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Table 304.30. Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by attendance status, sex, and state or jurisdiction: 2019 and 2020
State or jurisdiction 2019 2020 Percent
change in total,
2019 to 2020
Total Full-time Part-time Total Full-time Part-time
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
United States 19,630,178 5,275,612 6,678,801 3,088,277 4,587,488 18,991,798 4,980,417 6,610,936 2,889,128 4,511,317 -3.3
Alabama 303,023 87,981 116,834 40,182 58,026 292,181 82,168 112,647 38,919 58,447 -3.6
Alaska 23,353 4,477 5,637 4,550 8,689 22,106 3,892 5,220 4,365 8,629 -5.3
Arizona 609,144 137,180 201,133 98,069 172,762 600,103 131,580 202,767 92,578 173,178 -1.5
Arkansas 158,567 41,661 56,838 23,027 37,041 149,294 38,741 55,039 20,791 34,723 -5.8
California 2,714,753 663,306 841,951 541,203 668,293 2,579,991 609,236 828,028 482,928 659,799 -5.0

Colorado
368,124 93,517 114,125 64,957 95,525 362,267 87,570 115,026 62,853 96,818 -1.6
Connecticut 193,686 56,776 71,186 23,561 42,163 186,717 53,180 71,693 21,053 40,791 -3.6
Delaware 59,983 15,052 20,948 7,849 16,134 58,678 14,454 21,011 7,399 15,814 -2.2
District of Columbia 98,909 25,510 39,028 12,676 21,695 97,481 24,066 38,671 12,616 22,128 -1.4
Florida 1,055,664 262,900 347,531 174,742 270,491 1,027,331 255,402 348,513 161,559 261,857 -2.7

Georgia
553,779 142,295 198,641 82,853 129,990 547,389 135,738 198,333 82,926 130,392 -1.2
Hawaii 60,437 13,633 20,524 9,879 16,401 59,693 12,742 20,164 9,811 16,976 -1.2
Idaho 121,966 27,921 33,509 23,710 36,826 122,997 27,186 33,566 24,465 37,780 0.8
Illinois 718,505 190,010 229,040 113,277 186,178 681,988 176,496 224,977 102,418 178,097 -5.1
Indiana 422,922 120,615 147,792 62,946 91,569 410,949 116,850 145,077 60,853 88,169 -2.8

Iowa
218,033 67,034 71,383 33,215 46,401 208,220 62,699 69,074 31,285 45,162 -4.5
Kansas 208,520 56,251 62,203 37,456 52,610 193,119 52,633 60,292 32,475 47,719 -7.4
Kentucky 266,545 67,381 90,739 46,448 61,977 261,413 64,633 91,794 42,812 62,174 -1.9
Louisiana 243,748 65,477 97,338 29,664 51,269 243,507 63,423 98,662 28,353 53,069 -0.1
Maine 71,701 18,970 23,684 10,551 18,496 69,838 17,791 23,499 10,166 18,382 -2.6

Maryland
355,024 83,848 100,407 71,668 99,101 348,054 79,272 98,381 70,385 100,016 -2.0
Massachusetts 492,875 156,809 190,636 55,106 90,324 473,731 145,832 184,996 53,472 89,431 -3.9
Michigan 525,511 148,670 173,445 86,090 117,306 490,081 137,985 168,359 74,916 108,821 -6.7
Minnesota 402,729 90,209 126,377 60,944 125,199 395,705 83,684 125,265 59,681 127,075 -1.7
Mississippi 166,974 49,427 71,279 16,356 29,912 163,054 45,660 69,465 16,609 31,320 -2.3

Missouri
362,713 97,081 122,649 56,056 86,927 342,618 91,262 118,606 51,326 81,424 -5.5
Montana 48,066 15,851 17,067 5,879 9,269 45,461 14,822 16,566 5,351 8,722 -5.4
Nebraska 135,507 38,385 46,711 20,692 29,719 135,026 38,306 47,948 19,872 28,900 -0.4
Nevada 119,771 27,055 37,617 22,918 32,181 116,660 25,747 38,499 20,838 31,576 -2.6
New Hampshire 169,412 31,584 43,751 32,549 61,528 188,545 34,326 47,979 37,005 69,235 11.3

New Jersey
413,175 129,797 143,442 57,605 82,331 392,343 121,538 139,761 52,673 78,371 -5.0
New Mexico 121,711 24,704 33,176 24,634 39,197 110,095 21,846 31,943 20,905 35,401 -9.5
New York 1,235,691 395,003 488,666 138,552 213,470 1,182,412 367,113 473,449 132,028 209,822 -4.3
North Carolina 568,745 151,171 202,520 80,405 134,649 557,673 144,236 200,980 77,452 135,005 -1.9
North Dakota 52,388 17,426 17,623 7,621 9,718 51,308 16,372 17,295 7,778 9,863 -2.1

Ohio
656,226 184,408 218,340 99,392 154,086 654,555 175,902 219,055 100,250 159,348 -0.3
Oklahoma 192,648 54,677 67,983 26,402 43,586 189,214 52,770 67,838 25,608 42,998 -1.8
Oregon 225,552 60,497 76,869 39,182 49,004 203,759 53,213 70,000 34,933 45,613 -9.7
Pennsylvania 693,169 228,537 273,112 70,340 121,180 667,515 214,375 267,122 66,601 119,417 -3.7
Rhode Island 80,221 27,451 33,985 6,965 11,820 77,087 25,751 33,209 6,510 11,617 -3.9

South Carolina
241,572 72,436 95,726 25,749 47,661 235,009 69,127 93,733 24,381 47,768 -2.7
South Dakota 51,941 15,534 16,468 7,854 12,085 50,849 14,847 16,255 7,676 12,071 -2.1
Tennessee 324,528 96,426 131,048 35,709 61,345 316,270 90,660 129,932 34,331 61,347 -2.5
Texas 1,660,470 382,738 478,041 320,736 478,955 1,601,399 364,693 482,216 292,263 462,227 -3.6
Utah 381,186 116,672 169,082 44,138 51,294 395,572 121,019 180,321 42,670 51,562 3.8

Vermont
41,186 14,197 15,723 4,400 6,866 39,646 13,123 15,266 4,415 6,842 -3.7
Virginia 557,064 153,005 194,339 84,365 125,355 555,755 150,348 197,112 82,770 125,525 -0.2
Washington 363,019 111,373 139,407 47,744 64,495 334,059 100,763 134,116 41,978 57,202 -8.0
West Virginia 139,159 30,886 37,624 37,248 33,401 137,742 29,751 37,873 38,587 31,531 -1.0
Wisconsin 332,817 92,195 112,156 53,599 74,867 318,858 86,389 110,187 49,020 73,262 -4.2
Wyoming 32,373 8,317 9,389 6,548 8,119 30,943 7,870 8,970 6,205 7,898 -4.4

U.S. Service Academies
15,393 11,296 4,079 16 2 15,538 11,335 4,186 14 3 0.9

  Other jurisdictions
200,397 63,251 90,746 18,417 27,983 198,870 54,816 83,398 23,134 37,522 -0.8
American Samoa 1,035 205 380 117 333 1,081 225 458 121 277 4.4
Federated States of
     Micronesia
1,903 585 818 240 260 1,861 472 768 295 326 -2.2
Guam 5,419 1,528 2,096 851 944 5,438 1,400 2,096 832 1,110 0.4
Marshall Islands 985 326 376 140 143 1,162 308 336 243 275 18.0
Northern Marianas 1,253 359 620 112 162 1,255 328 631 111 185 0.2
Palau 444 135 121 68 120 553 138 142 97 176 24.5
Puerto Rico 187,274 59,707 85,435 16,663 25,469 185,682 51,621 78,188 21,222 34,651 -0.9
U.S. Virgin Islands 2,084 406 900 226 552 1,838 324 779 213 522 -11.8
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), Spring 2020 and Spring 2021, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared April 2022.)

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