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Table 304.35. Total fall enrollment in public degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by attendance status, sex, and state or jurisdiction: 2014 and 2015
State or jurisdiction Fall 2014 Fall 2015 Percent
change in
total, 2014
to 2015
Total Full-time Part-time Total Full-time Part-time
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
United States 14,655,015 3,914,629 4,483,090 2,624,305 3,632,991 14,568,103 3,898,176 4,456,499 2,619,232 3,594,196 -0.6
Alabama 246,989 72,141 93,383 32,008 49,457 247,451 72,435 93,742 32,177 49,097 0.2
Alaska 29,892 6,131 6,806 6,517 10,438 28,393 5,843 6,497 5,905 10,148 -5.0
Arizona 354,997 89,015 92,951 73,799 99,232 360,976 91,379 95,207 74,000 100,390 1.7
Arkansas 151,399 39,992 52,200 22,676 36,531 150,165 39,634 51,345 23,098 36,088 -0.8
California 2,167,444 502,259 577,649 503,954 583,582 2,203,094 508,804 587,345 512,095 594,850 1.6
                       
Colorado 268,041 73,434 75,889 51,179 67,539 265,828 72,797 74,946 50,387 67,698 -0.8
Connecticut 122,303 33,432 36,877 20,506 31,488 119,766 33,210 36,521 20,062 29,973 -2.1
Delaware 41,012 12,624 16,815 4,313 7,260 40,611 12,475 16,728 4,200 7,208 -1.0
District of Columbia 5,115 986 1,296 940 1,893 5,118 1,029 1,285 979 1,825 0.1
Florida 795,628 179,636 223,195 158,411 234,386 794,390 179,624 223,414 158,462 232,890 -0.2
                       
Georgia 413,752 114,063 144,561 59,824 95,304 418,453 114,362 144,842 62,336 96,913 1.1
Hawaii 57,052 13,705 17,191 10,554 15,602 55,756 13,228 16,755 10,348 15,425 -2.3
Idaho 76,806 20,637 21,284 13,740 21,145 72,339 19,641 20,461 12,666 19,571 -5.8
Illinois 529,462 134,021 143,661 106,296 145,484 509,104 130,700 138,321 101,828 138,255 -3.8
Indiana 328,442 90,990 102,029 57,809 77,614 321,500 89,355 99,659 57,240 75,246 -2.1
                       
Iowa 169,896 51,294 51,533 30,511 36,558 171,005 52,303 51,672 30,379 36,651 0.7
Kansas 183,222 52,569 56,118 31,316 43,219 179,760 51,441 54,997 31,006 42,316 -1.9
Kentucky 213,043 58,081 72,669 35,226 47,067 205,908 56,598 70,328 33,691 45,291 -3.3
Louisiana 210,943 60,096 79,129 27,731 43,987 211,334 59,784 78,574 28,047 44,929 0.2
Maine 48,852 13,016 13,922 8,211 13,703 47,404 12,664 13,716 7,891 13,133 -3.0
                       
Maryland 305,156 71,511 81,809 63,471 88,365 303,554 71,182 80,669 64,524 87,179 -0.5
Massachusetts 226,158 60,826 66,823 37,493 61,016 222,243 60,194 65,939 36,962 59,148 -1.7
Michigan 514,712 142,772 158,818 90,466 122,656 502,281 139,968 155,225 88,638 118,450 -2.4
Minnesota 259,695 71,151 74,722 47,014 66,808 256,187 69,369 74,256 46,673 65,889 -1.4
Mississippi 152,096 48,843 68,410 12,457 22,386 153,300 48,565 67,634 13,494 23,607 0.8
                       
Missouri 252,980 72,860 84,863 38,132 57,125 248,516 71,612 82,957 37,750 56,197 -1.8
Montana 47,024 16,803 16,833 5,388 8,000 45,934 16,442 16,289 5,314 7,889 -2.3
Nebraska 99,821 29,978 32,145 16,090 21,608 100,030 29,563 31,679 16,705 22,083 0.2
Nevada 106,028 22,778 27,858 23,741 31,651 104,418 23,301 28,855 22,153 30,109 -1.5
New Hampshire 43,298 13,597 15,612 5,460 8,629 42,866 13,469 15,541 5,559 8,297 -1.0
                       
New Jersey 351,316 100,640 111,752 58,942 79,982 339,743 100,387 111,457 53,810 74,089 -3.3
New Mexico 138,311 30,808 37,245 29,425 40,833 131,287 29,737 35,556 26,541 39,453 -5.1
New York 721,847 220,466 253,264 101,691 146,426 709,143 217,805 250,948 98,021 142,369 -1.8
North Carolina 455,178 119,397 154,628 69,329 111,824 448,055 117,771 151,450 70,088 108,746 -1.6
North Dakota 48,292 17,516 15,531 7,034 8,211 48,197 17,370 15,560 7,080 8,187 -0.2
                       
Ohio 510,244 144,262 159,731 82,722 123,529 504,815 143,582 157,675 83,209 120,349 -1.1
Oklahoma 182,449 50,731 60,298 28,540 42,880 179,008 50,486 59,532 27,286 41,704 -1.9
Oregon 201,645 56,677 60,461 37,859 46,648 197,948 55,346 59,278 37,694 45,630 -1.8
Pennsylvania 413,591 137,111 146,193 51,203 79,084 409,054 135,436 144,651 51,083 77,884 -1.1
Rhode Island 42,765 10,844 14,263 6,512 11,146 41,320 10,568 14,172 6,120 10,460 -3.4
                       
South Carolina 205,756 60,592 75,523 25,200 44,441 202,487 60,214 74,284 24,922 43,067 -1.6
South Dakota 44,132 14,088 13,992 6,149 9,903 44,254 14,382 13,902 6,282 9,688 0.3
Tennessee 224,033 66,074 79,998 30,518 47,443 223,411 67,827 82,164 29,089 44,331 -0.3
Texas 1,365,339 316,626 365,466 279,715 403,532 1,379,276 318,824 365,588 288,325 406,539 1.0
Utah 167,716 46,036 43,159 37,915 40,606 171,225 47,507 44,330 38,258 41,130 2.1
                       
Vermont 25,643 7,981 8,902 2,839 5,921 25,383 7,836 9,083 2,741 5,723 -1.0
Virginia 399,359 110,903 129,746 66,280 92,430 394,210 111,040 128,087 65,069 90,014 -1.3
Washington 312,523 98,407 109,554 45,259 59,303 314,506 98,367 110,276 46,300 59,563 0.6
West Virginia 87,842 30,716 33,826 8,536 14,764 86,342 29,816 32,598 9,057 14,871 -1.7
Wisconsin 286,726 85,197 89,810 46,160 65,559 282,250 82,819 87,589 46,583 65,259 -1.6
Wyoming 34,316 8,741 9,560 7,226 8,789 33,693 8,691 9,528 7,085 8,389 -1.8
                       
U.S. Service Academies 14,734 11,575 3,137 18 4 14,812 11,394 3,392 20 6 0.5
                       
Other jurisdictions 77,716 28,239 37,280 5,341 6,856 80,127 29,440 38,060 5,492 7,135 3.1
American Samoa 1,276 251 465 219 341 1,285 234 471 186 394 0.7
Federated States of
      Micronesia
2,344 717 887 376 364 2,215 654 786 352 423 -5.5
Guam 6,416 1,623 2,285 1,127 1,381 6,325 1,652 2,272 1,116 1,285 -1.4
Marshall Islands 1,087 404 380 143 160 995 354 339 174 128 -8.5
Northern Marianas 1,186 387 597 85 117 1,155 363 561 83 148 -2.6
Palau 604 188 180 100 136 627 181 166 106 174 3.8
Puerto Rico 62,523 24,233 31,509 3,029 3,752 65,204 25,474 32,440 3,239 4,051 4.3
U.S. Virgin Islands 2,280 436 977 262 605 2,321 528 1,025 236 532 1.8
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2015 and Spring 2016, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared January 2017.)

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