Table 194.

Estimated rate of 2003–04 high school graduates attending degree-granting institutions, by state: 2004

State	Number of high school graduates				Attending public or private degree-granting institutions
	Total1	Public, 2003–04		Private, 2002–03	Freshmen graduating from high school in the previous 12 months, fall 2004			Estimated rate of high school graduates going to college	Estimated rate of high school graduates going to college in home state
					Attending colleges located in the state2	State residents enrolled in institutions
						In any state3	In their home state4
1	2	3		4	5	6	7	8	9
United States5	3,049,226	2,753,438		295,790	1,731,100	1,709,495	1,385,121	56.1	45.4
Alabama	42,444	36,464		5,980	28,470	24,887	22,425	58.6	52.8
Alaska	7,519	7,236		283	2,284	3,379	2,024	44.9	26.9
Arizona	47,914	45,508		2,406	26,810	22,830	20,032	47.6	41.8
Arkansas	28,478	27,181		1,297	17,577	15,934	14,343	56.0	50.4
California	375,478	343,480		31,998	160,721	164,013	146,618	43.7	39.0
Colorado	47,140	44,777		2,363	27,307	27,296	21,619	57.9	45.9
Connecticut	45,136	34,573		10,563	22,664	25,152	14,504	55.7	32.1
Delaware	8,312	6,951		1,361	5,973	4,488	2,941	54.0	35.4
District of Columbia	4,233	3,031		1,202	8,788	2,488	611	58.8	14.4
Florida	148,240	131,418		16,822	90,202	79,246	70,729	53.5	47.7
Georgia	75,405	68,550		6,855	49,168	48,381	40,174	64.2	53.3
Hawaii	13,066	10,324		2,742	5,955	6,755	4,540	51.7	34.7
Idaho	16,054	15,547		507	8,220	7,614	5,616	47.4	35.0
Illinois	139,857	124,763		15,094	66,544	77,215	58,151	55.2	41.6
Indiana	60,826	56,008		4,818	41,617	36,019	31,275	59.2	51.4
Iowa	36,962	34,339		2,623	26,283	22,781	19,566	61.6	52.9
Kansas	32,319	30,155		2,164	21,582	19,821	17,129	61.3	53.0
Kentucky	41,447	37,787		3,660	24,295	21,693	19,349	52.3	46.7
Louisiana	46,030	37,019		9,011	28,341	25,174	22,680	54.7	49.3
Maine	16,519	13,278		3,241	6,874	7,965	4,974	48.2	30.1
Maryland	60,676	52,870		7,806	27,931	35,774	22,508	59.0	37.1
Massachusetts	68,375	58,326		10,049	48,481	43,803	29,869	64.1	43.7
Michigan	108,141	98,823		9,318	63,791	63,706	57,300	58.9	53.0
Minnesota	63,843	59,096		4,747	38,880	41,619	30,930	65.2	48.4
Mississippi	27,108	23,735		3,373	17,977	16,297	15,114	60.1	55.8
Missouri	65,658	57,983		7,675	36,026	34,419	28,448	52.4	43.3
Montana	11,330	10,500		830	6,398	6,362	4,663	56.2	41.2
Nebraska	22,667	20,309		2,358	13,473	13,557	10,885	59.8	48.0
Nevada	15,867	15,201		666	8,373	8,744	7,132	55.1	44.9
New Hampshire	15,553	13,309		2,244	8,947	8,737	4,781	56.2	30.7
New Jersey	95,760	83,826		11,934	38,104	60,694	34,841	63.4	36.4
New Mexico	19,134	17,892		1,242	11,574	11,762	9,908	61.5	51.8
New York	169,397	142,526	6	26,871	120,947	123,062	99,455	72.6	58.7
North Carolina	77,255	72,126		5,129	57,466	49,635	45,212	64.2	58.5
North Dakota	8,346	7,888		458	7,448	5,661	4,196	67.8	50.3
Ohio	133,116	119,029		14,087	68,976	70,236	58,900	52.8	44.2
Oklahoma	38,344	36,799		1,545	22,287	20,265	18,037	52.9	47.0
Oregon	35,566	32,958		2,608	16,575	16,225	12,431	45.6	35.0
Pennsylvania	141,740	123,474		18,266	96,885	84,159	69,840	59.4	49.3
Rhode Island	11,058	9,258		1,800	9,432	6,229	4,011	56.3	36.3
South Carolina	36,065	33,235		2,830	27,581	24,049	21,517	66.7	59.7
South Dakota	9,476	9,001		475	6,670	6,541	4,722	69.0	49.8
Tennessee	51,376	46,096		5,280	25,751	24,498	19,221	47.7	37.4
Texas	254,769	244,165		10,604	126,009	132,198	117,899	51.9	46.3
Utah	31,281	30,252		1,029	16,131	12,083	10,953	38.6	35.0
Vermont	8,362	7,100		1,262	5,417	3,679	1,592	44.0	19.0
Virginia	77,877	72,042		5,835	48,458	44,937	36,272	57.7	46.6
Washington	65,025	61,274		3,751	26,861	28,237	22,368	43.4	34.4
West Virginia	18,098	17,339		759	12,382	9,681	8,472	53.5	46.8
Wisconsin	68,709	62,784	6	5,925	39,465	39,168	31,821	57.0	46.3
Wyoming	5,875	5,833		42	4,562	3,461	2,395	58.9	40.8

1 Total includes public high school graduates for 2003–04 and private high school graduates for 2002–03. 2 All of the new students reported by the institutions in that state; i.e., all in-migrants and "remaining" students. Also, includes students who are not residents of the United States.. 3 All U.S. resident students living in a particular state when admitted to an institution in any state. Students may be enrolled in any state. 4 Students who attend institutions in their home state. 5 U.S. total enrollment includes some students not identified by state. 6 Estimated high school graduates from NCES 2006-606rev, The Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate for Public High Schools From the Common Core of Data: School Years 2002–03 and 2003–04. NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2004–05; "Private School Survey (PSS)," 2003–04; and 2004 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2005. (This table was prepared August 2007.)