Table 215.

Total fall enrollment in degree-granting institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2008

State or jurisdiction	Fall 1970	Fall 1980	Fall 1990	Fall 2000	Fall 2003	Fall 2004	Fall 2005	Fall 2006	Fall 2007	Fall 2008	Percent change, 2003 to 2008
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
United States	8,580,887	12,096,895	13,818,637	15,312,289	16,911,481	17,272,044	17,487,475	17,758,870	18,248,128	19,102,814	13.0
Alabama	103,936	164,306	218,589	233,962	253,846	255,826	256,389	258,408	268,183	310,941	22.5
Alaska	9,471	21,296	29,833	27,953	31,035	30,869	30,231	29,853	30,616	30,717	-1.0
Arizona	109,619	202,716	264,148	342,490	435,767	490,925	545,597	567,192	624,147	704,245	61.6
Arkansas	52,039	77,607	90,425	115,172	133,950	138,399	143,272	147,391	152,168	158,374	18.2
California	1,257,245	1,790,993	1,808,740	2,256,708	2,340,698	2,374,045	2,399,833	2,434,774	2,529,522	2,652,241	13.3
Colorado	123,395	162,916	227,131	263,872	289,424	300,914	302,672	308,383	310,637	325,232	12.4
Connecticut	124,700	159,632	168,604	161,243	170,976	172,775	174,675	176,716	179,005	184,178	7.7
Delaware	25,260	32,939	42,004	43,897	49,595	49,804	51,612	51,238	52,343	53,088	7.0
District of Columbia	77,158	86,675	79,551	72,689	95,297	99,988	104,897	109,505	115,153	126,110	32.3
Florida	235,525	411,891	588,086	707,684	840,108	866,665	872,662	885,651	913,793	972,699	15.8
Georgia	126,511	184,159	251,786	346,204	411,102	434,283	426,650	435,403	453,711	476,581	15.9
Hawaii	36,562	47,181	56,436	60,182	67,481	67,225	67,083	66,893	66,601	70,104	3.9
Idaho	34,567	43,018	51,881	65,594	75,390	76,311	77,708	77,872	78,846	80,456	6.7
Illinois	452,146	644,245	729,246	743,918	796,815	801,401	832,967	830,676	837,018	859,242	7.8
Indiana	192,668	247,253	284,832	314,334	350,102	356,801	361,253	368,013	380,477	401,956	14.8
Iowa	108,902	140,449	170,515	188,974	213,958	217,646	227,722	238,634	256,259	286,891	34.1
Kansas	102,485	136,605	163,733	179,968	190,306	191,590	191,752	193,146	194,102	198,991	4.6
Kentucky	98,591	143,066	177,852	188,341	235,743	240,097	244,969	248,914	258,213	257,583	9.3
Louisiana	120,728	160,058	186,840	223,800	244,537	246,301	197,713	224,147	224,754	236,375	-3.3
Maine	34,134	43,264	57,186	58,473	64,222	65,415	65,551	66,149	67,173	67,796	5.6
Maryland	149,607	225,526	259,700	273,745	307,613	312,493	314,151	319,460	327,597	338,914	10.2
Massachusetts	303,809	418,415	417,833	421,142	436,102	439,245	443,316	451,526	463,366	477,056	9.4
Michigan	392,726	520,131	569,803	567,631	616,012	620,980	626,751	634,489	643,279	652,799	6.0
Minnesota	160,788	206,691	253,789	293,445	339,597	349,021	361,701	375,899	392,393	411,055	21.0
Mississippi	73,967	102,364	122,883	137,389	148,584	152,115	150,457	151,137	155,232	160,441	8.0
Missouri	183,930	234,421	289,899	321,348	359,749	365,204	374,445	377,098	384,366	396,409	10.2
Montana	30,062	35,177	35,876	42,240	47,240	47,173	47,850	47,501	47,371	47,840	1.3
Nebraska	66,915	89,488	112,831	112,117	119,511	121,053	121,236	124,500	127,378	130,458	9.2
Nevada	13,669	40,455	61,728	87,893	100,849	105,961	110,705	112,270	116,276	120,490	19.5
New Hampshire	29,400	46,794	59,510	61,718	69,608	70,163	69,893	70,669	70,724	71,739	3.1
New Jersey	216,121	321,610	324,286	335,945	372,632	380,374	379,758	385,656	398,136	410,160	10.1
New Mexico	44,461	58,283	85,500	110,739	127,040	131,577	131,337	131,828	134,375	142,413	12.1
New York	806,479	992,237	1,048,286	1,043,395	1,126,085	1,141,525	1,152,081	1,160,364	1,172,811	1,234,858	9.7
North Carolina	171,925	287,537	352,138	404,652	464,437	472,709	484,392	495,633	502,330	528,977	13.9
North Dakota	31,495	34,069	37,878	40,248	48,402	49,533	49,389	49,519	49,945	51,327	6.0
Ohio	376,267	489,145	557,690	549,553	603,399	614,234	616,350	619,942	630,497	653,585	8.3
Oklahoma	110,155	160,295	173,221	178,016	207,791	207,625	208,053	206,236	206,382	206,757	-0.5
Oregon	122,177	157,458	165,741	183,065	198,786	199,985	200,033	197,594	202,928	220,474	10.9
Pennsylvania	411,044	507,716	604,060	609,521	676,121	688,780	692,340	707,132	725,397	740,288	9.5
Rhode Island	45,898	66,869	78,273	75,450	79,085	80,377	81,382	81,734	82,900	83,893	6.1
South Carolina	69,518	132,476	159,302	185,931	207,601	208,910	210,444	212,422	217,755	230,695	11.1
South Dakota	30,639	32,761	34,208	43,221	55,816	48,708	48,768	48,931	49,747	50,444	-9.6
Tennessee	135,103	204,581	226,238	263,910	276,999	278,055	283,070	290,530	297,785	307,610	11.1
Texas	442,225	701,391	901,437	1,033,973	1,175,336	1,229,197	1,240,707	1,252,709	1,269,098	1,327,148	12.9
Utah	81,687	93,987	121,303	163,776	183,462	194,324	200,691	202,151	203,679	217,224	18.4
Vermont	22,209	30,628	36,398	35,489	37,695	38,639	39,915	41,095	42,191	42,946	13.9
Virginia	151,915	280,504	353,442	381,893	414,945	425,181	439,166	456,172	478,268	500,796	20.7
Washington	183,544	303,603	263,384	320,840	345,566	343,524	348,482	348,154	352,075	362,535	4.9
West Virginia	63,153	81,973	84,790	87,888	97,005	97,884	99,547	100,519	116,848	125,333	29.2
Wisconsin	202,058	269,086	299,774	307,179	329,738	331,506	335,258	340,158	343,747	352,875	7.0
Wyoming	15,220	21,147	31,326	30,004	33,695	33,955	35,334	34,693	35,246	35,936	6.7
U.S. Service Academies1	17,079	49,808	48,692	13,475	14,628	14,754	15,265	12,191	15,285	15,539	6.2
Other jurisdictions	67,237	137,749	164,618	194,633	218,058	220,920	223,165	226,175	226,849	236,167	8.3
American Samoa	0	976	1,219	297	1,537	1,550	1,579	1,607	1,767	1,806	17.5
Federated States of    Micronesia	0	224	975	1,576	2,558	2,608	2,283	2,539	2,379	2,457	-3.9
Guam	2,719	3,217	4,741	5,215	4,710	4,642	6,064	5,789	5,244	5,351	13.6
Marshall Islands	0	0	0	328	601	623	604	647	557	689	14.6
Northern Marianas	0	0	661	1,078	1,237	1,101	967	968	901	791	-36.1
Palau	0	0	491	581	727	651	651	679	668	502	-30.9
Puerto Rico	63,073	131,184	154,065	183,290	203,951	207,180	208,625	211,458	212,949	222,178	8.9
U.S. Virgin Islands	1,445	2,148	2,466	2,268	2,737	2,565	2,392	2,488	2,384	2,393	-12.6

1 Data for 2000 and later years reflect a substantial reduction in the number of Department of Defense institutions included in the IPEDS survey.

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 Appendix A: 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 2008 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2009. (This table was prepared May 2010.)