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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
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.
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.)

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