Table 304.15.

Total fall enrollment in public 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	6,428,134		9,457,394		10,844,717		11,752,786	15,142,171	14,654,660	14,585,840	14,571,739	14,539,257	14,501,057	-1.0
Alabama	87,884		143,674		195,939		207,435	267,083	246,989	251,038	254,071	255,087	254,803	3.2
Alaska	8,563		20,561		27,792		26,559	32,303	29,892	27,352	25,850	24,649	22,328	-25.3
Arizona	107,315		194,034		248,213		284,522	366,976	354,997	361,400	366,787	367,201	377,648	6.4
Arkansas	43,599		66,068		78,645		101,775	155,780	151,399	149,298	146,578	143,288	141,950	-6.2
California	1,123,529		1,599,838		1,594,710		1,927,771	2,223,163	2,167,818	2,228,592	2,257,256	2,261,432	2,247,228	3.7
Colorado	108,562		145,598		200,653		217,897	269,433	268,041	272,668	278,909	279,495	283,555	5.8
Connecticut	73,391		97,788		109,556		101,027	127,194	122,303	117,345	116,090	114,529	110,665	-9.5
Delaware	21,151		28,325		34,252		34,194	39,935	41,012	41,816	42,321	42,601	42,236	3.0
District of Columbia	12,194		13,900		11,990		5,499	5,840	5,115	4,587	4,529	4,500	4,452	-13.0
Florida	189,450		334,349		489,081		556,912	790,027	795,628	797,048	798,045	800,715	797,952	0.3
Georgia	101,900		140,158		196,413		271,755	436,047	413,711	422,159	428,586	435,744	444,793	7.5
Hawaii	32,963		43,269		45,728		44,579	60,090	57,052	53,418	51,674	51,063	49,977	-12.4
Idaho	27,072		34,491		41,315		53,751	64,204	76,806	74,667	75,792	77,128	78,824	2.6
Illinois	315,634		491,274		551,333		534,155	585,515	529,462	492,578	478,042	465,229	452,464	-14.5
Indiana	136,739		189,224		223,953		240,023	337,705	328,442	319,581	301,562	296,140	332,650	1.3
Iowa	68,390		97,454		117,834		135,008	177,781	169,896	171,075	170,262	199,231	163,912	-3.5
Kansas	88,215		121,987		149,117		159,976	185,623	183,084	180,170	179,624	179,600	177,220	-3.2
Kentucky	77,240		114,884		147,095		151,973	229,725	213,043	205,431	202,266	199,739	199,614	-6.3
Louisiana	101,127		136,703		158,290		189,213	224,811	210,943	208,254	210,166	210,700	212,960	1.0
Maine	25,405		31,878		41,500		40,662	50,903	48,354	47,763	46,999	48,332	48,307	-0.1
Maryland	118,988		195,051		220,783		223,797	309,779	305,156	306,892	303,614	301,957	294,789	-3.4
Massachusetts	116,127		183,765		186,035		183,248	224,542	226,213	218,465	213,388	208,134	202,793	-10.4
Michigan	339,625		454,147		487,359		467,861	562,448	514,712	492,771	478,735	466,491	454,948	-11.6
Minnesota	130,567		162,379		199,211		218,617	276,176	259,695	253,239	249,385	245,391	241,752	-6.9
Mississippi	64,968		90,661		109,038		125,355	161,493	152,092	153,082	152,392	150,583	148,360	-2.5
Missouri	132,540		165,179		200,093		201,509	256,030	252,980	244,921	237,454	232,040	226,010	-10.7
Montana	27,287		31,178		31,865		37,387	48,231	47,024	46,262	46,002	44,925	44,416	-5.5
Nebraska	51,454		73,509		94,614		88,531	107,979	99,821	101,032	101,038	100,594	99,502	-0.3
Nevada	13,576		40,280		61,242		83,120	113,103	106,028	106,196	107,864	108,658	110,560	4.3
New Hampshire	15,979		24,119		32,163		35,870	44,077	42,904	41,170	39,761	38,742	37,221	-13.2
New Jersey	145,373		247,028		261,601		266,921	358,256	351,357	337,099	334,597	329,037	327,207	-6.9
New Mexico	40,795		55,077		83,403		101,450	150,844	138,311	129,038	125,381	120,293	118,116	-14.6
New York	449,437		563,251		616,884		583,417	723,500	721,850	700,875	697,458	690,268	678,392	-6.0
North Carolina	123,761		228,154		285,405		329,422	475,064	455,100	450,080	454,998	455,694	462,970	1.7
North Dakota	30,192		31,709		34,690		36,014	48,904	48,292	47,964	47,574	46,531	45,590	-5.6
Ohio	281,099		381,765		427,613		411,161	547,551	510,244	501,146	497,409	495,586	511,858	0.3
Oklahoma	91,438		137,188		151,073		153,699	197,641	182,449	177,629	174,239	170,979	167,949	-7.9
Oregon	108,483		140,102		144,427		154,756	208,001	201,645	197,819	192,402	191,943	189,901	-5.8
Pennsylvania	232,982		292,499		343,478		339,229	432,923	413,591	406,346	401,045	392,771	389,298	-5.9
Rhode Island	25,527		35,052		42,350		38,458	43,224	42,765	41,369	41,018	40,082	39,763	-7.0
South Carolina	47,101		107,683		131,134		155,519	205,080	205,756	200,295	200,622	196,525	197,809	-3.9
South Dakota	23,936		24,328		26,596		34,857	44,569	44,132	44,305	44,630	43,871	43,468	-1.5
Tennessee	98,897		156,835		175,049		202,530	242,486	224,033	221,288	223,179	225,298	226,346	1.0
Texas	365,522		613,552		802,314		896,534	1,334,110	1,365,664	1,423,205	1,448,398	1,467,033	1,480,149	8.4
Utah	49,588		59,598		86,108		123,046	179,061	167,716	175,308	180,034	183,949	189,351	12.9
Vermont	12,536		17,984		20,910		20,021	27,524	25,643	25,736	25,300	25,197	25,131	-2.0
Virginia	123,279		246,500		291,286		313,780	409,004	399,359	389,446	389,251	384,879	384,393	-3.7
Washington	162,718		276,028		227,632		273,928	330,853	312,523	315,356	318,336	318,625	315,652	1.0
West Virginia	51,363		71,228		74,108		76,136	96,104	87,842	85,099	83,898	81,605	81,795	-6.9
Wisconsin	170,374		235,179		253,529		249,737	301,259	286,726	278,300	279,097	277,178	274,517	-4.3
Wyoming	15,220		21,121		30,623		28,715	36,292	34,316	32,802	32,550	32,472	32,120	-6.4
U.S. Service Academies	17,079	1	49,808	1	48,692	1	13,475	15,925	14,734	15,065	15,281	15,523	15,393	4
Other jurisdictions	46,680		60,692		66,244		84,464	83,719	77,716	81,479	37,419	72,399	68,841	-11.4
American Samoa	0		976		1,219		297	2,193	1,276	1,253	1,095	1,037	1,035	-18.9
Federated States of     Micronesia	0		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	6,103	6,416	6,017	5,972	5,826	5,363	-16.4
Marshall Islands	0		0		0		328	869	1,087	978	1,032	1,119	985	-9.4
Northern Marianas	0		0		661		1,078	1,137	1,186	1,038	1,216	1,194	1,253	5.6
Palau	0		0		491		581	694	604	587	532	497	444	-26.5
Puerto Rico	42,516		54,127		55,691		73,121	67,291	62,523	67,146	23,380	58,811	55,774	-10.8
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

1 Data prior to 2000 included other Department of Defense institutions, such as the Community College of the Air Force and the Naval Postgraduate School.

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.)