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Table 208. Total fall enrollment of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students in degree-granting institutions, by attendance status, sex of student, control of institution, and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 2000 through 2010
State or jurisdiction Total, fall 2000 Total, fall 2005 Total, fall 2007 Total, fall 2008 Total, fall 2009 Fall 2010
Total Full-time Part-time Public Private
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 2,657,338 2,776,168 3,024,723 3,210,237 3,156,949 2,532,858 1,171,619 1,361,239 624,091 290,088 334,003 2,347,152 809,797
Alabama 43,411 42,461 45,686 51,456 52,976 53,020 45,968 20,461 25,507 7,052 3,041 4,011 44,779 8,241
Alaska 2,432 2,899 2,979 3,193 3,770 4,349 3,332 1,400 1,932 1,017 396 621 3,691 658
Arizona 46,646 76,987 75,310 89,486 108,769 76,099 52,692 24,713 27,979 23,407 10,713 12,694 55,783 20,316
Arkansas 22,695 24,480 25,424 26,838 28,607 29,242 26,032 11,925 14,107 3,210 1,396 1,814 25,042 4,200
California 246,128 266,989 302,592 433,287 427,276 401,859 254,439 115,451 138,988 147,420 75,578 71,842 330,581 71,278
                             
Colorado 43,201 47,330 51,814 54,978 59,123 54,423 41,558 19,728 21,830 12,865 5,906 6,959 41,324 13,099
Connecticut 24,212 27,520 28,490 30,754 31,282 32,719 27,914 12,781 15,133 4,805 2,049 2,756 20,234 12,485
Delaware 7,636 8,763 9,197 9,231 9,219 8,854 8,096 3,574 4,522 758 306 452 7,484 1,370
District of Columbia 9,150 11,334 10,437 13,734 15,728 10,744 8,971 3,540 5,431 1,773 631 1,142 1,024 9,720
Florida 109,931 136,694 149,125 153,189 166,939 176,291 135,588 58,560 77,028 40,703 17,432 23,271 121,300 54,991
                             
Georgia 67,616 74,267 79,370 86,199 97,882 100,200 82,468 35,693 46,775 17,732 7,160 10,572 77,798 22,402
Hawaii 8,931 8,466 8,846 9,668 10,406 10,937 7,760 3,411 4,349 3,177 1,453 1,724 8,748 2,189
Idaho 10,669 12,549 11,657 12,057 12,964 12,668 11,219 5,173 6,046 1,449 682 767 9,526 3,142
Illinois 107,592 111,724 111,851 119,139 123,789 114,549 91,458 43,236 48,222 23,091 10,752 12,339 75,317 39,232
Indiana 59,320 61,915 66,307 73,439 78,777 82,362 67,825 31,581 36,244 14,537 7,024 7,513 60,700 21,662
                             
Iowa 39,564 41,242 42,447 44,777 49,240 47,222 39,058 19,069 19,989 8,164 2,842 5,322 31,239 15,983
Kansas 31,424 29,173 28,816 29,593 32,777 33,563 27,803 13,925 13,878 5,760 2,756 3,004 28,732 4,831
Kentucky 34,140 37,766 39,996 40,207 42,403 43,717 37,470 16,627 20,843 6,247 2,656 3,591 33,340 10,377
Louisiana 45,383 32,018 36,444 38,473 41,378 43,106 38,532 16,143 22,389 4,574 1,825 2,749 35,523 7,583
Maine 9,231 11,181 11,779 12,142 11,598 12,176 10,653 5,191 5,462 1,523 628 895 8,246 3,930
                             
Maryland 35,552 44,288 45,618 47,770 50,251 51,096 37,596 17,571 20,025 13,500 5,831 7,669 42,827 8,269
Massachusetts 66,044 70,873 74,276 75,530 78,183 76,864 68,535 31,732 36,803 8,329 3,568 4,761 37,318 39,546
Michigan 84,998 93,221 98,287 96,416 101,933 101,486 77,458 36,660 40,798 24,028 10,811 13,217 84,110 17,376
Minnesota 63,893 57,822 54,697 55,023 58,178 55,803 45,918 22,773 23,145 9,885 4,308 5,577 40,033 15,770
Mississippi 30,356 33,665 33,719 33,578 35,301 36,978 32,175 14,441 17,734 4,803 1,992 2,811 34,536 2,442
                             
Missouri 48,639 52,678 54,063 57,833 63,226 64,423 55,636 25,277 30,359 8,787 3,930 4,857 45,129 19,294
Montana 7,771 8,654 7,999 8,520 9,191 9,920 8,602 4,481 4,121 1,318 598 720 8,836 1,084
Nebraska 19,027 19,015 18,782 18,109 18,901 19,245 16,787 8,091 8,696 2,458 1,051 1,407 15,246 3,999
Nevada 10,490 15,117 15,693 18,536 20,073 18,572 11,087 4,957 6,130 7,485 4,060 3,425 16,528 2,044
New Hampshire 13,143 12,692 12,701 13,056 13,208 13,613 12,226 5,710 6,516 1,387 599 788 8,746 4,867
                             
New Jersey 52,233 58,396 63,973 65,959 69,460 71,234 61,383 29,595 31,788 9,851 4,541 5,310 59,567 11,667
New Mexico 15,261 16,653 17,940 19,569 21,572 22,442 17,372 7,900 9,472 5,070 2,427 2,643 20,495 1,947
New York 168,181 181,328 188,243 193,929 199,999 198,504 188,224 88,611 99,613 10,280 4,703 5,577 117,536 80,968
North Carolina 69,343 79,628 84,397 88,596 96,673 93,244 75,939 34,326 41,613 17,305 7,708 9,597 73,330 19,914
North Dakota 8,929 8,296 8,333 8,733 9,082 9,069 8,643 4,623 4,020 426 201 225 7,973 1,096
                             
Ohio 98,823 102,800 107,336 108,929 120,546 122,142 105,756 49,666 56,090 16,386 7,935 8,451 86,861 35,281
Oklahoma 35,094 35,318 34,770 33,339 38,131 39,339 31,792 15,003 16,789 7,547 3,298 4,249 32,749 6,590
Oregon 26,946 28,944 30,954 33,748 37,661 35,528 26,619 12,575 14,044 8,909 4,177 4,732 29,175 6,353
Pennsylvania 125,578 132,758 137,908 143,938 144,127 144,161 126,248 59,847 66,401 17,913 7,388 10,525 79,983 64,178
Rhode Island 13,789 15,277 16,588 16,543 15,800 15,698 14,017 6,549 7,468 1,681 805 876 7,540 8,158
                             
South Carolina 32,353 38,469 42,252 43,405 47,807 48,249 41,296 17,901 23,395 6,953 2,762 4,191 37,501 10,748
South Dakota 8,597 8,780 8,743 8,920 9,627 10,191 8,875 4,487 4,388 1,316 447 869 8,062 2,129
Tennessee 43,327 49,076 51,317 53,671 59,028 59,588 53,055 23,364 29,691 6,533 2,631 3,902 41,011 18,577
Texas 181,813 202,388 189,075 199,333 222,018 229,483 170,084 78,316 91,768 59,399 28,794 30,605 192,599 36,884
Utah 24,953 28,501 29,662 30,331 33,067 34,794 27,641 12,967 14,674 7,153 3,656 3,497 25,345 9,449
                             
Vermont 6,810 7,684 7,490 7,744 8,043 8,242 7,424 3,817 3,607 818 315 503 4,950 3,292
Virginia 52,661 68,005 78,847 81,742 86,659 83,232 68,699 31,320 37,379 14,533 6,741 7,792 61,057 22,175
Washington 36,287 38,367 38,106 41,221 43,411 41,131 36,650 17,272 19,378 4,481 2,207 2,274 32,652 8,479
West Virginia 15,659 16,675 18,194 19,954 22,021 22,920 18,699 8,896 9,803 4,221 2,665 1,556 16,476 6,444
Wisconsin 53,662 55,326 57,420 58,310 61,335 61,257 50,198 24,434 25,764 11,059 4,264 6,795 49,051 12,206
Wyoming 4,209 6,661 6,045 6,241 6,454 6,042 5,029 2,804 2,225 1,013 449 564 5,160 882
                             
U.S. Service Academies 3,818 4,225 4,173 4,357 4,368 4,359 4,359 3,471 888 0 0 0 4,359
                             
Other jurisdictions 39,609 41,800 43,611 45,452 45,246 52,208 48,908 21,705 27,203 3,300 1,481 1,819 15,800 36,408
American Samoa 297 597 602 504 586 657 289 102 187 368 178 190 657 0
Federated States of
   Micronesia
786 761 954 856 924 653 576 259 317 77 39 38 653 0
Guam 770 1,117 621 702 874 1,043 747 309 438 296 139 157 1,030 13
Marshall Islands 199 12 158 211 254 240 232 110 122 8 6 2 240 0
Northern Marianas 333 199 228 151 306 360 338 129 209 22 8 14 360 0
Palau 147 105 118 92 87 114 109 56 53 5 4 1 114 0
Puerto Rico 36,773 38,648 40,526 42,381 41,735 48,658 46,190 20,601 25,589 2,468 1,092 1,376 12,263 36,395
U.S. Virgin Islands 304 361 404 555 480 483 427 139 288 56 15 41 483 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, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2001 through Spring 2011, Enrollment component. (This table was prepared November 2011.)

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