |    63,271 |    66,683 |    71,925 |  17.4 ||    71,925
New Hampshire .........|   15,979 |   24,205 |   24,119 |   26,669 |    32,163 |    35,571 |    34,988 |    36,069 |    36,365 |  13.1 ||    36,365
                       |          |          |          |          |           |           |           |           |           |       ||
New Jersey ............|  145,373 |  227,764 |  247,028 |  237,297 |   261,601 |   278,361 |   272,420 |   271,069 |   264,596 |   1.1 ||   264,596
New Mexico ............|   40,795 |   47,605 |   55,077 |   66,059 |    83,403 |    98,093 |    97,073 |    97,220 |    97,630 |  17.1 ||    99,918
New York ..............|  449,437 |  613,842 |  563,251 |  563,251 |   616,884 |   604,989 |   604,433 |   588,491 |   572,482 |  -7.2 ||   572,482
North Carolina ........|  123,761 |  201,288 |  228,154 |  267,044 |   285,405 |   303,556 |   303,649 |   303,099 |   302,939 |   6.1 ||   302,939
North Dakota ..........|   30,192 |   27,954 |   31,709 |   34,802 |    34,690 |    36,644 |    36,639 |    36,810 |    36,765 |   6.0 ||    36,765
                       |          |          |          |          |           |           |           |           |           |       ||
Ohio ..................|  281,099 |  336,931 |  381,765 |  379,164 |   427,613 |   429,756 |   417,566 |   409,818 |   405,339 |  -5.2 ||   407,108
Oklahoma ..............|   91,438 |  124,372 |  137,188 |  146,827 |   151,073 |   160,901 |   161,748 |   158,026 |   154,381 |   2.2 ||   154,381
Oregon ................|  108,483 |  129,785 |  140,102 |  119,612 |   144,427 |   143,352 |   141,027 |   143,617 |   141,429 |  -2.1 ||   141,429
Pennsylvania ..........|  232,982 |  287,436 |  292,499 |  300,523 |   343,478 |   351,747 |   342,565 |   339,928 |   335,181 |  -2.4 ||   335,181
Rhode Island ..........|   25,527 |   32,311 |   35,052 |   35,389 |    42,350 |    40,833 |    39,376 |    38,653 |    37,487 | -11.5 ||    37,487
                       |          |          |          |          |           |           |           |           |           |       ||
South Carolina ........|   47,101 |  107,690 |  107,683 |  105,854 |   131,134 |   148,933 |   148,514 |   148,706 |   148,363 |  13.1 ||   148,363
South Dakota ..........|   23,936 |   21,925 |   24,328 |   23,339 |    26,596 |    31,427 |    30,980 |    29,693 |    28,564 |   7.4 ||    32,861
Tennessee .............|   98,897 |  139,526 |  156,835 |  147,951 |   175,049 |   194,225 |   191,425 |   193,136 |   194,097 |  10.9 ||   194,138
Texas .................|  365,522 |  542,212 |  613,552 |  677,192 |   802,314 |   834,696 |   843,002 |   836,851 |   838,091 |   4.5 ||   838,943
Utah ..................|   49,588 |   56,536 |   59,598 |   69,426 |    86,108 |   100,271 |   108,593 |   110,560 |   114,195 |  32.6 ||   113,696
                       |          |          |          |          |           |           |           |           |           |       ||
Vermont ...............|   12,536 |   17,145 |   17,984 |   18,844 |    20,910 |    21,001 |    20,505 |    20,470 |    20,139 |  -3.7 ||    20,139
Virginia ..............|  123,279 |  215,253 |  246,500 |  250,754 |   291,286 |   293,810 |   293,165 |   293,127 |   292,412 |   0.4 ||   292,412
Washington ............|  162,718 |  202,531 |  276,028 |  201,532 |   227,632 |   241,813 |   244,772 |   246,635 |   251,869 |  10.6 ||   262,359
West Virginia..........|   51,363 |   68,117 |   71,228 |   66,531 |    74,108 |    77,500 |    76,120 |    74,857 |    74,755 |   0.9 ||    75,116
Wisconsin .............|  170,374 |  210,535 |  235,179 |  238,735 |   253,529 |   256,669 |   250,246 |   245,770 |   244,628 |  -3.5 ||   245,060
Wyoming ...............|   15,220 |   18,078 |   21,121 |   24,204 |    30,623 |    30,002 |    30,015 |    29,420 |    29,994 |  -2.1 ||    29,994
                       |          |          |          |          |           |           |           |           |           |       ||
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 .....|   46,680 |   59,923 |   60,692 |   65,411 |    66,244 |    69,115 |    70,917 |    77,050 |    79,861 |  20.6 ||    79,083
                       |__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______||___________
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 ...........|   42,516 |   53,170 |   54,127 |   56,438 |    55,691 |    55,835 |    56,670 |    63,730 |    67,134 |  20.5 ||    66,356
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).


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