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| Table 305.20. | Total fall enrollment of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by attendance status, sex of student, control of institution, and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 2000 through 2016 |
| State or jurisdiction | Total, fall 2000 | Total, fall 2010 | Total, fall 2013 | Total, fall 2014 | Total, fall 2015 | Fall 2016 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Full-time | Part-time | Public | Private | ||||||||||
| Total | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| United States | 2,427,551 | 3,156,727 | 2,985,366 | 2,925,998 | 2,882,949 | 2,881,616 | 2,367,267 | 1,093,102 | 1,274,165 | 514,349 | 239,778 | 274,571 | 2,239,086 | 642,530 |
| Alabama | 43,411 | 52,990 | 51,665 | 51,148 | 50,151 | 49,968 | 44,568 | 19,780 | 24,788 | 5,400 | 2,478 | 2,922 | 44,312 | 5,656 |
| Alaska | 2,432 | 5,400 | 4,791 | 4,562 | 3,849 | 3,049 | 2,319 | 1,069 | 1,250 | 730 | 280 | 450 | 2,842 | 207 |
| Arizona | 46,646 | 76,832 | 74,309 | 72,960 | 67,751 | 65,782 | 48,889 | 21,849 | 27,040 | 16,893 | 7,742 | 9,151 | 51,724 | 14,058 |
| Arkansas | 22,695 | 29,321 | 28,024 | 27,407 | 27,388 | 27,332 | 24,858 | 11,359 | 13,499 | 2,474 | 1,116 | 1,358 | 23,538 | 3,794 |
| California | 246,128 | 402,832 | 395,102 | 391,838 | 383,920 | 395,583 | 269,905 | 123,876 | 146,029 | 125,678 | 64,340 | 61,338 | 352,771 | 42,812 |
| Colorado | 43,201 | 54,594 | 45,111 | 44,275 | 43,349 | 43,849 | 36,041 | 17,258 | 18,783 | 7,808 | 3,557 | 4,251 | 36,996 | 6,853 |
| Connecticut | 24,212 | 32,719 | 32,213 | 31,550 | 31,398 | 31,695 | 26,235 | 11,919 | 14,316 | 5,460 | 2,374 | 3,086 | 19,063 | 12,632 |
| Delaware | 7,636 | 8,947 | 9,549 | 9,526 | 9,352 | 9,727 | 8,305 | 3,576 | 4,729 | 1,422 | 569 | 853 | 8,415 | 1,312 |
| District of Columbia | 9,150 | 10,747 | 9,606 | 9,978 | 11,075 | 9,012 | 8,297 | 3,169 | 5,128 | 715 | 251 | 464 | 482 | 8,530 |
| Florida | 109,931 | 176,040 | 163,855 | 157,545 | 157,687 | 158,925 | 121,355 | 52,509 | 68,846 | 37,570 | 16,450 | 21,120 | 117,576 | 41,349 |
| Georgia | 67,616 | 100,140 | 89,405 | 84,387 | 86,071 | 84,893 | 69,464 | 30,448 | 39,016 | 15,429 | 6,627 | 8,802 | 69,859 | 15,034 |
| Hawaii | 8,931 | 10,740 | 10,123 | 9,613 | 8,851 | 8,414 | 6,801 | 2,779 | 4,022 | 1,613 | 737 | 876 | 7,061 | 1,353 |
| Idaho | 10,669 | 12,668 | 13,074 | 12,373 | 14,179 | 14,654 | 12,542 | 5,458 | 7,084 | 2,112 | 932 | 1,180 | 9,904 | 4,750 |
| Illinois | 107,592 | 114,467 | 102,217 | 99,519 | 95,852 | 94,188 | 80,020 | 38,325 | 41,695 | 14,168 | 6,682 | 7,486 | 64,590 | 29,598 |
| Indiana | 59,320 | 82,406 | 70,008 | 68,495 | 66,876 | 64,045 | 56,091 | 26,333 | 29,758 | 7,954 | 3,735 | 4,219 | 46,689 | 17,356 |
| Iowa | 39,564 | 47,257 | 43,309 | 40,690 | 37,851 | 38,130 | 33,016 | 17,084 | 15,932 | 5,114 | 1,981 | 3,133 | 28,432 | 9,698 |
| Kansas | 31,424 | 33,544 | 32,171 | 33,797 | 32,268 | 32,131 | 27,685 | 13,905 | 13,780 | 4,446 | 2,045 | 2,401 | 27,470 | 4,661 |
| Kentucky | 34,140 | 43,735 | 39,803 | 39,048 | 37,623 | 36,389 | 32,557 | 14,228 | 18,329 | 3,832 | 1,699 | 2,133 | 29,735 | 6,654 |
| Louisiana | 45,383 | 43,144 | 41,073 | 40,871 | 40,740 | 40,263 | 35,601 | 15,180 | 20,421 | 4,662 | 2,108 | 2,554 | 34,635 | 5,628 |
| Maine | 9,231 | 12,203 | 11,794 | 11,253 | 11,357 | 11,727 | 10,450 | 5,011 | 5,439 | 1,277 | 487 | 790 | 7,749 | 3,978 |
| Maryland | 35,552 | 51,104 | 47,460 | 46,143 | 44,767 | 45,918 | 34,547 | 16,230 | 18,317 | 11,371 | 4,970 | 6,401 | 39,063 | 6,855 |
| Massachusetts | 66,044 | 76,857 | 76,631 | 74,982 | 73,189 | 72,432 | 64,652 | 30,001 | 34,651 | 7,780 | 3,307 | 4,473 | 34,091 | 38,341 |
| Michigan | 84,998 | 101,063 | 91,499 | 89,320 | 89,224 | 86,313 | 68,598 | 32,526 | 36,072 | 17,715 | 8,355 | 9,360 | 74,571 | 11,742 |
| Minnesota | 63,893 | 55,723 | 47,946 | 46,249 | 45,323 | 45,102 | 38,912 | 18,930 | 19,982 | 6,190 | 2,793 | 3,397 | 34,194 | 10,908 |
| Mississippi | 30,356 | 37,034 | 33,579 | 31,376 | 31,185 | 31,947 | 29,666 | 13,332 | 16,334 | 2,281 | 951 | 1,330 | 29,717 | 2,230 |
| Missouri | 48,639 | 64,381 | 60,926 | 57,716 | 54,660 | 53,779 | 46,509 | 21,253 | 25,256 | 7,270 | 3,446 | 3,824 | 39,414 | 14,365 |
| Montana | 7,771 | 9,959 | 8,924 | 8,887 | 8,749 | 8,952 | 7,701 | 3,998 | 3,703 | 1,251 | 570 | 681 | 8,086 | 866 |
| Nebraska | 19,027 | 19,284 | 18,789 | 18,372 | 18,092 | 18,417 | 16,709 | 8,070 | 8,639 | 1,708 | 775 | 933 | 14,993 | 3,424 |
| Nevada | 10,490 | 18,572 | 16,388 | 16,337 | 15,917 | 16,112 | 11,979 | 5,102 | 6,877 | 4,133 | 1,903 | 2,230 | 14,936 | 1,176 |
| New Hampshire | 13,143 | 13,613 | 14,012 | 15,378 | 17,097 | 15,726 | 12,414 | 5,498 | 6,916 | 3,312 | 1,310 | 2,002 | 8,191 | 7,535 |
| New Jersey | 52,233 | 71,296 | 68,072 | 67,144 | 65,232 | 64,986 | 56,469 | 27,693 | 28,776 | 8,517 | 3,930 | 4,587 | 54,306 | 10,680 |
| New Mexico | 15,261 | 22,353 | 19,581 | 17,311 | 18,045 | 19,132 | 15,048 | 6,853 | 8,195 | 4,084 | 1,843 | 2,241 | 18,126 | 1,006 |
| New York | 168,181 | 197,849 | 190,580 | 189,419 | 187,059 | 185,672 | 177,025 | 83,178 | 93,847 | 8,647 | 4,062 | 4,585 | 110,502 | 75,170 |
| North Carolina | 69,343 | 92,627 | 94,485 | 92,331 | 88,995 | 88,600 | 72,841 | 32,653 | 40,188 | 15,759 | 7,003 | 8,756 | 68,228 | 20,372 |
| North Dakota | 8,929 | 9,073 | 8,741 | 8,565 | 8,606 | 8,709 | 8,341 | 4,505 | 3,836 | 368 | 192 | 176 | 7,697 | 1,012 |
| Ohio | 98,823 | 123,063 | 106,917 | 102,731 | 100,029 | 103,056 | 88,898 | 42,209 | 46,689 | 14,158 | 6,275 | 7,883 | 77,939 | 25,117 |
| Oklahoma | 35,094 | 39,107 | 36,724 | 36,170 | 36,371 | 36,261 | 30,386 | 14,320 | 16,066 | 5,875 | 2,443 | 3,432 | 30,910 | 5,351 |
| Oregon | 26,946 | 35,442 | 31,638 | 29,640 | 30,765 | 30,628 | 24,290 | 11,002 | 13,288 | 6,338 | 3,121 | 3,217 | 25,622 | 5,006 |
| Pennsylvania | 125,578 | 144,184 | 131,265 | 131,493 | 126,933 | 125,139 | 110,950 | 52,255 | 58,695 | 14,189 | 6,189 | 8,000 | 74,619 | 50,520 |
| Rhode Island | 13,789 | 15,698 | 15,494 | 15,447 | 15,004 | 14,942 | 13,843 | 6,201 | 7,642 | 1,099 | 467 | 632 | 6,661 | 8,281 |
| South Carolina | 32,353 | 47,535 | 47,965 | 47,164 | 46,080 | 45,173 | 39,610 | 17,677 | 21,933 | 5,563 | 2,383 | 3,180 | 36,183 | 8,990 |
| South Dakota | 8,597 | 10,074 | 9,264 | 8,372 | 8,473 | 8,316 | 7,815 | 3,978 | 3,837 | 501 | 191 | 310 | 7,061 | 1,255 |
| Tennessee | 43,327 | 59,279 | 54,766 | 53,074 | 56,498 | 56,604 | 52,903 | 23,141 | 29,762 | 3,701 | 1,554 | 2,147 | 41,012 | 15,592 |
| Texas | 181,813 | 228,503 | 237,993 | 238,283 | 234,131 | 234,579 | 172,268 | 79,473 | 92,795 | 62,311 | 29,352 | 32,959 | 203,761 | 30,818 |
| Utah | 24,953 | 35,126 | 27,440 | 28,221 | 31,884 | 32,317 | 26,895 | 11,706 | 15,189 | 5,422 | 2,652 | 2,770 | 24,501 | 7,816 |
| Vermont | 6,810 | 8,242 | 7,672 | 7,525 | 7,202 | 7,474 | 6,984 | 3,456 | 3,528 | 490 | 209 | 281 | 4,226 | 3,248 |
| Virginia | 52,661 | 83,166 | 83,288 | 81,473 | 80,362 | 79,027 | 66,696 | 30,476 | 36,220 | 12,331 | 5,627 | 6,704 | 61,930 | 17,097 |
| Washington | 36,287 | 41,124 | 41,942 | 42,543 | 46,370 | 47,794 | 42,156 | 19,224 | 22,932 | 5,638 | 2,462 | 3,176 | 39,188 | 8,606 |
| West Virginia | 15,659 | 23,020 | 24,760 | 22,357 | 18,866 | 18,879 | 16,275 | 7,663 | 8,612 | 2,604 | 1,275 | 1,329 | 14,763 | 4,116 |
| Wisconsin | 53,662 | 61,249 | 54,379 | 52,467 | 50,978 | 50,540 | 42,497 | 20,228 | 22,269 | 8,043 | 3,532 | 4,511 | 41,610 | 8,930 |
| Wyoming | 4,209 | 6,042 | 5,108 | 4,681 | 5,210 | 5,227 | 4,284 | 2,133 | 2,151 | 943 | 446 | 497 | 5,035 | 192 |
| U.S. Service Academies | 3,818 | 4,359 | 3,936 | 3,992 | 4,065 | 4,107 | 4,107 | 3,023 | 1,084 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,107 | † |
| Other jurisdictions | 39,609 | 52,222 | 50,425 | 50,781 | 43,746 | 48,677 | 46,423 | 20,933 | 25,490 | 2,254 | 944 | 1,310 | 17,393 | 31,284 |
| American Samoa | 297 | 657 | 438 | 450 | 382 | 392 | 292 | 106 | 186 | 100 | 39 | 61 | 392 | 0 |
| Federated States of Micronesia |
786 | 653 | 481 | 558 | 708 | 760 | 600 | 249 | 351 | 160 | 56 | 104 | 760 | 0 |
| Guam | 770 | 1,043 | 792 | 813 | 1,101 | 985 | 730 | 312 | 418 | 255 | 103 | 152 | 975 | 10 |
| Marshall Islands | 199 | 240 | 260 | 342 | 327 | 329 | 300 | 144 | 156 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 329 | 0 |
| Northern Marianas | 333 | 360 | 284 | 302 | 290 | 305 | 274 | 115 | 159 | 31 | 12 | 19 | 305 | 0 |
| Palau | 147 | 114 | 216 | 164 | 200 | 148 | 125 | 65 | 60 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 148 | 0 |
| Puerto Rico | 36,773 | 48,672 | 47,609 | 47,759 | 40,347 | 45,413 | 43,787 | 19,827 | 23,960 | 1,626 | 696 | 930 | 14,139 | 31,274 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 304 | 483 | 345 | 393 | 391 | 345 | 315 | 115 | 200 | 30 | 12 | 18 | 345 | 0 |
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||
| 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 March 2018.) |