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Table 184. Total first-time freshmen enrolled in degree-granting institutions, by attendance status, sex, control of institution, and state or jurisdiction: Fall 1996 to fall 2001

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                        |          |          |          |          |          |         Degree-granting institutions, fall 2001
                        |  Total,  |  Total,  |  Total,  |  Total,  |  Total,  |________________________________________________________________________________________
 State or jurisdiction  |   fall   |   fall   |   fall   |   fall   |   fall   |  Total   |       Full-time              |   Part-time              |  Public  |Private
                        |   1996   |   1997   |   1998   |   1999   |   2000   |          |______________________________|__________________________|  insti-  | insti-
                        |          |          |          |          |          |          |  Total   |  Men   |  Women   | Total  |  Men   | Women  | tutions  |tutions
________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|________|__________|________|________|________|__________|________
           1            |    2     |    3     |    4     |    5     |    6     |    7     |    8     |   9    |    10    |   11   |   12   |   13   |    14    |   15
________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|________|__________|________|________|________|__________|________
   United States .......| 2,274,319| 2,219,255| 2,212,593| 2,351,932| 2,427,551| 2,497,078| 1,989,179| 926,393| 1,062,786| 507,899| 226,444| 281,455| 1,855,345| 641,733
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Alabama ................|    37,185|    37,511|    37,821|    39,013|    43,411|    43,674|    36,769|  16,514|    20,255|   6,905|   3,232|   3,673|    36,315|   7,359
Alaska .................|     1,946|     2,404|     2,511|     2,217|     2,432|     2,585|     2,073|     910|     1,163|     512|     218|     294|     2,410|     175
Arizona ................|    40,724|    38,936|    41,253|    38,235|    46,646|    42,725|    33,918|  17,092|    16,826|   8,807|   4,332|   4,475|    28,555|  14,170
Arkansas ...............|    20,633|    20,030|    20,865|    21,474|    22,695|    22,030|    19,160|   8,286|    10,874|   2,870|   1,196|   1,674|    18,845|   3,185
California .............|   289,519|   210,363|   213,243|   284,667|   246,128|   264,689|   184,655|  84,977|    99,678|  80,034|  38,645|  41,389|   210,390|  54,299
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Colorado ...............|    34,377|    34,871|    37,992|    38,080|    43,201|    42,834|    33,079|  16,467|    16,612|   9,755|   4,634|   5,121|    33,588|   9,246
Connecticut ............|    21,177|    20,796|    21,970|    23,173|    24,212|    24,688|    20,986|   9,618|    11,368|   3,702|   1,389|   2,313|    15,139|   9,549
Delaware ...............|     7,854|     8,079|     7,812|     8,292|     7,636|     8,509|     6,583|   2,893|     3,690|   1,926|     659|   1,267|     7,003|   1,506
District of Columbia ...|     8,645|     8,256|     8,843|     8,878|     9,150|    10,825|     8,699|   3,623|     5,076|   2,126|     819|   1,307|     1,320|   9,505
Florida ................|    78,146|    87,159|    90,794|    91,068|   109,931|   121,508|    87,628|  41,103|    46,525|  33,880|  14,348|  19,532|    91,859|  29,649
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Georgia ................|    53,725|    51,905|    53,673|    56,139|    67,616|    67,134|    52,169|  23,622|    28,547|  14,965|   6,522|   8,443|    53,360|  13,774
Hawaii .................|     9,726|    10,150|     9,519|     8,957|     8,931|     9,560|     7,344|   3,321|     4,023|   2,216|     980|   1,236|     6,857|   2,703
Idaho ..................|    10,915|    10,837|    11,078|    11,202|    10,669|    11,498|     9,827|   4,589|     5,238|   1,671|     749|     922|     8,739|   2,759
Illinois ...............|   106,383|   107,579|   108,933|   110,246|   107,592|   107,995|    78,316|  36,947|    41,369|  29,679|  13,612|  16,067|    78,498|  29,497
Indiana.................|    53,257|    53,433|    55,003|    56,950|    59,320|    65,582|    52,099|  24,280|    27,819|  13,483|   5,767|   7,716|    47,387|  18,195
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Iowa ...................|    39,938|    38,985|    37,709|    40,071|    39,564|    41,141|    32,402|  16,000|    16,402|   8,739|   3,924|   4,815|    31,333|   9,808
Kansas .................|    28,055|    27,056|    27,313|    29,809|    31,424|    32,670|    23,533|  11,682|    11,851|   9,137|   4,532|   4,605|    29,607|   3,063
Kentucky ...............|    29,318|    29,222|    30,299|    30,831|    34,140|    36,579|    31,363|  13,928|    17,435|   5,216|   2,391|   2,825|    28,006|   8,573
Louisiana ..............|    39,710|    38,727|    40,654|    41,212|    45,383|    47,167|    37,829|  16,037|    21,792|   9,338|   5,134|   4,204|    39,297|   7,870
Maine ..................|     8,455|     8,226|     8,643|     8,983|     9,231|     9,768|     8,669|   4,152|     4,517|   1,099|     368|     731|     6,333|   3,435
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Maryland ...............|    33,198|    33,875|    35,545|    39,082|    35,552|    38,548|    28,672|  13,005|    15,667|   9,876|   4,063|   5,813|    32,049|   6,499
Massachusetts ..........|    62,804|    62,493|    63,300|    65,051|    66,044|    66,774|    57,867|  26,489|    31,378|   8,907|   3,398|   5,509|    31,339|  35,435
Michigan ...............|    76,367|    77,755|    80,293|    83,746|    84,998|    89,327|    67,614|  31,058|    36,556|  21,713|   9,141|  12,572|    72,947|  16,380
Minnesota ..............|    54,288|    44,926|    45,399|    59,964|    63,893|    64,361|    48,310|  23,458|    24,852|  16,051|   6,922|   9,129|    50,512|  13,849
Mississippi ............|    27,669|    28,393|    28,775|    28,657|    30,356|    32,406|    28,698|  12,267|    16,431|   3,708|   1,397|   2,311|    30,566|   1,840
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Missouri................|    41,639|    41,417|    44,320|    45,975|    48,639|    48,446|    41,978|  19,175|    22,803|   6,468|   2,832|   3,636|    32,003|  16,443
Montana ................|     8,248|     8,047|     7,904|     8,012|     7,771|     7,786|     6,967|   3,487|     3,480|     819|     404|     415|     6,770|   1,016
Nebraska ...............|    18,053|    18,075|    17,648|    19,970|    19,027|    19,280|    16,607|   8,018|     8,589|   2,673|   1,100|   1,573|    14,684|   4,596
Nevada .................|     7,572|    10,113|    11,312|     9,758|    10,490|    11,052|     7,925|   3,045|     4,880|   3,127|   1,365|   1,762|     8,629|   2,423
New Hampshire ..........|    10,872|    11,039|    10,505|    11,168|    13,143|    12,553|    10,742|   4,961|     5,781|   1,811|     724|   1,087|     6,748|   5,805
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New Jersey .............|    45,927|    47,327|    48,577|    53,197|    52,233|    53,797|    44,577|  20,841|    23,736|   9,220|   3,880|   5,340|    43,291|  10,506
New Mexico .............|    14,141|    15,102|    15,391|    14,996|    15,261|    15,785|    12,308|   5,458|     6,850|   3,477|   1,463|   2,014|    13,988|   1,797
New York ...............|   153,439|   154,024|   157,476|   162,406|   168,181|   167,849|   153,213|  70,499|    82,714|  14,636|   5,914|   8,722|    94,555|  73,294
North Carolina .........|    53,826|    61,065|    66,609|    67,381|    69,343|    74,731|    58,520|  26,205|    32,315|  16,211|   7,133|   9,078|    60,037|  14,694
North Dakota ...........|     8,684|     7,936|     8,293|     8,620|     8,929|     9,332|     8,013|   4,326|     3,687|   1,319|     570|     749|     8,412|     920
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Ohio ...................|    95,202|    92,730|    96,062|    93,898|    98,823|    95,580|    81,413|  38,063|    43,350|  14,167|   5,972|   8,195|    67,582|  27,998
Oklahoma ...............|    28,701|    29,411|    32,009|    34,028|    35,094|    36,552|    27,991|  13,466|    14,525|   8,561|   3,527|   5,034|    31,428|   5,124
Oregon .................|    22,598|    22,450|    22,523|    24,530|    26,946|    27,119|    20,666|   9,817|    10,849|   6,453|   3,040|   3,413|    22,407|   4,712
Pennsylvania ...........|   110,785|   111,864|   112,170|   119,899|   125,578|   127,255|   108,854|  52,365|    56,489|  18,401|   7,356|  11,045|    71,172|  56,083
Rhode Island ...........|    12,643|    13,848|    14,372|    14,071|    13,789|    14,421|    12,956|   6,073|     6,883|   1,465|     549|     916|     6,206|   8,215
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South Carolina .........|    30,719|    31,187|    32,026|    31,517|    32,353|    34,503|    28,240|  12,328|    15,912|   6,263|   2,468|   3,795|    27,909|   6,594
South Dakota ...........|     8,352|     7,783|     8,504|     9,542|     8,597|     8,588|     7,688|   3,670|     4,018|     900|     372|     528|     7,044|   1,544
Tennessee ..............|    37,384|    38,262|    38,626|    39,410|    43,327|    43,411|    39,158|  17,746|    21,412|   4,253|   1,834|   2,419|    29,123|  14,288
Texas ..................|   141,837|   145,218|   157,878|   163,120|   181,813|   178,185|   128,108|  61,454|    66,654|  50,077|  23,586|  26,491|   150,383|  27,802
Utah ...................|    26,841|    28,101|    25,893|    25,695|    24,953|    28,211|    21,145|   9,556|    11,589|   7,066|   3,811|   3,255|    19,131|   9,080
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Vermont ................|     6,702|     7,169|     6,812|     6,914|     6,810|     6,941|     6,140|   3,073|     3,067|     801|     284|     517|     3,881|   3,060
Virginia ...............|    47,360|    48,385|    51,131|    50,830|    52,661|    51,416|    46,001|  20,502|    25,499|   5,415|   2,354|   3,061|    37,938|  13,478
Washington .............|    86,677|    96,017|    32,910|    33,484|    36,287|    38,417|    33,341|  15,873|    17,468|   5,076|   2,237|   2,839|    31,183|   7,234
West Virginia...........|    16,717|    15,356|    16,164|    15,797|    15,659|    16,136|    14,883|   6,975|     7,908|   1,253|     515|     738|    13,152|   2,984
Wisconsin ..............|    50,285|    50,925|    49,859|    54,017|    53,662|    55,800|    44,504|  20,669|    23,835|  11,296|   4,649|   6,647|    47,630|   8,170
Wyoming ................|     4,458|     4,695|     4,421|     3,912|     4,209|     5,310|     4,934|   3,076|     1,858|     376|     133|     243|     3,760|   1,550
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U.S. Service Schools ...|    10,643|     9,742|     3,958|     3,788|     3,818|     4,045|     4,045|   3,354|       691|       †|       †|       †|     4,045|       †      
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  Outlying areas .......|    37,312|    36,163|    34,572|    36,540|    39,609|    38,182|    35,413|  15,361|    20,052|   2,769|   1,291|   1,478|    17,805|  20,377
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American Samoa .........|       954|       954|       435|       723|       297|       440|       274|     129|       145|     166|      70|      96|       440|       †
Federated States of     |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |        |          |        |        |        |          |
  Micronesia ...........|       417|       365|       366|       616|       786|     1,002|       854|     376|       478|     148|      80|      68|     1,002|       †
Guam ...................|       484|       616|       562|       607|       770|       729|       465|     202|       263|     264|     126|     138|       729|       †
Marshall Islands........|       121|       159|       190|       236|       199|       220|       212|     103|       109|       8|       6|       2|       220|       †
Northern Marianas ......|       113|       163|       117|       333|       333|       178|        51|      25|        26|     127|      46|      81|       178|       †
Palau ..................|       109|        83|       140|       115|       147|       147|       134|      64|        70|      13|       5|       8|       147|       †
Puerto Rico ............|    34,781|    33,522|    32,448|    33,489|    36,773|    34,908|    32,912|  14,149|    18,763|   1,996|     945|   1,051|    14,797|  20,111
Virgin Islands .........|       333|       301|       314|       421|       304|       558|       511|     313|       198|      47|      13|      34|       292|     266
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† Not applicable.

NOTE: Data for 1999 were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall Enrollment surveys, 1996 through 1999, and Spring 2001 and Spring 2002 surveys. (This table was prepared September 2003.)


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