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Table 304.70. | Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by level of enrollment and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 2000 through 2020 |
State or jurisdiction | Undergraduate | Postbaccalaureate | ||||||||||
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2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2020 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2020 | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
United States | 13,155,393 | 18,082,427 | 17,046,673 | 16,773,036 | 16,557,539 | 15,851,906 | 2,156,896 | 2,937,011 | 2,941,531 | 3,005,115 | 3,072,639 | 3,139,892 |
Alabama | 201,389 | 282,128 | 257,649 | 259,558 | 253,207 | 239,385 | 32,573 | 45,478 | 45,310 | 47,259 | 49,816 | 52,796 |
Alaska | 26,222 | 31,925 | 28,818 | 24,607 | 21,261 | 20,067 | 1,731 | 2,874 | 2,555 | 2,298 | 2,092 | 2,039 |
Arizona | 299,529 | 672,083 | 541,853 | 492,906 | 505,166 | 491,232 | 42,961 | 121,788 | 108,569 | 98,216 | 103,978 | 108,871 |
Arkansas | 104,580 | 156,970 | 148,630 | 142,923 | 138,247 | 128,686 | 10,592 | 18,878 | 19,772 | 21,040 | 20,320 | 20,608 |
California | 2,012,213 | 2,444,496 | 2,415,506 | 2,425,729 | 2,409,625 | 2,269,817 | 244,495 | 270,203 | 271,904 | 298,717 | 305,128 | 310,174 |
Colorado |
220,059 | 312,099 | 289,534 | 299,805 | 305,150 | 297,093 | 43,813 | 57,351 | 58,625 | 60,431 | 62,974 | 65,174 |
Connecticut | 127,715 | 163,291 | 162,925 | 160,568 | 156,595 | 149,961 | 33,528 | 36,093 | 36,741 | 36,966 | 37,091 | 36,756 |
Delaware | 37,930 | 45,848 | 47,981 | 49,068 | 49,208 | 47,788 | 5,967 | 9,410 | 12,411 | 11,270 | 10,775 | 10,890 |
District of Columbia | 40,703 | 50,330 | 50,556 | 50,565 | 53,322 | 52,272 | 31,986 | 41,662 | 43,416 | 45,434 | 45,587 | 45,209 |
Florida | 623,071 | 993,545 | 956,598 | 946,179 | 930,185 | 895,867 | 84,613 | 131,233 | 126,972 | 127,159 | 125,479 | 131,464 |
Georgia |
296,980 | 499,187 | 456,792 | 459,860 | 469,896 | 459,119 | 49,224 | 69,729 | 73,919 | 78,264 | 83,883 | 88,270 |
Hawaii | 51,783 | 68,244 | 61,367 | 56,968 | 53,860 | 53,272 | 8,399 | 9,829 | 7,965 | 7,157 | 6,577 | 6,421 |
Idaho | 58,644 | 76,998 | 113,245 | 123,597 | 113,360 | 114,341 | 6,950 | 8,203 | 7,864 | 8,206 | 8,606 | 8,656 |
Illinois | 623,018 | 748,921 | 650,597 | 604,972 | 565,216 | 525,138 | 120,900 | 157,924 | 151,614 | 152,029 | 153,289 | 156,850 |
Indiana | 273,198 | 404,033 | 369,200 | 339,666 | 353,547 | 339,430 | 41,136 | 55,460 | 57,164 | 59,136 | 69,375 | 71,519 |
Iowa |
165,360 | 339,036 | 237,013 | 224,190 | 189,777 | 180,193 | 23,614 | 42,831 | 38,093 | 36,611 | 28,256 | 28,027 |
Kansas | 156,385 | 188,326 | 191,680 | 186,155 | 180,229 | 164,547 | 23,583 | 26,523 | 28,314 | 27,842 | 28,291 | 28,572 |
Kentucky | 164,183 | 256,447 | 219,870 | 215,826 | 212,841 | 204,205 | 24,158 | 34,657 | 35,852 | 42,672 | 53,704 | 57,208 |
Louisiana | 191,517 | 230,370 | 214,594 | 210,336 | 208,140 | 205,077 | 32,283 | 33,306 | 30,711 | 31,231 | 35,608 | 38,430 |
Maine | 50,728 | 63,599 | 62,252 | 61,919 | 62,339 | 60,220 | 7,745 | 8,807 | 9,467 | 9,892 | 9,362 | 9,618 |
Maryland |
221,952 | 305,358 | 294,032 | 291,328 | 283,605 | 275,809 | 51,793 | 72,609 | 70,193 | 72,850 | 71,419 | 72,245 |
Massachusetts | 320,012 | 377,241 | 374,979 | 363,084 | 349,450 | 330,289 | 101,130 | 130,512 | 135,533 | 140,455 | 143,425 | 143,442 |
Michigan | 480,618 | 605,990 | 517,079 | 476,469 | 447,201 | 414,829 | 87,013 | 91,775 | 84,383 | 81,603 | 78,310 | 75,252 |
Minnesota | 254,632 | 346,864 | 311,536 | 297,523 | 289,319 | 282,332 | 38,813 | 118,585 | 118,930 | 115,443 | 113,410 | 113,373 |
Mississippi | 123,299 | 159,262 | 153,551 | 151,476 | 146,934 | 139,431 | 14,090 | 20,733 | 20,632 | 20,348 | 20,040 | 23,623 |
Missouri |
266,802 | 367,032 | 331,955 | 310,398 | 287,446 | 268,579 | 54,546 | 77,718 | 78,044 | 75,085 | 75,267 | 74,039 |
Montana | 38,481 | 48,446 | 46,067 | 45,207 | 42,326 | 39,589 | 3,759 | 4,836 | 4,732 | 5,435 | 5,740 | 5,872 |
Nebraska | 96,759 | 121,430 | 110,313 | 109,964 | 110,117 | 109,090 | 15,358 | 23,262 | 25,778 | 25,746 | 25,390 | 25,936 |
Nevada | 79,053 | 116,743 | 104,845 | 105,916 | 107,690 | 104,378 | 8,840 | 12,617 | 11,256 | 11,658 | 12,081 | 12,282 |
New Hampshire | 51,990 | 62,442 | 96,588 | 119,473 | 138,551 | 154,514 | 9,728 | 13,097 | 26,920 | 29,711 | 30,861 | 34,031 |
New Jersey |
284,785 | 380,060 | 360,074 | 355,613 | 349,617 | 327,565 | 51,160 | 64,032 | 63,685 | 63,424 | 63,558 | 64,778 |
New Mexico | 96,377 | 147,976 | 124,385 | 116,055 | 108,461 | 95,925 | 14,362 | 14,576 | 13,863 | 13,540 | 13,250 | 14,170 |
New York | 839,423 | 1,059,332 | 1,048,058 | 1,017,621 | 987,365 | 938,055 | 203,972 | 245,819 | 237,348 | 242,936 | 248,326 | 244,357 |
North Carolina | 358,912 | 516,254 | 490,350 | 490,174 | 492,720 | 479,932 | 45,740 | 69,538 | 72,092 | 73,937 | 76,025 | 77,741 |
North Dakota | 36,899 | 50,003 | 46,568 | 46,064 | 44,551 | 43,100 | 3,349 | 6,900 | 7,266 | 7,685 | 7,837 | 8,208 |
Ohio |
469,999 | 650,546 | 574,217 | 560,808 | 569,548 | 569,581 | 79,554 | 94,569 | 90,406 | 88,778 | 86,678 | 84,974 |
Oklahoma | 157,021 | 204,217 | 185,545 | 177,238 | 167,330 | 162,764 | 20,995 | 26,343 | 25,572 | 24,912 | 25,318 | 26,450 |
Oregon | 160,805 | 221,825 | 206,895 | 198,266 | 193,419 | 175,226 | 22,260 | 29,883 | 33,754 | 31,722 | 32,133 | 28,533 |
Pennsylvania | 506,948 | 664,384 | 598,510 | 573,388 | 548,539 | 522,501 | 102,573 | 140,256 | 137,653 | 143,637 | 144,630 | 145,014 |
Rhode Island | 65,067 | 73,974 | 71,972 | 71,400 | 68,795 | 65,628 | 10,383 | 11,136 | 10,320 | 11,365 | 11,426 | 11,459 |
South Carolina |
161,699 | 231,375 | 223,671 | 219,943 | 213,621 | 205,606 | 24,232 | 25,689 | 25,984 | 26,473 | 27,951 | 29,403 |
South Dakota | 37,497 | 50,605 | 46,901 | 46,809 | 45,146 | 43,798 | 5,724 | 7,755 | 6,763 | 6,811 | 6,795 | 7,051 |
Tennessee | 230,376 | 302,248 | 277,409 | 275,340 | 274,738 | 264,383 | 33,534 | 49,514 | 46,460 | 47,817 | 49,790 | 51,887 |
Texas | 905,649 | 1,360,528 | 1,390,972 | 1,437,389 | 1,467,577 | 1,400,605 | 128,324 | 175,336 | 188,642 | 193,131 | 192,893 | 200,794 |
Utah | 149,954 | 231,721 | 259,006 | 287,130 | 324,959 | 333,245 | 13,822 | 23,932 | 33,989 | 44,866 | 56,227 | 62,327 |
Vermont |
30,809 | 38,608 | 37,298 | 37,233 | 35,226 | 33,640 | 4,680 | 6,964 | 6,567 | 6,622 | 5,960 | 6,006 |
Virginia | 325,395 | 486,820 | 474,525 | 457,665 | 449,039 | 440,302 | 56,498 | 91,102 | 95,227 | 96,455 | 108,025 | 115,453 |
Washington | 290,292 | 351,863 | 328,355 | 331,252 | 325,723 | 295,215 | 30,548 | 36,253 | 36,489 | 36,691 | 37,296 | 38,844 |
West Virginia | 76,556 | 128,335 | 127,619 | 121,053 | 118,273 | 115,040 | 11,332 | 24,096 | 23,278 | 21,913 | 20,886 | 22,702 |
Wisconsin | 271,839 | 341,698 | 310,350 | 300,692 | 293,776 | 279,268 | 35,340 | 42,483 | 39,905 | 39,609 | 39,041 | 39,590 |
Wyoming | 26,811 | 35,466 | 31,602 | 30,408 | 29,931 | 28,456 | 3,193 | 2,832 | 2,603 | 2,606 | 2,442 | 2,487 |
U.S. Service Academies |
13,475 | 15,905 | 14,786 | 15,260 | 15,375 | 15,521 | † | 20 | 26 | 21 | 18 | 17 |
Other jurisdictions |
174,410 | 234,281 | 218,927 | 166,387 | 171,316 | 169,431 | 20,223 | 29,959 | 28,959 | 26,330 | 29,081 | 29,439 |
American Samoa | 297 | 2,193 | 1,285 | 1,095 | 1,035 | 1,081 | † | † | † | † | † | † |
Federated States of Micronesia |
1,576 | 2,699 | 2,215 | 2,022 | 1,903 | 1,861 | † | † | † | † | † | † |
Guam | 4,746 | 5,857 | 6,095 | 5,689 | 5,069 | 5,107 | 469 | 331 | 300 | 338 | 350 | 331 |
Marshall Islands | 328 | 869 | 995 | 1,032 | 985 | 1,162 | † | † | † | † | † | † |
Northern Marianas | 1,078 | 1,137 | 1,157 | 1,216 | 1,253 | 1,255 | † | † | † | † | † | † |
Palau | 581 | 694 | 627 | 532 | 444 | 553 | † | † | † | † | † | † |
Puerto Rico | 163,690 | 218,312 | 204,415 | 152,903 | 158,777 | 156,825 | 19,600 | 29,415 | 28,476 | 25,720 | 28,497 | 28,857 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 2,114 | 2,520 | 2,138 | 1,898 | 1,850 | 1,587 | 154 | 213 | 183 | 272 | 234 | 251 |
†Not applicable. | ||||||||||||
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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), selected years, Spring 2001 through Spring 2021, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared April 2022.) |