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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
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.)

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