Table 304.15.

Total fall enrollment in public 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	6,428,134	9,457,394	10,844,717	11,752,786	15,142,171	14,884,667	14,654,660	14,572,843	14,585,840	14,560,155	-2.2
Alabama	87,884	143,674	195,939	207,435	267,083	251,045	246,989	247,450	251,038	254,071	1.2
Alaska	8,563	20,561	27,792	26,559	32,303	30,595	29,892	28,429	27,352	25,850	-15.5
Arizona	107,315	194,034	248,213	284,522	366,976	359,229	354,997	360,976	361,400	366,787	2.1
Arkansas	43,599	66,068	78,645	101,775	155,780	157,224	151,399	150,165	149,298	146,697	-6.7
California	1,123,529	1,599,838	1,594,710	1,927,771	2,223,163	2,129,152	2,167,818	2,202,258	2,228,592	2,246,844	5.5
Colorado	108,562	145,598	200,653	217,897	269,433	272,444	268,041	265,828	272,668	278,909	2.4
Connecticut	73,391	97,788	109,556	101,027	127,194	124,952	122,303	119,766	117,345	116,090	-7.1
Delaware	21,151	28,325	34,252	34,194	39,935	41,113	41,012	40,611	41,816	42,321	2.9
District of Columbia	12,194	13,900	11,990	5,499	5,840	5,476	5,115	5,118	4,587	4,529	-17.3
Florida	189,450	334,349	489,081	556,912	790,027	804,693	795,628	794,390	797,048	798,045	-0.8
Georgia	101,900	140,158	196,413	271,755	436,047	422,189	413,711	417,860	422,159	428,586	1.5
Hawaii	32,963	43,269	45,728	44,579	60,090	60,295	57,052	55,756	53,418	51,674	-14.3
Idaho	27,072	34,491	41,315	53,751	64,204	78,781	76,806	72,339	74,667	75,792	-3.8
Illinois	315,634	491,274	551,333	534,155	585,515	556,890	529,462	509,104	492,578	478,042	-14.2
Indiana	136,739	189,224	223,953	240,023	337,705	333,769	328,442	321,501	319,581	301,562	-9.6
Iowa	68,390	97,454	117,834	135,008	177,781	173,558	169,896	171,005	171,075	170,427	-1.8
Kansas	88,215	121,987	149,117	159,976	185,623	183,914	183,084	179,532	180,170	179,856	-2.2
Kentucky	77,240	114,884	147,095	151,973	229,725	223,100	213,043	205,908	205,431	202,266	-9.3
Louisiana	101,127	136,703	158,290	189,213	224,811	220,971	210,943	212,098	208,254	210,691	-4.7
Maine	25,405	31,878	41,500	40,662	50,903	50,555	48,354	47,408	47,763	46,999	-7.0
Maryland	118,988	195,051	220,783	223,797	309,779	310,503	305,156	303,849	306,892	303,640	-2.2
Massachusetts	116,127	183,765	186,035	183,248	224,542	228,178	226,213	222,243	218,465	213,389	-6.5
Michigan	339,625	454,147	487,359	467,861	562,448	540,242	514,712	501,411	492,771	478,735	-11.4
Minnesota	130,567	162,379	199,211	218,617	276,176	272,290	259,695	256,187	253,239	249,385	-8.4
Mississippi	64,968	90,661	109,038	125,355	161,493	157,995	152,092	155,334	153,082	152,319	-3.6
Missouri	132,540	165,179	200,093	201,509	256,030	257,430	252,980	248,516	244,921	235,540	-8.5
Montana	27,287	31,178	31,865	37,387	48,231	48,333	47,024	45,935	46,262	46,002	-4.8
Nebraska	51,454	73,509	94,614	88,531	107,979	104,166	99,821	100,030	101,032	101,038	-3.0
Nevada	13,576	40,280	61,242	83,120	113,103	103,619	106,028	104,418	106,196	107,864	4.1
New Hampshire	15,979	24,119	32,163	35,870	44,077	43,289	42,904	42,628	41,170	39,761	-8.1
New Jersey	145,373	247,028	261,601	266,921	358,256	356,457	351,357	339,722	337,099	334,597	-6.1
New Mexico	40,795	55,077	83,403	101,450	150,844	146,792	138,311	131,343	129,038	125,280	-14.7
New York	449,437	563,251	616,884	583,417	723,500	722,274	721,850	709,243	700,875	697,458	-3.4
North Carolina	123,761	228,154	285,405	329,422	475,064	465,950	455,100	448,055	450,080	454,632	-2.4
North Dakota	30,192	31,709	34,690	36,014	48,904	48,929	48,292	48,191	47,964	47,574	-2.8
Ohio	281,099	381,765	427,613	411,161	547,551	524,973	510,244	501,677	501,146	497,473	-5.2
Oklahoma	91,438	137,188	151,073	153,699	197,641	195,118	182,449	179,008	177,629	174,140	-10.8
Oregon	108,483	140,102	144,427	154,756	208,001	212,541	201,645	197,948	197,819	192,334	-9.5
Pennsylvania	232,982	292,499	343,478	339,229	432,923	425,890	413,591	408,522	406,346	400,943	-5.9
Rhode Island	25,527	35,052	42,350	38,458	43,224	43,204	42,765	41,320	41,369	41,018	-5.1
South Carolina	47,101	107,683	131,134	155,519	205,080	209,023	205,756	202,487	200,295	200,622	-4.0
South Dakota	23,936	24,328	26,596	34,857	44,569	44,185	44,132	44,254	44,305	44,630	1.0
Tennessee	98,897	156,835	175,049	202,530	242,486	235,010	224,033	223,411	221,288	223,179	-5.0
Texas	365,522	613,552	802,314	896,534	1,334,110	1,352,060	1,365,664	1,388,266	1,423,205	1,448,385	7.1
Utah	49,588	59,598	86,108	123,046	179,061	171,001	167,716	170,689	175,308	180,034	5.3
Vermont	12,536	17,984	20,910	20,021	27,524	26,501	25,643	25,383	25,736	25,300	-4.5
Virginia	123,279	246,500	291,286	313,780	409,004	409,753	399,359	394,210	389,446	389,249	-5.0
Washington	162,718	276,028	227,632	273,928	330,853	311,497	312,523	313,964	315,356	318,336	2.2
West Virginia	51,363	71,228	74,108	76,136	96,104	93,017	87,842	86,342	85,099	83,895	-9.8
Wisconsin	170,374	235,179	253,529	249,737	301,259	293,416	286,726	282,250	278,300	279,533	-4.7
Wyoming	15,220	21,121	30,623	28,715	36,292	35,859	34,316	33,693	32,802	32,551	-9.2
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	46,680	60,692	66,244	84,464	83,719	78,400	77,716	80,129	81,479	37,419	-52.3
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	6,103	5,878	6,416	6,325	6,017	5,972	1.6
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	42,516	54,127	55,691	73,121	67,291	62,579	62,523	65,204	67,146	23,380	-62.6
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.)