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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 2016-17
State or jurisdiction Total Public Private nonprofit Private for-profit
2004-05 2010-11 2011-12 2015-16 2016-17 2004-05 2010-11 2016-17 2004-05 2010-11 2016-17 2004-05 2010-11 2016-17
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 26,321,641 26,076,975 18,058,078 20,516,945 19,207,664 4,222,755 4,761,799 4,992,914 1,517,762 3,282,759 1,876,397
Alabama 349,783 431,219 423,697 391,508 392,401 310,878 341,757 314,666 28,847 30,152 30,150 10,058 59,310 47,585
Alaska 53,786 58,668 60,103 47,983 44,782 51,689 53,841 43,371 1,253 998 774 844 3,829 637
Arizona 821,240 1,238,668 1,161,102 904,143 867,899 499,192 544,922 497,850 13,162 11,438 11,228 308,886 682,308 358,821
Arkansas 182,497 228,659 230,899 210,315 207,259 164,751 204,632 186,603 15,260 19,536 19,912 2,486 4,491 744
California 3,341,107 3,748,013 3,580,417 3,622,342 3,638,539 2,843,929 3,070,257 2,991,417 327,661 344,961 369,298 169,517 332,795 277,824
                             
Colorado 428,215 519,811 524,887 483,950 487,598 333,100 364,905 364,016 40,144 41,959 45,566 54,971 112,947 78,016
Connecticut 219,327 251,521 254,715 252,637 248,433 144,681 162,795 147,955 71,235 78,212 84,430 3,411 10,514 16,048
Delaware 63,817 70,098 70,454 74,747 74,822 47,148 48,991 49,402 16,669 20,408 24,944 0 699 476
District of Columbia 129,349 114,264 106,523 111,603 111,252 10,095 12,786 6,016 81,718 89,433 89,057 37,536 12,045 16,179
Florida 1,232,578 1,585,959 1,612,394 1,453,558 1,445,758 912,150 1,080,517 1,052,505 191,789 251,966 279,679 128,639 253,476 113,574
                             
Georgia 569,805 776,316 730,684 673,998 675,968 466,589 584,787 533,972 70,449 82,614 88,635 32,767 108,915 53,361
Hawaii 92,643 101,719 101,481 88,806 84,914 67,835 76,929 69,014 20,749 19,182 12,549 4,059 5,608 3,351
Idaho 108,415 126,866 142,195 170,106 180,976 84,627 92,865 102,883 20,802 28,421 77,248 2,986 5,580 845
Illinois 1,293,156 1,374,177 1,350,322 1,191,521 1,131,159 933,506 948,489 765,477 257,053 280,649 258,590 102,597 145,039 107,092
Indiana 488,374 621,156 609,700 569,569 562,621 363,817 455,107 440,817 103,295 107,813 108,799 21,262 58,236 13,005
                             
Iowa 309,318 573,112 557,823 365,582 355,374 200,039 236,600 224,064 72,538 78,103 66,526 36,741 258,409 64,784
Kansas 276,293 302,966 298,578 301,390 293,492 241,778 259,654 242,874 32,480 36,532 32,667 2,035 6,780 17,951
Kentucky 303,785 374,660 374,000 313,485 318,909 248,402 293,292 252,863 33,565 44,135 52,318 21,818 37,233 13,728
Louisiana 323,630 338,898 338,468 307,465 298,797 276,599 288,958 259,266 34,050 34,127 30,422 12,981 15,813 9,109
Maine 88,644 92,858 94,341 94,134 94,536 64,380 66,013 60,655 22,474 24,233 31,507 1,790 2,612 2,374
                             
Maryland 412,867 490,738 496,859 472,778 475,553 340,538 404,916 399,361 64,377 66,660 66,154 7,952 19,162 10,038
Massachusetts 565,872 640,116 644,103 640,856 632,413 266,316 301,999 288,102 293,677 327,569 341,069 5,879 10,548 3,242
Michigan 844,731 911,818 889,359 752,922 719,434 690,014 734,343 610,781 141,670 159,624 103,781 13,047 17,851 4,872
Minnesota 469,986 625,540 614,033 575,407 573,219 318,448 361,582 332,919 83,577 88,876 83,741 67,961 175,082 156,559
Mississippi 206,917 235,071 233,236 218,795 218,325 187,594 209,115 192,560 17,299 20,162 22,401 2,024 5,794 3,364
                             
Missouri 504,860 615,010 609,945 524,854 505,472 289,162 336,606 306,424 187,886 209,055 184,544 27,812 69,349 14,504
Montana 60,259 68,083 68,163 63,029 63,034 53,889 61,911 57,508 6,370 6,172 5,471 0 0 55
Nebraska 178,595 205,496 202,876 182,035 178,380 140,544 156,586 133,896 34,369 43,617 42,697 3,682 5,293 1,787
Nevada 153,540 178,375 165,857 152,210 150,873 136,158 154,792 136,723 1,087 4,332 5,433 16,295 19,251 8,717
New Hampshire 92,067 98,788 101,835 177,382 197,851 52,671 58,196 54,026 31,809 34,560 143,825 7,587 6,032 0
                             
New Jersey 484,892 569,225 566,181 540,678 534,891 395,088 467,558 435,641 80,936 87,569 83,928 8,868 14,098 15,322
New Mexico 190,031 220,705 216,076 187,006 182,430 175,425 204,209 175,004 5,007 1,386 2,055 9,599 15,110 5,371
New York 1,457,951 1,657,093 1,674,438 1,615,955 1,590,637 820,849 950,505 911,254 560,583 622,623 615,884 76,519 83,965 63,499
North Carolina 637,309 757,889 751,635 715,928 708,299 537,735 620,890 575,320 94,361 106,129 108,347 5,213 30,870 24,632
North Dakota 62,743 70,185 70,816 66,375 66,266 54,671 59,830 58,359 7,090 7,667 7,007 982 2,688 900
                             
Ohio 809,712 992,062 966,766 861,304 838,447 601,853 726,472 643,566 167,235 179,987 167,461 40,624 85,603 27,420
Oklahoma 276,437 299,365 300,108 264,628 257,788 238,444 257,400 222,041 27,920 26,726 28,697 10,073 15,239 7,050
Oregon 296,574 374,342 377,098 350,932 339,696 251,800 320,026 291,870 31,580 39,258 42,747 13,194 15,058 5,079
Pennsylvania 868,185 1,019,990 996,327 904,709 891,852 493,773 548,169 505,205 307,862 351,503 348,013 66,550 120,318 38,634
Rhode Island 99,103 101,610 100,938 96,792 96,847 52,263 54,535 49,725 45,906 47,075 47,122 934 0 0
                             
South Carolina 268,590 331,280 335,091 311,740 304,817 221,632 262,422 244,362 43,450 43,306 41,780 3,508 25,552 18,675
South Dakota 63,989 74,210 73,936 70,305 71,169 48,570 56,861 57,864 9,858 9,783 9,316 5,561 7,566 3,989
Tennessee 353,167 438,901 435,377 395,775 390,619 254,104 299,545 267,565 72,505 92,761 97,516 26,558 46,595 25,538
Texas 1,695,267 2,107,654 2,119,327 2,136,045 2,171,701 1,492,623 1,843,574 1,938,812 148,812 160,405 167,477 53,832 103,675 65,412
Utah 278,798 340,784 350,906 391,593 413,080 213,428 236,332 226,361 50,268 80,445 180,480 15,102 24,007 6,239
                             
Vermont 51,313 59,997 60,059 57,681 58,078 31,099 36,594 32,422 19,771 22,623 25,296 443 780 360
Virginia 583,958 783,117 798,893 740,920 719,094 462,958 541,978 493,888 80,805 141,580 169,910 40,195 99,559 55,296
Washington 520,108 554,551 525,030 499,798 506,300 451,410 483,491 445,100 52,896 50,395 50,664 15,802 20,665 10,536
West Virginia 126,082 231,331 242,223 222,175 211,033 104,704 119,247 102,299 15,416 16,749 10,415 5,962 95,335 98,319
Wisconsin 444,120 507,252 492,758 441,405 434,707 353,215 390,899 354,661 83,180 88,330 74,562 7,725 28,023 5,484
Wyoming 48,651 53,987 53,384 46,083 44,018 45,756 50,935 43,196 0 0 822 2,895 3,052 0
                             
U.S. Service Academies 16,159 17,330 15,782 14,704 15,163 16,159 17,330 15,163
                             
Other jurisdictions 258,744 316,672 317,210 289,714 237,357 95,808 94,233 42,909 136,708 163,515 143,001 26,228 58,924 51,447
American Samoa 2,299 2,744 2,621 1,635 1,581 2,299 2,744 1,581 0 0 0 0 0 0
Federated States of
   Micronesia
3,570 5,097 5,457 2,701 2,704 3,570 5,097 2,704 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 7,125 8,105 8,005 7,926 7,450 6,936 8,001 7,364 189 104 86 0 0 0
Marshall Islands 466 1,176 1,310 1,319 1,329 466 1,176 1,329 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Marianas 1,590 1,388 1,332 1,348 1,356 1,590 1,388 1,356 0 0 0 0 0 0
Palau 987 922 981 800 749 987 922 749 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 239,442 293,820 294,259 271,188 219,334 76,695 71,485 24,972 136,519 163,411 142,915 26,228 58,924 51,447
U.S. Virgin Islands 3,265 3,420 3,245 2,797 2,854 3,265 3,420 2,854 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 2017, 12-Month Enrollment component. (This table was prepared May 2019.)

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