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Table 304.15. Total fall enrollment in public 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 6,428,134 9,457,394 10,844,717 11,752,786 15,142,171 14,746,848 14,572,843 14,585,840 14,571,739 14,529,264 -1.5
Alabama 87,884 143,674 195,939 207,435 267,083 248,296 247,450 251,038 254,071 255,087 2.7
Alaska 8,563 20,561 27,792 26,559 32,303 31,600 28,429 27,352 25,850 24,649 -22.0
Arizona 107,315 194,034 248,213 284,522 366,976 354,485 360,976 361,400 366,787 367,198 3.6
Arkansas 43,599 66,068 78,645 101,775 155,780 153,898 150,165 149,298 146,578 142,382 -7.5
California 1,123,529 1,599,838 1,594,710 1,927,771 2,223,163 2,151,521 2,202,258 2,228,592 2,257,256 2,250,219 4.6

Colorado
108,562 145,598 200,653 217,897 269,433 271,223 265,828 272,668 278,909 279,495 3.0
Connecticut 73,391 97,788 109,556 101,027 127,194 123,093 119,766 117,345 116,090 114,529 -7.0
Delaware 21,151 28,325 34,252 34,194 39,935 40,992 40,611 41,816 42,321 42,601 3.9
District of Columbia 12,194 13,900 11,990 5,499 5,840 5,347 5,118 4,587 4,529 4,500 -15.8
Florida 189,450 334,349 489,081 556,912 790,027 795,860 794,390 797,048 798,045 800,451 0.6

Georgia
101,900 140,158 196,413 271,755 436,047 413,706 417,860 422,159 428,586 435,744 5.3
Hawaii 32,963 43,269 45,728 44,579 60,090 58,941 55,756 53,418 51,674 51,063 -13.4
Idaho 27,072 34,491 41,315 53,751 64,204 75,910 72,339 74,667 75,792 77,133 1.6
Illinois 315,634 491,274 551,333 534,155 585,515 546,483 509,104 492,578 478,042 465,229 -14.9
Indiana 136,739 189,224 223,953 240,023 337,705 335,923 321,501 319,581 301,562 296,229 -11.8

Iowa
68,390 97,454 117,834 135,008 177,781 168,644 171,005 171,075 170,262 199,231 18.1
Kansas 88,215 121,987 149,117 159,976 185,623 184,075 179,532 180,170 179,624 179,600 -2.4
Kentucky 77,240 114,884 147,095 151,973 229,725 218,472 205,908 205,431 202,266 199,748 -8.6
Louisiana 101,127 136,703 158,290 189,213 224,811 215,701 212,098 208,254 210,166 210,696 -2.3
Maine 25,405 31,878 41,500 40,662 50,903 49,602 47,408 47,763 46,999 48,332 -2.6

Maryland
118,988 195,051 220,783 223,797 309,779 301,565 303,849 306,892 303,614 301,959 0.1
Massachusetts 116,127 183,765 186,035 183,248 224,542 228,253 222,243 218,465 213,388 207,767 -9.0
Michigan 339,625 454,147 487,359 467,861 562,448 527,745 501,411 492,771 478,735 466,806 -11.5
Minnesota 130,567 162,379 199,211 218,617 276,176 266,440 256,187 253,239 249,385 245,164 -8.0
Mississippi 64,968 90,661 109,038 125,355 161,493 154,366 155,334 153,082 152,392 150,583 -2.5

Missouri
132,540 165,179 200,093 201,509 256,030 254,650 248,516 244,921 237,454 232,040 -8.9
Montana 27,287 31,178 31,865 37,387 48,231 47,851 45,935 46,262 46,002 44,925 -6.1
Nebraska 51,454 73,509 94,614 88,531 107,979 101,893 100,030 101,032 101,038 100,594 -1.3
Nevada 13,576 40,280 61,242 83,120 113,103 102,538 104,418 106,196 107,864 108,658 6.0
New Hampshire 15,979 24,119 32,163 35,870 44,077 42,711 42,628 41,170 39,761 38,735 -9.3

New Jersey
145,373 247,028 261,601 266,921 358,256 352,822 339,722 337,099 334,597 329,037 -6.7
New Mexico 40,795 55,077 83,403 101,450 150,844 144,381 131,343 129,038 125,381 120,293 -16.7
New York 449,437 563,251 616,884 583,417 723,500 720,948 709,243 700,875 697,458 690,097 -4.3
North Carolina 123,761 228,154 285,405 329,422 475,064 460,125 448,055 450,080 454,998 456,128 -0.9
North Dakota 30,192 31,709 34,690 36,014 48,904 48,718 48,191 47,964 47,574 46,531 -4.5

Ohio
281,099 381,765 427,613 411,161 547,551 520,039 501,677 501,146 497,409 495,612 -4.7
Oklahoma 91,438 137,188 151,073 153,699 197,641 187,078 179,008 177,629 174,239 170,979 -8.6
Oregon 108,483 140,102 144,427 154,756 208,001 208,317 197,948 197,819 192,402 191,943 -7.9
Pennsylvania 232,982 292,499 343,478 339,229 432,923 419,856 408,522 406,346 401,045 392,771 -6.5
Rhode Island 25,527 35,052 42,350 38,458 43,224 42,786 41,320 41,369 41,018 40,082 -6.3

South Carolina
47,101 107,683 131,134 155,519 205,080 207,717 202,487 200,295 200,622 196,525 -5.4
South Dakota 23,936 24,328 26,596 34,857 44,569 44,272 44,254 44,305 44,630 43,871 -0.9
Tennessee 98,897 156,835 175,049 202,530 242,486 229,302 223,411 221,288 223,179 225,281 -1.8
Texas 365,522 613,552 802,314 896,534 1,334,110 1,349,490 1,388,266 1,423,205 1,448,398 1,468,587 8.8
Utah 49,588 59,598 86,108 123,046 179,061 168,311 170,689 175,308 180,034 183,949 9.3

Vermont
12,536 17,984 20,910 20,021 27,524 25,852 25,383 25,736 25,300 25,197 -2.5
Virginia 123,279 246,500 291,286 313,780 409,004 405,915 394,210 389,446 389,251 384,879 -5.2
Washington 162,718 276,028 227,632 273,928 330,853 310,192 313,964 315,356 318,336 319,377 3.0
West Virginia 51,363 71,228 74,108 76,136 96,104 90,780 86,342 85,099 83,898 81,605 -10.1
Wisconsin 170,374 235,179 253,529 249,737 301,259 287,619 282,250 278,300 279,097 277,178 -3.6
Wyoming 15,220 21,121 30,623 28,715 36,292 35,547 33,693 32,802 32,550 32,472 -8.7

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
46,680 60,692 66,244 84,464 83,719 78,136 80,129 81,479 37,419 72,399 -7.3
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 6,103 6,439 6,325 6,017 5,972 5,826 -9.5
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 42,516 54,127 55,691 73,121 67,291 62,687 65,204 67,146 23,380 58,811 -6.2
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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