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Table 308.20. | Total 12-month enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by control of institution and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 2004-05 through 2015-16 |
State or jurisdiction | Total | Public | Private nonprofit | Private for-profit | ||||||||||
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2004-05 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2004-05 | 2010-11 | 2015-16 | 2004-05 | 2010-11 | 2015-16 | 2004-05 | 2010-11 | 2015-16 | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
United States | 23,798,595 | 28,561,503 | 28,172,198 | 26,720,589 | 26,331,478 | 18,058,078 | 20,516,945 | 19,291,341 | 4,222,755 | 4,761,799 | 4,985,683 | 1,517,762 | 3,282,759 | 2,054,454 |
Alabama | 349,783 | 431,219 | 423,697 | 395,361 | 391,803 | 310,878 | 341,757 | 311,540 | 28,847 | 30,152 | 29,911 | 10,058 | 59,310 | 50,352 |
Alaska | 53,786 | 58,668 | 60,103 | 54,350 | 47,983 | 51,689 | 53,841 | 46,557 | 1,253 | 998 | 778 | 844 | 3,829 | 648 |
Arizona | 821,240 | 1,238,668 | 1,161,102 | 979,278 | 904,143 | 499,192 | 544,922 | 495,414 | 13,162 | 11,438 | 11,429 | 308,886 | 682,308 | 397,300 |
Arkansas | 182,497 | 228,659 | 230,899 | 213,726 | 210,315 | 164,751 | 204,632 | 189,298 | 15,260 | 19,536 | 20,167 | 2,486 | 4,491 | 850 |
California | 3,341,107 | 3,748,013 | 3,580,417 | 3,590,319 | 3,621,818 | 2,843,929 | 3,070,257 | 2,950,022 | 327,661 | 344,961 | 369,242 | 169,517 | 332,795 | 302,554 |
Colorado | 428,215 | 519,811 | 524,887 | 488,199 | 483,950 | 333,100 | 364,905 | 359,185 | 40,144 | 41,959 | 45,713 | 54,971 | 112,947 | 79,052 |
Connecticut | 219,327 | 251,521 | 254,715 | 254,923 | 252,637 | 144,681 | 162,795 | 151,118 | 71,235 | 78,212 | 85,291 | 3,411 | 10,514 | 16,228 |
Delaware | 63,817 | 70,098 | 70,454 | 75,567 | 74,747 | 47,148 | 48,991 | 48,328 | 16,669 | 20,408 | 25,934 | 0 | 699 | 485 |
District of Columbia | 129,349 | 114,264 | 106,523 | 106,561 | 111,603 | 10,095 | 12,786 | 6,530 | 81,718 | 89,433 | 89,613 | 37,536 | 12,045 | 15,460 |
Florida | 1,232,578 | 1,585,959 | 1,612,394 | 1,500,617 | 1,453,558 | 912,150 | 1,080,517 | 1,043,898 | 191,789 | 251,966 | 291,171 | 128,639 | 253,476 | 118,489 |
Georgia | 569,805 | 776,316 | 730,684 | 680,922 | 673,987 | 466,589 | 584,787 | 530,413 | 70,449 | 82,614 | 85,344 | 32,767 | 108,915 | 58,230 |
Hawaii | 92,643 | 101,719 | 101,481 | 91,797 | 88,806 | 67,835 | 76,929 | 71,691 | 20,749 | 19,182 | 13,048 | 4,059 | 5,608 | 4,067 |
Idaho | 108,415 | 126,866 | 142,195 | 149,459 | 170,106 | 84,627 | 92,865 | 96,653 | 20,802 | 28,421 | 72,112 | 2,986 | 5,580 | 1,341 |
Illinois | 1,293,156 | 1,374,177 | 1,350,322 | 1,225,304 | 1,191,474 | 933,506 | 948,489 | 814,293 | 257,053 | 280,649 | 264,141 | 102,597 | 145,039 | 113,040 |
Indiana | 488,374 | 621,156 | 609,700 | 593,678 | 569,569 | 363,817 | 455,107 | 444,058 | 103,295 | 107,813 | 110,134 | 21,262 | 58,236 | 15,377 |
Iowa | 309,318 | 573,112 | 557,823 | 378,485 | 365,582 | 200,039 | 236,600 | 225,731 | 72,538 | 78,103 | 65,881 | 36,741 | 258,409 | 73,970 |
Kansas | 276,293 | 302,966 | 298,578 | 314,020 | 302,486 | 241,778 | 259,654 | 245,872 | 32,480 | 36,532 | 33,790 | 2,035 | 6,780 | 22,824 |
Kentucky | 303,785 | 374,660 | 374,000 | 327,588 | 313,485 | 248,402 | 293,292 | 252,207 | 33,565 | 44,135 | 47,039 | 21,818 | 37,233 | 14,239 |
Louisiana | 323,630 | 338,898 | 338,468 | 313,926 | 314,229 | 276,599 | 288,958 | 273,902 | 34,050 | 34,127 | 29,987 | 12,981 | 15,813 | 10,340 |
Maine | 88,644 | 92,858 | 94,341 | 93,396 | 94,134 | 64,380 | 66,013 | 60,880 | 22,474 | 24,233 | 30,452 | 1,790 | 2,612 | 2,802 |
Maryland | 412,867 | 490,738 | 496,859 | 473,352 | 472,868 | 340,538 | 404,916 | 396,861 | 64,377 | 66,660 | 65,436 | 7,952 | 19,162 | 10,571 |
Massachusetts | 565,872 | 640,116 | 644,103 | 642,792 | 640,856 | 266,316 | 301,999 | 294,672 | 293,677 | 327,569 | 341,195 | 5,879 | 10,548 | 4,989 |
Michigan | 844,731 | 911,818 | 889,359 | 785,532 | 752,922 | 690,014 | 734,343 | 631,132 | 141,670 | 159,624 | 116,254 | 13,047 | 17,851 | 5,536 |
Minnesota | 469,986 | 625,540 | 614,033 | 587,629 | 575,133 | 318,448 | 361,582 | 335,655 | 83,577 | 88,876 | 84,245 | 67,961 | 175,082 | 155,233 |
Mississippi | 206,917 | 235,071 | 233,236 | 219,632 | 218,795 | 187,594 | 209,115 | 193,139 | 17,299 | 20,162 | 21,919 | 2,024 | 5,794 | 3,737 |
Missouri | 504,860 | 615,010 | 609,945 | 541,264 | 524,483 | 289,162 | 336,606 | 315,944 | 187,886 | 209,055 | 190,264 | 27,812 | 69,349 | 18,275 |
Montana | 60,259 | 68,083 | 68,163 | 64,170 | 63,029 | 53,889 | 61,911 | 57,384 | 6,370 | 6,172 | 5,607 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
Nebraska | 178,595 | 205,496 | 202,876 | 186,688 | 182,035 | 140,544 | 156,586 | 135,397 | 34,369 | 43,617 | 44,264 | 3,682 | 5,293 | 2,374 |
Nevada | 153,540 | 178,375 | 165,857 | 157,244 | 149,642 | 136,158 | 154,792 | 133,819 | 1,087 | 4,332 | 5,476 | 16,295 | 19,251 | 10,347 |
New Hampshire | 92,067 | 98,788 | 101,835 | 152,996 | 177,202 | 52,671 | 58,196 | 55,311 | 31,809 | 34,560 | 121,891 | 7,587 | 6,032 | 0 |
New Jersey | 484,892 | 569,225 | 566,181 | 547,316 | 540,678 | 395,088 | 467,558 | 440,046 | 80,936 | 87,569 | 84,624 | 8,868 | 14,098 | 16,008 |
New Mexico | 190,031 | 220,705 | 216,076 | 196,481 | 187,030 | 175,425 | 204,209 | 178,317 | 5,007 | 1,386 | 1,988 | 9,599 | 15,110 | 6,725 |
New York | 1,457,951 | 1,657,093 | 1,674,438 | 1,645,665 | 1,617,893 | 820,849 | 950,505 | 921,649 | 560,583 | 622,623 | 621,956 | 76,519 | 83,965 | 74,288 |
North Carolina | 637,309 | 757,889 | 751,635 | 733,613 | 716,349 | 537,735 | 620,890 | 580,954 | 94,361 | 106,129 | 109,466 | 5,213 | 30,870 | 25,929 |
North Dakota | 62,743 | 70,185 | 70,816 | 68,670 | 66,375 | 54,671 | 59,830 | 58,700 | 7,090 | 7,667 | 6,661 | 982 | 2,688 | 1,014 |
Ohio | 809,712 | 992,062 | 966,766 | 880,948 | 861,268 | 601,853 | 726,472 | 661,307 | 167,235 | 179,987 | 165,356 | 40,624 | 85,603 | 34,605 |
Oklahoma | 276,437 | 299,365 | 300,108 | 271,602 | 264,628 | 238,444 | 257,400 | 226,246 | 27,920 | 26,726 | 30,731 | 10,073 | 15,239 | 7,651 |
Oregon | 296,574 | 374,342 | 377,098 | 352,512 | 351,195 | 251,800 | 320,026 | 299,207 | 31,580 | 39,258 | 46,032 | 13,194 | 15,058 | 5,956 |
Pennsylvania | 868,185 | 1,019,990 | 996,327 | 926,534 | 904,159 | 493,773 | 548,169 | 508,869 | 307,862 | 351,503 | 343,949 | 66,550 | 120,318 | 51,341 |
Rhode Island | 99,103 | 101,610 | 100,938 | 97,638 | 96,792 | 52,263 | 54,535 | 50,849 | 45,906 | 47,075 | 45,943 | 934 | 0 | 0 |
South Carolina | 268,590 | 331,280 | 335,091 | 321,269 | 311,740 | 221,632 | 262,422 | 250,430 | 43,450 | 43,306 | 42,147 | 3,508 | 25,552 | 19,163 |
South Dakota | 63,989 | 74,210 | 73,936 | 75,645 | 71,936 | 48,570 | 56,861 | 59,421 | 9,858 | 9,783 | 8,747 | 5,561 | 7,566 | 3,768 |
Tennessee | 353,167 | 438,901 | 435,377 | 403,921 | 395,775 | 254,104 | 299,545 | 272,084 | 72,505 | 92,761 | 95,945 | 26,558 | 46,595 | 27,746 |
Texas | 1,695,267 | 2,107,654 | 2,119,327 | 2,107,335 | 2,136,878 | 1,492,623 | 1,843,574 | 1,898,453 | 148,812 | 160,405 | 166,467 | 53,832 | 103,675 | 71,958 |
Utah | 278,798 | 340,784 | 350,906 | 372,955 | 391,593 | 213,428 | 236,332 | 224,565 | 50,268 | 80,445 | 160,341 | 15,102 | 24,007 | 6,687 |
Vermont | 51,313 | 59,997 | 60,059 | 58,489 | 57,681 | 31,099 | 36,594 | 32,794 | 19,771 | 22,623 | 24,437 | 443 | 780 | 450 |
Virginia | 583,958 | 783,117 | 798,893 | 761,565 | 741,963 | 462,958 | 541,978 | 503,703 | 80,805 | 141,580 | 177,050 | 40,195 | 99,559 | 61,210 |
Washington | 520,108 | 554,551 | 525,030 | 505,196 | 499,798 | 451,410 | 483,491 | 437,189 | 52,896 | 50,395 | 50,940 | 15,802 | 20,665 | 11,669 |
West Virginia | 126,082 | 231,331 | 242,223 | 230,696 | 222,175 | 104,704 | 119,247 | 104,691 | 15,416 | 16,749 | 10,564 | 5,962 | 95,335 | 106,920 |
Wisconsin | 444,120 | 507,252 | 492,758 | 460,664 | 441,405 | 353,215 | 390,899 | 355,001 | 83,180 | 88,330 | 73,786 | 7,725 | 28,023 | 12,618 |
Wyoming | 48,651 | 53,987 | 53,384 | 48,228 | 46,083 | 45,756 | 50,935 | 45,258 | 0 | 0 | 825 | 2,895 | 3,052 | 0 |
U.S. Service Academies | 16,159 | 17,330 | 15,782 | 14,872 | 14,704 | 16,159 | 17,330 | 14,704 | † | † | † | † | † | † |
Other jurisdictions | 258,744 | 316,672 | 317,210 | 298,620 | 289,714 | 95,808 | 94,233 | 88,238 | 136,708 | 163,515 | 148,199 | 26,228 | 58,924 | 53,277 |
American Samoa | 2,299 | 2,744 | 2,621 | 1,791 | 1,635 | 2,299 | 2,744 | 1,635 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Federated States of Micronesia |
3,570 | 5,097 | 5,457 | 3,121 | 2,701 | 3,570 | 5,097 | 2,701 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guam | 7,125 | 8,105 | 8,005 | 7,970 | 7,926 | 6,936 | 8,001 | 7,805 | 189 | 104 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marshall Islands | 466 | 1,176 | 1,310 | 1,383 | 1,319 | 466 | 1,176 | 1,319 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Northern Marianas | 1,590 | 1,388 | 1,332 | 1,427 | 1,348 | 1,590 | 1,388 | 1,348 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Palau | 987 | 922 | 981 | 800 | 800 | 987 | 922 | 800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Puerto Rico | 239,442 | 293,820 | 294,259 | 279,272 | 271,188 | 76,695 | 71,485 | 69,833 | 136,519 | 163,411 | 148,078 | 26,228 | 58,924 | 53,277 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 3,265 | 3,420 | 3,245 | 2,856 | 2,797 | 3,265 | 3,420 | 2,797 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
†Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||
NOTE: Includes students who enrolled at any point during a 12-month period ending during the summer of the academic year indicated. 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), Fall 2005 through Fall 2016, 12-Month Enrollment component. (This table was prepared January 2018.) |