Table 212.

Estimated rate of 2007-08 high school graduates attending degree-granting institutions, by state: 2008

State	Number of graduates from high schools located in the state				Number of fall 2008 first-time freshmen graduating from high school in the previous 12 months			Estimated rate of high school graduates going to college
	Total1	Public, 2007-08		Private, 2006-07	State residents enrolled in institutions in any state2		State residents enrolled in institutions in their home state3	In any state	In their home state
1	2	3		4	5		6	7	8
United States	3,307,947	3,001,337		306,610	2,109,931	4	1,713,334	63.8	51.8
Alabama	45,926	41,346		4,580	30,616		27,732	66.7	60.4
Alaska	8,055	7,855		200	3,682		2,128	45.7	26.4
Arizona	64,257	61,667		2,590	33,022		29,500	51.4	45.9
Arkansas	30,105	28,725		1,380	18,820		16,739	62.5	55.6
California	409,441	374,561		34,880	267,801		245,051	65.4	59.9
Colorado	48,602	46,082		2,520	30,445		23,182	62.6	47.7
Connecticut	46,409	38,419		7,990	31,580		17,366	68.0	37.4
Delaware	9,188	7,388		1,800	6,076		4,103	66.1	44.7
District of Columbia5	5,012	3,352		1,660	2,680		562	53.5	11.2
Florida	167,626	149,046		18,580	98,630		87,156	58.8	52.0
Georgia	91,075	83,505		7,570	63,374		52,821	69.6	58.0
Hawaii	14,003	11,613		2,390	8,725		5,852	62.3	41.8
Idaho	17,477	16,567		910	8,578		6,020	49.1	34.4
Illinois	150,253	135,143		15,110	86,277		61,481	57.4	40.9
Indiana.	66,691	61,901		4,790	43,803		38,509	65.7	57.7
Iowa	36,833	34,573		2,260	23,682		20,267	64.3	55.0
Kansas	33,117	30,737		2,380	21,665		18,451	65.4	55.7
Kentucky	43,369	39,339		4,030	26,424		23,406	60.9	54.0
Louisiana	41,931	34,401		7,530	27,362		24,720	65.3	59.0
Maine	16,970	14,350		2,620	9,690		6,575	57.1	38.7
Maryland	68,621	59,171		9,450	43,171		26,917	62.9	39.2
Massachusetts	75,627	65,197		10,430	56,456		38,275	74.7	50.6
Michigan	123,703	115,183		8,520	74,115		65,885	59.9	53.3
Minnesota	65,339	60,409		4,930	45,235		32,682	69.2	50.0
Mississippi	28,145	24,795		3,350	21,786		20,182	77.4	71.7
Missouri	69,047	61,717		7,330	41,421		34,488	60.0	49.9
Montana	12,096	10,396		1,700	6,272		4,789	51.9	39.6
Nebraska	22,195	20,035		2,160	14,531		11,883	65.5	53.5
Nevada	19,515	18,815		700	9,916		7,459	50.8	38.2
New Hampshire	17,272	14,982		2,290	11,032		5,736	63.9	33.2
New Jersey	108,334	94,994		13,340	77,068		44,863	71.1	41.4
New Mexico	19,764	18,264		1,500	13,376		11,449	67.7	57.9
New York	206,200	176,310		29,890	153,009		123,387	74.2	59.8
North Carolina	88,897	83,307		5,590	58,670		52,578	66.0	59.1
North Dakota6	6,999	6,999		‡	4,732		3,392	67.6	48.5
Ohio	133,818	120,758		13,060	83,895		70,330	62.7	52.6
Oklahoma	39,660	37,630		2,030	22,212		19,635	56.0	49.5
Oregon	37,759	34,949		2,810	17,566		13,315	46.5	35.3
Pennsylvania	147,778	130,298		17,480	94,458		77,647	63.9	52.5
Rhode Island	11,927	10,347		1,580	8,040		5,288	67.4	44.3
South Carolina	38,513	35,303		3,210	26,995		24,355	70.1	63.2
South Dakota	9,142	8,582		560	6,587		5,023	72.1	54.9
Tennessee	63,376	57,486		5,890	39,033		33,135	61.6	52.3
Texas	264,041	252,121		11,920	150,160		131,543	56.9	49.8
Utah	29,517	28,167		1,350	17,259		15,817	58.5	53.6
Vermont	9,152	7,392		1,760	4,416		1,955	48.3	21.4
Virginia	84,279	77,369		6,910	57,862		47,354	68.7	56.2
Washington	66,195	61,625		4,570	33,590		26,438	50.7	39.9
West Virginia	18,089	17,489		600	10,682		9,474	59.1	52.4
Wisconsin	70,613	65,183		5,430	41,738		33,703	59.1	47.7
Wyoming6	5,494	5,494		‡	3,262		2,479	59.4	45.1

‡Reporting standards not met (too few cases).

1 Total includes public high school graduates for 2007-08 and private high school graduates for 2006-07. Data on private high school graduates are not available for 2007-08.

2 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.

3 Students who attend institutions in their home state.

4 U.S. total includes some U.S. residents whose home state is unknown.

5 A percentage of the private high school graduates are not residents of the District of Columbia.

6 Estimate only includes students graduating from public high schools.

NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "NCES Common Core of Data State Dropout and Completion Data File," 2007-08; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2007-08; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2009, Enrollment component. (This table was prepared December 2011.)