Table 304.10.

Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2012

State or jurisdiction	Fall 1970	Fall 1980	Fall 1990	Fall 2000	Fall 2007	Fall 2008	Fall 2009	Fall 2010	Fall 2011	Fall 2012	Percent change, 2007 to 2012
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	18,248,128	19,102,814	20,427,711	21,016,126	20,994,113	20,642,819	13.1
Alabama	103,936	164,306	218,589	233,962	268,183	310,941	311,740	327,327	318,686	310,311	15.7
Alaska	9,471	21,296	29,833	27,953	30,616	30,717	32,406	33,653	34,932	32,797	7.1
Arizona	109,619	202,716	264,148	342,490	624,147	704,245	828,631	795,388	796,986	736,379	18.0
Arkansas	52,039	77,607	90,425	115,172	152,168	158,374	168,352	175,895	179,281	176,458	16.0
California	1,257,245	1,790,993	1,808,740	2,256,708	2,529,522	2,652,241	2,735,579	2,714,172	2,685,893	2,621,460	3.6
Colorado	123,395	162,916	227,131	263,872	310,637	325,232	352,034	372,025	365,820	362,935	16.8
Connecticut	124,700	159,632	168,604	161,243	179,005	184,178	191,806	199,384	201,638	201,658	12.7
Delaware	25,260	32,939	42,004	43,897	52,343	53,088	55,174	55,731	56,516	58,128	11.1
District of Columbia	77,158	86,675	79,551	72,689	115,153	126,110	136,851	91,992	90,213	90,150	-21.7
Florida	235,525	411,891	588,086	707,684	913,793	972,699	1,053,221	1,125,469	1,143,698	1,154,929	26.4
Georgia	126,511	184,159	251,786	346,204	453,711	476,581	532,493	568,723	565,459	545,358	20.2
Hawaii	36,562	47,181	56,436	60,182	66,601	70,104	74,809	78,073	79,018	78,456	17.8
Idaho	34,567	43,018	51,881	65,594	78,846	80,456	84,450	85,201	90,142	108,008	37.0
Illinois	452,146	644,245	729,246	743,918	837,018	859,242	900,824	906,889	892,881	867,110	3.6
Indiana	192,668	247,253	284,832	314,334	380,477	401,956	441,294	459,423	457,824	447,262	17.6
Iowa	108,902	140,449	170,515	188,974	256,259	286,891	350,631	381,842	372,146	361,183	40.9
Kansas	102,485	136,605	163,733	179,968	194,102	198,991	210,843	214,859	216,662	213,786	10.1
Kentucky	98,591	143,066	177,852	188,341	258,213	257,583	277,907	291,102	293,766	282,125	9.3
Louisiana	120,728	160,058	186,840	223,800	224,754	236,375	251,853	263,638	265,856	258,825	15.2
Maine	34,134	43,264	57,186	58,473	67,173	67,796	70,170	72,985	72,297	72,810	8.4
Maryland	149,607	225,526	259,700	273,745	327,597	338,914	358,941	377,967	380,097	374,496	14.3
Massachusetts	303,809	418,415	417,833	421,142	463,366	477,056	497,290	508,302	508,554	516,331	11.4
Michigan	392,726	520,131	569,803	567,631	643,279	652,799	686,049	698,125	685,526	663,825	3.2
Minnesota	160,788	206,691	253,789	293,445	392,393	411,055	442,281	465,336	457,752	451,661	15.1
Mississippi	73,967	102,364	122,883	137,389	155,232	160,441	173,136	178,197	179,090	176,665	13.8
Missouri	183,930	234,421	289,899	321,348	384,366	396,409	424,944	444,695	456,997	441,371	14.8
Montana	30,062	35,177	35,876	42,240	47,371	47,840	51,588	53,312	54,042	53,254	12.4
Nebraska	66,915	89,488	112,831	112,117	127,378	130,458	138,645	144,682	142,875	139,578	9.6
Nevada	13,669	40,455	61,728	87,893	116,276	120,490	125,320	129,360	121,013	118,300	1.7
New Hampshire	29,400	46,794	59,510	61,718	70,724	71,739	74,234	75,594	77,444	82,678	16.9
New Jersey	216,121	321,610	324,286	335,945	398,136	410,160	432,127	444,091	443,750	439,965	10.5
New Mexico	44,461	58,283	85,500	110,739	134,375	142,413	152,752	162,652	157,555	156,424	16.4
New York	806,479	992,237	1,048,286	1,043,395	1,172,811	1,234,858	1,289,604	1,305,595	1,318,142	1,309,986	11.7
North Carolina	171,925	287,537	352,138	404,652	502,330	528,977	568,865	586,042	585,013	578,031	15.1
North Dakota	31,495	34,069	37,878	40,248	49,945	51,327	54,433	56,903	55,772	55,169	10.5
Ohio	376,267	489,145	557,690	549,553	630,497	653,585	711,095	744,947	735,026	709,818	12.6
Oklahoma	110,155	160,295	173,221	178,016	206,382	206,757	220,650	230,573	230,154	228,464	10.7
Oregon	122,177	157,458	165,741	183,065	202,928	220,474	243,412	250,331	259,061	254,695	25.5
Pennsylvania	411,044	507,716	604,060	609,521	725,397	740,288	778,123	803,593	787,789	777,242	7.1
Rhode Island	45,898	66,869	78,273	75,450	82,900	83,893	84,673	85,110	84,644	83,952	1.3
South Carolina	69,518	132,476	159,302	185,931	217,755	230,695	246,667	257,293	260,002	259,617	19.2
South Dakota	30,639	32,761	34,208	43,221	49,747	50,444	53,342	58,370	55,899	56,058	12.7
Tennessee	135,103	204,581	226,238	263,910	297,785	307,610	332,918	351,988	350,275	343,641	15.4
Texas	442,225	701,391	901,437	1,033,973	1,269,098	1,327,148	1,447,868	1,536,858	1,564,387	1,540,298	21.4
Utah	81,687	93,987	121,303	163,776	203,679	217,224	236,590	252,107	264,396	267,309	31.2
Vermont	22,209	30,628	36,398	35,489	42,191	42,946	44,975	45,572	45,143	44,703	6.0
Virginia	151,915	280,504	353,442	381,893	478,268	500,796	545,036	576,010	588,465	588,696	23.1
Washington	183,544	303,603	263,384	320,840	352,075	362,535	382,532	388,110	372,841	365,514	3.8
West Virginia	63,153	81,973	84,790	87,888	116,848	125,333	142,484	152,431	162,308	162,179	38.8
Wisconsin	202,058	269,086	299,774	307,179	343,747	352,875	373,228	383,986	376,603	369,732	7.6
Wyoming	15,220	21,147	31,326	30,004	35,246	35,936	37,093	38,298	38,092	37,812	7.3
U.S. Service Academies1	17,079	49,808	48,692	13,475	15,285	15,539	15,748	15,925	15,692	15,227	-0.4
Other jurisdictions	67,237	137,749	164,618	194,633	226,849	236,167	243,792	264,237	267,159	259,943	14.6
American Samoa	0	976	1,219	297	1,767	1,806	2,189	2,193	2,091	1,795	1.6
Federated States of    Micronesia	0	224	975	1,576	2,379	2,457	3,401	2,699	2,915	2,744	15.3
Guam	2,719	3,217	4,741	5,215	5,244	5,351	5,755	6,188	6,360	5,924	13.0
Marshall Islands	0	0	0	328	557	689	847	869	989	1,123	101.6
Northern Marianas	0	0	661	1,078	901	791	989	1,137	1,046	1,178	30.7
Palau	0	0	491	581	668	502	651	694	742	680	1.8
Puerto Rico	63,073	131,184	154,065	183,290	212,949	222,178	227,358	247,724	250,402	244,076	14.6
U.S. Virgin Islands	1,445	2,148	2,466	2,268	2,384	2,393	2,602	2,733	2,614	2,423	1.6

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.

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 2013, Enrollment component. (This table was prepared November 2013.)