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.)