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Table 304.70. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by level of enrollment and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 2000 through 2012
State or jurisdiction Undergraduate Postbaccalaureate
Fall 2000 Fall 2005 Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012 Fall 2000 Fall 2005 Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
United States 13,155,393 14,963,964 17,565,320 18,078,672 18,063,037 17,732,431 2,156,896 2,523,511 2,862,391 2,937,454 2,931,076 2,910,388
Alabama 201,389 219,253 267,870 281,849 274,305 265,917 32,573 37,136 43,870 45,478 44,381 44,394
Alaska 26,222 27,903 29,605 30,779 32,104 30,018 1,731 2,328 2,801 2,874 2,828 2,779
Arizona 299,529 456,881 706,866 673,600 675,037 621,610 42,961 88,716 121,765 121,788 121,949 114,769
Arkansas 104,580 129,484 151,136 157,162 159,909 157,504 10,592 13,788 17,216 18,733 19,372 18,954
California 2,012,213 2,135,461 2,464,524 2,443,985 2,419,777 2,359,659 244,495 264,372 271,055 270,187 266,116 261,801
                         
Colorado 220,059 249,616 296,283 313,434 308,124 305,234 43,813 53,056 55,751 58,591 57,696 57,701
Connecticut 127,715 141,332 156,228 163,291 165,707 166,812 33,528 33,343 35,578 36,093 35,931 34,846
Delaware 37,930 43,382 45,605 46,321 46,942 47,816 5,967 8,230 9,569 9,410 9,574 10,312
District of Columbia 40,703 62,888 83,548 50,330 48,459 47,699 31,986 42,009 53,303 41,662 41,754 42,451
Florida 623,071 764,577 927,044 994,236 1,011,562 1,023,813 84,613 108,085 126,177 131,233 132,136 131,116
                         
Georgia 296,980 372,269 466,011 499,166 495,187 476,813 49,224 54,381 66,482 69,557 70,272 68,545
Hawaii 51,783 57,843 65,139 68,244 69,595 69,272 8,399 9,240 9,670 9,829 9,423 9,184
Idaho 58,644 70,335 76,666 76,998 82,297 99,901 6,950 7,373 7,784 8,203 7,845 8,107
Illinois 623,018 692,401 746,733 748,965 735,435 713,711 120,900 140,566 154,091 157,924 157,446 153,399
Indiana 273,198 312,058 386,748 403,963 402,172 392,625 41,136 49,195 54,546 55,460 55,652 54,637
                         
Iowa 165,360 203,453 315,000 339,011 328,242 315,418 23,614 24,269 35,631 42,831 43,904 45,765
Kansas 156,385 168,065 183,815 188,336 190,125 187,868 23,583 23,687 27,028 26,523 26,537 25,918
Kentucky 164,183 215,536 245,388 256,912 257,828 245,942 24,158 29,433 32,519 34,190 35,938 36,183
Louisiana 191,517 172,908 219,703 230,332 233,490 227,269 32,283 24,805 32,150 33,306 32,366 31,556
Maine 50,728 57,622 62,013 64,178 62,924 63,084 7,745 7,929 8,157 8,807 9,373 9,726
                         
Maryland 221,952 252,964 289,527 305,358 307,345 302,485 51,793 61,187 69,414 72,609 72,752 72,011
Massachusetts 320,012 331,242 369,133 377,790 376,523 381,832 101,130 112,074 128,157 130,512 132,031 134,499
Michigan 480,618 536,745 593,676 606,367 594,948 575,510 87,013 90,006 92,373 91,758 90,578 88,315
Minnesota 254,632 283,616 331,374 346,751 340,628 335,747 38,813 78,085 110,907 118,585 117,124 115,914
Mississippi 123,299 133,642 153,914 157,464 158,179 155,386 14,090 16,815 19,222 20,733 20,911 21,279
                         
Missouri 266,802 304,992 347,189 366,934 378,424 363,308 54,546 69,453 77,755 77,761 78,573 78,063
Montana 38,481 43,403 47,061 48,476 49,143 48,424 3,759 4,447 4,527 4,836 4,899 4,830
Nebraska 96,759 103,581 116,384 121,420 119,310 115,721 15,358 17,655 22,261 23,262 23,565 23,857
Nevada 79,053 99,548 113,104 116,743 108,998 106,854 8,840 11,157 12,216 12,617 12,015 11,446
New Hampshire 51,990 59,081 61,181 62,447 63,420 66,770 9,728 10,812 13,053 13,147 14,024 15,908
                         
New Jersey 284,785 321,118 368,528 380,059 380,081 376,901 51,160 58,640 63,599 64,032 63,669 63,064
New Mexico 96,377 115,048 138,267 148,076 142,784 141,773 14,362 16,289 14,485 14,576 14,771 14,651
New York 839,423 921,458 1,044,916 1,059,776 1,075,644 1,071,051 203,972 230,623 244,688 245,819 242,498 238,935
North Carolina 358,912 426,106 502,991 516,504 515,436 508,270 45,740 58,286 65,874 69,538 69,577 69,761
North Dakota 36,899 44,153 48,330 50,003 48,630 48,123 3,349 5,236 6,103 6,900 7,142 7,046
                         
Ohio 469,999 529,891 618,699 650,378 641,793 618,887 79,554 86,459 92,396 94,569 93,233 90,931
Oklahoma 157,021 183,568 195,332 204,230 203,683 202,064 20,995 24,485 25,318 26,343 26,471 26,400
Oregon 160,805 174,100 214,478 220,448 229,335 225,194 22,260 25,933 28,934 29,883 29,726 29,501
Pennsylvania 506,948 574,319 642,832 663,337 651,096 640,348 102,573 118,021 135,291 140,256 136,693 136,894
Rhode Island 65,067 70,518 73,805 73,974 73,949 73,338 10,383 10,864 10,868 11,136 10,695 10,614
                         
South Carolina 161,699 185,252 221,604 231,604 234,149 233,835 24,232 25,192 25,063 25,689 25,853 25,782
South Dakota 37,497 43,206 46,898 50,689 49,205 49,259 5,724 5,562 6,444 7,681 6,694 6,799
Tennessee 230,376 243,912 287,178 302,474 301,485 295,289 33,534 39,158 45,740 49,514 48,790 48,352
Texas 905,649 1,093,491 1,282,959 1,361,522 1,387,140 1,362,852 128,324 147,216 164,909 175,336 177,247 177,446
Utah 149,954 182,892 214,133 228,175 239,189 239,025 13,822 17,799 22,457 23,932 25,207 28,284
                         
Vermont 30,809 34,161 37,944 38,608 38,182 37,798 4,680 5,754 7,031 6,964 6,961 6,905
Virginia 325,395 373,041 460,615 484,908 494,720 492,552 56,498 66,125 84,421 91,102 93,745 96,144
Washington 290,292 315,154 346,378 351,856 336,893 329,617 30,548 33,328 36,154 36,254 35,948 35,897
West Virginia 76,556 86,803 120,070 128,335 137,275 136,155 11,332 12,744 22,414 24,096 25,033 26,024
Wisconsin 271,839 296,743 330,761 341,503 335,230 329,773 35,340 38,515 42,467 42,483 41,373 39,959
Wyoming 26,811 31,684 34,404 35,466 35,330 35,103 3,193 3,650 2,689 2,832 2,762 2,709
                         
U.S. Service Academies 13,475 15,265 15,730 15,905 15,669 15,202 0 0 18 20 23 25
                         
Other jurisdictions 174,410 193,766 213,421 234,281 237,048 231,363 20,223 29,399 30,371 29,956 30,111 28,580
American Samoa 297 1,579 2,189 2,193 2,091 1,795 0 0 0 0 0 0
Federated States of
   Micronesia
1,576 2,283 3,401 2,699 2,915 2,744 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 4,746 5,850 5,484 5,857 6,009 5,631 469 214 271 331 351 293
Marshall Islands 328 604 847 869 989 1,123 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Marianas 1,078 967 989 1,137 1,046 1,178 0 0 0 0 0 0
Palau 581 651 651 694 742 680 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 163,690 179,647 197,429 218,312 220,857 215,972 19,600 28,978 29,929 29,412 29,545 28,104
U.S. Virgin Islands 2,114 2,185 2,431 2,520 2,399 2,240 154 207 171 213 215 183
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2001 through Spring 2013, Enrollment component. (This table was prepared November 2013.)

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