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Table 307.20. Full-time-equivalent fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by control and level of institution and state or jurisdiction: 2000, 2010, and 2015
State or jurisdiction Public Private nonprofit 4-year Private for-profit
4-year 2-year 4-year 2-year
2000 2010 2015 2000 2010 2015 2010 2015 2010 2015 2010 2015
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
United States 5,025,588 6,635,799 6,971,897 3,241,344 4,382,957 3,596,827 3,235,149 3,400,612 1,258,291 854,668 408,358 211,196
Alabama 111,322 140,235 142,150 48,545 68,677 53,344 22,982 23,365 23,570 20,665 3,138 2,126
Alaska 16,335 20,618 18,664 473 357 84 529 391 1,764 1,942 0 378
Arizona 87,301 120,269 144,046 85,778 122,717 102,960 7,487 8,499 369,895 230,705 15,622 8,566
Arkansas 57,897 77,384 80,817 21,519 41,223 31,661 14,559 14,699 2,450 510 683 20
California 476,027 582,256 669,560 707,558 858,417 803,346 245,393 261,765 102,012 128,263 78,898 35,732
                         
Colorado 109,844 134,234 144,471 41,322 59,409 46,006 25,447 26,430 49,704 29,380 11,486 7,170
Connecticut 46,826 58,329 57,998 20,934 34,116 29,256 57,013 61,991 3,757 5,356 257 0
Delaware 20,427 23,125 25,510 6,939 9,365 7,671 10,550 12,472 218 153 0 0
District of Columbia 3,364 3,964 3,434 0 0 0 65,755 67,121 3,789 4,082 0 840
Florida 190,472 484,181 532,975 173,433 78,027 25,249 132,201 156,318 100,670 53,656 39,981 19,266
                         
Georgia 136,069 224,448 249,516 66,571 118,307 67,715 63,327 64,028 37,344 25,198 9,268 6,154
Hawaii 17,015 24,136 23,445 14,996 17,786 15,701 11,244 9,111 1,670 2,131 1,459 510
Idaho 34,125 40,828 39,204 6,807 9,847 12,792 16,641 31,012 1,951 616 777 396
Illinois 164,592 178,192 169,262 186,533 228,507 182,145 190,040 188,266 58,243 39,387 9,379 5,080
Indiana 155,982 194,407 193,459 28,131 66,664 44,433 79,106 80,706 18,546 8,347 9,168 3,833
                         
Iowa 61,763 64,706 71,292 44,717 71,021 55,732 50,088 47,573 107,172 26,818 533 433
Kansas 74,307 84,156 84,727 39,457 53,257 47,665 17,882 19,803 1,420 10,890 1,989 1,441
Kentucky 86,080 105,252 107,161 32,239 65,402 47,981 31,858 32,329 13,585 7,271 5,478 1,103
Louisiana 126,372 124,062 120,511 27,130 52,670 44,403 23,509 22,646 3,939 1,802 6,608 4,625
Maine 24,678 25,966 23,581 4,797 11,555 10,499 16,928 19,139 0 985 1,303 279
                         
Maryland 94,929 125,536 134,308 57,367 85,789 71,850 42,957 42,175 5,403 2,915 4,143 2,414
Massachusetts 78,452 97,474 103,321 47,972 65,041 56,759 238,759 246,568 4,181 2,409 2,108 795
Michigan 223,981 257,896 272,871 101,794 155,150 96,437 91,255 70,470 8,772 3,415 1,098 928
Minnesota 95,345 114,954 109,037 65,167 89,858 74,580 62,150 59,536 71,988 60,040 2,200 599
Mississippi 56,107 67,989 72,178 47,245 70,356 57,099 13,601 13,401 289 149 2,470 1,481
                         
Missouri 99,187 120,933 128,626 46,793 74,399 59,835 113,252 111,037 17,435 6,120 10,713 6,444
Montana 28,278 32,375 32,201 3,900 7,715 5,441 4,073 3,970 0 0 0 0
Nebraska 44,374 50,013 51,315 20,812 30,680 23,620 27,836 29,284 2,151 1,281 1,037 142
Nevada 27,631 68,001 66,801 20,468 6,571 5,724 3,028 3,564 6,841 3,255 5,151 3,742
New Hampshire 21,064 26,150 25,648 5,442 9,172 8,190 22,449 55,513 3,898 1,307 0 0
                         
New Jersey 111,449 144,174 153,812 79,367 125,787 103,466 63,113 63,457 5,993 5,907 1,891 2,811
New Mexico 39,779 52,191 49,222 29,541 49,580 39,232 1,012 1,163 6,612 3,419 3,316 1,446
New York 269,664 328,542 333,814 168,911 242,030 221,105 440,038 446,660 27,670 25,945 21,686 13,793
North Carolina 140,203 193,970 198,205 96,999 158,480 133,139 83,931 87,650 10,987 9,593 2,694 2,482
North Dakota 24,728 35,435 34,177 6,515 4,572 4,521 4,832 4,523 1,154 427 0 0
                         
Ohio 215,993 292,493 281,150 92,749 131,274 93,239 123,493 118,247 13,682 9,856 29,858 10,241
Oklahoma 79,786 102,471 99,628 34,997 44,842 35,451 20,213 22,414 5,434 2,793 4,539 2,852
Oregon 59,588 82,751 87,108 46,099 69,825 57,206 28,591 33,605 5,530 2,748 3,791 1,393
Pennsylvania 211,132 257,017 251,707 58,759 93,216 73,842 248,139 246,792 17,802 9,304 38,769 19,347
Rhode Island 17,967 21,720 21,927 8,650 10,107 8,650 39,093 38,545 0 0 0 0
                         
South Carolina 74,309 93,512 101,831 41,804 66,813 56,262 31,078 30,887 11,326 7,857 2,621 2,064
South Dakota 23,881 29,247 29,464 4,193 5,746 4,997 7,133 5,629 2,831 1,138 0 0
Tennessee 99,636 125,069 118,765 53,146 64,802 57,431 69,240 73,754 15,154 7,484 12,371 7,299
Texas 358,523 506,279 564,816 268,057 403,005 364,846 110,416 118,880 24,705 23,616 39,172 22,429
Utah 71,982 100,176 107,159 16,454 26,302 15,036 56,824 112,118 11,881 4,417 1,393 368
                         
Vermont 13,581 18,461 17,376 1,845 3,114 2,568 15,710 16,105 615 312 0 0
Virginia 147,370 185,096 192,557 72,913 113,060 100,363 87,912 101,196 37,169 27,414 9,380 5,303
Washington 83,899 143,012 190,070 114,754 109,154 58,396 37,741 37,415 7,050 3,496 5,098 2,339
West Virginia 58,171 64,650 59,573 3,969 15,609 11,627 11,487 8,009 18,867 23,853 2,819 2,406
Wisconsin 130,661 160,463 155,658 56,195 68,908 54,713 53,254 50,331 11,045 6,041 2,134 126
Wyoming 9,665 11,089 10,994 10,588 14,676 12,559 0 50 127 0 1,879 0
                         
U.S. Service Academies 13,475 15,912 14,795 0 0 0
                         
Other jurisdictions 66,376 65,847 65,387 7,200 8,758 6,938 113,458 108,100 9,417 14,125 30,467 22,207
American Samoa 0 0 939 214 1,275 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Federated States of
      Micronesia
0 0 0 1,308 2,243 1,700 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 2,802 3,074 3,345 777 1,424 1,450 73 61 0 0 0 0
Marshall Islands 0 0 0 166 739 794 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Marianas 0 1,031 1,017 707 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Palau 0 0 0 450 541 441 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 61,987 59,658 58,228 3,578 2,536 2,553 113,385 108,039 9,417 14,125 30,467 22,207
U.S. Virgin Islands 1,587 2,084 1,858 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
†Not applicable.
NOTE: Full-time-equivalent enrollment is the number of full-time students enrolled, plus the full-time equivalent of the part-time students. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2001, 2011, and 2016, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared May 2017.)

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