Table 304.15.

Total fall enrollment in public 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	6,428,134	9,457,394	10,844,717	11,752,786	15,142,171	15,116,303	14,746,848	14,654,660	14,572,843	14,582,972	-3.5
Alabama	87,884	143,674	195,939	207,435	267,083	260,523	248,296	246,989	247,450	251,038	-3.6
Alaska	8,563	20,561	27,792	26,559	32,303	32,158	31,600	29,892	28,429	27,352	-14.9
Arizona	107,315	194,034	248,213	284,522	366,976	366,116	354,485	354,997	360,976	361,400	-1.3
Arkansas	43,599	66,068	78,645	101,775	155,780	158,824	153,898	151,399	150,165	149,383	-5.9
California	1,123,529	1,599,838	1,594,710	1,927,771	2,223,163	2,181,675	2,151,521	2,167,818	2,202,258	2,228,932	2.2
Colorado	108,562	145,598	200,653	217,897	269,433	269,298	271,223	268,041	265,828	272,667	1.3
Connecticut	73,391	97,788	109,556	101,027	127,194	126,487	123,093	122,303	119,766	117,345	-7.2
Delaware	21,151	28,325	34,252	34,194	39,935	40,729	40,992	41,012	40,611	41,816	2.7
District of Columbia	12,194	13,900	11,990	5,499	5,840	5,312	5,347	5,115	5,118	4,587	-13.6
Florida	189,450	334,349	489,081	556,912	790,027	803,200	795,860	795,628	794,390	797,048	-0.8
Georgia	101,900	140,158	196,413	271,755	436,047	428,708	413,706	413,711	417,860	422,159	-1.5
Hawaii	32,963	43,269	45,728	44,579	60,090	60,330	58,941	57,052	55,756	53,418	-11.5
Idaho	27,072	34,491	41,315	53,751	64,204	65,753	75,910	76,806	72,339	74,667	13.6
Illinois	315,634	491,274	551,333	534,155	585,515	577,043	546,483	529,462	509,104	492,578	-14.6
Indiana	136,739	189,224	223,953	240,023	337,705	339,946	335,923	328,442	321,501	319,581	-6.0
Iowa	68,390	97,454	117,834	135,008	177,781	178,491	168,644	169,896	171,005	171,075	-4.2
Kansas	88,215	121,987	149,117	159,976	185,623	186,475	184,075	183,084	179,532	180,170	-3.4
Kentucky	77,240	114,884	147,095	151,973	229,725	233,427	218,472	213,043	205,908	205,431	-12.0
Louisiana	101,127	136,703	158,290	189,213	224,811	225,210	215,701	210,943	212,098	208,254	-7.5
Maine	25,405	31,878	41,500	40,662	50,903	50,253	49,602	48,354	47,408	47,763	-5.0
Maryland	118,988	195,051	220,783	223,797	309,779	314,383	301,565	305,156	303,849	305,750	-2.7
Massachusetts	116,127	183,765	186,035	183,248	224,542	227,006	228,253	226,213	222,243	218,465	-3.8
Michigan	339,625	454,147	487,359	467,861	562,448	554,704	527,745	514,712	501,411	492,772	-11.2
Minnesota	130,567	162,379	199,211	218,617	276,176	274,192	266,440	259,695	256,187	253,238	-7.6
Mississippi	64,968	90,661	109,038	125,355	161,493	161,842	154,366	152,092	155,334	153,205	-5.3
Missouri	132,540	165,179	200,093	201,509	256,030	260,585	254,650	252,980	248,516	244,924	-6.0
Montana	27,287	31,178	31,865	37,387	48,231	48,912	47,851	47,024	45,935	46,260	-5.4
Nebraska	51,454	73,509	94,614	88,531	107,979	106,794	101,893	99,821	100,030	101,032	-5.4
Nevada	13,576	40,280	61,242	83,120	113,103	105,048	102,538	106,028	104,418	106,196	1.1
New Hampshire	15,979	24,119	32,163	35,870	44,077	43,325	42,711	42,904	42,628	41,170	-5.0
New Jersey	145,373	247,028	261,601	266,921	358,256	359,458	352,822	351,357	339,722	337,090	-6.2
New Mexico	40,795	55,077	83,403	101,450	150,844	148,018	144,381	138,311	131,343	129,038	-12.8
New York	449,437	563,251	616,884	583,417	723,500	731,914	720,948	721,850	709,243	700,892	-4.2
North Carolina	123,761	228,154	285,405	329,422	475,064	470,989	460,125	455,100	448,055	450,162	-4.4
North Dakota	30,192	31,709	34,690	36,014	48,904	49,578	48,718	48,292	48,191	47,964	-3.3
Ohio	281,099	381,765	427,613	411,161	547,551	542,733	520,039	510,244	501,677	501,474	-7.6
Oklahoma	91,438	137,188	151,073	153,699	197,641	197,373	187,078	182,449	179,008	177,641	-10.0
Oregon	108,483	140,102	144,427	154,756	208,001	215,469	208,317	201,645	197,948	197,198	-8.5
Pennsylvania	232,982	292,499	343,478	339,229	432,923	428,335	419,856	413,591	408,522	406,345	-5.1
Rhode Island	25,527	35,052	42,350	38,458	43,224	43,254	42,786	42,765	41,320	41,369	-4.4
South Carolina	47,101	107,683	131,134	155,519	205,080	208,302	207,717	205,756	202,487	200,295	-3.8
South Dakota	23,936	24,328	26,596	34,857	44,569	43,729	44,272	44,132	44,254	44,305	1.3
Tennessee	98,897	156,835	175,049	202,530	242,486	241,917	229,302	224,033	223,411	221,288	-8.5
Texas	365,522	613,552	802,314	896,534	1,334,110	1,366,829	1,349,490	1,365,664	1,388,266	1,420,974	4.0
Utah	49,588	59,598	86,108	123,046	179,061	179,208	168,311	167,716	170,689	175,308	-2.2
Vermont	12,536	17,984	20,910	20,021	27,524	27,132	25,852	25,643	25,383	25,736	-5.1
Virginia	123,279	246,500	291,286	313,780	409,004	413,761	405,915	399,359	394,210	389,446	-5.9
Washington	162,718	276,028	227,632	273,928	330,853	317,066	310,192	312,523	313,964	315,356	-0.5
West Virginia	51,363	71,228	74,108	76,136	96,104	95,634	90,780	87,842	86,342	85,104	-11.0
Wisconsin	170,374	235,179	253,529	249,737	301,259	296,795	287,619	286,726	282,250	278,442	-6.2
Wyoming	15,220	21,121	30,623	28,715	36,292	36,368	35,547	34,316	33,693	32,802	-9.8
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	46,680	60,692	66,244	84,464	83,719	78,928	78,136	77,716	80,129	81,509	3.3
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	6,103	6,274	6,439	6,416	6,325	6,017	-4.1
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	42,516	54,127	55,691	73,121	67,291	62,257	62,687	62,523	65,204	67,146	7.9
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.)