Table 304.10.

Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2017

State or jurisdiction	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2012	2014	2015	2016	2017	Percent change, 2012 to 2017
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
United States	8,580,887	12,096,895	13,818,637	15,312,289	21,019,438	20,644,478	20,209,092	19,988,204	19,846,904	19,765,598	-4.3
Alabama	103,936	164,306	218,589	233,962	327,606	310,311	305,028	302,959	304,052	306,822	-1.1
Alaska	9,471	21,296	29,833	27,953	34,799	32,797	34,331	31,373	28,436	26,905	-18.0
Arizona	109,619	202,716	264,148	342,490	793,871	736,465	674,746	650,422	608,086	591,626	-19.7
Arkansas	52,039	77,347	90,425	115,172	175,848	176,458	169,571	168,402	167,235	164,082	-7.0
California	1,257,245	1,791,088	1,808,740	2,256,708	2,714,699	2,621,606	2,697,168	2,687,410	2,700,445	2,714,051	3.5
Colorado	123,395	162,916	227,131	263,872	369,450	363,170	353,949	348,159	352,255	360,236	-0.8
Connecticut	124,700	159,632	168,604	161,243	199,384	201,658	201,928	199,666	198,010	197,534	-2.0
Delaware	25,260	32,939	42,004	43,897	55,258	58,127	60,437	60,392	61,139	60,338	3.8
District of Columbia	77,158	86,675	79,551	72,689	91,992	90,150	90,053	93,972	93,040	95,999	6.5
Florida	235,525	411,891	588,086	707,684	1,124,778	1,154,506	1,111,018	1,083,570	1,075,527	1,071,484	-7.2
Georgia	126,511	184,159	251,786	346,204	568,916	545,360	530,963	530,711	533,073	538,124	-1.3
Hawaii	36,562	49,009	56,436	60,182	78,073	78,456	73,505	69,332	65,843	64,125	-18.3
Idaho	34,567	43,018	51,881	65,594	85,201	108,008	118,953	121,109	123,796	131,803	22.0
Illinois	452,146	645,288	729,246	743,918	906,845	866,893	825,002	802,211	777,720	757,002	-12.7
Indiana	192,668	247,253	284,832	314,334	459,493	447,263	436,455	426,364	419,284	398,804	-10.8
Iowa	108,902	140,449	170,515	188,974	381,867	361,189	282,518	275,106	266,513	260,954	-27.8
Kansas	102,485	136,605	163,733	179,968	214,849	213,855	226,290	219,994	215,832	213,962	0.1
Kentucky	98,591	143,066	177,852	188,341	291,104	281,133	264,197	255,722	255,062	258,498	-8.1
Louisiana	120,728	160,058	186,840	223,800	263,676	258,846	245,938	245,305	239,278	242,065	-6.5
Maine	34,134	43,264	57,186	58,473	72,406	73,095	71,750	71,719	72,116	71,811	-1.8
Maryland	149,607	225,180	259,700	273,745	377,967	374,496	365,597	364,225	366,809	364,207	-2.7
Massachusetts	303,809	418,415	417,833	421,142	507,753	514,119	511,060	510,512	505,722	503,508	-2.1
Michigan	392,726	520,131	569,803	567,631	697,765	663,703	619,962	601,462	583,034	558,053	-15.9
Minnesota	160,788	206,691	253,789	293,445	465,449	451,661	433,948	430,466	422,793	412,966	-8.6
Mississippi	73,967	102,364	122,883	137,389	179,995	176,618	170,724	174,183	172,588	171,751	-2.8
Missouri	183,930	233,378	289,899	321,348	444,750	441,186	419,935	409,999	401,098	383,489	-13.1
Montana	30,062	35,177	35,876	42,240	53,282	53,254	51,942	50,799	50,918	50,642	-4.9
Nebraska	66,915	89,488	112,831	112,117	144,692	139,558	135,825	136,091	136,098	135,864	-2.6
Nevada	13,669	40,455	61,728	87,893	129,360	118,300	119,205	116,101	116,030	117,574	-0.6
New Hampshire	29,400	46,794	59,510	61,718	75,539	82,678	106,559	123,508	133,159	149,184	80.4
New Jersey	216,121	321,610	324,286	335,945	444,092	439,966	436,249	423,759	421,386	419,037	-4.8
New Mexico	44,461	58,629	85,500	110,739	162,552	156,424	146,246	138,248	134,607	129,494	-17.2
New York	806,479	992,349	1,048,286	1,043,395	1,305,151	1,309,684	1,298,972	1,285,406	1,273,634	1,260,240	-3.8
North Carolina	171,925	287,537	352,138	404,652	585,792	578,265	569,955	562,442	561,415	563,831	-2.5
North Dakota	31,495	34,069	37,878	40,248	56,903	55,242	54,048	53,834	54,203	53,749	-2.7
Ohio	376,267	488,938	557,690	549,553	745,115	710,379	680,558	664,623	658,043	649,687	-8.5
Oklahoma	110,155	160,295	173,221	178,016	230,560	228,492	215,410	211,117	208,333	202,051	-11.6
Oregon	122,177	157,458	165,741	183,065	251,708	254,926	245,547	240,649	236,851	229,936	-9.8
Pennsylvania	411,044	507,716	604,060	609,521	804,640	777,350	750,376	736,163	725,682	717,289	-7.7
Rhode Island	45,898	66,869	78,273	75,450	85,110	83,952	83,499	82,292	83,348	82,766	-1.4
South Carolina	69,518	132,476	159,302	185,931	257,064	259,617	254,629	249,655	246,563	246,388	-5.1
South Dakota	30,639	32,761	34,208	43,221	58,360	56,058	53,961	53,664	53,683	53,620	-4.3
Tennessee	135,103	204,841	226,238	263,910	351,762	343,478	326,623	323,869	321,752	323,157	-5.9
Texas	442,225	701,391	901,437	1,033,973	1,535,864	1,544,524	1,556,288	1,579,614	1,605,498	1,630,516	5.6
Utah	81,687	92,159	121,303	163,776	255,653	267,309	274,926	292,995	311,450	332,334	24.3
Vermont	22,209	30,628	36,398	35,489	45,572	44,697	43,980	43,865	44,719	43,855	-1.9
Virginia	151,915	280,504	353,442	381,893	577,922	588,708	577,911	569,752	557,444	554,212	-5.9
Washington	183,544	303,603	263,384	320,840	388,116	365,529	365,186	364,844	366,547	367,944	0.7
West Virginia	63,153	81,973	84,790	87,888	152,431	162,182	157,052	150,897	146,608	142,963	-11.9
Wisconsin	202,058	269,086	299,774	307,179	384,181	369,738	358,924	350,255	341,717	340,770	-7.8
Wyoming	15,220	21,147	31,326	30,004	38,298	37,812	35,461	34,205	33,365	33,015	-12.7
U.S. Service Academies1	17,079	49,808	48,692	13,475	15,925	15,227	14,734	14,812	15,065	15,281	0.4
Other jurisdictions	67,237	137,749	164,618	194,633	264,240	259,975	255,837	247,886	241,896	192,406	-26.0
American Samoa	0	976	1,219	297	2,193	1,795	1,276	1,285	1,253	1,095	-39.0
Federated States of Micronesia	0	224	975	1,576	2,699	2,744	2,344	2,215	2,090	2,022	-26.3
Guam	2,719	3,217	4,741	5,215	6,188	5,955	6,488	6,395	6,084	6,027	1.2
Marshall Islands	0	0	0	328	869	1,123	1,087	995	978	1,032	-8.1
Northern Marianas	0	0	661	1,078	1,137	1,178	1,186	1,157	1,038	1,216	3.2
Palau	0	0	491	581	694	680	604	627	587	532	-21.8
Puerto Rico	63,073	131,184	154,065	183,290	247,727	244,077	240,572	232,891	227,496	178,312	-26.9
U.S. Virgin Islands	1,445	2,148	2,466	2,268	2,733	2,423	2,280	2,321	2,370	2,170	-10.4

1 Data for 2000 and later years reflect a substantial reduction in the number of Department of Defense institutions included in the IPEDS survey.

NOTE: Data through 1990 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys, 1970 and 1980; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90); and IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2018, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared December 2018.)