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Table 304.15. Total fall enrollment in public 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 6,428,134 9,457,394 10,844,717 11,752,786 14,810,768 15,142,171 15,116,303 14,884,667 14,745,558 14,655,015 -1.1
Alabama 87,884 143,674 195,939 207,435 260,277 267,083 260,523 251,045 248,284 246,989 -5.1
Alaska 8,563 20,561 27,792 26,559 30,493 32,303 32,158 30,595 31,600 29,892 -2.0
Arizona 107,315 194,034 248,213 284,522 350,435 366,976 366,116 359,229 354,462 354,997 1.3
Arkansas 43,599 66,068 78,645 101,775 149,474 155,780 158,824 157,224 153,690 151,399 1.3
California 1,123,529 1,599,838 1,594,710 1,927,771 2,289,427 2,223,163 2,181,675 2,129,152 2,148,147 2,167,444 -5.3
                       
Colorado 108,562 145,598 200,653 217,897 255,438 269,433 269,298 272,444 271,223 268,041 4.9
Connecticut 73,391 97,788 109,556 101,027 123,211 127,194 126,487 124,952 123,093 122,303 -0.7
Delaware 21,151 28,325 34,252 34,194 39,989 39,935 40,729 41,113 40,992 41,012 2.6
District of Columbia 12,194 13,900 11,990 5,499 5,253 5,840 5,312 5,476 5,347 5,115 -2.6
Florida 189,450 334,349 489,081 556,912 759,479 790,027 803,200 804,693 795,860 795,628 4.8
                       
Georgia 101,900 140,158 196,413 271,755 418,037 436,047 428,708 422,189 413,706 413,752 -1.0
Hawaii 32,963 43,269 45,728 44,579 57,945 60,090 60,330 60,295 58,941 57,052 -1.5
Idaho 27,072 34,491 41,315 53,751 63,261 64,204 65,753 78,781 75,910 76,806 21.4
Illinois 315,634 491,274 551,333 534,155 588,741 585,515 577,043 556,890 546,483 529,462 -10.1
Indiana 136,739 189,224 223,953 240,023 325,072 337,705 339,946 333,769 335,923 328,442 1.0
                       
Iowa 68,390 97,454 117,834 135,008 171,283 177,781 178,491 173,558 168,644 169,896 -0.8
Kansas 88,215 121,987 149,117 159,976 182,736 185,623 186,475 183,914 184,075 183,222 0.3
Kentucky 77,240 114,884 147,095 151,973 221,508 229,725 233,427 223,100 218,472 213,043 -3.8
Louisiana 101,127 136,703 158,290 189,213 215,511 224,811 225,210 220,971 215,653 210,943 -2.1
Maine 25,405 31,878 41,500 40,662 49,668 50,903 50,253 50,555 49,602 48,852 -1.6
                       
Maryland 118,988 195,051 220,783 223,797 298,185 309,779 314,383 310,503 301,565 305,156 2.3
Massachusetts 116,127 183,765 186,035 183,248 218,999 224,542 227,006 228,178 228,255 226,158 3.3
Michigan 339,625 454,147 487,359 467,861 553,022 562,448 554,704 540,242 527,740 514,712 -6.9
Minnesota 130,567 162,379 199,211 218,617 270,336 276,176 274,192 272,290 266,440 259,695 -3.9
Mississippi 64,968 90,661 109,038 125,355 155,517 161,493 161,842 157,995 154,916 152,096 -2.2
                       
Missouri 132,540 165,179 200,093 201,509 245,568 256,030 260,585 257,430 254,650 252,980 3.0
Montana 27,287 31,178 31,865 37,387 46,653 48,231 48,912 48,333 47,851 47,024 0.8
Nebraska 51,454 73,509 94,614 88,531 104,149 107,979 106,794 104,166 101,893 99,821 -4.2
Nevada 13,576 40,280 61,242 83,120 112,397 113,103 105,048 103,619 102,538 106,028 -5.7
New Hampshire 15,979 24,119 32,163 35,870 43,507 44,077 43,325 43,289 42,711 43,298 -0.5
                       
New Jersey 145,373 247,028 261,601 266,921 348,934 358,256 359,458 356,457 352,822 351,316 0.7
New Mexico 40,795 55,077 83,403 101,450 143,987 150,844 148,018 146,792 144,381 138,311 -3.9
New York 449,437 563,251 616,884 583,417 712,467 723,500 731,914 722,274 720,934 721,847 1.3
North Carolina 123,761 228,154 285,405 329,422 469,590 475,064 470,989 465,950 460,100 455,178 -3.1
North Dakota 30,192 31,709 34,690 36,014 46,727 48,904 49,578 48,929 48,751 48,292 3.3
                       
Ohio 281,099 381,765 427,613 411,161 522,033 547,551 542,733 524,973 520,039 510,244 -2.3
Oklahoma 91,438 137,188 151,073 153,699 189,953 197,641 197,373 195,118 187,078 182,449 -4.0
Oregon 108,483 140,102 144,427 154,756 201,246 208,001 215,469 212,541 208,317 201,645 0.2
Pennsylvania 232,982 292,499 343,478 339,229 425,979 432,923 428,335 425,890 419,849 413,591 -2.9
Rhode Island 25,527 35,052 42,350 38,458 43,409 43,224 43,254 43,204 42,786 42,765 -1.5
                       
South Carolina 47,101 107,683 131,134 155,519 200,204 205,080 208,302 209,023 207,717 205,756 2.8
South Dakota 23,936 24,328 26,596 34,857 41,674 44,569 43,729 44,185 44,272 44,132 5.9
Tennessee 98,897 156,835 175,049 202,530 231,741 242,486 241,917 235,010 229,302 224,033 -3.3
Texas 365,522 613,552 802,314 896,534 1,258,841 1,334,110 1,366,829 1,352,060 1,349,609 1,365,339 8.5
Utah 49,588 59,598 86,108 123,046 170,921 179,061 179,208 171,001 168,311 167,716 -1.9
                       
Vermont 12,536 17,984 20,910 20,021 27,028 27,524 27,132 26,501 25,852 25,643 -5.1
Virginia 123,279 246,500 291,286 313,780 401,093 409,004 413,761 409,753 405,915 399,359 -0.4
Washington 162,718 276,028 227,632 273,928 328,391 330,853 317,066 311,497 310,192 312,523 -4.8
West Virginia 51,363 71,228 74,108 76,136 94,533 96,104 95,634 93,017 90,782 87,842 -7.1
Wisconsin 170,374 235,179 253,529 249,737 295,090 301,259 296,795 293,416 289,339 286,726 -2.8
Wyoming 15,220 21,121 30,623 28,715 35,608 36,292 36,368 35,859 35,547 34,316 -3.6
                       
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 46,680 60,692 66,244 84,464 87,030 83,719 78,928 78,400 78,136 77,716 -10.7
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 5,661 6,103 6,274 5,878 6,439 6,416 13.3
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 42,516 54,127 55,691 73,121 70,690 67,291 62,257 62,579 62,687 62,523 -11.6
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.)

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