Table 302.50.

Estimated rate of 2011-12 high school graduates attending degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by state: 2012

State	Number of graduates from high schools located in the state			Number of fall 2012 first-time freshmen graduating from high school in the previous 12 months			Estimated rate of high school graduates going to college
	Total1	Public, 2011-12	Private, 2012-13	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	3,457,955	3,149,185	308,770	2,132,264	4	1,729,792	61.7	50.0
Alabama	50,164	45,394	4,770	29,728		26,567	59.3	53.0
Alaska	8,189	7,989	200	3,732		2,413	45.6	29.5
Arizona	66,218	63,208	3,010	35,181		31,132	53.1	47.0
Arkansas	30,019	28,419	1,600	20,185		18,244	67.2	60.8
California	451,364	418,664	32,700	263,843		231,215	58.5	51.2
Colorado	52,607	50,087	2,520	31,139		23,268	59.2	44.2
Connecticut	44,751	38,681	6,070	31,662		17,396	70.8	38.9
Delaware	10,037	8,247	1,790	6,500		4,632	64.8	46.1
District of Columbia5	5,680	3,860	1,820	2,463		450	43.4	7.9
Florida	171,404	151,964	19,440	107,716		94,985	62.8	55.4
Georgia	99,952	90,582	9,370	66,494		55,399	66.5	55.4
Hawaii	13,970	11,360	2,610	9,040		6,091	64.7	43.6
Idaho	18,238	17,568	670	8,782		6,179	48.2	33.9
Illinois	153,605	139,575	14,030	92,394		63,610	60.2	41.4
Indiana.	70,767	65,667	5,100	44,612		38,812	63.0	54.8
Iowa	41,550	33,230	2,400	23,488		20,340	56.5	49.0
Kansas	34,078	31,898	2,180	22,239		19,058	65.3	55.9
Kentucky	47,442	42,642	4,800	29,830		26,624	62.9	56.1
Louisiana	44,575	36,675	7,900	28,831		26,024	64.7	58.4
Maine	16,103	13,473	2,630	8,681		5,829	53.9	36.2
Maryland	67,781	58,811	8,970	41,033		25,773	60.5	38.0
Massachusetts	76,177	65,157	11,020	53,836		36,132	70.7	47.4
Michigan	115,256	105,446	9,810	70,843		63,296	61.5	54.9
Minnesota	61,891	57,501	4,390	43,264		30,237	69.9	48.9
Mississippi	29,748	26,158	3,590	23,436		21,752	78.8	73.1
Missouri	69,053	61,313	7,740	42,762		35,648	61.9	51.6
Montana	10,140	9,750	390	5,907		4,598	58.3	45.3
Nebraska	22,844	20,464	2,380	14,750		11,969	64.6	52.4
Nevada	22,731	21,891	840	12,288		9,310	54.1	41.0
New Hampshire	16,886	14,426	2,460	10,418		5,618	61.7	33.3
New Jersey	106,919	93,819	13,100	72,631		41,204	67.9	38.5
New Mexico	21,375	20,315	1,060	14,831		12,903	69.4	60.4
New York	209,216	180,806	28,410	146,458		117,960	70.0	56.4
North Carolina	101,097	93,977	7,120	62,531		55,578	61.9	55.0
North Dakota	7,322	6,942	380	4,751		3,527	64.9	48.2
Ohio	135,885	123,135	12,750	81,428		69,039	59.9	50.8
Oklahoma	39,295	37,305	1,990	22,667		20,207	57.7	51.4
Oregon	37,301	34,261	3,040	17,509		13,343	46.9	35.8
Pennsylvania	146,493	131,733	14,760	87,075		70,625	59.4	48.2
Rhode Island	11,501	9,751	1,750	7,715		5,056	67.1	44.0
South Carolina	44,452	41,442	3,010	29,023		26,154	65.3	58.8
South Dakota	8,456	8,196	260	5,825		4,443	68.9	52.5
Tennessee	67,964	62,454	5,510	41,027		34,318	60.4	50.5
Texas	306,591	292,531	14,060	176,871		156,566	57.7	51.1
Utah	32,757	31,157	1,600	16,650		15,101	50.8	46.1
Vermont	7,789	6,859	930	4,142		2,040	53.2	26.2
Virginia	89,866	83,336	6,530	58,035		47,582	64.6	52.9
Washington	71,165	65,205	5,960	34,168		25,854	48.0	36.3
West Virginia	18,383	17,603	780	10,241		9,110	55.7	49.6
Wisconsin	71,225	62,705	8,520	41,715		33,972	58.6	47.7
Wyoming	5,603	5,553	50	3,170		2,426	56.6	43.3

1 Total includes public high school graduates for 2011-12 and private high school graduates for 2012-13. Data on private high school graduates are not available for 2011-12.

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 183 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.

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," 2011-12; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2013-14; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2013, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared January 2016.)