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Table 200  Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by level of enrollment and state: 1996 and 1997

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                         |                 Fall 1996                  |                 Fall 1997
  State or other area    |____________________________________________|____________________________________________
                         |           |  Under-   | First-  |          |           |  Under-   | First-  |
                         |  Total    | graduate  | profes- | Graduate |  Total    | graduate  | profes- | Graduate
                         |           |           | sional  |          |           |           | sional  |
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            1            |     2     |     3     |    4    |    5     |     6     |     7     |    8    |    9
_________________________|___________|___________|_________|__________|___________|___________|_________|__________
   United States ........|14,367,520 |12,326,948 | 298,312 |1,742,260 |14,502,334 |12,450,587 | 298,258 |1,753,489
                         |___________|___________|_________|__________|___________|___________|_________|__________
Alabama .................|   220,711 |   194,191 |   4,141 |   22,379 |   218,785 |   192,479 |   4,345 |   21,961
Alaska ..................|    28,806 |    27,251 |     --- |    1,555 |    27,915 |    26,350 |     --- |    1,565
Arizona .................|   288,036 |   255,298 |   1,690 |   31,048 |   292,730 |   259,628 |   1,895 |   31,207
Arkansas ................|   108,636 |    98,788 |   1,667 |    8,181 |   112,342 |   102,668 |   1,657 |    8,017
California ..............| 1,900,099 | 1,682,463 |  33,308 |  184,328 | 1,958,200 | 1,732,607 |  33,171 |  192,422
                         |           |           |         |          |           |           |         |
Colorado ................|   245,112 |   206,013 |   3,173 |   35,926 |   252,245 |   210,856 |   3,172 |   38,217
Connecticut .............|   154,139 |   120,609 |   3,407 |   30,123 |   153,128 |   119,848 |   3,418 |   29,862
Delaware ................|    44,838 |    38,624 |   1,272 |    4,942 |    44,890 |    38,605 |   1,198 |    5,087
District of Columbia ....|    74,460 |    41,003 |   9,199 |   24,258 |    72,397 |    39,253 |   8,913 |   24,231
Florida .................|   645,832 |   571,203 |   9,691 |   64,938 |   658,259 |   584,357 |  10,062 |   63,840
                         |           |           |         |          |           |           |         |
Georgia .................|   300,795 |   252,090 |  10,547 |   38,158 |   306,238 |   257,010 |  10,195 |   39,033
Hawaii ..................|    62,844 |    54,899 |     467 |    7,478 |    61,514 |    53,948 |     459 |    7,107
Idaho ...................|    60,411 |    53,101 |     546 |    6,764 |    61,641 |    54,129 |     562 |    6,950
Illinois ................|   721,133 |   605,146 |  17,219 |   98,768 |   726,199 |   612,086 |  17,153 |   96,960
Indiana..................|   290,184 |   250,710 |   5,432 |   34,042 |   295,517 |   255,782 |   5,657 |   34,078
                         |           |           |         |          |           |           |         |
Iowa ....................|   178,860 |   155,596 |   6,463 |   16,801 |   180,967 |   157,417 |   6,752 |   16,798
Kansas ..................|   173,865 |   151,530 |   2,101 |   20,234 |   177,544 |   155,309 |   2,159 |   20,076
Kentucky ................|   178,904 |   154,036 |   4,783 |   20,085 |   178,924 |   153,436 |   4,810 |   20,678
Louisiana ...............|   213,993 |   182,493 |   6,058 |   25,442 |   219,196 |   187,536 |   5,773 |   25,887
Maine ...................|    56,017 |    49,481 |     713 |    5,823 |    56,368 |    49,730 |     746 |    5,892
                         |           |           |         |          |           |           |         |
Maryland ................|   260,757 |   213,735 |   4,305 |   42,717 |   261,262 |   213,967 |   4,328 |   42,967
Massachusetts ...........|   411,676 |   316,578 |  13,494 |   81,604 |   412,620 |   316,299 |  13,983 |   82,338
Michigan ................|   547,629 |   468,017 |  10,517 |   69,095 |   549,742 |   467,264 |  10,162 |   72,316
Minnesota ...............|   284,964 |   243,774 |   6,223 |   34,967 |   269,887 |   233,407 |   6,031 |   30,449
Mississippi .............|   126,027 |   112,430 |   1,757 |   11,840 |   130,561 |   116,699 |   1,813 |   12,049
                         |           |           |         |          |           |           |         |
Missouri.................|   293,584 |   243,452 |   9,665 |   40,467 |   302,896 |   252,032 |   9,821 |   41,043
Montana .................|    43,550 |    40,033 |     227 |    3,290 |    44,141 |    40,521 |     252 |    3,368
Nebraska ................|   120,689 |   105,172 |   3,116 |   12,401 |   111,542 |    96,679 |   3,083 |   11,780
Nevada ..................|    73,970 |    66,338 |     205 |    7,427 |    76,417 |    68,566 |     206 |    7,645
New Hampshire ...........|    64,396 |    54,361 |     710 |    9,325 |    63,811 |    53,645 |     713 |    9,453
                         |           |           |         |          |           |           |         |
New Jersey ..............|   328,143 |   279,386 |   6,586 |   42,171 |   325,754 |   276,737 |   5,503 |   43,514
New Mexico ..............|   106,662 |    92,476 |     871 |   13,315 |   108,560 |    94,104 |     840 |   13,616
New York ................| 1,028,351 |   830,571 |  27,184 |  170,596 | 1,024,498 |   827,877 |  27,233 |  169,388
North Carolina ..........|   372,993 |   330,684 |   7,115 |   35,194 |   373,717 |   330,207 |   7,541 |   35,969
North Dakota ............|    41,142 |    37,962 |     438 |    2,742 |    38,937 |    35,806 |     421 |    2,710
                         |           |           |         |          |           |           |         |
Ohio ....................|   544,371 |   465,660 |  12,452 |   66,259 |   537,169 |   458,575 |  12,489 |   66,105
Oklahoma ................|   177,166 |   152,579 |   3,101 |   21,486 |   177,157 |   152,679 |   3,450 |   21,028
Oregon ..................|   166,662 |   145,560 |   3,873 |   17,229 |   169,852 |   148,540 |   3,890 |   17,422
Pennsylvania ............|   587,447 |   491,389 |  15,983 |   80,075 |   588,185 |   491,773 |  15,589 |   80,823
Rhode Island ............|    72,432 |    62,259 |     869 |    9,304 |    72,078 |    62,328 |     864 |    8,886
                         |           |           |         |          |           |           |         |
South Carolina ..........|   174,303 |   149,508 |   2,738 |   22,057 |   176,278 |   151,851 |   2,933 |   21,494
South Dakota ............|    39,820 |    35,356 |     672 |    3,792 |    39,042 |    34,750 |     718 |    3,574
Tennessee ...............|   247,637 |   215,022 |   5,532 |   27,083 |   249,805 |   216,836 |   5,591 |   27,378
Texas ...................|   959,698 |   837,394 |  19,864 |  102,440 |   969,283 |   846,521 |  19,109 |  103,653
Utah ....................|   152,262 |   138,744 |   1,254 |   12,264 |   157,891 |   144,665 |   1,253 |   11,973
                         |           |           |         |          |           |           |         |
Vermont .................|    35,779 |    30,974 |     896 |    3,909 |    36,482 |    31,816 |     926 |    3,740
Virginia ................|   355,190 |   299,714 |   7,075 |   48,401 |   364,904 |   308,972 |   7,242 |   48,690
Washington ..............|   303,450 |   276,955 |   3,758 |   22,737 |   315,281 |   288,641 |   3,969 |   22,671
West Virginia............|    87,099 |    74,689 |   1,420 |   10,990 |    87,965 |    75,503 |   1,447 |   11,015
Wisconsin ...............|   299,522 |   266,230 |   3,653 |   29,639 |   298,248 |   264,832 |   3,775 |   29,641
Wyoming .................|    30,805 |    28,374 |     209 |    2,222 |    30,280 |    27,753 |     320 |    2,207
                         |           |           |         |          |           |           |         |
U.S. Service Schools ....|    81,669 |    77,047 |     673 |    3,949 |    83,090 |    77,708 |     666 |    4,716
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   Outlying areas .......|   182,536 |   166,029 |   3,132 |   13,375 |   178,154 |   161,888 |   3,050 |   13,216
                         |___________|___________|_________|__________|___________|___________|_________|__________
American Samoa ..........|     1,239 |     1,239 |     --- |      --- |     1,248 |     1,248 |     --- |      ---
Federated States of      |           |           |         |          |           |           |         |
  Micronesia ............|     1,396 |     1,396 |     --- |      --- |     1,372 |     1,372 |     --- |      ---
Guam ....................|     5,335 |     4,986 |     --- |      349 |     5,533 |     5,145 |     --- |      388
Marshall Islands.........|       431 |       431 |     --- |      --- |       459 |       459 |     --- |      ---
Northern Marianas .......|     1,096 |     1,096 |     --- |      --- |     1,136 |     1,136 |     --- |      ---
Palau ...................|       332 |       332 |     --- |      --- |       330 |       330 |     --- |      ---
Puerto Rico .............|   169,809 |   153,883 |   3,132 |   12,794 |   165,466 |   149,799 |   3,050 |   12,617
Virgin Islands ..........|     2,898 |     2,666 |     --- |      232 |     2,610 |     2,399 |     --- |      211
_________________________|___________|___________|_________|__________|___________|___________|_________|__________

---Data not reported or not applicable.

NOTE.--Data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting higher education institutions that were eligible to participate in federal financial aid programs.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" survey. (This table was prepared July 1999.)


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