Table 194. | Total fall enrollment in public degree-granting institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2005 |
State or jurisdiction | Fall 1970 | Fall 1980 | Fall 1990 | Fall 19991 | Fall 2000 | Fall 2001 | Fall 2002 | Fall 2003 | Fall 2004 | Fall 2005 | Percent change, 2000 to 2005 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
United States | 6,428,134 | 9,457,394 | 10,844,717 | 11,309,399 | 11,752,786 | 12,233,156 | 12,751,993 | 12,857,059 | 12,980,112 | 13,021,834 | 10.8 |
Alabama | 87,884 | 143,674 | 195,939 | 197,173 | 207,435 | 208,385 | 217,883 | 225,347 | 226,989 | 228,153 | 10.0 |
Alaska | 8,563 | 20,561 | 27,792 | 25,687 | 26,559 | 26,550 | 28,314 | 29,821 | 29,515 | 28,866 | 8.7 |
Arizona | 107,315 | 194,034 | 248,213 | 276,268 | 284,522 | 294,174 | 307,496 | 310,679 | 317,974 | 320,865 | 12.8 |
Arkansas | 43,599 | 66,068 | 78,645 | 103,326 | 101,775 | 108,950 | 113,509 | 119,920 | 123,973 | 128,117 | 25.9 |
California | 1,123,529 | 1,599,838 | 1,594,710 | 1,692,607 | 1,927,771 | 2,043,182 | 2,121,106 | 1,978,831 | 1,987,283 | 2,008,155 | 4.2 |
Colorado | 108,562 | 145,598 | 200,653 | 219,436 | 217,897 | 222,815 | 233,740 | 236,883 | 239,308 | 234,509 | 7.6 |
Connecticut | 73,391 | 97,788 | 109,556 | 96,834 | 101,027 | 104,066 | 108,522 | 108,815 | 110,354 | 111,705 | 10.6 |
Delaware | 21,151 | 28,325 | 34,252 | 36,895 | 34,194 | 36,510 | 37,344 | 37,621 | 38,243 | 38,682 | 13.1 |
District of Columbia | 12,194 | 13,900 | 11,990 | 5,349 | 5,499 | 5,589 | 5,603 | 5,424 | 5,388 | 5,595 | 1.7 |
Florida | 189,450 | 334,349 | 489,081 | 540,967 | 556,912 | 588,921 | 617,754 | 643,784 | 649,857 | 648,999 | 16.5 |
Georgia | 101,900 | 140,158 | 196,413 | 237,411 | 271,755 | 298,215 | 317,180 | 330,052 | 335,979 | 342,012 | 25.9 |
Hawaii | 32,963 | 43,269 | 45,728 | 46,479 | 44,579 | 45,994 | 48,163 | 50,316 | 50,569 | 50,157 | 12.5 |
Idaho | 27,072 | 34,491 | 41,315 | 52,615 | 53,751 | 56,673 | 57,996 | 60,481 | 60,695 | 60,303 | 12.2 |
Illinois | 315,634 | 491,274 | 551,333 | 533,522 | 534,155 | 534,280 | 554,093 | 566,137 | 563,593 | 555,149 | 3.9 |
Indiana | 136,739 | 189,224 | 223,953 | 230,810 | 240,023 | 259,258 | 258,627 | 262,957 | 266,916 | 267,298 | 11.4 |
Iowa | 68,390 | 97,454 | 117,834 | 133,753 | 135,008 | 140,227 | 145,798 | 149,195 | 149,776 | 148,907 | 10.3 |
Kansas | 88,215 | 121,987 | 149,117 | 157,088 | 159,976 | 164,173 | 167,741 | 169,384 | 170,149 | 170,319 | 6.5 |
Kentucky | 77,240 | 114,884 | 147,095 | 146,558 | 151,973 | 178,349 | 188,518 | 196,474 | 197,991 | 201,579 | 32.6 |
Louisiana | 101,127 | 136,703 | 158,290 | 188,573 | 189,213 | 194,790 | 197,547 | 207,923 | 208,218 | 181,043 | -4.3 |
Maine | 25,405 | 31,878 | 41,500 | 40,349 | 40,662 | 42,425 | 44,850 | 46,714 | 47,284 | 47,519 | 16.9 |
Maryland | 118,988 | 195,051 | 220,783 | 220,809 | 223,797 | 236,795 | 246,792 | 252,026 | 256,582 | 256,073 | 14.4 |
Massachusetts | 116,127 | 183,765 | 186,035 | 181,514 | 183,248 | 186,891 | 187,874 | 189,334 | 187,873 | 188,295 | 2.8 |
Michigan | 339,625 | 454,147 | 487,359 | 461,825 | 467,861 | 482,154 | 495,676 | 501,821 | 500,873 | 505,586 | 8.1 |
Minnesota | 130,567 | 162,379 | 199,211 | 207,474 | 218,617 | 225,941 | 235,513 | 240,714 | 241,245 | 240,853 | 10.2 |
Mississippi | 64,968 | 90,661 | 109,038 | 121,369 | 125,355 | 125,656 | 134,130 | 134,318 | 137,543 | 135,896 | 8.4 |
Missouri | 132,540 | 165,179 | 200,093 | 199,324 | 201,509 | 206,721 | 214,022 | 216,777 | 214,561 | 217,722 | 8.0 |
Montana | 27,287 | 31,178 | 31,865 | 38,336 | 37,387 | 39,368 | 40,615 | 42,444 | 42,289 | 42,997 | 15.0 |
Nebraska | 51,454 | 73,509 | 94,614 | 88,386 | 88,531 | 89,639 | 92,111 | 93,432 | 93,195 | 93,181 | 5.3 |
Nevada | 13,576 | 40,280 | 61,242 | 85,270 | 83,120 | 86,790 | 89,547 | 94,205 | 96,773 | 100,043 | 20.4 |
New Hampshire | 15,979 | 24,119 | 32,163 | 34,927 | 35,870 | 37,224 | 40,958 | 41,324 | 40,642 | 41,007 | 14.3 |
New Jersey | 145,373 | 247,028 | 261,601 | 263,752 | 266,921 | 275,655 | 289,275 | 298,906 | 305,034 | 304,315 | 14.0 |
New Mexico | 40,795 | 55,077 | 83,403 | 103,125 | 101,450 | 103,758 | 111,667 | 117,245 | 121,339 | 120,976 | 19.2 |
New York | 449,437 | 563,251 | 616,884 | 566,306 | 583,417 | 584,607 | 610,756 | 613,895 | 623,192 | 626,222 | 7.3 |
North Carolina | 123,761 | 228,154 | 285,405 | 321,311 | 329,422 | 350,684 | 367,861 | 383,720 | 389,143 | 396,755 | 20.4 |
North Dakota | 30,192 | 31,709 | 34,690 | 35,940 | 36,014 | 38,560 | 41,134 | 43,383 | 43,275 | 42,808 | 18,9 |
Ohio | 281,099 | 381,765 | 427,613 | 411,541 | 411,161 | 425,265 | 441,738 | 450,369 | 454,377 | 453,001 | 10.2 |
Oklahoma | 91,438 | 137,188 | 151,073 | 155,361 | 153,699 | 163,336 | 171,369 | 178,612 | 179,281 | 179,225 | 16.6 |
Oregon | 108,483 | 140,102 | 144,427 | 148,177 | 154,756 | 162,645 | 173,698 | 166,129 | 165,375 | 163,752 | 5.8 |
Pennsylvania | 232,982 | 292,499 | 343,478 | 336,930 | 339,229 | 353,950 | 370,386 | 381,254 | 384,525 | 380,271 | 12.1 |
Rhode Island | 25,527 | 35,052 | 42,350 | 38,650 | 38,458 | 39,149 | 38,867 | 39,937 | 39,920 | 40,008 | 4.0 |
South Carolina | 47,101 | 107,683 | 131,134 | 153,496 | 155,519 | 158,661 | 167,563 | 171,893 | 172,386 | 174,686 | 12.3 |
South Dakota | 23,936 | 24,328 | 26,596 | 34,197 | 34,857 | 37,310 | 37,760 | 38,179 | 37,598 | 37,548 | 7.7 |
Tennessee | 98,897 | 156,835 | 175,049 | 193,646 | 202,530 | 194,696 | 194,202 | 196,088 | 199,904 | 200,394 | -1.1 |
Texas | 365,522 | 613,552 | 802,314 | 862,271 | 896,534 | 935,826 | 1,006,549 | 1,036,008 | 1,071,926 | 1,081,335 | 20.6 |
Utah | 49,588 | 59,598 | 86,108 | 120,558 | 123,046 | 133,790 | 135,778 | 140,282 | 145,182 | 148,960 | 21.1 |
Vermont | 12,536 | 17,984 | 20,910 | 20,580 | 20,021 | 20,480 | 21,238 | 22,607 | 22,980 | 24,090 | 20.3 |
Virginia | 123,279 | 246,500 | 291,286 | 311,536 | 313,780 | 326,758 | 337,286 | 341,948 | 343,391 | 349,195 | 11.3 |
Washington | 162,718 | 276,028 | 227,632 | 263,415 | 273,928 | 277,023 | 293,007 | 298,079 | 293,145 | 296,756 | 8.3 |
West Virginia | 51,363 | 71,228 | 74,108 | 76,777 | 76,136 | 78,304 | 79,741 | 82,273 | 83,274 | 85,148 | 11.8 |
Wisconsin | 170,374 | 235,179 | 253,529 | 249,608 | 249,737 | 257,888 | 268,010 | 266,805 | 266,884 | 268,928 | 7.7 |
Wyoming | 15,220 | 21,121 | 30,623 | 27,944 | 28,715 | 29,545 | 30,666 | 31,666 | 31,597 | 32.611 | 13.6 |
U.S. Service Schools2 | 17,079 | 49,808 | 48,692 | 13,344 | 13,475 | 14,561 | 14,420 | 14,628 | 14,754 | 15,265 | 13.3 |
Other jurisdictions | 46,680 | 60,692 | 66,244 | 83,919 | 84,464 | 85,535 | 86,484 | 85,468 | 83,831 | 82,341 | -2.5 |
American Samoa | 0 | 976 | 1,219 | 1,172 | 297 | 1,178 | 1,367 | 1,537 | 1,550 | 1,579 | 431.6 |
Federated States of Micronesia | 0 | 224 | 975 | 1,506 | 1,576 | 2,243 | 2,173 | 2,558 | 2,608 | 2,283 | 44.9 |
Guam | 2,719 | 3,217 | 4,741 | 5,727 | 5,215 | 4,869 | 5,038 | 4,546 | 4,470 | 5,875 | 12.7 |
Marshall Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 616 | 328 | 220 | 224 | 601 | 623 | 604 | 84.1 |
Northern Marianas | 0 | 0 | 661 | 1,080 | 1,078 | 982 | 1,299 | 1,237 | 1,101 | 967 | -10.3 |
Palau | 0 | 0 | 491 | 569 | 581 | 579 | 668 | 727 | 651 | 651 | 12.0 |
Puerto Rico | 42,516 | 54,127 | 55,691 | 70,507 | 73,121 | 73,173 | 73,180 | 71,722 | 70,263 | 67,990 | -7.0 |
Virgin Islands | 1,445 | 2,148 | 2,466 | 2,742 | 2,268 | 2,291 | 2,535 | 2,540 | 2,565 | 2,392 | 5.5 |
1 Data were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.) 2 Data for 1999 and later years reflect substantial changes in survey coverage. NOTE: Data through 1990 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. (See Guide to Sources for details.) SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys, 1970 and 1980; and 1990 through 2005 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90–99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2006. (This table was prepared August 2006.) |