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Table 304.10. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2016
State or jurisdiction 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2011 2013 2014 2015 2016 Percent change, 2011 to 2016
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
United States 8,580,887 12,096,895 13,818,637 15,312,289 21,019,438 21,010,590 20,376,677 20,209,092 19,988,204 19,841,014 -5.6
Alabama 103,936 164,306 218,589 233,962 327,606 320,349 305,817 305,028 302,959 304,052 -5.1
Alaska 9,471 21,296 29,833 27,953 34,799 34,932 34,890 34,331 31,373 28,446 -18.6
Arizona 109,619 202,716 264,148 342,490 793,871 796,974 693,714 674,746 650,422 608,084 -23.7
Arkansas 52,039 77,607 90,425 115,172 175,848 179,345 172,432 169,571 168,402 167,320 -6.7
California 1,257,245 1,790,993 1,808,740 2,256,708 2,714,699 2,691,852 2,641,331 2,697,168 2,687,410 2,700,106 0.3
                       
Colorado 123,395 162,916 227,131 263,872 369,450 365,939 358,330 353,949 348,159 352,296 -3.7
Connecticut 124,700 159,632 168,604 161,243 199,384 201,638 201,028 201,928 199,666 198,011 -1.8
Delaware 25,260 32,939 42,004 43,897 55,258 56,547 59,615 60,437 60,392 61,139 8.1
District of Columbia 77,158 86,675 79,551 72,689 91,992 90,245 89,257 90,053 93,972 93,040 3.1
Florida 235,525 411,891 588,086 707,684 1,124,778 1,149,160 1,125,872 1,111,018 1,083,570 1,075,496 -6.4
                       
Georgia 126,511 184,159 251,786 346,204 568,916 565,414 533,425 530,963 530,711 532,907 -5.7
Hawaii 36,562 47,181 56,436 60,182 78,073 79,006 76,434 73,505 69,332 65,858 -16.6
Idaho 34,567 43,018 51,881 65,594 85,201 90,142 109,044 118,953 121,109 123,796 37.3
Illinois 452,146 644,245 729,246 743,918 906,845 892,452 842,888 825,002 802,211 777,720 -12.9
Indiana 192,668 247,253 284,832 314,334 459,493 457,506 444,409 436,455 426,364 419,203 -8.4
                       
Iowa 108,902 140,449 170,515 188,974 381,867 372,146 339,738 282,518 275,106 266,513 -28.4
Kansas 102,485 136,605 163,733 179,968 214,849 216,662 215,855 226,290 219,994 214,301 -1.1
Kentucky 98,591 143,066 177,852 188,341 291,104 293,766 273,073 264,197 255,722 255,072 -13.2
Louisiana 120,728 160,058 186,840 223,800 263,676 265,740 251,935 245,938 245,305 239,287 -10.0
Maine 34,134 43,264 57,186 58,473 72,406 72,297 72,412 71,750 71,719 72,116 -0.3
                       
Maryland 149,607 225,526 259,700 273,745 377,967 380,097 363,699 365,597 364,225 365,667 -3.8
Massachusetts 303,809 418,415 417,833 421,142 507,753 508,546 513,964 511,060 510,512 505,723 -0.6
Michigan 392,726 520,131 569,803 567,631 697,765 685,420 643,575 619,962 601,462 583,035 -14.9
Minnesota 160,788 206,691 253,789 293,445 465,449 457,737 441,637 433,948 430,466 422,792 -7.6
Mississippi 73,967 102,364 122,883 137,389 179,995 180,576 173,084 170,724 174,183 172,712 -4.4
                       
Missouri 183,930 234,421 289,899 321,348 444,750 456,994 438,446 419,935 409,999 401,094 -12.2
Montana 30,062 35,177 35,876 42,240 53,282 54,042 52,777 51,942 50,799 50,916 -5.8
Nebraska 66,915 89,488 112,831 112,117 144,692 142,875 137,943 135,825 136,091 136,102 -4.7
Nevada 13,669 40,455 61,728 87,893 129,360 121,013 116,738 119,205 116,101 116,030 -4.1
New Hampshire 29,400 46,794 59,510 61,718 75,539 77,436 92,440 106,559 123,508 133,136 71.9
                       
New Jersey 216,121 321,610 324,286 335,945 444,092 443,750 436,939 436,249 423,759 421,377 -5.0
New Mexico 44,461 58,283 85,500 110,739 162,552 159,058 153,455 146,246 138,248 134,607 -15.4
New York 806,479 992,237 1,048,286 1,043,395 1,305,151 1,318,076 1,305,121 1,298,972 1,285,406 1,273,651 -3.4
North Carolina 171,925 287,537 352,138 404,652 585,792 585,013 575,020 569,955 562,442 561,496 -4.0
North Dakota 31,495 34,069 37,878 40,248 56,903 56,482 55,030 54,048 53,834 54,203 -4.0
                       
Ohio 376,267 489,145 557,690 549,553 745,115 735,034 696,912 680,558 664,623 658,229 -10.4
Oklahoma 110,155 160,295 173,221 178,016 230,560 230,176 220,897 215,410 211,117 208,345 -9.5
Oregon 122,177 157,458 165,741 183,065 251,708 259,064 251,087 245,547 240,649 236,235 -8.8
Pennsylvania 411,044 507,716 604,060 609,521 804,640 787,960 765,581 750,376 736,163 725,770 -7.9
Rhode Island 45,898 66,869 78,273 75,450 85,110 84,647 83,460 83,499 82,292 83,348 -1.5
                       
South Carolina 69,518 132,476 159,302 185,931 257,064 260,002 257,844 254,629 249,655 246,563 -5.2
South Dakota 30,639 32,761 34,208 43,221 58,360 55,899 55,129 53,961 53,664 53,685 -4.0
Tennessee 135,103 204,581 226,238 263,910 351,762 350,186 338,197 326,623 323,869 321,751 -8.1
Texas 442,225 701,391 901,437 1,033,973 1,535,864 1,564,208 1,541,279 1,556,288 1,579,614 1,603,259 2.5
Utah 81,687 93,987 121,303 163,776 255,653 264,394 261,897 274,926 292,995 311,534 17.8
                       
Vermont 22,209 30,628 36,398 35,489 45,572 45,143 43,536 43,980 43,865 44,719 -0.9
Virginia 151,915 280,504 353,442 381,893 577,922 589,145 583,755 577,911 569,752 557,461 -5.4
Washington 183,544 303,603 263,384 320,840 388,116 372,839 363,377 365,186 364,844 366,162 -1.8
West Virginia 63,153 81,973 84,790 87,888 152,431 162,347 157,952 157,052 150,897 146,358 -9.8
Wisconsin 202,058 269,086 299,774 307,179 384,181 376,535 362,379 358,924 350,255 341,859 -9.2
Wyoming 15,220 21,147 31,326 30,004 38,298 38,092 37,031 35,461 34,205 33,365 -12.4
                       
U.S. Service Academies1 17,079 49,808 48,692 13,475 15,925 15,692 14,997 14,734 14,812 15,067 -4.0
                       
Other jurisdictions 67,237 137,749 164,618 194,633 264,240 267,159 254,543 255,837 247,886 241,963 -9.4
American Samoa 0 976 1,219 297 2,193 2,091 1,488 1,276 1,285 1,253 -40.1
Federated States of
      Micronesia
0 224 975 1,576 2,699 2,915 2,446 2,344 2,215 2,090 -28.3
Guam 2,719 3,217 4,741 5,215 6,188 6,360 6,518 6,488 6,395 6,084 -4.3
Marshall Islands 0 0 0 328 869 989 1,000 1,087 995 1,008 1.9
Northern Marianas 0 0 661 1,078 1,137 1,046 1,109 1,186 1,157 1,038 -0.8
Palau 0 0 491 581 694 742 646 604 627 587 -20.9
Puerto Rico 63,073 131,184 154,065 183,290 247,727 250,402 239,015 240,572 232,891 227,533 -9.1
U.S. Virgin Islands 1,445 2,148 2,466 2,268 2,733 2,614 2,321 2,280 2,321 2,370 -9.3
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 2017, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared January 2018.)

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