Table 209.

Total fall enrollment in public degree-granting institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2006

State or jurisdiction	Fall 1970	Fall 1980	Fall 1990	Fall 2000	Fall 2001	Fall 2002	Fall 2003	Fall 2004	Fall 2005	Fall 2006	Percent change, 2000 to 2006
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
United States	6,428,134	9,457,394	10,844,717	11,752,786	12,233,156	12,751,993	12,858,698	12,980,112	13,021,834	13,180,133	12.1
Alabama	87,884	143,674	195,939	207,435	208,385	217,883	225,347	226,989	228,153	230,668	11.2
Alaska	8,563	20,561	27,792	26,559	26,550	28,314	29,821	29,515	28,866	28,595	7.7
Arizona	107,315	194,034	248,213	284,522	294,174	307,496	310,679	317,974	320,865	331,441	16.5
Arkansas	43,599	66,068	78,645	101,775	108,950	113,509	119,920	123,973	128,117	131,407	29.1
California	1,123,529	1,599,838	1,594,710	1,927,771	2,043,182	2,121,106	1,978,831	1,987,283	2,008,155	2,047,565	6.2
Colorado	108,562	145,598	200,653	217,897	222,815	233,740	236,883	239,308	234,509	231,901	6.4
Connecticut	73,391	97,788	109,556	101,027	104,066	108,522	108,815	110,354	111,705	112,476	11.3
Delaware	21,151	28,325	34,252	34,194	36,510	37,344	37,621	38,243	38,682	38,118	11.5
District of Columbia	12,194	13,900	11,990	5,499	5,589	5,603	5,424	5,388	5,595	5,769	4.9
Florida	189,450	334,349	489,081	556,912	588,921	617,754	643,784	649,857	648,999	651,908	17.1
Georgia	101,900	140,158	196,413	271,755	298,215	317,180	330,052	335,979	342,012	346,138	27.4
Hawaii	32,963	43,269	45,728	44,579	45,994	48,163	50,316	50,569	50,157	49,990	12.1
Idaho	27,072	34,491	41,315	53,751	56,673	57,996	60,481	60,695	60,303	59,211	10.2
Illinois	315,634	491,274	551,333	534,155	534,280	554,093	566,137	563,593	555,149	552,777	3.5
Indiana	136,739	189,224	223,953	240,023	259,258	258,627	262,957	266,916	267,298	271,704	13.2
Iowa	68,390	97,454	117,834	135,008	140,227	145,798	149,195	149,776	148,907	151,052	11.9
Kansas	88,215	121,987	149,117	159,976	164,173	167,741	169,384	170,149	170,319	170,531	6.6
Kentucky	77,240	114,884	147,095	151,973	178,349	188,518	196,474	197,991	201,579	204,198	34.4
Louisiana	101,127	136,703	158,290	189,213	194,790	197,547	207,923	208,218	181,043	192,554	1.8
Maine	25,405	31,878	41,500	40,662	42,425	44,850	46,714	47,284	47,519	47,770	17.5
Maryland	118,988	195,051	220,783	223,797	236,795	246,792	251,984	256,582	256,073	260,921	16.6
Massachusetts	116,127	183,765	186,035	183,248	186,891	187,874	189,334	187,873	188,295	192,164	4.9
Michigan	339,625	454,147	487,359	467,861	482,154	495,676	501,821	500,873	505,586	511,776	9.4
Minnesota	130,567	162,379	199,211	218,617	225,941	235,513	242,531	241,245	240,853	244,106	11.7
Mississippi	64,968	90,661	109,038	125,355	125,656	134,130	134,318	137,543	135,896	136,626	9.0
Missouri	132,540	165,179	200,093	201,509	206,721	214,022	216,777	214,561	217,722	218,475	8.4
Montana	27,287	31,178	31,865	37,387	39,368	40,615	42,444	42,289	42,997	42,995	15.0
Nebraska	51,454	73,509	94,614	88,531	89,639	92,111	93,432	93,195	93,181	94,486	6.7
Nevada	13,576	40,280	61,242	83,120	86,790	89,547	94,205	96,773	100,043	101,856	22.5
New Hampshire	15,979	24,119	32,163	35,870	37,224	40,958	41,324	40,642	41,007	41,530	15.8
New Jersey	145,373	247,028	261,601	266,921	275,655	289,275	298,906	305,034	304,315	308,374	15.5
New Mexico	40,795	55,077	83,403	101,450	103,758	111,667	117,245	121,339	120,976	121,668	19.9
New York	449,437	563,251	616,884	583,417	584,607	610,756	613,895	623,192	626,222	635,785	9.0
North Carolina	123,761	228,154	285,405	329,422	350,684	367,861	383,720	389,143	396,755	406,068	23.3
North Dakota	30,192	31,709	34,690	36,014	38,560	41,134	43,383	43,275	42,808	42,949	19.3
Ohio	281,099	381,765	427,613	411,161	425,265	441,738	450,369	454,377	453,001	452,962	10.2
Oklahoma	91,438	137,188	151,073	153,699	163,336	171,369	178,612	179,281	179,225	178,015	15.8
Oregon	108,483	140,102	144,427	154,756	162,645	173,698	166,129	165,375	163,752	160,059	3.4
Pennsylvania	232,982	292,499	343,478	339,229	353,950	370,386	381,254	384,525	380,271	388,251	14.5
Rhode Island	25,527	35,052	42,350	38,458	39,149	38,867	39,937	39,920	40,008	40,374	5.0
South Carolina	47,101	107,683	131,134	155,519	158,661	167,563	171,893	172,386	174,686	176,415	13.4
South Dakota	23,936	24,328	26,596	34,857	37,310	37,760	38,179	37,598	37,548	38,028	9.1
Tennessee	98,897	156,835	175,049	202,530	194,696	194,202	196,088	199,904	200,394	205,056	1.2
Texas	365,522	613,552	802,314	896,534	935,826	1,006,549	1,035,872	1,071,926	1,081,335	1,094,139	22.0
Utah	49,588	59,598	86,108	123,046	133,790	135,778	140,282	145,182	148,960	148,228	20.5
Vermont	12,536	17,984	20,910	20,021	20,480	21,238	22,607	22,980	24,090	24,385	21.8
Virginia	123,279	246,500	291,286	313,780	326,758	337,286	341,948	343,391	349,195	357,823	14.0
Washington	162,718	276,028	227,632	273,928	277,023	293,007	298,079	293,145	296,756	297,048	8.4
West Virginia	51,363	71,228	74,108	76,136	78,304	79,741	82,273	83,274	85,148	86,501	13.6
Wisconsin	170,374	235,179	253,529	249,737	257,888	268,010	266,805	266,884	268,928	272,246	9.0
Wyoming	15,220	21,121	30,623	28,715	29,545	30,666	31,666	31,597	32.611	32,860	14.4
U.S. Service Academies1	17,079	49,808	48,692	13,475	14,561	14,420	14,628	14,754	15,265	12,191	-9.5
Other jurisdictions	46,680	60,692	66,244	84,464	85,535	86,484	85,665	83,831	82,341	80,685	-4.5
American Samoa	0	976	1,219	297	1,178	1,367	1,537	1,550	1,579	1,607	441.1
Federated States of Micronesia	0	224	975	1,576	2,243	2,173	2,558	2,608	2,283	2,539	61.1
Guam	2,719	3,217	4,741	5,215	4,869	5,038	4,546	4,470	5,875	5,603	7.4
Marshall Islands	0	0	0	328	220	224	601	623	604	647	97.3
Northern Marianas	0	0	661	1,078	982	1,299	1,237	1,101	967	968	-10.2
Palau	0	0	491	581	579	668	727	651	651	679	16.9
Puerto Rico	42,516	54,127	55,691	73,121	73,173	73,180	71,722	70,263	67,990	66,154	-9.5
U.S. Virgin Islands	1,445	2,148	2,466	2,268	2,291	2,535	2,737	2,565	2,392	2,488	9.7

1 Data for 2000 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 2006 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2007. (This table was prepared May 2008.)