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Table 304.35. Total fall enrollment in public degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by attendance status, sex, and state or jurisdiction: 2016 and 2017
State or jurisdiction 2016 2017 Percent change in total, 2016 to 2017
Total Full-time Part-time Total Full-time Part-time
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
United States 14,585,840 3,877,799 4,449,580 2,636,936 3,621,525 14,560,155 3,857,945 4,470,128 2,619,975 3,612,107 -0.2
Alabama 251,038 73,274 94,720 32,974 50,070 254,071 74,204 96,245 32,969 50,653 1.2
Alaska 27,352 5,581 6,175 5,653 9,943 25,850 5,289 6,133 5,306 9,122 -5.5
Arizona 361,400 91,062 96,225 73,547 100,566 366,787 90,375 98,218 75,047 103,147 1.5
Arkansas 149,298 39,189 50,847 23,199 36,063 146,697 38,360 50,747 22,243 35,347 -1.7
California 2,228,592 510,644 592,774 520,618 604,556 2,246,844 516,544 605,663 517,870 606,767 0.8
                       
Colorado 272,668 73,900 76,952 51,478 70,338 278,909 74,706 78,038 54,672 71,493 2.3
Connecticut 117,345 32,624 36,421 19,610 28,690 116,090 32,653 36,476 18,798 28,163 -1.1
Delaware 41,816 12,761 17,104 4,268 7,683 42,321 12,727 17,222 4,488 7,884 1.2
District of Columbia 4,587 1,053 1,140 858 1,536 4,529 1,050 1,206 830 1,443 -1.3
Florida 797,048 178,700 222,720 159,494 236,134 798,045 181,640 227,474 155,578 233,353 0.1
                       
Georgia 422,159 114,823 146,092 63,671 97,573 428,586 115,084 146,935 66,216 100,351 1.5
Hawaii 53,418 12,462 16,004 9,795 15,157 51,674 12,080 15,581 9,201 14,812 -3.3
Idaho 74,667 19,081 20,371 14,057 21,158 75,792 18,453 20,740 14,690 21,909 1.5
Illinois 492,578 126,935 133,953 98,944 132,746 478,042 122,250 129,588 96,430 129,774 -3.0
Indiana 319,581 88,510 98,074 57,463 75,534 301,562 87,402 96,787 51,562 65,811 -5.6
                       
Iowa 171,075 52,072 51,292 30,256 37,455 170,427 51,200 50,396 30,355 38,476 -0.4
Kansas 180,170 50,679 54,294 31,582 43,615 179,856 49,807 53,755 31,850 44,444 -0.2
Kentucky 205,431 55,491 69,530 34,317 46,093 202,266 53,145 68,233 34,491 46,397 -1.5
Louisiana 208,254 58,079 76,449 27,875 45,851 210,691 57,500 77,266 27,979 47,946 1.2
Maine 47,763 12,392 13,397 8,150 13,824 46,999 12,283 13,326 7,845 13,545 -1.6
                       
Maryland 306,892 71,715 81,254 67,254 86,669 303,640 70,761 79,773 66,368 86,738 -1.1
Massachusetts 218,465 59,944 64,631 36,135 57,755 213,389 59,644 64,619 34,183 54,943 -2.3
Michigan 492,771 137,344 153,275 87,285 114,867 478,735 133,968 150,110 83,964 110,693 -2.8
Minnesota 253,239 67,902 73,858 46,439 65,040 249,385 66,561 73,545 45,331 63,948 -1.5
Mississippi 153,082 49,098 68,416 13,187 22,381 152,319 48,572 67,568 13,299 22,880 -0.5
                       
Missouri 244,921 69,207 81,029 38,147 56,538 235,540 66,018 78,943 36,025 54,554 -3.8
Montana 46,262 16,312 15,903 5,640 8,407 46,002 15,834 15,819 5,648 8,701 -0.6
Nebraska 101,032 29,765 31,843 17,027 22,397 101,038 29,570 31,906 17,199 22,363 #
Nevada 106,196 23,511 29,822 22,234 30,629 107,864 23,908 30,673 22,445 30,838 1.6
New Hampshire 41,170 13,150 15,405 4,995 7,620 39,761 12,907 15,160 4,447 7,247 -3.4
                       
New Jersey 337,099 99,715 110,235 53,544 73,605 334,597 99,889 110,370 52,439 71,899 -0.7
New Mexico 129,038 28,698 34,838 25,998 39,504 125,280 27,085 33,394 25,768 39,033 -2.9
New York 700,875 214,562 247,231 97,252 141,830 697,458 215,895 248,886 95,192 137,485 -0.5
North Carolina 450,080 118,527 152,094 69,573 109,886 454,632 118,178 152,668 71,232 112,554 1.0
North Dakota 47,964 17,235 15,433 7,102 8,194 47,574 16,888 15,366 7,032 8,288 -0.8
                       
Ohio 501,146 142,011 156,078 82,578 120,479 497,473 140,358 154,832 82,121 120,162 -0.7
Oklahoma 177,629 50,380 59,789 26,778 40,682 174,140 48,723 58,189 26,112 41,116 -2.0
Oregon 197,819 55,457 59,223 38,068 45,071 192,334 53,352 58,974 36,449 43,559 -2.8
Pennsylvania 406,346 134,191 143,773 50,927 77,455 400,943 132,492 142,340 49,690 76,421 -1.3
Rhode Island 41,369 10,296 14,187 6,191 10,695 41,018 10,563 14,628 5,775 10,052 -0.8
                       
South Carolina 200,295 60,169 74,345 23,705 42,076 200,622 59,898 74,953 24,044 41,727 0.2
South Dakota 44,305 14,131 13,706 6,610 9,858 44,630 14,200 13,520 6,747 10,163 0.7
Tennessee 221,288 67,395 81,726 28,603 43,564 223,179 67,470 83,070 28,797 43,842 0.9
Texas 1,423,205 323,662 371,683 300,137 427,723 1,448,385 326,483 381,540 303,580 436,782 1.8
Utah 175,308 47,485 46,038 39,143 42,642 180,034 48,153 48,276 40,039 43,566 2.7
                       
Vermont 25,736 7,736 9,386 2,856 5,758 25,300 7,565 9,503 2,667 5,565 -1.7
Virginia 389,446 109,813 126,682 64,134 88,817 389,249 109,603 127,093 64,099 88,454 -0.1
Washington 315,356 98,720 111,310 45,825 59,501 318,336 99,257 113,978 45,683 59,418 0.9
West Virginia 85,099 29,530 32,365 8,628 14,576 83,895 28,668 32,107 8,647 14,473 -1.4
Wisconsin 278,300 80,843 86,504 46,279 64,674 279,533 78,796 85,139 49,755 65,843 0.4
Wyoming 32,802 8,569 9,356 6,833 8,044 32,551 8,502 9,329 6,760 7,960 -0.8
                       
U.S. Service Academies 15,065 11,414 3,628 20 3 15,281 11,432 3,828 18 3 1.4
                       
Other jurisdictions 81,479 30,260 39,434 5,037 6,748 37,419 14,492 15,929 3,141 3,857 -54.1
American Samoa 1,253 240 462 171 380 1,095 205 410 164 316 -12.6
Federated States of
Micronesia
2,090 613 857 259 361 2,022 639 815 257 311 -3.3
Guam 6,017 1,630 2,243 930 1,214 5,972 1,673 2,217 880 1,202 -0.7
Marshall Islands 978 322 350 165 141 1,032 331 336 196 169 5.5
Northern Marianas 1,038 335 493 77 133 1,216 354 559 124 179 17.1
Palau 587 186 175 82 144 532 168 196 70 98 -9.4
Puerto Rico 67,146 26,436 33,849 3,108 3,753 23,380 10,640 10,516 1,220 1,004 -65.2
U.S. Virgin Islands 2,370 498 1,005 245 622 2,170 482 880 230 578 -8.4
# Rounds to zero.
NOTE: 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), Spring 2017 and Spring 2018, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared December 2018.)

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