Table 302.50.

Estimated rate of 2009-10 high school graduates attending degree-granting institutions, by state: 2010

State	Number of graduates from high schools located in the state			Number of fall 2010 first-time freshmen graduating from high school in the previous 12 months			Estimated rate of high school graduates going to college
	Total1	Public, 2009-10	Private, 2008-09	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	3,436,835	3,128,022	308,813	2,158,258	4	1,765,406	62.8	51.4
Alabama	48,443	43,166	5,277	31,160		28,165	64.3	58.1
Alaska	8,434	8,245	189	3,915		2,390	46.4	28.3
Arizona	63,900	61,145	2,755	37,006		33,090	57.9	51.8
Arkansas	29,606	28,276	1,330	19,348		17,624	65.4	59.5
California	440,240	404,987	35,253	271,669		243,382	61.7	55.3
Colorado	52,159	49,321	2,838	31,902		24,171	61.2	46.3
Connecticut	40,728	34,495	6,233	32,068		17,724	78.7	43.5
Delaware	9,980	8,133	1,847	4,718		2,745	47.3	27.5
District of Columbia5	4,941	3,602	1,339	2,503		517	50.7	10.5
Florida	174,352	156,130	18,222	109,789		97,733	63.0	56.1
Georgia	99,883	91,561	8,322	67,659		57,253	67.7	57.3
Hawaii	13,657	10,998	2,659	8,683		5,862	63.6	42.9
Idaho	18,340	17,793	547	8,273		5,589	45.1	30.5
Illinois	154,142	139,035	15,107	90,456		64,307	58.7	41.7
Indiana	69,783	64,551	5,232	45,900		40,350	65.8	57.8
Iowa	36,711	34,462	2,249	24,442		21,209	66.6	57.8
Kansas	33,809	31,642	2,167	21,889		18,627	64.7	55.1
Kentucky	46,601	42,664	3,937	29,320		26,191	62.9	56.2
Louisiana	44,709	36,573	8,136	28,912		26,094	64.7	58.4
Maine	16,431	14,069	2,362	9,234		6,072	56.2	37.0
Maryland	68,306	59,078	9,228	43,730		28,253	64.0	41.4
Massachusetts	75,092	64,462	10,630	54,966		36,917	73.2	49.2
Michigan	119,201	110,682	8,519	73,740		65,840	61.9	55.2
Minnesota	63,908	59,667	4,241	45,340		32,751	70.9	51.2
Mississippi	28,836	25,478	3,358	22,726		21,098	78.8	73.2
Missouri	71,037	63,994	7,043	43,633		36,803	61.4	51.8
Montana	10,443	10,075	368	6,320		5,020	60.5	48.1
Nebraska	21,374	19,370	2,004	14,858		12,442	69.5	58.2
Nevada	21,780	20,956	824	11,280		8,511	51.8	39.1
New Hampshire	17,497	15,034	2,463	11,256		6,388	64.3	36.5
New Jersey	110,573	96,225	14,348	75,893		44,738	68.6	40.5
New Mexico	19,983	18,595	1,388	14,461		12,542	72.4	62.8
New York	215,105	183,826	31,279	148,101		119,445	68.9	55.5
North Carolina	94,431	88,704	5,727	60,395		53,995	64.0	57.2
North Dakota	7,604	7,155	449	5,125		3,841	67.4	50.5
Ohio	136,740	123,437	13,303	84,068		71,583	61.5	52.3
Oklahoma	40,034	38,503	1,531	24,100		21,735	60.2	54.3
Oregon	37,810	34,671	3,139	18,072		13,960	47.8	36.9
Pennsylvania	149,845	131,182	18,663	91,298		75,702	60.9	50.5
Rhode Island	11,726	9,908	1,818	7,667		4,907	65.4	41.8
South Carolina	43,511	40,438	3,073	29,709		26,706	68.3	61.4
South Dakota	8,680	8,162	518	6,232		4,774	71.8	55.0
Tennessee	68,627	62,408	6,219	42,515		36,038	62.0	52.5
Texas	293,797	280,894	12,903	164,980		145,781	56.2	49.6
Utah	32,751	31,481	1,270	17,442		15,970	53.3	48.8
Vermont	8,366	7,199	1,167	4,478		2,228	53.5	26.6
Virginia	88,022	81,511	6,511	56,202		45,599	63.9	51.8
Washington	70,497	66,046	4,451	34,030		25,881	48.3	36.7
West Virginia	18,390	17,651	739	10,885		9,696	59.2	52.7
Wisconsin	70,294	64,687	5,607	42,241		34,196	60.1	48.6
Wyoming	5,730	5,695	35	3,459		2,699	60.4	47.1

1 Total includes public high school graduates for 2009-10 and private high school graduates for 2008-09. Data on private high school graduates are not available for 2009-10.

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. Total includes 272 students attending U.S. Service Academies in their home state, not shown separately.

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.

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," 2009-10; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2009-10; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2011, Enrollment component. (This table was prepared April 2012.)