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Table 304.35. Total fall enrollment in public degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by attendance status, sex, and state or jurisdiction: 2017 and 2018
State or jurisdiction 2017 2018 Percent
change in
total, 2017
to 2018
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 14,571,739 3,857,431 4,469,043 2,624,115 3,621,150 14,529,264 3,787,941 4,480,879 2,603,530 3,656,914 -0.3
Alabama 254,071 74,203 96,246 32,969 50,653 255,087 72,952 97,147 33,201 51,787 0.4
Alaska 25,850 5,289 6,133 5,306 9,122 24,649 4,936 5,735 4,953 9,025 -4.6
Arizona 366,787 90,375 98,218 75,047 103,147 367,198 87,940 98,735 74,940 105,583 0.1
Arkansas 146,578 38,360 50,741 22,134 35,343 142,382 36,664 49,735 21,565 34,418 -2.9
California 2,257,256 515,912 604,857 521,696 614,791 2,250,219 514,188 611,606 514,775 609,650 -0.3

Colorado
278,909 74,706 78,038 54,672 71,493 279,495 74,548 78,844 54,141 71,962 0.2
Connecticut 116,090 32,653 36,476 18,798 28,163 114,529 32,028 36,521 18,281 27,699 -1.3
Delaware 42,321 12,727 17,222 4,488 7,884 42,601 12,787 17,560 4,363 7,891 0.7
District of Columbia 4,529 1,050 1,206 830 1,443 4,500 1,036 1,197 848 1,419 -0.6
Florida 798,045 181,640 227,474 155,578 233,353 800,451 180,635 231,016 154,014 234,786 0.3

Georgia
428,586 115,084 146,935 66,216 100,351 435,744 113,576 149,155 70,018 102,995 1.7
Hawaii 51,674 12,080 15,581 9,201 14,812 51,063 11,482 15,453 9,089 15,039 -1.2
Idaho 75,792 18,453 20,740 14,690 21,909 77,133 18,142 21,085 14,870 23,036 1.8
Illinois 478,042 122,250 129,588 96,430 129,774 465,229 117,478 127,488 93,360 126,903 -2.7
Indiana 301,562 87,402 96,787 51,562 65,811 296,229 86,116 97,242 48,548 64,323 -1.8

Iowa
170,262 51,117 50,326 30,347 38,472 199,231 51,927 55,569 36,783 54,952 17.0
Kansas 179,624 49,741 53,637 31,783 44,463 179,600 48,500 53,240 32,132 45,728 #
Kentucky 202,266 53,145 68,233 34,491 46,397 199,748 50,979 67,572 34,719 46,478 -1.2
Louisiana 210,166 57,512 77,279 27,768 47,607 210,696 57,368 80,314 26,701 46,313 0.3
Maine 46,999 12,283 13,326 7,845 13,545 48,332 12,010 13,446 8,281 14,595 2.8

Maryland
303,614 70,748 79,761 66,368 86,737 301,959 69,549 79,629 65,438 87,343 -0.5
Massachusetts 213,388 59,644 64,619 34,182 54,943 207,767 57,016 62,954 33,684 54,113 -2.6
Michigan 478,735 133,968 150,110 83,964 110,693 466,806 130,309 149,192 80,258 107,047 -2.5
Minnesota 249,385 66,561 73,545 45,331 63,948 245,164 64,864 73,047 44,292 62,961 -1.7
Mississippi 152,392 48,624 67,625 13,279 22,864 150,583 45,900 65,448 14,356 24,879 -1.2

Missouri
237,454 66,014 78,906 36,840 55,694 232,040 62,660 76,836 36,225 56,319 -2.3
Montana 46,002 15,834 15,819 5,648 8,701 44,925 15,115 15,466 5,725 8,619 -2.3
Nebraska 101,038 29,570 31,906 17,199 22,363 100,594 29,278 32,112 16,645 22,559 -0.4
Nevada 107,864 23,908 30,673 22,445 30,838 108,658 24,258 30,972 22,387 31,041 0.7
New Hampshire 39,761 12,907 15,160 4,447 7,247 38,735 12,685 14,851 4,375 6,824 -2.6

New Jersey
334,597 99,889 110,370 52,439 71,899 329,037 98,373 109,706 51,043 69,915 -1.7
New Mexico 125,381 27,136 33,469 25,757 39,019 120,293 25,212 32,061 24,566 38,454 -4.1
New York 697,458 215,895 248,886 95,192 137,485 690,097 211,638 247,145 94,227 137,087 -1.1
North Carolina 454,998 118,312 152,809 71,274 112,603 456,128 116,740 152,933 71,619 114,836 0.2
North Dakota 47,574 16,888 15,366 7,034 8,286 46,531 16,257 15,063 6,870 8,341 -2.2

Ohio
497,409 140,321 154,805 82,121 120,162 495,612 136,593 153,336 80,742 124,941 -0.4
Oklahoma 174,239 48,788 58,315 26,081 41,055 170,979 46,536 58,025 25,510 40,908 -1.9
Oregon 192,402 53,364 58,990 36,471 43,577 191,943 51,780 58,291 36,950 44,922 -0.2
Pennsylvania 401,045 132,642 142,412 49,588 76,403 392,771 127,742 139,774 48,664 76,591 -2.1
Rhode Island 41,018 10,563 14,628 5,775 10,052 40,082 10,631 14,810 5,397 9,244 -2.3

South Carolina
200,622 59,898 74,953 24,044 41,727 196,525 59,162 74,160 22,698 40,505 -2.0
South Dakota 44,630 14,203 13,525 6,747 10,155 43,871 13,736 13,481 6,576 10,078 -1.7
Tennessee 223,179 67,470 83,070 28,797 43,842 225,281 65,732 83,417 29,616 46,516 0.9
Texas 1,448,398 326,263 380,891 303,811 437,433 1,468,587 324,380 388,301 305,072 450,834 1.4
Utah 180,034 48,153 48,276 40,039 43,566 183,949 48,712 49,749 39,868 45,620 2.2

Vermont
25,300 7,565 9,503 2,667 5,565 25,197 7,475 9,642 2,629 5,451 -0.4
Virginia 389,251 109,603 127,095 64,099 88,454 384,879 108,617 127,274 62,198 86,790 -1.1
Washington 318,336 99,257 113,978 45,683 59,418 319,377 97,946 115,019 46,438 59,974 0.3
West Virginia 83,898 28,669 32,107 8,648 14,474 81,605 26,750 31,242 8,776 14,837 -2.7
Wisconsin 279,097 78,858 85,271 49,516 65,452 277,178 77,222 84,999 48,437 66,520 -0.7
Wyoming 32,550 8,502 9,329 6,760 7,959 32,472 8,299 9,262 6,650 8,261 -0.2

U.S. Service Academies
15,281 11,432 3,828 18 3 15,523 11,482 4,022 17 2 1.6

    Other jurisdictions
37,419 14,488 15,921 3,145 3,865 72,399 26,338 34,587 5,004 6,470 93.5
American Samoa 1,095 205 410 164 316 1,037 195 418 124 300 -5.3
Federated States of
    Micronesia
2,022 639 815 257 311 1,931 634 781 234 282 -4.5
Guam 5,972 1,673 2,217 880 1,202 5,826 1,628 2,150 888 1,160 -2.4
Marshall Islands 1,032 331 336 196 169 1,119 380 360 191 188 8.4
Northern Marianas 1,216 354 559 124 179 1,194 349 578 104 163 -1.8
Palau 532 164 188 74 106 497 117 150 72 158 -6.6
Puerto Rico 23,380 10,640 10,516 1,220 1,004 58,811 22,602 29,279 3,192 3,738 151.5
U.S. Virgin Islands 2,170 482 880 230 578 1,984 433 871 199 481 -8.6
#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 2018 and Spring 2019, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared January 2020.)

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