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| Table 307.20. | Full-time-equivalent fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by control and level of institution and state or jurisdiction: 2000, 2010, and 2016 |
| State or jurisdiction | Public | Private nonprofit 4-year |
Private for-profit | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-year | 2-year | 4-year | 2-year | |||||||||
| 2000 | 2010 | 2016 | 2000 | 2010 | 2016 | 2010 | 2016 | 2010 | 2016 | 2010 | 2016 | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| United States | 5,025,588 | 6,635,799 | 7,220,238 | 3,241,344 | 4,382,957 | 3,350,931 | 3,235,149 | 3,410,084 | 1,258,291 | 724,850 | 408,358 | 186,408 |
| Alabama | 111,322 | 140,235 | 145,766 | 48,545 | 68,677 | 52,166 | 22,982 | 22,670 | 23,570 | 20,765 | 3,138 | 1,855 |
| Alaska | 16,335 | 20,618 | 17,903 | 473 | 357 | 77 | 529 | 413 | 1,764 | 0 | 0 | 424 |
| Arizona | 87,301 | 120,269 | 149,490 | 85,778 | 122,717 | 98,431 | 7,487 | 8,702 | 369,895 | 187,567 | 15,622 | 9,402 |
| Arkansas | 57,897 | 77,384 | 81,344 | 21,519 | 41,223 | 30,376 | 14,559 | 14,668 | 2,450 | 219 | 683 | 119 |
| California | 476,027 | 582,256 | 803,087 | 707,558 | 858,417 | 693,418 | 245,393 | 261,910 | 102,012 | 120,831 | 78,898 | 28,822 |
| Colorado | 109,844 | 134,234 | 156,948 | 41,322 | 59,409 | 38,625 | 25,447 | 26,149 | 49,704 | 28,709 | 11,486 | 6,861 |
| Connecticut | 46,826 | 58,329 | 58,148 | 20,934 | 34,116 | 27,798 | 57,013 | 62,633 | 3,757 | 5,245 | 257 | 0 |
| Delaware | 20,427 | 23,125 | 34,653 | 6,939 | 9,365 | 0 | 10,550 | 12,017 | 218 | 146 | 0 | 0 |
| District of Columbia | 3,364 | 3,964 | 3,149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65,755 | 66,620 | 3,789 | 4,235 | 0 | 479 |
| Florida | 190,472 | 484,181 | 541,072 | 173,433 | 78,027 | 17,663 | 132,201 | 152,494 | 100,670 | 47,286 | 39,981 | 17,605 |
| Georgia | 136,069 | 224,448 | 259,350 | 66,571 | 118,307 | 60,601 | 63,327 | 65,173 | 37,344 | 20,329 | 9,268 | 6,026 |
| Hawaii | 17,015 | 24,136 | 22,621 | 14,996 | 17,786 | 14,721 | 11,244 | 8,543 | 1,670 | 1,819 | 1,459 | 515 |
| Idaho | 34,125 | 40,828 | 40,069 | 6,807 | 9,847 | 12,413 | 16,641 | 30,993 | 1,951 | 190 | 777 | 409 |
| Illinois | 164,592 | 178,192 | 165,542 | 186,533 | 228,507 | 174,843 | 190,040 | 186,357 | 58,243 | 34,530 | 9,379 | 4,496 |
| Indiana | 155,982 | 194,407 | 193,731 | 28,131 | 66,664 | 41,930 | 79,106 | 81,343 | 18,546 | 4,306 | 9,168 | 2,488 |
| Iowa | 61,763 | 64,706 | 72,465 | 44,717 | 71,021 | 54,226 | 50,088 | 46,645 | 107,172 | 22,671 | 533 | 260 |
| Kansas | 74,307 | 84,156 | 84,522 | 39,457 | 53,257 | 47,499 | 17,882 | 18,075 | 1,420 | 7,266 | 1,989 | 1,283 |
| Kentucky | 86,080 | 105,252 | 106,538 | 32,239 | 65,402 | 47,245 | 31,858 | 33,434 | 13,585 | 5,759 | 5,478 | 625 |
| Louisiana | 126,372 | 124,062 | 119,702 | 27,130 | 52,670 | 41,730 | 23,509 | 22,273 | 3,939 | 703 | 6,608 | 4,150 |
| Maine | 24,678 | 25,966 | 23,650 | 4,797 | 11,555 | 10,185 | 16,928 | 19,423 | 0 | 767 | 1,303 | 249 |
| Maryland | 94,929 | 125,536 | 138,447 | 57,367 | 85,789 | 68,807 | 42,957 | 42,445 | 5,403 | 2,129 | 4,143 | 1,953 |
| Massachusetts | 78,452 | 97,474 | 103,778 | 47,972 | 65,041 | 53,979 | 238,759 | 247,823 | 4,181 | 1,491 | 2,108 | 462 |
| Michigan | 223,981 | 257,896 | 279,729 | 101,794 | 155,150 | 83,826 | 91,255 | 65,875 | 8,772 | 1,486 | 1,098 | 1,121 |
| Minnesota | 95,345 | 114,954 | 109,047 | 65,167 | 89,858 | 72,362 | 62,150 | 59,518 | 71,988 | 56,785 | 2,200 | 387 |
| Mississippi | 56,107 | 67,989 | 73,612 | 47,245 | 70,356 | 56,664 | 13,601 | 13,874 | 289 | 142 | 2,470 | 1,186 |
| Missouri | 99,187 | 120,933 | 126,904 | 46,793 | 74,399 | 57,636 | 113,252 | 108,604 | 17,435 | 3,846 | 10,713 | 4,677 |
| Montana | 28,278 | 32,375 | 32,111 | 3,900 | 7,715 | 5,332 | 4,073 | 3,751 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Nebraska | 44,374 | 50,013 | 52,039 | 20,812 | 30,680 | 23,482 | 27,836 | 28,808 | 2,151 | 774 | 1,037 | 147 |
| Nevada | 27,631 | 68,001 | 68,405 | 20,468 | 6,571 | 5,539 | 3,028 | 3,539 | 6,841 | 2,151 | 5,151 | 3,115 |
| New Hampshire | 21,064 | 26,150 | 25,289 | 5,442 | 9,172 | 7,680 | 22,449 | 61,470 | 3,898 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Jersey | 111,449 | 144,174 | 156,788 | 79,367 | 125,787 | 98,313 | 63,113 | 63,525 | 5,993 | 5,596 | 1,891 | 2,928 |
| New Mexico | 39,779 | 52,191 | 48,352 | 29,541 | 49,580 | 38,194 | 1,012 | 1,233 | 6,612 | 2,204 | 3,316 | 1,406 |
| New York | 269,664 | 328,542 | 334,330 | 168,911 | 242,030 | 213,151 | 440,038 | 448,072 | 27,670 | 24,614 | 21,686 | 11,996 |
| North Carolina | 140,203 | 193,970 | 202,246 | 96,999 | 158,480 | 130,738 | 83,931 | 87,931 | 10,987 | 6,690 | 2,694 | 3,034 |
| North Dakota | 24,728 | 35,435 | 33,907 | 6,515 | 4,572 | 4,543 | 4,832 | 5,014 | 1,154 | 417 | 0 | 0 |
| Ohio | 215,993 | 292,493 | 280,152 | 92,749 | 131,274 | 90,874 | 123,493 | 117,862 | 13,682 | 5,250 | 29,858 | 9,904 |
| Oklahoma | 79,786 | 102,471 | 99,477 | 34,997 | 44,842 | 35,133 | 20,213 | 22,552 | 5,434 | 2,265 | 4,539 | 2,072 |
| Oregon | 59,588 | 82,751 | 86,881 | 46,099 | 69,825 | 56,923 | 28,591 | 31,948 | 5,530 | 1,849 | 3,791 | 981 |
| Pennsylvania | 211,132 | 257,017 | 251,755 | 58,759 | 93,216 | 71,512 | 248,139 | 247,069 | 17,802 | 7,089 | 38,769 | 15,311 |
| Rhode Island | 17,967 | 21,720 | 22,467 | 8,650 | 10,107 | 8,020 | 39,093 | 39,287 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Carolina | 74,309 | 93,512 | 103,543 | 41,804 | 66,813 | 53,750 | 31,078 | 30,620 | 11,326 | 5,970 | 2,621 | 2,647 |
| South Dakota | 23,881 | 29,247 | 28,987 | 4,193 | 5,746 | 5,206 | 7,133 | 5,736 | 2,831 | 1,052 | 0 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 99,636 | 125,069 | 118,227 | 53,146 | 64,802 | 56,691 | 69,240 | 74,326 | 15,154 | 5,753 | 12,371 | 7,820 |
| Texas | 358,523 | 506,279 | 587,430 | 268,057 | 403,005 | 364,361 | 110,416 | 121,514 | 24,705 | 15,218 | 39,172 | 20,369 |
| Utah | 71,982 | 100,176 | 109,609 | 16,454 | 26,302 | 15,195 | 56,824 | 126,640 | 11,881 | 3,822 | 1,393 | 392 |
| Vermont | 13,581 | 18,461 | 17,683 | 1,845 | 3,114 | 2,529 | 15,710 | 16,375 | 615 | 274 | 0 | 0 |
| Virginia | 147,370 | 185,096 | 193,698 | 72,913 | 113,060 | 95,868 | 87,912 | 100,737 | 37,169 | 23,833 | 9,380 | 3,871 |
| Washington | 83,899 | 143,012 | 208,761 | 114,754 | 109,154 | 41,493 | 37,741 | 36,727 | 7,050 | 5,043 | 5,098 | 1,918 |
| West Virginia | 58,171 | 64,650 | 59,164 | 3,969 | 15,609 | 11,275 | 11,487 | 7,958 | 18,867 | 21,661 | 2,819 | 2,441 |
| Wisconsin | 130,661 | 160,463 | 161,901 | 56,195 | 68,908 | 45,566 | 53,254 | 48,671 | 11,045 | 4,103 | 2,134 | 167 |
| Wyoming | 9,665 | 11,089 | 10,717 | 10,588 | 14,676 | 12,342 | 0 | 45 | 127 | 0 | 1,879 | 0 |
| U.S. Service Academies | 13,475 | 15,912 | 15,052 | 0 | 0 | 0 | † | † | † | † | † | † |
| Other jurisdictions | 66,376 | 65,847 | 67,272 | 7,200 | 8,758 | 6,979 | 113,458 | 103,199 | 9,417 | 15,050 | 30,467 | 18,809 |
| American Samoa | 0 | 0 | 924 | 214 | 1,275 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Federated States of Micronesia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1,308 | 2,243 | 1,678 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guam | 2,802 | 3,074 | 3,287 | 777 | 1,424 | 1,365 | 73 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marshall Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166 | 739 | 802 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Marianas | 0 | 1,031 | 913 | 707 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Palau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 450 | 541 | 437 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Puerto Rico | 61,987 | 59,658 | 60,303 | 3,578 | 2,536 | 2,697 | 113,385 | 103,144 | 9,417 | 15,050 | 30,467 | 18,809 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 1,587 | 2,084 | 1,845 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||
| NOTE: Full-time-equivalent enrollment is the number of full-time students enrolled, plus the full-time equivalent of the part-time students. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | ||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2001, Spring 2011, and Spring 2017, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared January 2018.) |