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Table 304.70. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by level of enrollment and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 2000 through 2016
State or jurisdiction Undergraduate Postbaccalaureate
2000 2010 2012 2014 2015 2016 2000 2010 2012 2014 2015 2016
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
United States 13,155,393 18,082,427 17,735,638 17,294,136 17,046,673 16,869,212 2,156,896 2,937,011 2,908,840 2,914,956 2,941,531 2,971,802
Alabama 201,389 282,128 265,917 259,630 257,649 258,008 32,573 45,478 44,394 45,398 45,310 46,044
Alaska 26,222 31,925 30,018 31,763 28,818 25,997 1,731 2,874 2,779 2,568 2,555 2,449
Arizona 299,529 672,083 621,684 562,449 541,853 510,365 42,961 121,788 114,781 112,297 108,569 97,719
Arkansas 104,580 156,970 157,504 151,132 148,630 145,960 10,592 18,878 18,954 18,439 19,772 21,360
California 2,012,213 2,444,496 2,359,805 2,427,339 2,415,506 2,416,280 244,495 270,203 261,801 269,829 271,904 283,826
                         
Colorado 220,059 312,099 305,465 294,714 289,534 293,264 43,813 57,351 57,705 59,235 58,625 59,032
Connecticut 127,715 163,291 166,812 165,825 162,925 160,652 33,528 36,093 34,846 36,103 36,741 37,359
Delaware 37,930 45,848 47,815 48,459 47,981 49,047 5,967 9,410 10,312 11,978 12,411 12,092
District of Columbia 40,703 50,330 47,699 48,156 50,556 48,948 31,986 41,662 42,451 41,897 43,416 44,092
Florida 623,071 993,545 1,023,378 984,355 956,598 947,806 84,613 131,233 131,128 126,663 126,972 127,690
                         
Georgia 296,980 499,187 476,815 460,125 456,792 457,127 49,224 69,729 68,545 70,838 73,919 75,780
Hawaii 51,783 68,244 69,272 65,067 61,367 58,343 8,399 9,829 9,184 8,438 7,965 7,515
Idaho 58,644 76,998 99,901 110,962 113,245 115,259 6,950 8,203 8,107 7,991 7,864 8,537
Illinois 623,018 748,921 713,472 676,273 650,597 626,068 120,900 157,924 153,421 148,729 151,614 151,652
Indiana 273,198 404,033 392,626 381,003 369,200 360,495 41,136 55,460 54,637 55,452 57,164 58,708
                         
Iowa 165,360 339,036 315,424 243,427 237,013 229,452 23,614 42,831 45,765 39,091 38,093 37,061
Kansas 156,385 188,326 187,921 197,795 191,680 186,631 23,583 26,523 25,934 28,495 28,314 27,670
Kentucky 164,183 256,447 244,950 229,067 219,870 216,878 24,158 34,657 36,183 35,130 35,852 38,194
Louisiana 191,517 230,370 227,290 215,289 214,594 209,530 32,283 33,306 31,556 30,649 30,711 29,757
Maine 50,728 63,599 63,369 62,004 62,252 62,456 7,745 8,807 9,726 9,746 9,467 9,660
                         
Maryland 221,952 305,358 302,485 296,683 294,032 294,058 51,793 72,609 72,011 68,914 70,193 71,609
Massachusetts 320,012 377,241 381,253 378,141 374,979 367,736 101,130 130,512 132,866 132,919 135,533 137,987
Michigan 480,618 605,990 575,388 535,524 517,079 500,051 87,013 91,775 88,315 84,438 84,383 82,984
Minnesota 254,632 346,864 335,747 318,062 311,536 303,940 38,813 118,585 115,914 115,886 118,930 118,852
Mississippi 123,299 159,262 155,292 150,175 153,551 151,591 14,090 20,733 21,326 20,549 20,632 21,121
                         
Missouri 266,802 367,032 363,123 341,675 331,955 324,158 54,546 77,718 78,063 78,260 78,044 76,936
Montana 38,481 48,446 48,424 47,128 46,067 45,712 3,759 4,836 4,830 4,814 4,732 5,204
Nebraska 96,759 121,430 115,701 110,813 110,313 110,336 15,358 23,262 23,857 25,012 25,778 25,766
Nevada 79,053 116,743 106,854 107,961 104,845 104,809 8,840 12,617 11,446 11,244 11,256 11,221
New Hampshire 51,990 62,442 66,770 83,520 96,588 104,321 9,728 13,097 15,908 23,039 26,920 28,815
                         
New Jersey 284,785 380,060 376,901 372,657 360,074 357,452 51,160 64,032 63,065 63,592 63,685 63,925
New Mexico 96,377 147,976 141,773 132,142 124,385 120,692 14,362 14,576 14,651 14,104 13,863 13,915
New York 839,423 1,059,332 1,070,674 1,063,542 1,048,058 1,033,342 203,972 245,819 239,010 235,430 237,348 240,309
North Carolina 358,912 516,254 508,495 498,553 490,350 488,940 45,740 69,538 69,770 71,402 72,092 72,556
North Dakota 36,899 50,003 48,196 46,724 46,568 46,669 3,349 6,900 7,046 7,324 7,266 7,534
                         
Ohio 469,999 650,546 619,564 589,415 574,217 567,714 79,554 94,569 90,815 91,143 90,406 90,515
Oklahoma 157,021 204,217 202,092 189,748 185,545 182,755 20,995 26,343 26,400 25,662 25,572 25,590
Oregon 160,805 221,825 225,425 211,529 206,895 203,984 22,260 29,883 29,501 34,018 33,754 32,251
Pennsylvania 506,948 664,384 640,440 614,760 598,510 584,489 102,573 140,256 136,910 135,616 137,653 141,281
Rhode Island 65,067 73,974 73,338 73,452 71,972 72,496 10,383 11,136 10,614 10,047 10,320 10,852
                         
South Carolina 161,699 231,375 233,835 228,594 223,671 220,218 24,232 25,689 25,782 26,035 25,984 26,345
South Dakota 37,497 50,605 49,259 47,232 46,901 46,728 5,724 7,755 6,799 6,729 6,763 6,957
Tennessee 230,376 302,248 295,126 280,010 277,409 274,665 33,534 49,514 48,352 46,613 46,460 47,086
Texas 905,649 1,360,528 1,367,078 1,370,770 1,390,972 1,409,893 128,324 175,336 177,446 185,518 188,642 193,366
Utah 149,954 231,721 239,025 243,521 259,006 272,604 13,822 23,932 28,284 31,405 33,989 38,930
                         
Vermont 30,809 38,608 37,792 37,374 37,298 37,784 4,680 6,964 6,905 6,606 6,567 6,935
Virginia 325,395 486,820 492,564 481,771 474,525 462,352 56,498 91,102 96,144 96,140 95,227 95,109
Washington 290,292 351,863 329,638 328,923 328,355 329,444 30,548 36,253 35,891 36,263 36,489 36,718
West Virginia 76,556 128,335 136,166 132,805 127,619 123,529 11,332 24,096 26,016 24,247 23,278 22,829
Wisconsin 271,839 341,698 329,778 318,621 310,350 302,353 35,340 42,483 39,960 40,303 39,905 39,506
Wyoming 26,811 35,466 35,103 32,765 31,602 30,787 3,193 2,832 2,709 2,696 2,603 2,578
                         
U.S. Service Academies 13,475 15,905 15,202 14,712 14,786 15,044 0 20 25 22 26 23
                         
Other jurisdictions 174,410 234,281 231,395 227,270 218,927 212,224 20,223 29,959 28,580 28,567 28,959 29,739
American Samoa 297 2,193 1,795 1,276 1,285 1,253 0 0 0 0 0 0
Federated States of
      Micronesia
1,576 2,699 2,744 2,344 2,215 2,090 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 4,746 5,857 5,662 6,187 6,095 5,768 469 331 293 301 300 316
Marshall Islands 328 869 1,123 1,087 995 1,008 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Marianas 1,078 1,137 1,178 1,186 1,157 1,038 0 0 0 0 0 0
Palau 581 694 680 604 627 587 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 163,690 218,312 215,973 212,476 204,415 198,368 19,600 29,415 28,104 28,096 28,476 29,165
U.S. Virgin Islands 2,114 2,520 2,240 2,110 2,138 2,112 154 213 183 170 183 258
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 2001 through Spring 2017, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared January 2018.)

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