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Table 304.35. Total fall enrollment in public degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by attendance status, sex, and state or jurisdiction: 2015 and 2016
State or jurisdiction 2015 2016 Percent change
in total,
2015 to 2016
Total Full-time Part-time Total Full-time Part-time
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
United States 14,572,843 3,896,631 4,457,315 2,621,031 3,597,866 14,582,972 3,877,818 4,449,732 2,635,602 3,619,820 0.1
Alabama 247,450 72,155 93,433 32,456 49,406 251,038 73,274 94,720 32,974 50,070 1.4
Alaska 28,429 5,843 6,503 5,914 10,169 27,352 5,581 6,175 5,653 9,943 -3.8
Arizona 360,976 91,379 95,207 74,000 100,390 361,400 91,062 96,225 73,547 100,566 0.1
Arkansas 150,165 39,634 51,345 23,098 36,088 149,383 39,265 50,908 23,199 36,011 -0.5
California 2,202,258 508,260 586,752 512,235 595,011 2,228,932 510,706 592,798 520,737 604,691 1.2
                       
Colorado 265,828 72,797 74,946 50,387 67,698 272,667 73,900 76,951 51,478 70,338 2.6
Connecticut 119,766 33,210 36,521 20,062 29,973 117,345 32,624 36,421 19,610 28,690 -2.0
Delaware 40,611 12,475 16,728 4,200 7,208 41,816 12,761 17,104 4,268 7,683 3.0
District of Columbia 5,118 1,029 1,285 979 1,825 4,587 1,053 1,140 858 1,536 -10.4
Florida 794,390 179,624 223,414 158,462 232,890 797,048 178,700 222,720 159,494 236,134 0.3
                       
Georgia 417,860 114,011 144,624 62,314 96,911 422,159 114,823 146,092 63,671 97,573 1.0
Hawaii 55,756 13,228 16,755 10,348 15,425 53,418 12,462 16,004 9,795 15,157 -4.2
Idaho 72,339 19,641 20,461 12,664 19,573 74,667 19,081 20,371 14,057 21,158 3.2
Illinois 509,104 130,700 138,321 101,828 138,255 492,578 126,935 133,953 98,944 132,746 -3.2
Indiana 321,501 89,355 99,660 57,240 75,246 319,581 88,510 98,074 57,463 75,534 -0.6
                       
Iowa 171,005 52,302 51,673 30,379 36,651 171,075 52,072 51,292 30,256 37,455 #
Kansas 179,532 51,432 54,997 30,954 42,149 180,170 50,934 54,731 31,327 43,178 0.4
Kentucky 205,908 56,598 70,328 33,691 45,291 205,431 55,491 69,530 34,317 46,093 -0.2
Louisiana 212,098 60,090 78,718 28,309 44,981 208,254 58,079 76,449 27,875 45,851 -1.8
Maine 47,408 12,665 13,717 7,892 13,134 47,763 12,392 13,397 8,150 13,824 0.7
                       
Maryland 303,849 71,241 80,705 64,527 87,376 305,750 71,191 80,643 67,251 86,665 0.6
Massachusetts 222,243 60,194 65,939 36,962 59,148 218,465 59,944 64,631 36,135 57,755 -1.7
Michigan 501,411 139,596 154,896 88,564 118,355 492,772 137,345 153,275 87,285 114,867 -1.7
Minnesota 256,187 69,369 74,256 46,673 65,889 253,238 67,901 73,858 46,439 65,040 -1.2
Mississippi 155,334 49,234 71,190 12,689 22,221 153,205 49,163 68,557 13,166 22,319 -1.4
                       
Missouri 248,516 71,612 82,957 37,750 56,197 244,924 69,222 81,040 38,130 56,532 -1.4
Montana 45,935 16,442 16,289 5,314 7,890 46,260 16,311 15,902 5,640 8,407 0.7
Nebraska 100,030 29,563 31,679 16,705 22,083 101,032 29,765 31,843 17,027 22,397 1.0
Nevada 104,418 23,301 28,855 22,153 30,109 106,196 23,511 29,822 22,234 30,629 1.7
New Hampshire 42,628 13,411 15,561 5,407 8,249 41,170 13,150 15,405 4,995 7,620 -3.4
                       
New Jersey 339,722 100,372 111,451 53,810 74,089 337,090 99,706 110,235 53,544 73,605 -0.8
New Mexico 131,343 29,768 35,583 26,542 39,450 129,038 28,698 34,838 25,998 39,504 -1.8
New York 709,243 217,810 250,996 98,047 142,390 700,892 214,569 247,240 97,256 141,827 -1.2
North Carolina 448,055 117,771 151,450 70,088 108,746 450,162 118,575 152,131 69,566 109,890 0.5
North Dakota 48,191 17,367 15,559 7,080 8,185 47,964 17,235 15,433 7,102 8,194 -0.5
                       
Ohio 501,677 144,015 158,321 81,546 117,795 501,474 142,073 156,183 82,618 120,600 #
Oklahoma 179,008 50,486 59,532 27,286 41,704 177,641 50,380 59,789 26,783 40,689 -0.8
Oregon 197,948 55,346 59,278 37,694 45,630 197,198 55,240 58,996 37,993 44,969 -0.4
Pennsylvania 408,522 135,357 144,540 50,972 77,653 406,345 134,191 143,772 50,927 77,455 -0.5
Rhode Island 41,320 10,568 14,172 6,120 10,460 41,369 10,296 14,187 6,191 10,695 0.1
                       
South Carolina 202,487 60,214 74,284 24,922 43,067 200,295 60,169 74,345 23,705 42,076 -1.1
South Dakota 44,254 14,382 13,902 6,282 9,688 44,305 14,131 13,706 6,610 9,858 0.1
Tennessee 223,411 67,827 82,164 29,089 44,331 221,288 67,395 81,726 28,603 43,564 -1.0
Texas 1,388,266 317,682 363,622 292,678 414,284 1,420,974 323,838 371,846 298,953 426,337 2.4
Utah 170,689 47,499 44,326 37,965 40,899 175,308 47,485 46,038 39,143 42,642 2.7
                       
Vermont 25,383 7,836 9,083 2,741 5,723 25,736 7,736 9,386 2,856 5,758 1.4
Virginia 394,210 111,040 128,087 65,069 90,014 389,446 109,813 126,682 64,134 88,817 -1.2
Washington 313,964 98,179 110,148 46,199 59,438 315,356 98,720 111,310 45,825 59,501 0.4
West Virginia 86,342 29,816 32,598 9,057 14,871 85,104 29,532 32,368 8,628 14,576 -1.4
Wisconsin 282,250 82,819 87,589 46,583 65,259 278,442 80,845 86,504 46,339 64,754 -1.3
Wyoming 33,693 8,692 9,523 7,085 8,393 32,802 8,569 9,356 6,833 8,044 -2.6
                       
U.S. Service Academies 14,812 11,394 3,392 20 6 15,067 11,414 3,630 20 3 1.7
                       
Other jurisdictions 80,129 29,439 38,058 5,495 7,137 81,509 30,273 39,447 5,039 6,750 1.7
American Samoa 1,285 234 471 186 394 1,253 240 462 171 380 -2.5
Federated States of
      Micronesia
2,215 654 786 352 423 2,090 613 857 259 361 -5.6
Guam 6,325 1,652 2,272 1,116 1,285 6,017 1,630 2,243 930 1,214 -4.9
Marshall Islands 995 354 339 174 128 1,008 335 363 167 143 1.3
Northern Marianas 1,157 362 559 86 150 1,038 335 493 77 133 -10.3
Palau 627 181 166 106 174 587 186 175 82 144 -6.4
Puerto Rico 65,204 25,474 32,440 3,239 4,051 67,146 26,436 33,849 3,108 3,753 3.0
U.S. Virgin Islands 2,321 528 1,025 236 532 2,370 498 1,005 245 622 2.1
#Rounds to zero.
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 2016 and Spring 2017, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared January 2018.)

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