Table 203.

Estimated rate of 2005–06 high school graduates attending degree-granting institutions, by state: 2006

State	Number of high school graduates				Attending public or private degree-granting institutions
	Total1	Public, 2005–06		Private, 2004–05	Freshmen graduating from high school in the previous 12 months, fall 2006			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	3,111,324	2,815,544		295,790	1,955,510	1,929,453	1,559,301	62.0	50.1
Alabama	43,898	37,918		5,980	32,225	27,019	24,334	61.5	55.4
Alaska	7,641	7,361		280	2,197	3,503	1,964	45.8	25.7
Arizona	56,501	54,091		2,410	31,177	25,423	22,104	45.0	39.1
Arkansas	30,090	28,790		1,300	18,800	17,063	15,093	56.7	50.2
California	375,515	343,515		32,000	208,107	210,481	190,199	56.1	50.7
Colorado	46,784	44,424		2,360	29,351	29,748	23,020	63.6	49.2
Connecticut	46,782	36,222		10,560	24,017	29,429	15,554	62.9	33.2
Delaware	8,635	7,275		1,360	7,047	5,727	3,758	66.3	43.5
District of Columbia	4,350	3,150	6	1,200	8,786	2,448	633	56.3	14.6
Florida	151,506	134,686		16,820	97,162	91,149	80,682	60.2	53.3
Georgia	80,348	73,498		6,850	54,763	55,094	45,503	68.6	56.6
Hawaii	13,662	10,922		2,740	5,916	7,534	4,772	55.1	34.9
Idaho	16,606	16,096		510	8,495	7,608	5,549	45.8	33.4
Illinois	141,907	126,817		15,090	74,362	85,730	63,453	60.4	44.7
Indiana	62,740	57,920		4,820	47,986	40,088	34,811	63.9	55.5
Iowa	36,313	33,693		2,620	27,137	22,131	18,987	60.9	52.3
Kansas	31,978	29,818		2,160	22,338	20,985	17,854	65.6	55.8
Kentucky	42,109	38,449		3,660	28,574	25,883	23,043	61.5	54.7
Louisiana	42,285	33,275		9,010	27,476	27,009	24,046	63.9	56.9
Maine	16,190	12,950		3,240	9,347	9,887	6,399	61.1	39.5
Maryland	63,346	55,536		7,810	34,244	42,002	26,681	66.3	42.1
Massachusetts	71,322	61,272		10,050	59,053	51,800	34,476	72.6	48.3
Michigan	111,902	102,582		9,320	71,513	72,171	64,796	64.5	57.9
Minnesota	63,648	58,898		4,750	40,372	43,181	31,876	67.8	50.1
Mississippi	27,218	23,848		3,370	22,445	20,532	18,870	75.4	69.3
Missouri	66,087	58,417		7,670	40,254	38,136	31,686	57.7	47.9
Montana	11,113	10,283		830	6,458	6,271	4,680	56.4	42.1
Nebraska	22,124	19,764		2,360	14,424	14,219	11,599	64.3	52.4
Nevada	17,125	16,455		670	7,949	8,936	6,832	52.2	39.9
New Hampshire	16,228	13,988		2,240	11,247	10,483	5,470	64.6	33.7
New Jersey	101,979	90,049		11,930	44,444	71,620	40,390	70.2	39.6
New Mexico	19,062	17,822		1,240	12,349	13,549	10,652	71.1	55.9
New York	188,687	161,817		26,870	143,264	141,574	113,145	75.0	60.0
North Carolina	81,840	76,710		5,130	61,718	53,787	48,693	65.7	59.5
North Dakota	7,652	7,192		460	6,875	5,504	4,014	71.9	52.5
Ohio	131,446	117,356		14,090	77,478	78,210	65,391	59.5	49.7
Oklahoma	38,047	36,497		1,550	25,193	22,659	20,185	59.6	53.1
Oregon	35,004	32,394		2,610	17,767	16,680	12,716	47.7	36.3
Pennsylvania	146,100	127,830	6	18,270	104,005	89,940	74,112	61.6	50.7
Rhode Island	11,908	10,108		1,800	12,501	6,513	3,876	54.7	32.5
South Carolina	37,800	34,970		2,830	30,349	26,275	23,556	69.5	62.3
South Dakota	9,069	8,589	6	480	7,029	6,539	5,026	72.1	55.4
Tennessee	56,160	50,880		5,280	38,440	36,039	30,654	64.2	54.6
Texas	251,085	240,485		10,600	131,102	139,043	122,878	55.4	48.9
Utah	30,080	29,050		1,030	18,280	13,921	12,697	46.3	42.2
Vermont	8,039	6,779		1,260	6,306	4,380	1,898	54.5	23.6
Virginia	75,437	69,597		5,840	53,544	51,499	41,342	68.3	54.8
Washington	63,963	60,213		3,750	28,892	31,129	23,988	48.7	37.5
West Virginia	17,523	16,763		760	13,562	10,147	8,841	57.9	50.5
Wisconsin	68,923	63,003		5,920	42,596	42,040	33,999	61.0	49.3
Wyoming	5,567	5,527		40	4,299	3,231	2,367	58.0	42.5

1 Total includes public high school graduates for 2005–06 and private high school graduates for 2004–05. 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 Projected data from NCES 2008-078, Projections of Education Statistics to 2017. 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," 2006–07; "Private School Survey (PSS)," 2005–06; and 2006 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2007. (This table was prepared October 2008.)