Table 216.

Total fall enrollment in public 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	6,428,134	9,457,394	10,844,717	11,752,786	12,858,698	12,980,112	13,021,834	13,180,133	13,490,780	13,972,153	8.7
Alabama	87,884	143,674	195,939	207,435	225,347	226,989	228,153	230,668	237,632	245,040	8.7
Alaska	8,563	20,561	27,792	26,559	29,821	29,515	28,866	28,595	29,381	29,167	-2.2
Arizona	107,315	194,034	248,213	284,522	310,679	317,974	320,865	331,441	332,154	331,310	6.6
Arkansas	43,599	66,068	78,645	101,775	119,920	123,973	128,117	131,407	135,525	140,706	17.3
California	1,123,529	1,599,838	1,594,710	1,927,771	1,978,831	1,987,283	2,008,155	2,047,565	2,136,087	2,239,487	13.2
Colorado	108,562	145,598	200,653	217,897	236,883	239,308	234,509	231,901	227,984	235,265	-0.7
Connecticut	73,391	97,788	109,556	101,027	108,815	110,354	111,705	112,476	114,072	118,694	9.1
Delaware	21,151	28,325	34,252	34,194	37,621	38,243	38,682	38,118	39,092	38,952	3.5
District of Columbia	12,194	13,900	11,990	5,499	5,424	5,388	5,595	5,769	5,608	5,584	2.9
Florida	189,450	334,349	489,081	556,912	643,784	649,857	648,999	651,908	683,328	709,593	10.2
Georgia	101,900	140,158	196,413	271,755	330,052	335,979	342,012	346,138	359,883	376,468	14.1
Hawaii	32,963	43,269	45,728	44,579	50,316	50,569	50,157	49,990	50,454	53,526	6.4
Idaho	27,072	34,491	41,315	53,751	60,481	60,695	60,303	59,211	60,526	61,190	1.2
Illinois	315,634	491,274	551,333	534,155	566,137	563,593	555,149	552,777	550,940	560,411	-1.0
Indiana	136,739	189,224	223,953	240,023	262,957	266,916	267,298	271,704	278,951	296,950	12.9
Iowa	68,390	97,454	117,834	135,008	149,195	149,776	148,907	151,052	154,644	157,019	5.2
Kansas	88,215	121,987	149,117	159,976	169,384	170,149	170,319	170,531	170,054	172,640	1.9
Kentucky	77,240	114,884	147,095	151,973	196,474	197,991	201,579	204,198	211,234	208,970	6.4
Louisiana	101,127	136,703	158,290	189,213	207,923	208,218	181,043	192,554	193,316	203,098	-2.3
Maine	25,405	31,878	41,500	40,662	46,714	47,284	47,519	47,770	48,357	48,191	3.2
Maryland	118,988	195,051	220,783	223,797	251,984	256,582	256,073	260,921	269,719	280,603	11.4
Massachusetts	116,127	183,765	186,035	183,248	189,334	187,873	188,295	192,164	198,700	205,820	8.7
Michigan	339,625	454,147	487,359	467,861	501,821	500,873	505,586	511,776	519,449	528,040	5.2
Minnesota	130,567	162,379	199,211	218,617	242,531	241,245	240,853	244,106	250,397	256,633	5.8
Mississippi	64,968	90,661	109,038	125,355	134,318	137,543	135,896	136,626	139,931	144,224	7.4
Missouri	132,540	165,179	200,093	201,509	216,777	214,561	217,722	218,475	223,155	228,737	5.5
Montana	27,287	31,178	31,865	37,387	42,444	42,289	42,997	42,995	42,857	43,565	2.6
Nebraska	51,454	73,509	94,614	88,531	93,432	93,195	93,181	94,486	96,680	99,593	6.6
Nevada	13,576	40,280	61,242	83,120	94,205	96,773	100,043	101,856	104,797	108,559	15.2
New Hampshire	15,979	24,119	32,163	35,870	41,324	40,642	41,007	41,530	41,982	42,192	2.1
New Jersey	145,373	247,028	261,601	266,921	298,906	305,034	304,315	308,374	318,296	328,838	10.0
New Mexico	40,795	55,077	83,403	101,450	117,245	121,339	120,976	121,668	124,773	132,983	13.4
New York	449,437	563,251	616,884	583,417	613,895	623,192	626,222	635,785	652,428	675,892	10.1
North Carolina	123,761	228,154	285,405	329,422	383,720	389,143	396,755	406,068	410,746	434,976	13.4
North Dakota	30,192	31,709	34,690	36,014	43,383	43,275	42,808	42,949	43,016	44,268	2.0
Ohio	281,099	381,765	427,613	411,161	450,369	454,377	453,001	452,962	460,240	475,521	5.6
Oklahoma	91,438	137,188	151,073	153,699	178,612	179,281	179,225	178,015	177,643	178,253	-0.2
Oregon	108,483	140,102	144,427	154,756	166,129	165,375	163,752	160,059	165,260	181,515	9.3
Pennsylvania	232,982	292,499	343,478	339,229	381,254	384,525	380,271	388,251	396,774	404,976	6.2
Rhode Island	25,527	35,052	42,350	38,458	39,937	39,920	40,008	40,374	41,503	42,601	6.7
South Carolina	47,101	107,683	131,134	155,519	171,893	172,386	174,686	176,415	180,479	187,253	8.9
South Dakota	23,936	24,328	26,596	34,857	38,179	37,598	37,548	38,028	38,917	39,743	4.1
Tennessee	98,897	156,835	175,049	202,530	196,088	199,904	200,394	205,056	208,524	214,140	9.2
Texas	365,522	613,552	802,314	896,534	1,035,872	1,071,926	1,081,335	1,094,139	1,109,666	1,163,132	12.3
Utah	49,588	59,598	86,108	123,046	140,282	145,182	148,960	148,228	147,982	158,037	12.7
Vermont	12,536	17,984	20,910	20,021	22,607	22,980	24,090	24,385	24,829	25,552	13.0
Virginia	123,279	246,500	291,286	313,780	341,948	343,391	349,195	357,823	370,486	383,121	12.0
Washington	162,718	276,028	227,632	273,928	298,079	293,145	296,756	297,048	301,793	312,071	4.7
West Virginia	51,363	71,228	74,108	76,136	82,273	83,274	85,148	86,501	87,838	88,695	7.8
Wisconsin	170,374	235,179	253,529	249,737	266,805	266,884	268,928	272,246	273,708	280,394	5.1
Wyoming	15,220	21,121	30,623	28,715	31,666	31,597	32,611	32,860	33,705	34,426	8.7
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	46,680	60,692	66,244	84,464	85,665	83,831	82,341	80,685	80,958	82,424	-3.8
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	4,546	4,470	5,875	5,603	5,077	5,202	14.4
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	42,516	54,127	55,691	73,121	71,722	70,263	67,990	66,154	67,225	68,584	-4.4
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.)