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Table 304.10. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2018
State or jurisdiction 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 Percent
change,
2013 to
2018
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 20,376,677 19,988,204 19,846,904 19,778,151 19,645,918 -3.6
Alabama 103,936 164,306 218,589 233,962 327,606 305,817 302,959 304,052 306,817 304,182 -0.5
Alaska 9,471 21,296 29,833 27,953 34,799 34,890 31,373 28,436 26,905 25,692 -26.4
Arizona 109,619 202,716 264,148 342,490 793,871 693,714 650,422 608,086 591,122 581,982 -16.1
Arkansas 52,039 77,347 90,425 115,172 175,848 172,432 168,402 167,235 163,963 159,738 -7.4
California 1,257,245 1,791,088 1,808,740 2,256,708 2,714,699 2,641,331 2,687,410 2,700,445 2,724,446 2,712,420 2.7

Colorado
123,395 162,916 227,131 263,872 369,450 358,330 348,159 352,255 360,236 360,537 0.6
Connecticut 124,700 159,632 168,604 161,243 199,384 201,028 199,666 198,010 197,534 197,480 -1.8
Delaware 25,260 32,939 42,004 43,897 55,258 59,615 60,392 61,139 60,338 60,700 1.8
District of Columbia 77,158 86,675 79,551 72,689 91,992 89,257 93,972 93,040 95,999 97,776 9.5
Florida 235,525 411,891 588,086 707,684 1,124,778 1,125,872 1,083,570 1,075,527 1,073,338 1,068,063 -5.1

Georgia
126,511 184,159 251,786 346,204 568,916 533,425 530,711 533,073 538,124 543,443 1.9
Hawaii 36,562 49,009 56,436 60,182 78,073 76,434 69,332 65,843 64,125 61,855 -19.1
Idaho 34,567 43,018 51,881 65,594 85,201 109,044 121,109 123,796 131,803 123,487 13.2
Illinois 452,146 645,288 729,246 743,918 906,845 842,888 802,211 777,720 757,001 738,448 -12.4
Indiana 192,668 247,253 284,832 314,334 459,493 444,409 426,364 419,284 398,802 388,348 -12.6

Iowa
108,902 140,449 170,515 188,974 381,867 339,738 275,106 266,513 260,801 254,058 -25.2
Kansas 102,485 136,605 163,733 179,968 214,849 215,855 219,994 215,832 213,997 212,737 -1.4
Kentucky 98,591 143,066 177,852 188,341 291,104 273,073 255,722 255,062 258,498 262,961 -3.7
Louisiana 120,728 160,058 186,840 223,800 263,676 251,935 245,305 239,278 241,567 241,401 -4.2
Maine 34,134 43,264 57,186 58,473 72,406 72,412 71,719 72,116 71,811 71,773 -0.9

Maryland
149,607 225,180 259,700 273,745 377,967 363,699 364,225 366,809 364,178 361,442 -0.6
Massachusetts 303,809 418,415 417,833 421,142 507,753 513,964 510,512 505,722 503,539 499,769 -2.8
Michigan 392,726 520,131 569,803 567,631 697,765 643,575 601,462 583,034 558,072 541,096 -15.9
Minnesota 160,788 206,691 253,789 293,445 465,449 441,637 430,466 422,793 412,966 408,783 -7.4
Mississippi 73,967 102,364 122,883 137,389 179,995 173,084 174,183 172,588 171,824 169,360 -2.2

Missouri
183,930 233,378 289,899 321,348 444,750 438,446 409,999 401,098 385,483 374,424 -14.6
Montana 30,062 35,177 35,876 42,240 53,282 52,777 50,799 50,918 50,642 49,363 -6.5
Nebraska 66,915 89,488 112,831 112,117 144,692 137,943 136,091 136,098 135,710 134,938 -2.2
Nevada 13,669 40,455 61,728 87,893 129,360 116,738 116,101 116,030 117,574 117,798 0.9
New Hampshire 29,400 46,794 59,510 61,718 75,539 92,440 123,508 133,159 149,184 160,743 73.9

New Jersey
216,121 321,610 324,286 335,945 444,092 436,939 423,759 421,386 419,037 414,416 -5.2
New Mexico 44,461 58,629 85,500 110,739 162,552 153,455 138,248 134,607 129,595 123,297 -19.7
New York 806,479 992,349 1,048,286 1,043,395 1,305,151 1,305,121 1,285,406 1,273,634 1,260,557 1,250,287 -4.2
North Carolina 171,925 287,537 352,138 404,652 585,792 575,020 562,442 561,415 564,111 563,710 -2.0
North Dakota 31,495 34,069 37,878 40,248 56,903 55,030 53,834 54,203 53,749 53,286 -3.2

Ohio
376,267 488,938 557,690 549,553 745,115 696,912 664,623 658,043 649,586 644,962 -7.5
Oklahoma 110,155 160,295 173,221 178,016 230,560 220,897 211,117 208,333 202,150 195,943 -11.3
Oregon 122,177 157,458 165,741 183,065 251,708 251,087 240,649 236,851 229,988 228,140 -9.1
Pennsylvania 411,044 507,716 604,060 609,521 804,640 765,581 736,163 725,682 717,025 700,329 -8.5
Rhode Island 45,898 66,869 78,273 75,450 85,110 83,460 82,292 83,348 82,765 80,868 -3.1

South Carolina
69,518 132,476 159,302 185,931 257,064 257,844 249,655 246,563 246,416 240,533 -6.7
South Dakota 30,639 32,761 34,208 43,221 58,360 55,129 53,664 53,683 53,620 53,365 -3.2
Tennessee 135,103 204,841 226,238 263,910 351,762 338,197 323,869 321,752 323,157 322,115 -4.8
Texas 442,225 701,391 901,437 1,033,973 1,535,864 1,541,279 1,579,614 1,605,498 1,630,520 1,643,542 6.6
Utah 81,687 92,159 121,303 163,776 255,653 261,897 292,995 311,450 331,996 359,772 37.4

Vermont
22,209 30,628 36,398 35,489 45,572 43,536 43,865 44,719 43,855 42,914 -1.4
Virginia 151,915 280,504 353,442 381,893 577,922 583,755 569,752 557,444 554,120 552,041 -5.4
Washington 183,544 303,603 263,384 320,840 388,116 363,377 364,844 366,547 367,943 367,056 1.0
West Virginia 63,153 81,973 84,790 87,888 152,431 157,952 150,897 146,608 142,966 140,103 -11.3
Wisconsin 202,058 269,086 299,774 307,179 384,181 362,379 350,255 341,717 340,301 336,409 -7.2
Wyoming 15,220 21,147 31,326 30,004 38,298 37,031 34,205 33,365 33,014 32,510 -12.2

U.S. Service Academies1
17,079 49,808 48,692 13,475 15,925 14,997 14,812 15,065 15,281 15,523 3.5

    Other jurisdictions
67,237 137,749 164,618 194,633 264,240 254,543 247,886 241,896 192,717 212,565 -16.5
American Samoa 0 976 1,219 297 2,193 1,488 1,285 1,253 1,095 1,037 -30.3
Federated States of
    Micronesia
0 224 975 1,576 2,699 2,446 2,215 2,090 2,022 1,931 -21.1
Guam 2,719 3,217 4,741 5,215 6,188 6,518 6,395 6,084 6,027 5,888 -9.7
Marshall Islands 0 0 0 328 869 1,000 995 978 1,032 1,119 11.9
Northern Marianas 0 0 661 1,078 1,137 1,109 1,157 1,038 1,216 1,194 7.7
Palau 0 0 491 581 694 646 627 587 532 497 -23.1
Puerto Rico 63,073 131,184 154,065 183,290 247,727 239,015 232,891 227,496 178,623 198,915 -16.8
U.S. Virgin Islands 1,445 2,148 2,466 2,268 2,733 2,321 2,321 2,370 2,170 1,984 -14.5
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 2019, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared January 2020.)

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