Table 304.15.

Total fall enrollment in public 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	6,428,134		9,457,394		10,844,717		11,752,786	15,142,171	14,572,843	14,571,739	14,539,257	14,503,647	13,867,239	-4.8
Alabama	87,884		143,674		195,939		207,435	267,083	247,450	254,071	255,087	254,803	246,497	-0.4
Alaska	8,563		20,561		27,792		26,559	32,303	28,429	25,850	24,649	22,328	21,068	-25.9
Arizona	107,315		194,034		248,213		284,522	366,976	360,976	366,787	367,201	377,648	358,801	-0.6
Arkansas	43,599		66,068		78,645		101,775	155,780	150,165	146,578	143,288	141,930	132,962	-11.5
California	1,123,529		1,599,838		1,594,710		1,927,771	2,223,163	2,202,258	2,257,256	2,261,432	2,247,228	2,123,558	-3.6
Colorado	108,562		145,598		200,653		217,897	269,433	265,828	278,909	279,495	283,556	269,906	1.5
Connecticut	73,391		97,788		109,556		101,027	127,194	119,766	116,090	114,529	110,665	102,990	-14.0
Delaware	21,151		28,325		34,252		34,194	39,935	40,611	42,321	42,601	42,236	41,307	1.7
District of Columbia	12,194		13,900		11,990		5,499	5,840	5,118	4,529	4,500	4,452	3,946	-22.9
Florida	189,450		334,349		489,081		556,912	790,027	794,390	798,045	800,715	797,952	763,176	-3.9
Georgia	101,900		140,158		196,413		271,755	436,047	417,860	428,586	435,744	444,793	443,146	6.1
Hawaii	32,963		43,269		45,728		44,579	60,090	55,756	51,674	51,063	49,977	49,594	-11.1
Idaho	27,072		34,491		41,315		53,751	64,204	72,339	75,792	77,128	78,826	74,543	3.0
Illinois	315,634		491,274		551,333		534,155	585,515	509,104	478,042	465,229	452,464	416,364	-18.2
Indiana	136,739		189,224		223,953		240,023	337,705	321,501	301,562	296,140	332,650	323,060	0.5
Iowa	68,390		97,454		117,834		135,008	177,781	171,005	170,262	199,231	163,912	155,359	-9.1
Kansas	88,215		121,987		149,117		159,976	185,623	179,532	179,624	179,600	177,202	163,817	-8.8
Kentucky	77,240		114,884		147,095		151,973	229,725	205,908	202,266	199,739	199,614	191,644	-6.9
Louisiana	101,127		136,703		158,290		189,213	224,811	212,098	210,166	210,700	212,960	211,202	-0.4
Maine	25,405		31,878		41,500		40,662	50,903	47,408	46,999	48,332	48,307	46,568	-1.8
Maryland	118,988		195,051		220,783		223,797	309,779	303,849	303,614	301,957	294,900	287,499	-5.4
Massachusetts	116,127		183,765		186,035		183,248	224,542	222,243	213,388	208,134	203,173	191,365	-13.9
Michigan	339,625		454,147		487,359		467,861	562,448	501,411	478,735	466,491	454,964	423,583	-15.5
Minnesota	130,567		162,379		199,211		218,617	276,176	256,187	249,385	245,391	241,752	233,822	-8.7
Mississippi	64,968		90,661		109,038		125,355	161,493	155,334	152,392	150,583	148,365	143,676	-7.5
Missouri	132,540		165,179		200,093		201,509	256,030	248,516	237,454	232,040	225,815	212,818	-14.4
Montana	27,287		31,178		31,865		37,387	48,231	45,935	46,002	44,925	44,416	41,810	-9.0
Nebraska	51,454		73,509		94,614		88,531	107,979	100,030	101,038	100,594	99,502	97,314	-2.7
Nevada	13,576		40,280		61,242		83,120	113,103	104,418	107,864	108,658	110,560	106,634	2.1
New Hampshire	15,979		24,119		32,163		35,870	44,077	42,628	39,761	38,742	37,295	35,252	-17.3
New Jersey	145,373		247,028		261,601		266,921	358,256	339,722	334,597	329,037	327,207	307,868	-9.4
New Mexico	40,795		55,077		83,403		101,450	150,844	131,343	125,381	120,293	118,011	106,265	-19.1
New York	449,437		563,251		616,884		583,417	723,500	709,243	697,458	690,268	678,274	646,714	-8.8
North Carolina	123,761		228,154		285,405		329,422	475,064	448,055	454,998	455,694	462,926	454,499	1.4
North Dakota	30,192		31,709		34,690		36,014	48,904	48,191	47,574	46,531	45,590	44,591	-7.5
Ohio	281,099		381,765		427,613		411,161	547,551	501,677	497,409	495,586	511,858	512,654	2.2
Oklahoma	91,438		137,188		151,073		153,699	197,641	179,008	174,239	170,979	167,941	164,809	-7.9
Oregon	108,483		140,102		144,427		154,756	208,001	197,948	192,402	191,943	189,727	174,733	-11.7
Pennsylvania	232,982		292,499		343,478		339,229	432,923	408,522	401,045	392,771	389,296	370,479	-9.3
Rhode Island	25,527		35,052		42,350		38,458	43,224	41,320	41,018	40,082	39,763	38,405	-7.1
South Carolina	47,101		107,683		131,134		155,519	205,080	202,487	200,622	196,525	197,809	192,972	-4.7
South Dakota	23,936		24,328		26,596		34,857	44,569	44,254	44,630	43,871	43,468	42,411	-4.2
Tennessee	98,897		156,835		175,049		202,530	242,486	223,411	223,179	225,298	226,345	217,485	-2.7
Texas	365,522		613,552		802,314		896,534	1,334,110	1,388,266	1,448,398	1,467,033	1,482,819	1,418,551	2.2
Utah	49,588		59,598		86,108		123,046	179,061	170,689	180,034	183,949	189,351	189,022	10.7
Vermont	12,536		17,984		20,910		20,021	27,524	25,383	25,300	25,197	25,131	24,124	-5.0
Virginia	123,279		246,500		291,286		313,780	409,004	394,210	389,251	384,879	384,393	377,130	-4.3
Washington	162,718		276,028		227,632		273,928	330,853	313,964	318,336	318,625	315,652	288,507	-8.1
West Virginia	51,363		71,228		74,108		76,136	96,104	86,342	83,898	81,605	81,795	75,059	-13.1
Wisconsin	170,374		235,179		253,529		249,737	301,259	282,250	279,097	277,178	274,533	261,784	-7.3
Wyoming	15,220		21,121		30,623		28,715	36,292	33,693	32,550	32,472	32,120	30,358	-9.9
U.S. Service Academies	17,079	1	49,808	1	48,692	1	13,475	15,925	14,812	15,281	15,523	15,393	15,538	4.9
Other jurisdictions	46,680		60,692		66,244		84,464	83,719	80,129	37,419	72,399	68,839	65,919	-17.7
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	6,103	6,325	5,972	5,826	5,363	5,165	-18.3
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	42,516		54,127		55,691		73,121	67,291	65,204	23,380	58,811	55,772	53,004	-18.7
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 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 2021, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared April 2022.)