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Table 202. Full-time-equivalent fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by control and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1980 to 2002

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                         |                      Total                         |             Public          |            Private
State or jurisdiction    |____________________________________________________|_____________________________|_____________________________
                         | 1980\1\ | 1990\1\ |  2000\2\ |  2001\2\ |  2002\2\ | 1990\1\ | 2000\1\ | 2002\2\ | 1990\1\ | 2000\1\ | 2002\2\
_________________________|_________|_________|__________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
1                        |       2 |       3 |         4|         5|        6 |       7 |       8 |       9 |      10 |      11 |      12
_________________________|_________|_________|__________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
   United States ........|8,819,013|9,983,436|11,267,025|11,765,945|12,331,319|7,557,982|8,266,932|9,061,411|2,425,454|3,000,093|3,269,908
                         |_________|_________|__________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
Alabama .................|  138,910|  174,610|   184,031|   186,434|   194,806|  154,343|  159,867|  169,429|   20,267|   24,164|   25,377
Alaska ..................|   10,073|   18,496|    17,787|    17,951|    18,973|   17,087|   16,808|   18,092|    1,409|      979|      881
Arizona .................|  127,114|  167,617|   225,396|   249,002|   279,414|  153,500|  173,079|  190,170|   14,117|   52,317|   89,244
Arkansas ................|   64,307|   74,449|    91,886|    96,294|   100,353|   63,472|   79,416|   87,717|   10,977|   12,470|   12,636
California ..............|1,099,559|1,156,288| 1,468,486| 1,551,092| 1,630,276|  979,663|1,183,585|1,324,859|  176,625|  284,901|  305,417
                         |         |         |          |          |          |         |         |         |         |         |
Colorado ................|  123,589|  159,032|   188,117|   192,349|   201,530|  138,350|  151,166|  164,074|   20,682|   36,951|   37,456
Connecticut .............|  112,612|  115,791|   117,954|   121,823|   127,061|   70,870|   67,760|   74,654|   44,921|   50,194|   52,407
Delaware ................|   26,284|   31,612|    34,057|    35,934|    37,842|   26,059|   27,366|   29,616|    5,553|    6,691|    8,226
District of Columbia ....|   62,126|   61,549|    59,560|    68,200|    70,870|    7,294|    3,364|    3,456|   54,255|   56,196|   67,414
Florida .................|  290,647|  383,385|   486,818|   522,631|   557,186|  302,579|  363,905|  415,106|   80,806|  122,913|  142,080
                         |         |         |          |          |          |         |         |         |         |         |
Georgia .................|  152,369|  198,549|   268,707|   290,486|   308,795|  149,115|  202,640|  236,868|   49,434|   66,067|   71,927
Hawaii ..................|   35,859|   41,097|    45,329|    46,299|    48,820|   32,496|   32,011|   34,600|    8,601|   13,318|   14,220
Idaho ...................|   33,938|   41,275|    52,353|    55,557|    57,970|   31,408|   40,932|   44,541|    9,867|   11,421|   13,429
Illinois ................|  432,365|  493,364|   520,087|   527,155|   550,396|  353,247|  351,125|  369,251|  140,117|  168,962|  181,145
Indiana .................|  193,445|  222,835|   250,998|   265,728|   272,879|  168,984|  184,113|  198,664|   53,851|   66,885|   74,215
                         |         |         |          |          |          |         |         |         |         |         |
Iowa ....................|  120,083|  138,565|   152,505|   157,362|   163,494|   95,772|  106,480|  114,582|   42,793|   46,025|   48,912
Kansas ..................|  101,147|  118,969|   129,839|   133,928|   137,436|  106,570|  113,764|  120,751|   12,399|   16,075|   16,685
Kentucky ................|  113,709|  137,651|   149,395|   165,170|   171,951|  111,858|  118,319|  141,042|   25,793|   31,076|   30,909
Louisiana ...............|  132,780|  154,132|   183,661|   188,717|   192,307|  129,357|  153,502|  161,780|   24,775|   30,159|   30,527
Maine ...................|   34,471|   42,021|    43,384|    45,366|    47,101|   29,876|   29,475|   32,392|   12,145|   13,909|   14,709
                         |         |         |          |          |          |         |         |         |         |         |
Maryland ................|  149,202|  169,972|   188,887|   199,037|   208,690|  141,950|  152,296|  168,540|   28,022|   36,591|   40,150
Massachusetts ...........|  315,937|  320,299|   327,984|   332,750|   340,285|  130,962|  126,424|  132,815|  189,337|  201,560|  207,470
Michigan ................|  366,058|  389,814|   402,019|   419,925|   435,875|  326,952|  325,775|  350,417|   62,862|   76,244|   85,458
Minnesota ...............|  162,559|  190,608|   223,232|   236,235|   248,814|  143,424|  160,512|  176,083|   47,184|   62,720|   72,731
Mississippi .............|   85,621|  103,957|   113,804|   122,686|   123,795|   92,269|  103,352|  112,358|   11,688|   10,452|   11,437
                         |         |         |          |          |          |         |         |         |         |         |
Missouri.................|  180,156|  210,104|   237,161|   241,618|   259,786|  142,953|  145,980|  157,409|   67,151|   91,181|  102,377
Montana .................|   29,428|   29,905|    36,005|    38,169|    38,478|   26,835|   32,178|   34,692|    3,070|    3,827|    3,786
Nebraska ................|   68,505|   80,989|    85,993|    87,838|    90,394|   65,739|   65,186|   68,612|   15,250|   20,807|   21,782
Nevada ..................|   22,467|   33,814|    52,577|    57,795|    60,833|   33,392|   48,099|   55,044|      422|    4,478|    5,789
New Hampshire ...........|   39,456|   45,762|    48,230|    50,834|    53,270|   24,948|   26,506|   29,783|   20,814|   21,724|   23,487
                         |         |         |          |          |          |         |         |         |         |         |
New Jersey ..............|  218,838|  221,468|   245,447|   254,309|   266,849|  174,324|  190,816|  208,718|   47,144|   54,631|   58,131
New Mexico ..............|   43,722|   59,517|    77,415|    79,325|    84,204|   57,870|   69,320|   75,915|    1,647|    8,095|    8,289
New York ................|  760,305|  798,696|   826,078|   845,932|   890,743|  446,379|  438,575|  468,567|  352,317|  387,503|  422,176
North Carolina ..........|  235,266|  269,025|   305,805|   325,650|   341,414|  208,321|  237,202|  269,681|   60,704|   68,603|   71,733
North Dakota ............|   30,188|   33,118|    35,230|    37,206|    39,401|   30,276|   31,243|   35,081|    2,842|    3,987|    4,320
                         |         |         |          |          |          |         |         |         |         |         |
Ohio ....................|  369,342|  420,499|   426,080|   443,800|   459,686|  317,837|  308,742|  335,059|  102,662|  117,338|  124,627
Oklahoma ................|  115,701|  128,203|   136,833|   146,311|   153,452|  108,933|  114,783|  129,183|   19,270|   22,050|   24,269
Oregon ..................|  110,649|  120,176|   130,705|   138,658|   148,221|  101,424|  105,687|  120,760|   18,752|   25,018|   27,461
Pennsylvania ............|  404,192|  464,179|   499,729|   515,638|   535,709|  261,305|  269,891|  293,619|  202,874|  229,838|  242,090
Rhode Island ............|   50,628|   60,168|    59,639|    61,640|    62,199|   28,804|   26,617|   27,250|   31,364|   33,022|   34,949
                         |         |         |          |          |          |         |         |         |         |         |
South Carolina ..........|  109,346|  127,225|   143,343|   147,755|   157,787|  101,918|  116,113|  126,856|   25,307|   27,230|   30,931
South Dakota ............|   27,873|   28,256|    34,876|    36,222|    37,928|   22,128|   28,074|   30,060|    6,128|    6,802|    7,868
Tennessee ...............|  161,058|  175,961|   209,100|   208,884|   213,740|  130,184|  152,782|  151,993|   45,777|   56,318|   61,747
Texas ...................|  527,724|  637,742|   741,012|   774,479|   823,518|  553,436|  626,580|  701,340|   84,306|  114,432|  122,178
Utah ....................|   78,199|   94,012|   125,622|   135,121|   138,627|   63,495|   88,436|   99,349|   30,517|   37,186|   39,278
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Vermont .................|   25,572|   29,072|    29,099|    29,864|    29,983|   16,048|   15,426|   16,380|   13,024|   13,673|   13,603
Virginia ................|  199,549|  251,708|   277,270|   284,504|   296,909|  202,285|  220,283|  238,076|   49,423|   56,987|   58,833
Washington ..............|  194,440|  189,521|   236,609|   242,726|   254,703|  160,889|  198,653|  214,652|   28,632|   37,956|   40,051
West Virginia ...........|   60,394|   68,235|    72,962|    75,876|    78,428|   59,229|   62,140|   65,659|    9,006|   10,822|   12,769
Wisconsin ...............|  206,790|  229,975|   232,912|   240,853|   250,367|  192,107|  186,856|  199,984|   37,868|   46,056|   50,383
Wyoming .................|   14,725|   21,888|    21,542|    22,266|    23,351|   21,185|   20,253|   21,412|      703|    1,289|    1,939
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U.S. Service Schools\3\ .|   49,736|   48,281|    13,475|    14,561|    14,420|   48,281|   13,475|   14,420|       † |       † |       †
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   Other jurisdictions ..|  117,637|  140,954|   166,039|   172,811|   178,753|   55,908|   73,576|   74,832|   85,046|   92,463|  103,921
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American Samoa ..........|      824|      952|       214|       832|       880|      952|      214|      880|        0|        0|        0
Federated States of      |         |         |          |          |          |         |         |         |         |         |
   Micronesia ...........|      195|      549|     1,308|     1,806|     1,830|      549|    1,308|    1,830|        0|        0|        0
Guam ....................|    2,115|    2,956|     3,579|     3,348|     3,532|    2,956|    3,579|    3,437|        0|        0|       95
Marshall Islands ........|        0|        0|       166|       215|       219|        0|      166|      219|        0|        0|        0
Northern Marianas .......|        0|      376|       707|       645|       991|      376|      707|      991|        0|        0|        0
Palau ...................|        0|      423|       450|       449|       536|      423|      450|      536|        0|        0|        0
Puerto Rico .............|  113,285|  134,193|   158,028|   163,081|   169,019|   49,147|   65,565|   65,193|   85,046|   92,463|  103,826
Virgin Islands ..........|    1,218|    1,505|     1,587|     2,435|     1,746|    1,505|    1,587|    1,746|        0|        0|        0
_________________________|_________|_________|__________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________

†Not applicable.
\1\Institutions that were accredited by an agency or association that was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, or recognized directly by the Secretary of Education.
\2\Data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that participated in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
\3\Data for 2000 and later years reflect substantial change in survey coverage.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" 1980 survey; and 1990 through 2002 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2003. (This table was prepared October 2004.)