Table 304.10.

Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2014

State or jurisdiction	Fall 1970	Fall 1980	Fall 1990	Fall 2000	Fall 2009	Fall 2010	Fall 2011	Fall 2012	Fall 2013	Fall 2014	Percent change, 2009 to 2014
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	20,313,594	21,019,438	21,010,590	20,644,478	20,375,789	20,207,369	-0.5
Alabama	103,936	164,306	218,589	233,962	311,641	327,606	320,349	310,311	305,712	305,028	-2.1
Alaska	9,471	21,296	29,833	27,953	32,406	34,799	34,932	32,797	34,890	34,331	5.9
Arizona	109,619	202,716	264,148	342,490	738,753	793,871	796,974	736,465	694,123	674,746	-8.7
Arkansas	52,039	77,607	90,425	115,172	168,081	175,848	179,345	176,458	172,224	169,571	0.9
California	1,257,245	1,790,993	1,808,740	2,256,708	2,732,147	2,714,699	2,691,852	2,621,606	2,636,921	2,696,415	-1.3
Colorado	123,395	162,916	227,131	263,872	345,034	369,450	365,939	363,170	358,723	353,827	2.5
Connecticut	124,700	159,632	168,604	161,243	191,790	199,384	201,638	201,658	200,966	201,928	5.3
Delaware	25,260	32,939	42,004	43,897	54,735	55,258	56,547	58,127	59,615	60,368	10.3
District of Columbia	77,158	86,675	79,551	72,689	136,792	91,992	90,245	90,150	89,257	90,053	-34.2
Florida	235,525	411,891	588,086	707,684	1,051,917	1,124,778	1,149,160	1,154,506	1,125,810	1,111,018	5.6
Georgia	126,511	184,159	251,786	346,204	531,510	568,916	565,414	545,360	533,424	531,004	-0.1
Hawaii	36,562	47,181	56,436	60,182	74,668	78,073	79,006	78,456	76,434	73,505	-1.6
Idaho	34,567	43,018	51,881	65,594	84,349	85,201	90,142	108,008	109,318	118,953	41.0
Illinois	452,146	644,245	729,246	743,918	893,207	906,845	892,452	866,893	842,888	824,980	-7.6
Indiana	192,668	247,253	284,832	314,334	441,031	459,493	457,506	447,263	444,364	436,327	-1.1
Iowa	108,902	140,449	170,515	188,974	351,036	381,867	372,146	361,189	339,738	282,482	-19.5
Kansas	102,485	136,605	163,733	179,968	210,819	214,849	216,662	213,855	215,855	226,401	7.4
Kentucky	98,591	143,066	177,852	188,341	277,876	291,104	293,766	281,133	273,073	264,197	-4.9
Louisiana	120,728	160,058	186,840	223,800	251,468	263,676	265,740	258,846	251,887	245,938	-2.2
Maine	34,134	43,264	57,186	58,473	70,183	72,406	72,297	73,095	70,849	72,246	2.9
Maryland	149,607	225,526	259,700	273,745	358,775	377,967	380,097	374,496	363,771	365,597	1.9
Massachusetts	303,809	418,415	417,833	421,142	497,234	507,753	508,546	514,119	514,008	510,912	2.8
Michigan	392,726	520,131	569,803	567,631	685,628	697,765	685,420	663,703	643,592	619,438	-9.7
Minnesota	160,788	206,691	253,789	293,445	442,109	465,449	457,737	451,661	441,491	433,854	-1.9
Mississippi	73,967	102,364	122,883	137,389	173,136	179,995	180,576	176,618	173,634	170,728	-1.4
Missouri	183,930	234,421	289,899	321,348	424,541	444,750	456,994	441,186	438,222	419,900	-1.1
Montana	30,062	35,177	35,876	42,240	51,588	53,282	54,042	53,254	52,777	51,942	0.7
Nebraska	66,915	89,488	112,831	112,117	139,594	144,692	142,875	139,558	137,943	135,825	-2.7
Nevada	13,669	40,455	61,728	87,893	124,896	129,360	121,013	118,300	116,738	119,205	-4.6
New Hampshire	29,400	46,794	59,510	61,718	74,234	75,539	77,436	82,678	92,440	106,984	44.1
New Jersey	216,121	321,610	324,286	335,945	431,978	444,092	443,750	439,966	436,939	436,208	1.0
New Mexico	44,461	58,283	85,500	110,739	153,055	162,552	159,058	156,424	153,455	146,246	-4.4
New York	806,479	992,237	1,048,286	1,043,395	1,290,046	1,305,151	1,318,076	1,309,684	1,304,230	1,299,055	0.7
North Carolina	171,925	287,537	352,138	404,652	567,841	585,792	585,013	578,265	575,198	570,045	0.4
North Dakota	31,495	34,069	37,878	40,248	54,456	56,903	56,482	55,242	55,063	54,048	-0.7
Ohio	376,267	489,145	557,690	549,553	712,192	745,115	735,034	710,379	697,647	680,238	-4.5
Oklahoma	110,155	160,295	173,221	178,016	220,377	230,560	230,176	228,492	220,897	215,349	-2.3
Oregon	122,177	157,458	165,741	183,065	243,271	251,708	259,064	254,926	251,106	245,547	0.9
Pennsylvania	411,044	507,716	604,060	609,521	778,054	804,640	787,960	777,350	765,582	750,651	-3.5
Rhode Island	45,898	66,869	78,273	75,450	84,673	85,110	84,647	83,952	83,460	83,499	-1.4
South Carolina	69,518	132,476	159,302	185,931	246,525	257,064	260,002	259,617	257,844	254,629	3.3
South Dakota	30,639	32,761	34,208	43,221	53,342	58,360	55,899	56,058	55,129	53,963	1.2
Tennessee	135,103	204,581	226,238	263,910	332,555	351,762	350,186	343,478	338,197	326,575	-1.8
Texas	442,225	701,391	901,437	1,033,973	1,447,028	1,535,864	1,564,208	1,544,524	1,541,378	1,555,462	7.5
Utah	81,687	93,987	121,303	163,776	236,204	255,653	264,394	267,309	264,255	274,926	16.4
Vermont	22,209	30,628	36,398	35,489	44,975	45,572	45,143	44,697	43,534	43,983	-2.2
Virginia	151,915	280,504	353,442	381,893	544,665	577,922	589,145	588,708	583,755	577,908	6.1
Washington	183,544	303,603	263,384	320,840	382,613	388,116	372,839	365,529	363,377	365,193	-4.6
West Virginia	63,153	81,973	84,790	87,888	142,492	152,431	162,347	162,182	157,954	157,052	10.2
Wisconsin	202,058	269,086	299,774	307,179	373,307	384,181	376,535	369,738	364,021	358,894	-3.9
Wyoming	15,220	21,147	31,326	30,004	37,019	38,298	38,092	37,812	37,084	35,461	-4.2
U.S. Service Academies1	17,079	49,808	48,692	13,475	15,748	15,925	15,692	15,227	14,997	14,734	-6.4
Other jurisdictions	67,237	137,749	164,618	194,633	243,447	264,240	267,159	259,975	254,543	255,843	5.1
American Samoa	0	976	1,219	297	2,189	2,193	2,091	1,795	1,488	1,276	-41.7
Federated States of       Micronesia	0	224	975	1,576	3,401	2,699	2,915	2,744	2,446	2,344	-31.1
Guam	2,719	3,217	4,741	5,215	5,755	6,188	6,360	5,955	6,518	6,488	12.7
Marshall Islands	0	0	0	328	847	869	989	1,123	1,000	1,087	28.3
Northern Marianas	0	0	661	1,078	989	1,137	1,046	1,178	1,109	1,186	19.9
Palau	0	0	491	581	651	694	742	680	646	604	-7.2
Puerto Rico	63,073	131,184	154,065	183,290	227,013	247,727	250,402	244,077	239,015	240,578	6.0
U.S. Virgin Islands	1,445	2,148	2,466	2,268	2,602	2,733	2,614	2,423	2,321	2,280	-12.4

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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

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 2015, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared October 2015.)