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Table 304.70. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by level of enrollment and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 2000 through 2018
State or jurisdiction Undergraduate Postbaccalaureate
2000 2010 2015 2016 2017 2018 2000 2010 2015 2016 2017 2018
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
United States 13,155,393 18,082,427 17,046,673 16,874,649 16,773,036 16,610,235 2,156,896 2,937,011 2,941,531 2,972,255 3,005,115 3,035,683
Alabama 201,389 282,128 257,649 258,008 259,558 255,394 32,573 45,478 45,310 46,044 47,259 48,788
Alaska 26,222 31,925 28,818 25,987 24,607 23,501 1,731 2,874 2,555 2,449 2,298 2,191
Arizona 299,529 672,083 541,853 510,367 492,906 483,016 42,961 121,788 108,569 97,719 98,216 98,966
Arkansas 104,580 156,970 148,630 145,875 142,923 139,236 10,592 18,878 19,772 21,360 21,040 20,502
California 2,012,213 2,444,496 2,415,506 2,416,526 2,425,729 2,410,234 244,495 270,203 271,904 283,919 298,717 302,186

Colorado
220,059 312,099 289,534 293,223 299,805 299,642 43,813 57,351 58,625 59,032 60,431 60,895
Connecticut 127,715 163,291 162,925 160,651 160,568 160,539 33,528 36,093 36,741 37,359 36,966 36,941
Delaware 37,930 45,848 47,981 49,047 49,068 49,479 5,967 9,410 12,411 12,092 11,270 11,221
District of Columbia 40,703 50,330 50,556 48,948 50,565 52,097 31,986 41,662 43,416 44,092 45,434 45,679
Florida 623,071 993,545 956,598 947,837 946,179 943,811 84,613 131,233 126,972 127,690 127,159 124,252

Georgia
296,980 499,187 456,792 457,293 459,860 463,223 49,224 69,729 73,919 75,780 78,264 80,220
Hawaii 51,783 68,244 61,367 58,328 56,968 55,359 8,399 9,829 7,965 7,515 7,157 6,496
Idaho 58,644 76,998 113,245 115,259 123,597 115,045 6,950 8,203 7,864 8,537 8,206 8,442
Illinois 623,018 748,921 650,597 626,068 604,972 586,599 120,900 157,924 151,614 151,652 152,029 151,849
Indiana 273,198 404,033 369,200 360,576 339,666 328,359 41,136 55,460 57,164 58,708 59,136 59,989

Iowa
165,360 339,036 237,013 229,452 224,190 218,069 23,614 42,831 38,093 37,061 36,611 35,989
Kansas 156,385 188,326 191,680 187,934 186,155 184,614 23,583 26,523 28,314 27,898 27,842 28,123
Kentucky 164,183 256,447 219,870 216,868 215,826 212,915 24,158 34,657 35,852 38,194 42,672 50,046
Louisiana 191,517 230,370 214,594 209,521 210,336 208,000 32,283 33,306 30,711 29,757 31,231 33,401
Maine 50,728 63,599 62,252 62,456 61,919 62,061 7,745 8,807 9,467 9,660 9,892 9,712

Maryland
221,952 305,358 294,032 295,200 291,328 288,623 51,793 72,609 70,193 71,609 72,850 72,819
Massachusetts 320,012 377,241 374,979 367,735 363,084 357,121 101,130 130,512 135,533 137,987 140,455 142,648
Michigan 480,618 605,990 517,079 500,050 476,469 460,778 87,013 91,775 84,383 82,984 81,603 80,318
Minnesota 254,632 346,864 311,536 303,941 297,523 293,289 38,813 118,585 118,930 118,852 115,443 115,494
Mississippi 123,299 159,262 153,551 151,467 151,476 149,453 14,090 20,733 20,632 21,121 20,348 19,907

Missouri
266,802 367,032 331,955 324,162 310,398 298,364 54,546 77,718 78,044 76,936 75,085 76,060
Montana 38,481 48,446 46,067 45,714 45,207 43,807 3,759 4,836 4,732 5,204 5,435 5,556
Nebraska 96,759 121,430 110,313 110,332 109,964 109,313 15,358 23,262 25,778 25,766 25,746 25,625
Nevada 79,053 116,743 104,845 104,809 105,916 105,999 8,840 12,617 11,256 11,221 11,658 11,799
New Hampshire 51,990 62,442 96,588 104,321 119,473 130,099 9,728 13,097 26,920 28,838 29,711 30,644

New Jersey
284,785 380,060 360,074 357,479 355,613 351,139 51,160 64,032 63,685 63,907 63,424 63,277
New Mexico 96,377 147,976 124,385 120,692 116,055 110,178 14,362 14,576 13,863 13,915 13,540 13,119
New York 839,423 1,059,332 1,048,058 1,033,325 1,017,621 1,004,822 203,972 245,819 237,348 240,309 242,936 245,465
North Carolina 358,912 516,254 490,350 488,859 490,174 488,740 45,740 69,538 72,092 72,556 73,937 74,970
North Dakota 36,899 50,003 46,568 46,669 46,064 45,573 3,349 6,900 7,266 7,534 7,685 7,713

Ohio
469,999 650,546 574,217 567,491 560,808 556,548 79,554 94,569 90,406 90,552 88,778 88,414
Oklahoma 157,021 204,217 185,545 182,743 177,238 171,164 20,995 26,343 25,572 25,590 24,912 24,779
Oregon 160,805 221,825 206,895 204,626 198,266 196,274 22,260 29,883 33,754 32,225 31,722 31,866
Pennsylvania 506,948 664,384 598,510 584,400 573,388 555,690 102,573 140,256 137,653 141,282 143,637 144,639
Rhode Island 65,067 73,974 71,972 72,496 71,400 69,394 10,383 11,136 10,320 10,852 11,365 11,474

South Carolina
161,699 231,375 223,671 220,218 219,943 213,787 24,232 25,689 25,984 26,345 26,473 26,746
South Dakota 37,497 50,605 46,901 46,726 46,809 46,241 5,724 7,755 6,763 6,957 6,811 7,124
Tennessee 230,376 302,248 277,409 274,666 275,340 273,722 33,534 49,514 46,460 47,086 47,817 48,393
Texas 905,649 1,360,528 1,390,972 1,412,148 1,437,389 1,450,560 128,324 175,336 188,642 193,350 193,131 192,982
Utah 149,954 231,721 259,006 272,520 287,130 308,768 13,822 23,932 33,989 38,930 44,866 51,004

Vermont
30,809 38,608 37,298 37,784 37,233 36,469 4,680 6,964 6,567 6,935 6,622 6,445
Virginia 325,395 486,820 474,525 462,335 457,665 451,558 56,498 91,102 95,227 95,109 96,455 100,483
Washington 290,292 351,863 328,355 329,698 331,252 329,799 30,548 36,253 36,489 36,849 36,691 37,257
West Virginia 76,556 128,335 127,619 123,779 121,053 118,682 11,332 24,096 23,278 22,829 21,913 21,421
Wisconsin 271,839 341,698 310,350 302,211 300,692 297,526 35,340 42,483 39,905 39,506 39,609 38,883
Wyoming 26,811 35,466 31,602 30,787 30,408 30,058 3,193 2,832 2,603 2,578 2,606 2,452

U.S. Service Academies
13,475 15,905 14,786 15,042 15,260 15,504 0 20 26 23 21 19

    Other jurisdictions
174,410 234,281 218,927 212,157 166,387 183,959 20,223 29,959 28,959 29,739 26,330 28,606
American Samoa 297 2,193 1,285 1,253 1,095 1,037 0 0 0 0 0 0
Federated States of
    Micronesia
1,576 2,699 2,215 2,090 2,022 1,931 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 4,746 5,857 6,095 5,768 5,689 5,562 469 331 300 316 338 326
Marshall Islands 328 869 995 978 1,032 1,119 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Marianas 1,078 1,137 1,157 1,038 1,216 1,194 0 0 0 0 0 0
Palau 581 694 627 587 532 497 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 163,690 218,312 204,415 198,331 152,903 170,882 19,600 29,415 28,476 29,165 25,720 28,033
U.S. Virgin Islands 2,114 2,520 2,138 2,112 1,898 1,737 154 213 183 258 272 247
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), selected years, Spring 2001 through Spring 2019, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared January 2020.)

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