Table 304.15.

Total fall enrollment in public degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2015

State or jurisdiction	Fall 1970	Fall 1980	Fall 1990	Fall 2000	Fall 2010	Fall 2011	Fall 2012	Fall 2013	Fall 2014	Fall 2015	Percent change, 2010 to 2015
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	15,142,171	15,116,303	14,884,667	14,746,848	14,655,015	14,568,103	-3.8
Alabama	87,884	143,674	195,939	207,435	267,083	260,523	251,045	248,296	246,989	247,451	-7.4
Alaska	8,563	20,561	27,792	26,559	32,303	32,158	30,595	31,600	29,892	28,393	-12.1
Arizona	107,315	194,034	248,213	284,522	366,976	366,116	359,229	354,485	354,997	360,976	-1.6
Arkansas	43,599	66,068	78,645	101,775	155,780	158,824	157,224	153,898	151,399	150,165	-3.6
California	1,123,529	1,599,838	1,594,710	1,927,771	2,223,163	2,181,675	2,129,152	2,151,521	2,167,444	2,203,094	-0.9
Colorado	108,562	145,598	200,653	217,897	269,433	269,298	272,444	271,223	268,041	265,828	-1.3
Connecticut	73,391	97,788	109,556	101,027	127,194	126,487	124,952	123,093	122,303	119,766	-5.8
Delaware	21,151	28,325	34,252	34,194	39,935	40,729	41,113	40,992	41,012	40,611	1.7
District of Columbia	12,194	13,900	11,990	5,499	5,840	5,312	5,476	5,347	5,115	5,118	-12.4
Florida	189,450	334,349	489,081	556,912	790,027	803,200	804,693	795,860	795,628	794,390	0.6
Georgia	101,900	140,158	196,413	271,755	436,047	428,708	422,189	413,706	413,752	418,453	-4.0
Hawaii	32,963	43,269	45,728	44,579	60,090	60,330	60,295	58,941	57,052	55,756	-7.2
Idaho	27,072	34,491	41,315	53,751	64,204	65,753	78,781	75,910	76,806	72,339	12.7
Illinois	315,634	491,274	551,333	534,155	585,515	577,043	556,890	546,483	529,462	509,104	-13.1
Indiana	136,739	189,224	223,953	240,023	337,705	339,946	333,769	335,923	328,442	321,500	-4.8
Iowa	68,390	97,454	117,834	135,008	177,781	178,491	173,558	168,644	169,896	171,005	-3.8
Kansas	88,215	121,987	149,117	159,976	185,623	186,475	183,914	184,075	183,222	179,760	-3.2
Kentucky	77,240	114,884	147,095	151,973	229,725	233,427	223,100	218,472	213,043	205,908	-10.4
Louisiana	101,127	136,703	158,290	189,213	224,811	225,210	220,971	215,701	210,943	211,334	-6.0
Maine	25,405	31,878	41,500	40,662	50,903	50,253	50,555	49,602	48,852	47,404	-6.9
Maryland	118,988	195,051	220,783	223,797	309,779	314,383	310,503	301,565	305,156	303,554	-2.0
Massachusetts	116,127	183,765	186,035	183,248	224,542	227,006	228,178	228,253	226,158	222,243	-1.0
Michigan	339,625	454,147	487,359	467,861	562,448	554,704	540,242	527,745	514,712	502,281	-10.7
Minnesota	130,567	162,379	199,211	218,617	276,176	274,192	272,290	266,440	259,695	256,187	-7.2
Mississippi	64,968	90,661	109,038	125,355	161,493	161,842	157,995	154,366	152,096	153,300	-5.1
Missouri	132,540	165,179	200,093	201,509	256,030	260,585	257,430	254,650	252,980	248,516	-2.9
Montana	27,287	31,178	31,865	37,387	48,231	48,912	48,333	47,851	47,024	45,934	-4.8
Nebraska	51,454	73,509	94,614	88,531	107,979	106,794	104,166	101,893	99,821	100,030	-7.4
Nevada	13,576	40,280	61,242	83,120	113,103	105,048	103,619	102,538	106,028	104,418	-7.7
New Hampshire	15,979	24,119	32,163	35,870	44,077	43,325	43,289	42,711	43,298	42,866	-2.7
New Jersey	145,373	247,028	261,601	266,921	358,256	359,458	356,457	352,822	351,316	339,743	-5.2
New Mexico	40,795	55,077	83,403	101,450	150,844	148,018	146,792	144,381	138,311	131,287	-13.0
New York	449,437	563,251	616,884	583,417	723,500	731,914	722,274	720,948	721,847	709,143	-2.0
North Carolina	123,761	228,154	285,405	329,422	475,064	470,989	465,950	460,125	455,178	448,055	-5.7
North Dakota	30,192	31,709	34,690	36,014	48,904	49,578	48,929	48,718	48,292	48,197	-1.4
Ohio	281,099	381,765	427,613	411,161	547,551	542,733	524,973	520,039	510,244	504,815	-7.8
Oklahoma	91,438	137,188	151,073	153,699	197,641	197,373	195,118	187,078	182,449	179,008	-9.4
Oregon	108,483	140,102	144,427	154,756	208,001	215,469	212,541	208,317	201,645	197,948	-4.8
Pennsylvania	232,982	292,499	343,478	339,229	432,923	428,335	425,890	419,856	413,591	409,054	-5.5
Rhode Island	25,527	35,052	42,350	38,458	43,224	43,254	43,204	42,786	42,765	41,320	-4.4
South Carolina	47,101	107,683	131,134	155,519	205,080	208,302	209,023	207,717	205,756	202,487	-1.3
South Dakota	23,936	24,328	26,596	34,857	44,569	43,729	44,185	44,272	44,132	44,254	-0.7
Tennessee	98,897	156,835	175,049	202,530	242,486	241,917	235,010	229,302	224,033	223,411	-7.9
Texas	365,522	613,552	802,314	896,534	1,334,110	1,366,829	1,352,060	1,349,490	1,365,339	1,379,276	3.4
Utah	49,588	59,598	86,108	123,046	179,061	179,208	171,001	168,311	167,716	171,225	-4.4
Vermont	12,536	17,984	20,910	20,021	27,524	27,132	26,501	25,852	25,643	25,383	-7.8
Virginia	123,279	246,500	291,286	313,780	409,004	413,761	409,753	405,915	399,359	394,210	-3.6
Washington	162,718	276,028	227,632	273,928	330,853	317,066	311,497	310,192	312,523	314,506	-4.9
West Virginia	51,363	71,228	74,108	76,136	96,104	95,634	93,017	90,780	87,842	86,342	-10.2
Wisconsin	170,374	235,179	253,529	249,737	301,259	296,795	293,416	287,619	286,726	282,250	-6.3
Wyoming	15,220	21,121	30,623	28,715	36,292	36,368	35,859	35,547	34,316	33,693	-7.2
U.S. Service Academies1	17,079	49,808	48,692	13,475	15,925	15,692	15,227	14,997	14,734	14,812	-7.0
Other jurisdictions	46,680	60,692	66,244	84,464	83,719	78,928	78,400	78,136	77,716	80,127	-4.3
American Samoa	0	976	1,219	297	2,193	2,091	1,795	1,488	1,276	1,285	-41.4
Federated States of       Micronesia	0	224	975	1,576	2,699	2,915	2,744	2,446	2,344	2,215	-17.9
Guam	2,719	3,217	4,741	5,215	6,103	6,274	5,878	6,439	6,416	6,325	3.6
Marshall Islands	0	0	0	328	869	989	1,123	1,000	1,087	995	14.5
Northern Marianas	0	0	661	1,078	1,137	1,046	1,178	1,109	1,186	1,155	1.6
Palau	0	0	491	581	694	742	680	646	604	627	-9.7
Puerto Rico	42,516	54,127	55,691	73,121	67,291	62,257	62,579	62,687	62,523	65,204	-3.1
U.S. Virgin Islands	1,445	2,148	2,466	2,268	2,733	2,614	2,423	2,321	2,280	2,321	-15.1

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 2016, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared January 2017.)