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Digest of Education Statistics: 2008
Digest of Education Statistics: 2008

NCES 2009-020
March 2009


Table 199. Total first-time freshmen fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by attendance status, sex, control of institution, and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 2000 through 2006
State or jurisdiction Total, fall 2000 Total, fall 2002 Total, fall 2003 Total, fall 2004 Total, fall 2005 Fall 2006
Total Full-time Part-time Public institutions Private institutions
Total Males Females Total Males Females
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
United States 2,427,551 2,570,611 2,591,754 2,630,243 2,657,338 2,707,213 2,219,853 1,015,585 1,204,268 487,360 213,080 274,280 2,003,342 703,871
Alabama 43,411 43,065 42,813 42,737 42,461 42,821 37,841 17,084 20,757 4,980 2,285 2,695 37,549 5,272
Alaska 2,432 2,661 2,753 2,760 2,899 2,984 2,360 1,109 1,251 624 233 391 2,856 128
Arizona 46,646 46,879 44,687 50,521 76,987 63,830 51,310 19,817 31,493 12,520 5,914 6,606 36,353 27,477
Arkansas 22,695 23,021 24,536 24,110 24,480 23,545 21,021 9,577 11,444 2,524 1,065 1,459 20,529 3,016
California 246,128 274,436 246,913 259,869 266,989 294,343 207,707 93,666 114,041 86,636 41,268 45,368 243,069 51,274
                             
Colorado 43,201 44,525 46,088 45,341 47,330 52,309 40,083 18,266 21,817 12,226 5,147 7,079 37,767 14,542
Connecticut 24,212 26,408 26,531 27,295 27,520 27,913 24,387 11,261 13,126 3,526 1,358 2,168 17,517 10,396
Delaware 7,636 9,299 8,766 8,253 8,763 8,259 7,381 3,171 4,210 878 309 569 7,206 1,053
District of Columbia 9,150 10,462 10,231 11,350 11,334 9,996 9,260 3,857 5,403 736 251 485 1,425 8,571
Florida 109,931 125,322 130,724 138,561 136,694 143,052 109,298 48,855 60,443 33,754 13,910 19,844 102,910 40,142
                             
Georgia 67,616 75,130 82,588 83,314 74,267 76,298 62,899 27,390 35,509 13,399 5,471 7,928 61,510 14,788
Hawaii 8,931 9,211 9,073 8,492 8,466 8,316 6,385 2,779 3,606 1,931 890 1,041 6,521 1,795
Idaho 10,669 12,950 11,370 11,801 12,549 11,555 10,104 4,424 5,680 1,451 625 826 8,470 3,085
Illinois 107,592 110,013 115,453 103,212 111,724 109,524 91,752 41,759 49,993 17,772 8,166 9,606 68,609 40,915
Indiana 59,320 62,691 62,478 61,520 61,915 64,138 56,169 26,468 29,701 7,969 3,688 4,281 45,629 18,509
                             
Iowa 39,564 43,860 41,835 43,352 41,242 38,985 31,277 15,447 15,830 7,708 2,848 4,860 26,037 12,948
Kansas 31,424 29,271 29,681 28,393 29,173 29,057 24,253 12,205 12,048 4,804 2,286 2,518 25,865 3,192
Kentucky 34,140 37,998 38,390 39,485 37,766 38,697 33,237 14,129 19,108 5,460 2,056 3,404 28,765 9,932
Louisiana 45,383 43,149 46,406 43,572 32,018 35,643 32,269 13,678 18,591 3,374 1,445 1,929 30,507 5,136
Maine 9,231 10,287 10,710 10,760 11,181 11,465 10,186 4,869 5,317 1,279 476 803 7,759 3,706
                             
Maryland 35,552 40,346 42,258 45,815 44,288 47,166 35,956 16,119 19,837 11,210 4,647 6,563 39,701 7,465
Massachusetts 66,044 67,654 68,490 70,869 70,873 71,764 64,038 29,145 34,893 7,726 2,841 4,885 33,693 38,071
Michigan 84,998 88,325 88,497 88,078 93,221 96,812 73,513 33,877 39,636 23,299 9,818 13,481 79,550 17,262
Minnesota 63,893 64,246 62,436 61,042 57,822 54,004 46,796 22,833 23,963 7,208 3,062 4,146 39,206 14,798
Mississippi 30,356 37,841 34,337 33,646 33,665 32,480 27,952 11,856 16,096 4,528 1,743 2,785 30,205 2,275
                             
Missouri 48,639 49,730 51,066 51,431 52,678 52,569 46,242 20,509 25,733 6,327 2,673 3,654 35,992 16,577
Montana 7,771 7,868 8,538 8,484 8,654 8,554 7,497 3,875 3,622 1,057 433 624 7,781 773
Nebraska 19,027 19,928 20,670 18,855 19,015 18,519 16,394 7,867 8,527 2,125 923 1,202 14,354 4,165
Nevada 10,490 10,236 9,575 13,995 15,117 15,052 9,453 4,038 5,415 5,599 2,717 2,882 13,219 1,833
New Hampshire 13,143 12,408 12,832 12,420 12,692 12,985 11,737 5,366 6,371 1,248 497 751 7,861 5,124
                             
New Jersey 52,233 55,624 56,108 57,564 58,396 61,540 52,624 25,116 27,508 8,916 3,789 5,127 51,379 10,161
New Mexico 15,261 15,834 16,604 16,827 16,653 16,961 13,257 6,182 7,075 3,704 1,737 1,967 15,741 1,220
New York 168,181 171,246 178,097 180,253 181,328 182,929 172,388 80,299 92,089 10,541 4,469 6,072 105,368 77,561
North Carolina 69,343 78,576 76,673 81,444 79,628 84,968 66,392 29,496 36,896 18,576 7,596 10,980 67,540 17,428
North Dakota 8,929 9,149 10,154 9,477 8,296 8,365 7,889 4,272 3,617 476 193 283 7,281 1,084
                             
Ohio 98,823 100,076 104,007 104,334 102,800 103,531 90,995 42,343 48,652 12,536 5,508 7,028 72,319 31,212
Oklahoma 35,094 34,659 37,491 34,948 35,318 34,751 28,237 13,069 15,168 6,514 2,775 3,739 28,965 5,786
Oregon 26,946 27,112 27,239 28,402 28,944 29,704 22,262 10,090 12,172 7,442 3,441 4,001 23,882 5,822
Pennsylvania 125,578 131,518 131,515 132,339 132,758 137,903 121,112 57,663 63,449 16,791 6,462 10,329 78,302 59,601
Rhode Island 13,789 14,819 15,070 15,388 15,277 16,103 14,644 6,916 7,728 1,459 573 886 7,359 8,744
                             
South Carolina 32,353 37,589 37,649 37,868 38,469 39,557 34,108 14,676 19,432 5,449 2,195 3,254 32,478 7,079
South Dakota 8,597 9,124 9,577 9,076 8,780 9,280 8,283 4,042 4,241 997 379 618 7,410 1,870
Tennessee 43,327 44,876 45,880 47,991 49,076 50,120 45,803 19,910 25,893 4,317 1,743 2,574 33,589 16,531
Texas 181,813 188,647 197,110 205,221 202,388 198,219 138,804 64,484 74,320 59,415 27,552 31,863 173,707 24,512
Utah 24,953 28,866 27,763 26,787 28,501 29,402 21,507 9,719 11,788 7,895 3,960 3,935 21,970 7,432
                             
Vermont 6,810 6,583 6,341 6,343 7,684 7,191 6,658 3,407 3,251 533 212 321 4,078 3,113
Virginia 52,661 56,031 60,269 66,621 68,005 73,708 60,889 26,664 34,225 12,819 5,418 7,401 54,802 18,906
Washington 36,287 36,549 38,919 37,393 38,367 37,269 33,188 15,455 17,733 4,081 1,843 2,238 29,870 7,399
West Virginia 15,659 16,826 17,858 16,602 16,675 16,926 15,807 7,476 8,331 1,119 405 714 14,295 2,631
Wisconsin 53,662 57,559 56,167 55,331 55,326 55,816 46,640 22,188 24,452 9,176 3,469 5,707 45,860 9,956
Wyoming 4,209 6,230 6,326 6,519 6,661 6,104 5,378 3,390 1,988 726 316 410 4,501 1,603
                             
U.S. Service Academies 3,818 3,898 4,212 4,182 4,225 4,231 4,231 3,432 799 0 0 0 4,231
                             
Other jurisdictions 39,609 40,931 43,361 43,506 41,800 42,847 39,413 17,296 22,117 3,434 1,533 1,901 16,003 26,844
American Samoa 297 477 536 575 597 531 295 121 174 236 96 140 531 0
Federated States of Micronesia 786 952 1,102 1,389 761 1,112 909 440 469 203 103 100 1,112 0
Guam 770 756 749 724 1,117 1,149 673 265 408 476 231 245 1,110 39
Marshall Islands 199 224 133 179 12 6 6 3 3 0 0 0 6 0
Northern Marianas 333 241 307 255 199 192 176 69 107 16 6 10 192 0
Palau 147 103 110 115 105 134 124 69 55 10 2 8 134 0
Puerto Rico 36,773 37,547 39,944 39,471 38,648 39,343 36,895 16,236 20,659 2,448 1,082 1,366 12,538 26,805
U.S. Virgin Islands 304 631 480 798 361 380 335 93 242 45 13 32 380 0
†Not applicable.
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate†s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Data are for first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2000 through 2006 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Spring 2001 through Spring 2007. (This table was prepared June 2008.)