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Table 304.70. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by level of enrollment and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 2000 through 2015
State or jurisdiction Undergraduate Postbaccalaureate
Fall 2000 Fall 2011 Fall 2012 Fall 2013 Fall 2014 Fall 2015 Fall 2000 Fall 2011 Fall 2012 Fall 2013 Fall 2014 Fall 2015
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
United States 13,155,393 18,077,303 17,735,638 17,476,304 17,292,787 17,036,778 2,156,896 2,933,287 2,908,840 2,900,373 2,914,582 2,940,492
Alabama 201,389 274,837 265,917 261,293 259,630 257,650 32,573 45,512 44,394 44,524 45,398 45,309
Alaska 26,222 32,104 30,018 32,097 31,763 28,812 1,731 2,828 2,779 2,793 2,568 2,519
Arizona 299,529 675,028 621,684 580,193 562,449 541,377 42,961 121,946 114,781 113,521 112,297 108,355
Arkansas 104,580 159,973 157,504 153,848 151,132 148,630 10,592 19,372 18,954 18,584 18,439 19,772
California 2,012,213 2,424,395 2,359,805 2,376,332 2,426,640 2,416,473 244,495 267,457 261,801 264,999 269,775 271,882
                         
Colorado 220,059 308,249 305,465 300,059 294,581 289,476 43,813 57,690 57,705 58,271 59,246 58,622
Connecticut 127,715 165,707 166,812 166,243 165,825 163,059 33,528 35,931 34,846 34,785 36,103 36,607
Delaware 37,930 46,973 47,815 48,226 48,390 47,981 5,967 9,574 10,312 11,389 11,978 12,411
District of Columbia 40,703 48,491 47,699 47,187 48,156 50,554 31,986 41,754 42,451 42,070 41,897 43,441
Florida 623,071 1,017,088 1,023,378 998,020 984,355 956,409 84,613 132,072 131,128 127,852 126,663 126,853
                         
Georgia 296,980 495,192 476,815 464,780 460,166 456,788 49,224 70,222 68,545 68,645 70,838 74,511
Hawaii 51,783 69,595 69,272 67,683 65,067 61,366 8,399 9,411 9,184 8,751 8,438 7,965
Idaho 58,644 82,297 99,901 100,888 110,962 113,244 6,950 7,845 8,107 8,156 7,991 7,864
Illinois 623,018 735,155 713,472 694,099 676,251 650,590 120,900 157,297 153,421 148,789 148,729 151,653
Indiana 273,198 401,854 392,626 389,905 380,875 369,199 41,136 55,652 54,637 54,504 55,452 57,164
                         
Iowa 165,360 328,242 315,424 293,677 243,391 237,012 23,614 43,904 45,765 46,061 39,091 38,094
Kansas 156,385 190,125 187,921 189,780 197,869 191,908 23,583 26,537 25,934 26,075 28,532 28,314
Kentucky 164,183 257,828 244,950 237,737 229,067 219,870 24,158 35,938 36,183 35,336 35,130 35,852
Louisiana 191,517 233,374 227,290 221,168 215,289 213,949 32,283 32,366 31,556 30,767 30,649 30,711
Maine 50,728 62,924 63,369 62,699 62,500 62,248 7,745 9,373 9,726 9,713 9,746 9,467
                         
Maryland 221,952 307,345 302,485 294,305 296,683 293,738 51,793 72,752 72,011 69,394 68,914 70,193
Massachusetts 320,012 376,515 381,253 380,872 378,075 374,727 101,130 132,031 132,866 133,092 132,837 135,669
Michigan 480,618 594,842 575,388 557,753 535,000 515,814 87,013 90,578 88,315 85,822 84,438 84,389
Minnesota 254,632 340,621 335,747 326,363 317,968 310,266 38,813 117,116 115,914 115,274 115,886 117,491
Mississippi 123,299 159,627 155,292 151,526 150,179 151,504 14,090 20,949 21,326 21,558 20,549 20,632
                         
Missouri 266,802 378,421 363,123 359,630 341,640 331,952 54,546 78,573 78,063 78,816 78,260 78,044
Montana 38,481 49,143 48,424 47,903 47,128 46,066 3,759 4,899 4,830 4,874 4,814 4,732
Nebraska 96,759 119,310 115,701 113,432 110,813 110,309 15,358 23,565 23,857 24,511 25,012 25,778
Nevada 79,053 108,998 106,854 105,501 107,961 104,841 8,840 12,015 11,446 11,237 11,244 11,256
New Hampshire 51,990 63,412 66,770 72,706 83,945 97,033 9,728 14,024 15,908 19,734 23,039 26,933
                         
New Jersey 284,785 380,081 376,901 374,073 372,616 360,099 51,160 63,669 63,065 62,866 63,592 63,680
New Mexico 96,377 144,287 141,773 138,898 132,120 124,327 14,362 14,771 14,651 14,557 14,126 13,862
New York 839,423 1,075,580 1,070,674 1,066,995 1,063,625 1,048,072 203,972 242,496 239,010 238,126 235,430 237,348
North Carolina 358,912 515,436 508,495 503,558 498,637 490,350 45,740 69,577 69,770 71,462 71,408 72,092
North Dakota 36,899 49,340 48,196 47,559 46,724 46,574 3,349 7,142 7,046 7,471 7,324 7,266
                         
Ohio 469,999 641,780 619,564 606,939 589,426 577,354 79,554 93,254 90,815 89,973 90,812 90,406
Oklahoma 157,021 203,708 202,092 194,723 189,687 185,332 20,995 26,468 26,400 26,174 25,662 25,572
Oregon 160,805 229,389 225,425 219,435 211,529 206,892 22,260 29,675 29,501 31,652 34,018 33,754
Pennsylvania 506,948 651,257 640,440 630,319 614,990 599,004 102,573 136,703 136,910 135,262 135,661 137,666
Rhode Island 65,067 73,952 73,338 73,256 73,452 71,972 10,383 10,695 10,614 10,204 10,047 10,320
                         
South Carolina 161,699 234,149 233,835 232,089 228,594 223,670 24,232 25,853 25,782 25,755 26,035 25,984
South Dakota 37,497 49,205 49,259 48,190 47,234 46,901 5,724 6,694 6,799 6,939 6,729 6,763
Tennessee 230,376 301,406 295,126 290,530 279,962 276,748 33,534 48,780 48,352 47,667 46,613 46,751
Texas 905,649 1,386,966 1,367,078 1,363,997 1,369,947 1,382,034 128,324 177,242 177,446 177,282 185,515 188,580
Utah 149,954 239,189 239,025 232,482 243,521 259,540 13,822 25,205 28,284 29,415 31,405 33,987
                         
Vermont 30,809 38,182 37,792 37,112 37,375 37,296 4,680 6,961 6,905 6,424 6,608 6,567
Virginia 325,395 495,078 492,564 487,858 481,768 474,532 56,498 94,067 96,144 95,897 96,140 95,227
Washington 290,292 336,893 329,638 327,655 328,957 328,893 30,548 35,946 35,891 35,722 36,236 36,519
West Virginia 76,556 137,314 136,166 132,912 132,805 127,612 11,332 25,033 26,016 25,040 24,247 23,131
Wisconsin 271,839 335,447 329,778 322,479 318,591 310,343 35,340 41,088 39,960 39,900 40,303 39,905
Wyoming 26,811 35,330 35,103 34,370 32,765 31,602 3,193 2,762 2,709 2,661 2,696 2,603
                         
U.S. Service Academies 13,475 15,669 15,202 14,970 14,712 14,786 0 23 25 27 22 26
                         
Other jurisdictions 174,410 237,048 231,395 226,152 227,276 219,114 20,223 30,111 28,580 28,391 28,567 28,959
American Samoa 297 2,091 1,795 1,488 1,276 1,285 0 0 0 0 0 0
Federated States of
      Micronesia
1,576 2,915 2,744 2,446 2,344 2,215 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 4,746 6,009 5,662 6,210 6,187 6,095 469 351 293 308 301 300
Marshall Islands 328 989 1,123 1,000 1,087 995 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Marianas 1,078 1,046 1,178 1,109 1,186 1,155 0 0 0 0 0 0
Palau 581 742 680 646 604 627 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 163,690 220,857 215,973 211,110 212,482 204,604 19,600 29,545 28,104 27,905 28,096 28,476
U.S. Virgin Islands 2,114 2,399 2,240 2,143 2,110 2,138 154 215 183 178 170 183
NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2001 through Spring 2016, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared January 2017.)

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