Table 217.

Total fall enrollment in public degree-granting institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2010

State or jurisdiction	Fall 1970	Fall 1980	Fall 1990	Fall 2000	Fall 2005	Fall 2006	Fall 2007	Fall 2008	Fall 2009	Fall 2010	Percent change, 2005 to 2010
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	13,021,834	13,180,133	13,490,780	13,972,153	14,810,642	15,142,809	16.3
Alabama	87,884	143,674	195,939	207,435	228,153	230,668	237,632	245,040	260,277	267,083	17.1
Alaska	8,563	20,561	27,792	26,559	28,866	28,595	29,381	29,167	30,493	32,303	11.9
Arizona	107,315	194,034	248,213	284,522	320,865	331,441	332,154	331,310	350,435	366,976	14.4
Arkansas	43,599	66,068	78,645	101,775	128,117	131,407	135,525	140,706	149,474	155,780	21.6
California	1,123,529	1,599,838	1,594,710	1,927,771	2,008,155	2,047,565	2,136,087	2,239,487	2,289,470	2,223,648	10.7
Colorado	108,562	145,598	200,653	217,897	234,509	231,901	227,984	235,265	255,438	269,407	14.9
Connecticut	73,391	97,788	109,556	101,027	111,705	112,476	114,072	118,694	123,211	127,194	13.9
Delaware	21,151	28,325	34,252	34,194	38,682	38,118	39,092	38,952	40,428	40,408	4.5
District of Columbia	12,194	13,900	11,990	5,499	5,595	5,769	5,608	5,584	5,253	5,840	4.4
Florida	189,450	334,349	489,081	556,912	648,999	651,908	683,328	709,593	759,479	790,027	21.7
Georgia	101,900	140,158	196,413	271,755	342,012	346,138	359,883	376,468	418,037	436,109	27.5
Hawaii	32,963	43,269	45,728	44,579	50,157	49,990	50,454	53,526	57,945	60,090	19.8
Idaho	27,072	34,491	41,315	53,751	60,303	59,211	60,526	61,190	63,261	64,204	6.5
Illinois	315,634	491,274	551,333	534,155	555,149	552,777	550,940	560,411	588,741	585,515	5.5
Indiana	136,739	189,224	223,953	240,023	267,298	271,704	278,951	296,950	325,072	337,705	26.3
Iowa	68,390	97,454	117,834	135,008	148,907	151,052	154,644	157,019	170,870	177,781	19.4
Kansas	88,215	121,987	149,117	159,976	170,319	170,531	170,054	172,640	182,736	185,623	9.0
Kentucky	77,240	114,884	147,095	151,973	201,579	204,198	211,234	208,970	221,508	229,725	14.0
Louisiana	101,127	136,703	158,290	189,213	181,043	192,554	193,316	203,098	215,511	224,811	24.2
Maine	25,405	31,878	41,500	40,662	47,519	47,770	48,357	48,191	49,668	51,482	8.3
Maryland	118,988	195,051	220,783	223,797	256,073	260,921	269,719	280,603	298,185	309,779	21.0
Massachusetts	116,127	183,765	186,035	183,248	188,295	192,164	198,700	205,820	218,999	224,493	19.2
Michigan	339,625	454,147	487,359	467,861	505,586	511,776	519,449	528,040	553,022	562,444	11.2
Minnesota	130,567	162,379	199,211	218,617	240,853	244,106	250,397	256,633	270,336	276,176	14.7
Mississippi	64,968	90,661	109,038	125,355	135,896	136,626	139,931	144,224	155,517	159,695	17.5
Missouri	132,540	165,179	200,093	201,509	217,722	218,475	223,155	228,737	245,568	256,119	17.6
Montana	27,287	31,178	31,865	37,387	42,997	42,995	42,857	43,565	46,653	48,261	12.2
Nebraska	51,454	73,509	94,614	88,531	93,181	94,486	96,680	99,593	104,149	107,980	15.9
Nevada	13,576	40,280	61,242	83,120	100,043	101,856	104,797	108,559	112,397	113,103	13.1
New Hampshire	15,979	24,119	32,163	35,870	41,007	41,530	41,982	42,192	43,507	44,072	7.5
New Jersey	145,373	247,028	261,601	266,921	304,315	308,374	318,296	328,838	348,934	358,256	17.7
New Mexico	40,795	55,077	83,403	101,450	120,976	121,668	124,773	132,983	143,101	150,856	24.7
New York	449,437	563,251	616,884	583,417	626,222	635,785	652,428	675,892	712,466	723,500	15.5
North Carolina	123,761	228,154	285,405	329,422	396,755	406,068	410,746	434,976	470,239	475,598	19.9
North Dakota	30,192	31,709	34,690	36,014	42,808	42,949	43,016	44,268	46,727	48,904	14.2
Ohio	281,099	381,765	427,613	411,161	453,001	452,962	460,240	475,521	522,002	547,551	20.9
Oklahoma	91,438	137,188	151,073	153,699	179,225	178,015	177,643	178,253	189,953	197,642	10.3
Oregon	108,483	140,102	144,427	154,756	163,752	160,059	165,260	181,515	201,246	208,002	27.0
Pennsylvania	232,982	292,499	343,478	339,229	380,271	388,251	396,774	404,976	425,979	432,889	13.8
Rhode Island	25,527	35,052	42,350	38,458	40,008	40,374	41,503	42,601	43,409	43,224	8.0
South Carolina	47,101	107,683	131,134	155,519	174,686	176,415	180,479	187,253	200,204	205,080	17.4
South Dakota	23,936	24,328	26,596	34,857	37,548	38,028	38,917	39,743	41,674	44,569	18.7
Tennessee	98,897	156,835	175,049	202,530	200,394	205,056	208,524	214,140	231,741	242,486	21.0
Texas	365,522	613,552	802,314	896,534	1,081,335	1,094,139	1,109,666	1,163,132	1,258,841	1,334,885	23.4
Utah	49,588	59,598	86,108	123,046	148,960	148,228	147,982	158,037	170,921	178,599	19.9
Vermont	12,536	17,984	20,910	20,021	24,090	24,385	24,829	25,552	27,028	27,524	14.3
Virginia	123,279	246,500	291,286	313,780	349,195	357,823	370,486	383,121	401,093	409,004	17.1
Washington	162,718	276,028	227,632	273,928	296,756	297,048	301,793	312,071	328,391	330,874	11.5
West Virginia	51,363	71,228	74,108	76,136	85,148	86,501	87,838	88,695	94,533	96,104	12.9
Wisconsin	170,374	235,179	253,529	249,737	268,928	272,246	273,708	280,394	295,090	301,212	12.0
Wyoming	15,220	21,121	30,623	28,715	32,611	32,860	33,705	34,426	35,682	36,292	11.3
U.S. Service Academies1	17,079	49,808	48,692	13,475	15,265	12,191	15,285	15,539	15,748	15,925	4.3
Other jurisdictions	46,680	60,692	66,244	84,464	82,341	80,685	80,958	82,424	87,030	83,719	1.7
American Samoa	0	976	1,219	297	1,579	1,607	1,767	1,806	2,189	2,193	38.9
Federated States of    Micronesia	0	224	975	1,576	2,283	2,539	2,379	2,457	3,401	2,699	18.2
Guam	2,719	3,217	4,741	5,215	5,875	5,603	5,077	5,202	5,661	6,103	3.9
Marshall Islands	0	0	0	328	604	647	557	689	847	869	43.9
Northern Marianas	0	0	661	1,078	967	968	901	791	989	1,137	17.6
Palau	0	0	491	581	651	679	668	502	651	694	6.6
Puerto Rico	42,516	54,127	55,691	73,121	67,990	66,154	67,225	68,584	70,690	67,291	-1.0
U.S. Virgin Islands	1,445	2,148	2,466	2,268	2,392	2,488	2,384	2,393	2,602	2,733	14.3

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; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90); and IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2011, Enrollment component. (This table was prepared November 2011.)