Table 304.10.

Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2020

State or jurisdiction	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2015	2017	2018	2019	2020	Percent change, 2015 to 2020
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	19,988,204	19,778,151	19,651,412	19,630,178	18,991,798	-5.0
Alabama	103,936	164,306	218,589	233,962	327,606	302,959	306,817	304,182	303,023	292,181	-3.6
Alaska	9,471	21,296	29,833	27,953	34,799	31,373	26,905	25,692	23,353	22,106	-29.5
Arizona	109,619	202,716	264,148	342,490	793,871	650,422	591,122	581,985	609,144	600,103	-7.7
Arkansas	52,039	77,347	90,425	115,172	175,848	168,402	163,963	160,644	158,567	149,294	-11.3
California	1,257,245	1,791,088	1,808,740	2,256,708	2,714,699	2,687,410	2,724,446	2,723,547	2,714,753	2,579,991	-4.0
Colorado	123,395	162,916	227,131	263,872	369,450	348,159	360,236	360,537	368,124	362,267	4.1
Connecticut	124,700	159,632	168,604	161,243	199,384	199,666	197,534	197,236	193,686	186,717	-6.5
Delaware	25,260	32,939	42,004	43,897	55,258	60,392	60,338	60,010	59,983	58,678	-2.8
District of Columbia	77,158	86,675	79,551	72,689	91,992	93,972	95,999	97,776	98,909	97,481	3.7
Florida	235,525	411,891	588,086	707,684	1,124,778	1,083,570	1,073,338	1,067,147	1,055,664	1,027,331	-5.2
Georgia	126,511	184,159	251,786	346,204	568,916	530,711	538,124	543,141	553,779	547,389	3.1
Hawaii	36,562	49,009	56,436	60,182	78,073	69,332	64,125	61,855	60,437	59,693	-13.9
Idaho	34,567	43,018	51,881	65,594	85,201	121,109	131,803	123,482	121,966	122,997	1.6
Illinois	452,146	645,288	729,246	743,918	906,845	802,211	757,001	738,448	718,505	681,988	-15.0
Indiana	192,668	247,253	284,832	314,334	459,493	426,364	398,802	388,193	422,922	410,949	-3.6
Iowa	108,902	140,449	170,515	188,974	381,867	275,106	260,801	254,049	218,033	208,220	-24.3
Kansas	102,485	136,605	163,733	179,968	214,849	219,994	213,997	212,734	208,520	193,119	-12.2
Kentucky	98,591	143,066	177,852	188,341	291,104	255,722	258,498	262,544	266,545	261,413	2.2
Louisiana	120,728	160,058	186,840	223,800	263,676	245,305	241,567	241,296	243,748	243,507	-0.7
Maine	34,134	43,264	57,186	58,473	72,406	71,719	71,811	71,773	71,701	69,838	-2.6
Maryland	149,607	225,180	259,700	273,745	377,967	364,225	364,178	361,440	355,024	348,054	-4.4
Massachusetts	303,809	418,415	417,833	421,142	507,753	510,512	503,539	500,076	492,875	473,731	-7.2
Michigan	392,726	520,131	569,803	567,631	697,765	601,462	558,072	540,750	525,511	490,081	-18.5
Minnesota	160,788	206,691	253,789	293,445	465,449	430,466	412,966	409,005	402,729	395,705	-8.1
Mississippi	73,967	102,364	122,883	137,389	179,995	174,183	171,824	169,360	166,974	163,054	-6.4
Missouri	183,930	233,378	289,899	321,348	444,750	409,999	385,483	374,401	362,713	342,618	-16.4
Montana	30,062	35,177	35,876	42,240	53,282	50,799	50,642	49,363	48,066	45,461	-10.5
Nebraska	66,915	89,488	112,831	112,117	144,692	136,091	135,710	134,938	135,507	135,026	-0.8
Nevada	13,669	40,455	61,728	87,893	129,360	116,101	117,574	117,798	119,771	116,660	0.5
New Hampshire	29,400	46,794	59,510	61,718	75,539	123,508	149,184	160,750	169,412	188,545	52.7
New Jersey	216,121	321,610	324,286	335,945	444,092	423,759	419,037	414,416	413,175	392,343	-7.4
New Mexico	44,461	58,629	85,500	110,739	162,552	138,248	129,595	123,297	121,711	110,095	-20.4
New York	806,479	992,349	1,048,286	1,043,395	1,305,151	1,285,406	1,260,557	1,250,504	1,235,691	1,182,412	-8.0
North Carolina	171,925	287,537	352,138	404,652	585,792	562,442	564,111	563,122	568,745	557,673	-0.8
North Dakota	31,495	34,069	37,878	40,248	56,903	53,834	53,749	53,285	52,388	51,308	-4.7
Ohio	376,267	488,938	557,690	549,553	745,115	664,623	649,586	644,733	656,226	654,555	-1.5
Oklahoma	110,155	160,295	173,221	178,016	230,560	211,117	202,150	196,023	192,648	189,214	-10.4
Oregon	122,177	157,458	165,741	183,065	251,708	240,649	229,988	228,089	225,552	203,759	-15.3
Pennsylvania	411,044	507,716	604,060	609,521	804,640	736,163	717,025	700,100	693,169	667,515	-9.3
Rhode Island	45,898	66,869	78,273	75,450	85,110	82,292	82,765	80,731	80,221	77,087	-6.3
South Carolina	69,518	132,476	159,302	185,931	257,064	249,655	246,416	239,978	241,572	235,009	-5.9
South Dakota	30,639	32,761	34,208	43,221	58,360	53,664	53,620	53,365	51,941	50,849	-5.2
Tennessee	135,103	204,841	226,238	263,910	351,762	323,869	323,157	322,064	324,528	316,270	-2.3
Texas	442,225	701,391	901,437	1,033,973	1,535,864	1,579,614	1,630,520	1,641,985	1,660,470	1,601,399	1.4
Utah	81,687	92,159	121,303	163,776	255,653	292,995	331,996	359,772	381,186	395,572	35.0
Vermont	22,209	30,628	36,398	35,489	45,572	43,865	43,855	42,914	41,186	39,646	-9.6
Virginia	151,915	280,504	353,442	381,893	577,922	569,752	554,120	552,041	557,064	555,755	-2.5
Washington	183,544	303,603	263,384	320,840	388,116	364,844	367,943	366,296	363,019	334,059	-8.4
West Virginia	63,153	81,973	84,790	87,888	152,431	150,897	142,966	140,103	139,159	137,742	-8.7
Wisconsin	202,058	269,086	299,774	307,179	384,181	350,255	340,301	336,409	332,817	318,858	-9.0
Wyoming	15,220	21,147	31,326	30,004	38,298	34,205	33,014	32,510	32,373	30,943	-9.5
U.S. Service Academies1	17,079	49,808	48,692	13,475	15,925	14,812	15,281	15,523	15,393	15,538	4.9
Other jurisdictions	67,237	137,749	164,618	194,633	264,240	247,886	192,717	212,565	200,397	198,870	-19.8
American Samoa	0	976	1,219	297	2,193	1,285	1,095	1,037	1,035	1,081	-15.9
Federated States of      Micronesia	†	224	975	1,576	2,699	2,215	2,022	1,931	1,903	1,861	-16.0
Guam	2,719	3,217	4,741	5,215	6,188	6,395	6,027	5,888	5,419	5,438	-15.0
Marshall Islands	†	†	†	328	869	995	1,032	1,119	985	1,162	16.8
Northern Marianas	†	†	661	1,078	1,137	1,157	1,216	1,194	1,253	1,255	8.5
Palau	†	†	491	581	694	627	532	497	444	553	-11.8
Puerto Rico	63,073	131,184	154,065	183,290	247,727	232,891	178,623	198,915	187,274	185,682	-20.3
U.S. Virgin Islands	1,445	2,148	2,466	2,268	2,733	2,321	2,170	1,984	2,084	1,838	-20.8

†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 2021, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared April 2022.)