Table 304.10.

Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2019

State or jurisdiction	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2014	2016	2017	2018	2019	Percent change, 2014 to 2019
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	20,209,092	19,846,904	19,778,151	19,651,412	19,637,499	-2.8
Alabama	103,936	164,306	218,589	233,962	327,606	305,028	304,052	306,817	304,182	303,030	-0.7
Alaska	9,471	21,296	29,833	27,953	34,799	34,331	28,436	26,905	25,692	23,353	-32.0
Arizona	109,619	202,716	264,148	342,490	793,871	674,746	608,086	591,122	581,985	609,144	-9.7
Arkansas	52,039	77,347	90,425	115,172	175,848	169,571	167,235	163,963	160,644	158,587	-6.5
California	1,257,245	1,791,088	1,808,740	2,256,708	2,714,699	2,697,168	2,700,445	2,724,446	2,723,547	2,715,085	0.7
Colorado	123,395	162,916	227,131	263,872	369,450	353,949	352,255	360,236	360,537	368,123	4.0
Connecticut	124,700	159,632	168,604	161,243	199,384	201,928	198,010	197,534	197,236	193,686	-4.1
Delaware	25,260	32,939	42,004	43,897	55,258	60,437	61,139	60,338	60,010	59,983	-0.8
District of Columbia	77,158	86,675	79,551	72,689	91,992	90,053	93,040	95,999	97,776	98,909	9.8
Florida	235,525	411,891	588,086	707,684	1,124,778	1,111,018	1,075,527	1,073,338	1,067,147	1,066,783	-4.0
Georgia	126,511	184,159	251,786	346,204	568,916	530,963	533,073	538,124	543,141	553,755	4.3
Hawaii	36,562	49,009	56,436	60,182	78,073	73,505	65,843	64,125	61,855	60,434	-17.8
Idaho	34,567	43,018	51,881	65,594	85,201	118,953	123,796	131,803	123,482	121,964	2.5
Illinois	452,146	645,288	729,246	743,918	906,845	825,002	777,720	757,001	738,448	718,504	-12.9
Indiana	192,668	247,253	284,832	314,334	459,493	436,455	419,284	398,802	388,193	422,906	-3.1
Iowa	108,902	140,449	170,515	188,974	381,867	282,518	266,513	260,801	254,049	218,033	-22.8
Kansas	102,485	136,605	163,733	179,968	214,849	226,290	215,832	213,997	212,734	208,538	-7.8
Kentucky	98,591	143,066	177,852	188,341	291,104	264,197	255,062	258,498	262,544	266,507	0.9
Louisiana	120,728	160,058	186,840	223,800	263,676	245,938	239,278	241,567	241,296	243,750	-0.9
Maine	34,134	43,264	57,186	58,473	72,406	71,750	72,116	71,811	71,773	71,658	-0.1
Maryland	149,607	225,180	259,700	273,745	377,967	365,597	366,809	364,178	361,440	354,913	-2.9
Massachusetts	303,809	418,415	417,833	421,142	507,753	511,060	505,722	503,539	500,076	492,497	-3.6
Michigan	392,726	520,131	569,803	567,631	697,765	619,962	583,034	558,072	540,750	525,491	-15.2
Minnesota	160,788	206,691	253,789	293,445	465,449	433,948	422,793	412,966	409,005	402,729	-7.2
Mississippi	73,967	102,364	122,883	137,389	179,995	170,724	172,588	171,824	169,360	166,969	-2.2
Missouri	183,930	233,378	289,899	321,348	444,750	419,935	401,098	385,483	374,401	362,908	-13.6
Montana	30,062	35,177	35,876	42,240	53,282	51,942	50,918	50,642	49,363	48,066	-7.5
Nebraska	66,915	89,488	112,831	112,117	144,692	135,825	136,098	135,710	134,938	135,509	-0.2
Nevada	13,669	40,455	61,728	87,893	129,360	119,205	116,030	117,574	117,798	119,771	0.5
New Hampshire	29,400	46,794	59,510	61,718	75,539	106,559	133,159	149,184	160,750	169,338	58.9
New Jersey	216,121	321,610	324,286	335,945	444,092	436,249	421,386	419,037	414,416	413,175	-5.3
New Mexico	44,461	58,629	85,500	110,739	162,552	146,246	134,607	129,595	123,297	121,816	-16.7
New York	806,479	992,349	1,048,286	1,043,395	1,305,151	1,298,972	1,273,634	1,260,557	1,250,504	1,235,812	-4.9
North Carolina	171,925	287,537	352,138	404,652	585,792	569,955	561,415	564,111	563,122	568,563	-0.2
North Dakota	31,495	34,069	37,878	40,248	56,903	54,048	54,203	53,749	53,285	52,354	-3.1
Ohio	376,267	488,938	557,690	549,553	745,115	680,558	658,043	649,586	644,733	656,445	-3.5
Oklahoma	110,155	160,295	173,221	178,016	230,560	215,410	208,333	202,150	196,023	192,656	-10.6
Oregon	122,177	157,458	165,741	183,065	251,708	245,547	236,851	229,988	228,089	225,716	-8.1
Pennsylvania	411,044	507,716	604,060	609,521	804,640	750,376	725,682	717,025	700,100	693,340	-7.6
Rhode Island	45,898	66,869	78,273	75,450	85,110	83,499	83,348	82,765	80,731	80,077	-4.1
South Carolina	69,518	132,476	159,302	185,931	257,064	254,629	246,563	246,416	239,978	241,572	-5.1
South Dakota	30,639	32,761	34,208	43,221	58,360	53,961	53,683	53,620	53,365	51,941	-3.7
Tennessee	135,103	204,841	226,238	263,910	351,762	326,623	321,752	323,157	322,064	323,086	-1.1
Texas	442,225	701,391	901,437	1,033,973	1,535,864	1,556,288	1,605,498	1,630,520	1,641,985	1,657,691	6.5
Utah	81,687	92,159	121,303	163,776	255,653	274,926	311,450	331,996	359,772	381,283	38.7
Vermont	22,209	30,628	36,398	35,489	45,572	43,980	44,719	43,855	42,914	41,186	-6.4
Virginia	151,915	280,504	353,442	381,893	577,922	577,911	557,444	554,120	552,041	557,063	-3.6
Washington	183,544	303,603	263,384	320,840	388,116	365,186	366,547	367,943	366,296	363,019	-0.6
West Virginia	63,153	81,973	84,790	87,888	152,431	157,052	146,608	142,966	140,103	139,159	-11.4
Wisconsin	202,058	269,086	299,774	307,179	384,181	358,924	341,717	340,301	336,409	332,856	-7.3
Wyoming	15,220	21,147	31,326	30,004	38,298	35,461	33,365	33,014	32,510	32,373	-8.7
U.S. Service Academies1	17,079	49,808	48,692	13,475	15,925	14,734	15,065	15,281	15,523	15,393	4.5
Other jurisdictions	67,237	137,749	164,618	194,633	264,240	255,837	241,896	192,717	212,565	200,333	-21.7
American Samoa	†	976	1,219	297	2,193	1,276	1,253	1,095	1,037	1,035	-18.9
Federated States of     Micronesia	†	224	975	1,576	2,699	2,344	2,090	2,022	1,931	1,903	-18.8
Guam	2,719	3,217	4,741	5,215	6,188	6,488	6,084	6,027	5,888	5,419	-16.5
Marshall Islands	†	†	†	328	869	1,087	978	1,032	1,119	985	-9.4
Northern Marianas	†	†	661	1,078	1,137	1,186	1,038	1,216	1,194	1,253	5.6
Palau	†	†	491	581	694	604	587	532	497	444	-26.5
Puerto Rico	63,073	131,184	154,065	183,290	247,727	240,572	227,496	178,623	198,915	187,210	-22.2
U.S. Virgin Islands	1,445	2,148	2,466	2,268	2,733	2,280	2,370	2,170	1,984	2,084	-8.6

†Not applicable.

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 2020, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared February 2021.)