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Table 304.35. Total fall enrollment in public 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 14,503,647 3,730,295 4,488,940 2,595,689 3,688,723 13,867,239 3,469,999 4,420,195 2,387,520 3,589,525 -4.4
Alabama 254,803 72,179 97,457 33,333 51,834 246,497 66,969 94,302 32,556 52,670 -3.3
Alaska 22,328 4,296 5,060 4,451 8,521 21,068 3,731 4,563 4,294 8,480 -5.6
Arizona 377,648 87,911 103,030 76,942 109,765 358,801 80,224 102,654 70,463 105,460 -5.0
Arkansas 141,930 35,451 49,099 21,984 35,396 132,962 32,860 47,407 19,633 33,062 -6.3
California 2,247,228 516,432 620,693 504,180 605,923 2,123,558 470,901 610,840 446,492 595,325 -5.5

Colorado
283,556 73,303 79,830 55,429 74,994 269,906 66,869 76,588 52,681 73,768 -4.8
Connecticut 110,665 31,223 35,818 17,180 26,444 102,990 28,880 35,476 14,513 24,121 -6.9
Delaware 42,236 12,543 17,415 4,178 8,100 41,307 12,090 17,537 3,741 7,939 -2.2
District of Columbia 4,452 968 1,185 810 1,489 3,946 829 1,115 660 1,342 -11.4
Florida 797,952 181,147 234,176 149,920 232,709 763,176 171,347 232,918 136,553 222,358 -4.4

Georgia
444,793 113,138 150,227 73,643 107,785 443,146 108,095 150,377 74,319 110,355 -0.4
Hawaii 49,977 10,966 15,339 8,793 14,879 49,594 10,247 15,262 8,676 15,409 -0.8
Idaho 78,826 18,047 21,483 15,418 23,878 74,543 17,043 21,400 13,748 22,352 -5.4
Illinois 452,464 113,966 124,597 89,549 124,352 416,364 102,993 120,882 78,503 113,986 -8.0
Indiana 332,650 88,326 104,047 57,576 82,701 323,060 85,056 102,644 55,648 79,712 -2.9

Iowa
163,912 47,291 48,664 29,223 38,734 155,359 43,653 47,151 27,158 37,397 -5.2
Kansas 177,202 46,894 52,440 32,193 45,675 163,817 43,059 50,443 28,153 42,162 -7.6
Kentucky 199,614 49,252 66,639 34,989 48,734 191,644 46,942 66,310 30,407 47,985 -4.0
Louisiana 212,960 56,705 80,937 27,863 47,455 211,202 54,573 80,856 26,608 49,165 -0.8
Maine 48,307 11,857 13,183 8,741 14,526 46,568 10,787 12,689 8,388 14,704 -3.6

Maryland
294,900 67,940 79,030 63,120 84,810 287,499 63,808 77,771 61,018 84,902 -2.5
Massachusetts 203,173 56,059 62,458 32,094 52,562 191,365 50,476 60,696 29,969 50,224 -5.8
Michigan 454,964 126,987 148,288 76,351 103,338 423,583 117,175 143,979 66,195 96,234 -6.9
Minnesota 241,752 62,854 71,549 43,240 64,109 233,822 57,120 69,244 42,459 64,999 -3.3
Mississippi 148,365 45,092 64,278 14,202 24,793 143,676 41,620 62,428 14,217 25,411 -3.2

Missouri
225,815 59,671 74,971 35,388 55,785 212,818 55,661 72,775 32,104 52,278 -5.8
Montana 44,416 14,596 15,210 5,737 8,873 41,810 13,578 14,653 5,213 8,366 -5.9
Nebraska 99,502 28,385 31,612 16,817 22,688 97,314 27,124 31,727 16,205 22,258 -2.2
Nevada 110,560 24,390 31,971 22,698 31,501 106,634 23,166 32,262 20,600 30,606 -3.6
New Hampshire 37,295 12,098 14,343 4,047 6,807 35,252 11,161 13,530 3,719 6,842 -5.5

New Jersey
327,207 97,270 109,972 50,359 69,606 307,868 89,407 106,693 45,759 66,009 -5.9
New Mexico 118,011 23,779 31,251 24,412 38,569 106,265 20,887 29,643 20,732 35,003 -10.0
New York 678,274 206,209 242,008 92,763 137,294 646,714 188,095 237,026 87,237 134,356 -4.7
North Carolina 462,926 114,000 153,033 74,405 121,488 454,499 108,011 152,513 71,501 122,474 -1.8
North Dakota 45,590 15,387 14,571 7,014 8,618 44,591 14,420 14,421 7,098 8,652 -2.2

Ohio
511,858 133,696 153,995 89,324 134,843 512,654 126,538 155,296 90,315 140,505 0.2
Oklahoma 167,941 45,066 56,898 24,751 41,226 164,809 43,377 57,028 23,920 40,484 -1.9
Oregon 189,727 50,203 57,893 37,019 44,612 174,733 44,737 55,312 32,838 41,846 -7.9
Pennsylvania 389,296 123,387 138,007 49,752 78,150 370,479 114,422 134,572 45,593 75,892 -4.8
Rhode Island 39,763 10,776 14,893 5,151 8,943 38,405 10,186 14,841 4,700 8,678 -3.4

South Carolina
197,809 58,774 74,979 22,926 41,130 192,972 56,266 73,979 21,490 41,237 -2.4
South Dakota 43,468 13,421 13,449 6,575 10,023 42,411 12,628 13,263 6,352 10,168 -2.4
Tennessee 226,345 65,029 83,715 29,358 48,243 217,485 60,463 82,588 27,698 46,736 -3.9
Texas 1,482,819 323,120 396,395 306,238 457,066 1,418,551 304,706 395,838 278,049 439,958 -4.3
Utah 189,351 48,704 51,231 41,243 48,173 189,022 48,332 52,710 39,598 48,382 -0.2

Vermont
25,131 7,259 9,898 2,571 5,403 24,124 6,564 9,634 2,516 5,410 -4.0
Virginia 384,393 107,888 127,235 61,611 87,659 377,130 103,303 126,833 59,629 87,365 -1.9
Washington 315,652 95,950 115,770 44,721 59,211 288,507 86,638 111,538 38,754 51,577 -8.6
West Virginia 81,795 25,716 30,709 9,244 16,126 75,059 24,258 30,394 7,349 13,058 -8.2
Wisconsin 274,533 75,321 84,554 49,599 65,059 261,784 70,079 82,463 45,280 63,962 -4.6
Wyoming 32,120 8,077 9,376 6,548 8,119 30,358 7,310 8,945 6,205 7,898 -5.5

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

     Other jurisdictions
68,839 24,963 33,215 4,645 6,016 65,919 23,080 31,915 4,701 6,223 -4.2
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 5,363 1,506 2,072 844 941 5,165 1,307 1,960 825 1,073 -3.7
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 55,772 21,441 27,928 2,898 3,505 53,004 19,978 26,841 2,796 3,389 -5.0
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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