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Table 305.20. Total fall enrollment of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by attendance status, sex of student, control of institution, and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 2000 through 2015
State or jurisdiction Total, fall 2000 Total, fall 2010 Total, fall 2012 Total, fall 2013 Total, fall 2014 Fall 2015
Total Full-time Part-time Public Private
Total Males Females Total Males Females
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
United States 2,427,551 3,156,727 2,994,187 2,985,366 2,925,026 2,880,966 2,366,068 1,095,783 1,270,285 514,898 241,913 272,985 2,219,458 661,508
Alabama 43,411 52,990 52,065 51,665 51,149 50,338 45,029 20,103 24,926 5,309 2,557 2,752 43,561 6,777
Alaska 2,432 5,400 4,474 4,791 4,562 3,839 3,059 1,275 1,784 780 332 448 2,969 870
Arizona 46,646 76,832 79,099 74,309 73,047 67,751 52,027 23,447 28,580 15,724 7,417 8,307 52,319 15,432
Arkansas 22,695 29,321 28,830 28,024 27,407 27,388 25,061 11,542 13,519 2,327 1,084 1,243 23,717 3,671
California 246,128 402,832 373,541 395,102 392,472 383,475 262,081 120,166 141,915 121,394 62,215 59,179 339,327 44,148
                             
Colorado 43,201 54,594 47,335 45,111 44,233 43,359 35,381 17,042 18,339 7,978 3,653 4,325 35,809 7,550
Connecticut 24,212 32,719 32,193 32,213 31,550 31,400 26,627 12,210 14,417 4,773 2,057 2,716 19,083 12,317
Delaware 7,636 8,947 9,655 9,549 9,589 9,352 8,135 3,419 4,716 1,217 541 676 8,002 1,350
District of Columbia 9,150 10,747 9,546 9,606 9,978 11,075 9,285 3,518 5,767 1,790 629 1,161 539 10,536
Florida 109,931 176,040 165,165 163,855 157,545 157,106 119,518 52,546 66,972 37,588 16,543 21,045 118,412 38,694
                             
Georgia 67,616 100,140 88,463 89,405 84,438 86,071 69,926 30,937 38,989 16,145 6,903 9,242 70,301 15,770
Hawaii 8,931 10,740 10,271 10,123 9,613 8,851 6,972 2,894 4,078 1,879 887 992 7,431 1,420
Idaho 10,669 12,668 14,238 13,074 12,373 13,964 10,705 4,890 5,815 3,259 1,384 1,875 9,139 4,825
Illinois 107,592 114,467 105,472 102,217 99,528 95,851 81,965 39,526 42,439 13,886 6,432 7,454 66,445 29,406
Indiana 59,320 82,406 71,921 70,008 67,860 66,112 57,239 26,906 30,333 8,873 4,299 4,574 48,048 18,064
                             
Iowa 39,564 47,257 43,608 43,309 40,657 37,265 32,736 16,717 16,019 4,529 1,754 2,775 27,586 9,679
Kansas 31,424 33,544 33,166 32,171 33,786 32,472 28,515 14,049 14,466 3,957 1,877 2,080 26,661 5,811
Kentucky 34,140 43,735 41,506 39,803 38,848 37,609 33,636 15,002 18,634 3,973 1,770 2,203 30,606 7,003
Louisiana 45,383 43,144 42,204 41,073 40,871 40,522 36,202 15,679 20,523 4,320 2,179 2,141 35,036 5,486
Maine 9,231 12,203 12,433 11,794 11,287 11,356 10,020 4,828 5,192 1,336 587 749 7,495 3,861
                             
Maryland 35,552 51,104 48,002 47,460 46,129 44,660 33,770 16,274 17,496 10,890 4,723 6,167 37,491 7,169
Massachusetts 66,044 76,857 76,146 76,631 75,149 73,151 65,476 30,392 35,084 7,675 3,317 4,358 34,549 38,602
Michigan 84,998 101,063 95,588 91,499 89,195 90,166 69,708 33,116 36,592 20,458 9,413 11,045 76,624 13,542
Minnesota 63,893 55,723 49,875 47,946 46,234 45,343 38,641 18,917 19,724 6,702 3,082 3,620 34,101 11,242
Mississippi 30,356 37,034 34,313 33,579 31,416 32,976 28,726 12,767 15,959 4,250 1,778 2,472 30,854 2,122
                             
Missouri 48,639 64,381 60,989 60,926 57,357 54,660 48,408 22,071 26,337 6,252 2,924 3,328 39,492 15,168
Montana 7,771 9,959 8,918 8,924 8,887 8,749 7,657 4,005 3,652 1,092 507 585 7,746 1,003
Nebraska 19,027 19,284 18,174 18,789 18,372 18,091 16,338 7,979 8,359 1,753 785 968 14,535 3,556
Nevada 10,490 18,572 15,908 16,388 16,337 15,917 12,028 5,298 6,730 3,889 1,745 2,144 14,634 1,283
New Hampshire 13,143 13,613 13,764 14,012 15,312 17,427 13,919 5,995 7,924 3,508 1,312 2,196 8,677 8,750
                             
New Jersey 52,233 71,296 66,910 68,072 66,903 65,257 56,871 27,488 29,383 8,386 3,921 4,465 54,495 10,762
New Mexico 15,261 22,353 20,094 19,581 17,311 17,220 14,224 6,582 7,642 2,996 1,479 1,517 16,232 988
New York 168,181 197,849 192,170 190,580 189,350 187,432 178,324 84,185 94,139 9,108 4,310 4,798 112,365 75,067
North Carolina 69,343 92,627 94,541 94,485 92,343 88,980 71,879 32,314 39,565 17,101 7,731 9,370 68,247 20,733
North Dakota 8,929 9,073 9,066 8,741 8,565 8,606 8,271 4,414 3,857 335 158 177 7,711 895
                             
Ohio 98,823 123,063 110,651 106,917 103,213 100,231 87,842 41,862 45,980 12,389 5,675 6,714 74,028 26,203
Oklahoma 35,094 39,107 36,815 36,724 36,051 36,260 30,826 14,605 16,221 5,434 2,309 3,125 30,725 5,535
Oregon 26,946 35,442 32,574 31,638 29,612 30,765 24,267 10,949 13,318 6,498 3,154 3,344 25,062 5,703
Pennsylvania 125,578 144,184 132,469 131,265 131,583 126,604 111,828 52,540 59,288 14,776 6,443 8,333 74,209 52,395
Rhode Island 13,789 15,698 15,454 15,494 15,447 15,005 13,546 5,979 7,567 1,459 660 799 7,069 7,936
                             
South Carolina 32,353 47,535 48,307 47,965 47,164 46,080 39,555 17,906 21,649 6,525 2,876 3,649 36,886 9,194
South Dakota 8,597 10,074 9,316 9,264 8,372 8,473 7,810 4,079 3,731 663 247 416 7,121 1,352
Tennessee 43,327 59,279 54,394 54,766 52,846 56,572 52,662 23,548 29,114 3,910 1,682 2,228 41,306 15,266
Texas 181,813 228,503 231,816 237,993 237,857 233,330 170,858 77,853 93,005 62,472 29,806 32,666 200,415 32,915
Utah 24,953 35,126 30,456 27,440 28,221 30,845 25,893 11,320 14,573 4,952 2,580 2,372 22,987 7,858
                             
Vermont 6,810 8,242 7,889 7,672 7,527 7,198 6,613 3,249 3,364 585 207 378 4,211 2,987
Virginia 52,661 83,166 82,243 83,288 81,470 80,359 67,276 31,180 36,096 13,083 6,198 6,885 62,240 18,119
Washington 36,287 41,124 40,976 41,942 42,543 46,340 40,822 18,601 22,221 5,518 2,462 3,056 38,160 8,180
West Virginia 15,659 23,020 25,076 24,760 22,357 18,827 16,102 7,713 8,389 2,725 1,617 1,108 14,357 4,470
Wisconsin 53,662 61,249 56,567 54,379 52,437 51,013 43,418 20,735 22,683 7,595 3,315 4,280 41,328 9,685
Wyoming 4,209 6,042 5,759 5,108 4,681 5,208 4,326 2,134 2,192 882 397 485 5,050 158
                             
U.S. Service Academies 3,818 4,359 3,782 3,936 3,992 4,065 4,065 3,037 1,028 0 0 0 4,065
                             
Other jurisdictions 39,609 52,222 51,838 50,425 50,781 43,388 41,083 18,613 22,470 2,305 995 1,310 16,922 26,466
American Samoa 297 657 545 438 450 382 264 92 172 118 39 79 382 0
Federated States of
      Micronesia
786 653 700 481 558 708 496 226 270 212 75 137 708 0
Guam 770 1,043 846 792 813 739 584 254 330 155 81 74 735 4
Marshall Islands 199 240 349 260 342 327 273 145 128 54 27 27 327 0
Northern Marianas 333 360 322 284 302 257 232 103 129 25 15 10 257 0
Palau 147 114 236 216 164 180 125 62 63 55 24 31 180 0
Puerto Rico 36,773 48,672 48,441 47,609 47,759 40,404 38,747 17,602 21,145 1,657 721 936 13,942 26,462
U.S. Virgin Islands 304 483 399 345 393 391 362 129 233 29 13 16 391 0
†Not applicable.
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 February 2017.)

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