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.)