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Table 305.20. | Total fall enrollment of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by attendance status, sex of student, control of institution, and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 2000 through 2020 |
State or jurisdiction | Total, fall 2000 | Total, fall 2010 | Total, fall 2017 | Total, fall 2018 | Total, fall 2019 | Fall 2020 | ||||||||
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Total | Full-time | Part-time | Public | Private | ||||||||||
Total | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | |||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
United States | 2,427,551 | 3,156,727 | 2,883,001 | 2,879,882 | 2,857,215 | 2,603,215 | 2,173,451 | 961,732 | 1,211,719 | 429,764 | 185,797 | 243,967 | 2,002,723 | 600,492 |
Alabama | 43,411 | 52,990 | 50,263 | 48,346 | 47,956 | 43,184 | 38,306 | 16,333 | 21,973 | 4,878 | 2,133 | 2,745 | 38,700 | 4,484 |
Alaska | 2,432 | 5,400 | 3,234 | 2,931 | 2,579 | 2,258 | 1,709 | 625 | 1,084 | 549 | 202 | 347 | 1,896 | 362 |
Arizona | 46,646 | 76,832 | 62,440 | 61,780 | 65,778 | 60,043 | 45,257 | 19,484 | 25,773 | 14,786 | 6,079 | 8,707 | 44,051 | 15,992 |
Arkansas | 22,695 | 29,321 | 26,779 | 26,551 | 26,037 | 23,812 | 21,447 | 9,222 | 12,225 | 2,365 | 1,014 | 1,351 | 20,807 | 3,005 |
California | 246,128 | 402,832 | 390,289 | 384,329 | 381,792 | 332,126 | 243,123 | 106,982 | 136,141 | 89,003 | 43,774 | 45,229 | 293,618 | 38,508 |
Colorado |
43,201 | 54,594 | 45,436 | 45,827 | 46,698 | 43,199 | 34,582 | 15,443 | 19,139 | 8,617 | 3,382 | 5,235 | 33,918 | 9,281 |
Connecticut | 24,212 | 32,719 | 31,804 | 31,868 | 31,632 | 30,349 | 26,249 | 11,372 | 14,877 | 4,100 | 1,455 | 2,645 | 17,520 | 12,829 |
Delaware | 7,636 | 8,947 | 10,051 | 9,861 | 9,734 | 8,750 | 7,313 | 2,932 | 4,381 | 1,437 | 514 | 923 | 7,766 | 984 |
District of Columbia | 9,150 | 10,747 | 10,617 | 10,506 | 10,702 | 9,493 | 8,822 | 3,011 | 5,811 | 671 | 229 | 442 | 391 | 9,102 |
Florida | 109,931 | 176,040 | 160,114 | 160,176 | 157,584 | 141,207 | 113,139 | 48,666 | 64,473 | 28,068 | 11,529 | 16,539 | 104,969 | 36,238 |
Georgia |
67,616 | 100,140 | 85,737 | 87,325 | 87,883 | 83,076 | 69,841 | 28,940 | 40,901 | 13,235 | 5,673 | 7,562 | 69,253 | 13,823 |
Hawaii | 8,931 | 10,740 | 8,691 | 8,645 | 8,438 | 8,157 | 6,405 | 2,376 | 4,029 | 1,752 | 701 | 1,051 | 6,591 | 1,566 |
Idaho | 10,669 | 12,668 | 15,450 | 14,828 | 16,321 | 15,382 | 12,702 | 5,585 | 7,117 | 2,680 | 1,173 | 1,507 | 9,839 | 5,543 |
Illinois | 107,592 | 114,467 | 92,736 | 92,460 | 92,515 | 83,662 | 71,921 | 33,162 | 38,759 | 11,741 | 5,314 | 6,427 | 56,892 | 26,770 |
Indiana | 59,320 | 82,406 | 62,696 | 64,896 | 64,973 | 59,867 | 52,976 | 24,359 | 28,617 | 6,891 | 3,003 | 3,888 | 45,015 | 14,852 |
Iowa |
39,564 | 47,257 | 38,056 | 35,591 | 34,306 | 32,541 | 29,436 | 14,776 | 14,660 | 3,105 | 1,161 | 1,944 | 24,485 | 8,056 |
Kansas | 31,424 | 33,544 | 32,379 | 30,783 | 30,465 | 27,681 | 23,882 | 11,776 | 12,106 | 3,799 | 1,660 | 2,139 | 23,413 | 4,268 |
Kentucky | 34,140 | 43,735 | 37,257 | 38,634 | 38,027 | 35,624 | 31,143 | 13,021 | 18,122 | 4,481 | 1,855 | 2,626 | 28,558 | 7,066 |
Louisiana | 45,383 | 43,144 | 39,782 | 40,928 | 40,030 | 38,577 | 34,424 | 14,069 | 20,355 | 4,153 | 1,644 | 2,509 | 33,276 | 5,301 |
Maine | 9,231 | 12,203 | 11,597 | 11,665 | 11,542 | 10,631 | 9,385 | 4,298 | 5,087 | 1,246 | 504 | 742 | 6,957 | 3,674 |
Maryland |
35,552 | 51,104 | 44,436 | 44,794 | 43,240 | 40,065 | 31,824 | 14,366 | 17,458 | 8,241 | 3,546 | 4,695 | 33,634 | 6,431 |
Massachusetts | 66,044 | 76,857 | 73,366 | 71,853 | 70,742 | 63,403 | 57,996 | 25,853 | 32,143 | 5,407 | 2,252 | 3,155 | 28,275 | 35,128 |
Michigan | 84,998 | 101,063 | 83,041 | 81,947 | 81,805 | 73,869 | 61,001 | 27,560 | 33,441 | 12,868 | 5,456 | 7,412 | 64,309 | 9,560 |
Minnesota | 63,893 | 55,723 | 44,752 | 44,188 | 43,178 | 39,320 | 33,538 | 15,702 | 17,836 | 5,782 | 2,493 | 3,289 | 29,215 | 10,105 |
Mississippi | 30,356 | 37,034 | 31,145 | 31,041 | 29,644 | 25,463 | 23,472 | 10,086 | 13,386 | 1,991 | 833 | 1,158 | 23,856 | 1,607 |
Missouri |
48,639 | 64,381 | 52,028 | 50,900 | 49,457 | 45,810 | 40,810 | 18,170 | 22,640 | 5,000 | 2,216 | 2,784 | 33,409 | 12,401 |
Montana | 7,771 | 9,959 | 8,770 | 8,511 | 8,400 | 7,795 | 6,761 | 3,415 | 3,346 | 1,034 | 438 | 596 | 7,006 | 789 |
Nebraska | 19,027 | 19,284 | 17,883 | 18,258 | 18,182 | 18,006 | 16,231 | 7,567 | 8,664 | 1,775 | 765 | 1,010 | 14,655 | 3,351 |
Nevada | 10,490 | 18,572 | 17,169 | 18,143 | 17,590 | 15,647 | 13,032 | 5,212 | 7,820 | 2,615 | 1,154 | 1,461 | 14,646 | 1,001 |
New Hampshire | 13,143 | 13,613 | 18,388 | 20,405 | 20,908 | 25,252 | 12,865 | 5,465 | 7,400 | 12,387 | 4,185 | 8,202 | 6,816 | 18,436 |
New Jersey |
52,233 | 71,296 | 65,109 | 65,246 | 65,325 | 56,010 | 49,943 | 23,198 | 26,745 | 6,067 | 2,728 | 3,339 | 45,462 | 10,548 |
New Mexico | 15,261 | 22,353 | 18,282 | 16,729 | 16,547 | 14,652 | 11,401 | 4,909 | 6,492 | 3,251 | 1,289 | 1,962 | 14,212 | 440 |
New York | 168,181 | 197,849 | 187,805 | 188,267 | 186,061 | 168,769 | 160,594 | 73,036 | 87,558 | 8,175 | 3,612 | 4,563 | 99,131 | 69,638 |
North Carolina | 69,343 | 92,627 | 88,204 | 88,000 | 87,335 | 81,625 | 66,778 | 28,661 | 38,117 | 14,847 | 6,126 | 8,721 | 63,846 | 17,779 |
North Dakota | 8,929 | 9,073 | 8,874 | 8,362 | 8,132 | 8,043 | 7,625 | 3,922 | 3,703 | 418 | 170 | 248 | 7,075 | 968 |
Ohio |
98,823 | 123,063 | 99,542 | 107,440 | 102,360 | 96,576 | 80,620 | 36,433 | 44,187 | 15,956 | 5,824 | 10,132 | 73,369 | 23,207 |
Oklahoma | 35,094 | 39,107 | 35,306 | 33,652 | 33,131 | 32,224 | 26,071 | 11,379 | 14,692 | 6,153 | 2,317 | 3,836 | 28,467 | 3,757 |
Oregon | 26,946 | 35,442 | 32,002 | 32,046 | 32,276 | 28,134 | 22,270 | 9,658 | 12,612 | 5,864 | 2,570 | 3,294 | 24,202 | 3,932 |
Pennsylvania | 125,578 | 144,184 | 122,264 | 118,675 | 115,996 | 105,386 | 95,466 | 43,120 | 52,346 | 9,920 | 3,793 | 6,127 | 62,291 | 43,095 |
Rhode Island | 13,789 | 15,698 | 14,602 | 14,959 | 15,695 | 14,593 | 13,667 | 6,151 | 7,516 | 926 | 409 | 517 | 7,423 | 7,170 |
South Carolina |
32,353 | 47,535 | 46,455 | 45,918 | 45,409 | 41,317 | 37,089 | 15,929 | 21,160 | 4,228 | 1,687 | 2,541 | 33,606 | 7,711 |
South Dakota | 8,597 | 10,074 | 8,673 | 8,646 | 8,426 | 8,060 | 7,389 | 3,675 | 3,714 | 671 | 224 | 447 | 6,916 | 1,144 |
Tennessee | 43,327 | 59,279 | 58,398 | 57,506 | 56,792 | 52,941 | 49,089 | 20,409 | 28,680 | 3,852 | 1,457 | 2,395 | 38,445 | 14,496 |
Texas | 181,813 | 228,503 | 242,984 | 243,893 | 246,478 | 218,202 | 167,355 | 72,441 | 94,914 | 50,847 | 22,284 | 28,563 | 189,285 | 28,917 |
Utah | 24,953 | 35,126 | 34,851 | 40,979 | 35,720 | 36,613 | 31,103 | 13,648 | 17,455 | 5,510 | 2,704 | 2,806 | 27,122 | 9,491 |
Vermont |
6,810 | 8,242 | 7,393 | 7,249 | 6,757 | 6,132 | 5,537 | 2,554 | 2,983 | 595 | 216 | 379 | 3,819 | 2,313 |
Virginia | 52,661 | 83,166 | 79,374 | 79,615 | 80,548 | 73,716 | 62,370 | 27,611 | 34,759 | 11,346 | 4,841 | 6,505 | 57,413 | 16,303 |
Washington | 36,287 | 41,124 | 48,447 | 48,368 | 49,345 | 42,843 | 37,412 | 16,045 | 21,367 | 5,431 | 2,204 | 3,227 | 36,287 | 6,556 |
West Virginia | 15,659 | 23,020 | 18,077 | 17,106 | 17,256 | 16,811 | 14,172 | 6,232 | 7,940 | 2,639 | 1,539 | 1,100 | 12,860 | 3,951 |
Wisconsin | 53,662 | 61,249 | 50,654 | 50,349 | 50,250 | 47,662 | 39,750 | 18,002 | 21,748 | 7,912 | 3,245 | 4,667 | 39,340 | 8,322 |
Wyoming | 4,209 | 6,042 | 5,173 | 4,828 | 5,232 | 4,603 | 4,104 | 1,969 | 2,135 | 499 | 221 | 278 | 4,362 | 241 |
U.S. Service Academies |
3,818 | 4,359 | 4,146 | 4,079 | 4,006 | 4,054 | 4,054 | 2,922 | 1,132 | † | † | † | 4,054 | † |
Other jurisdictions |
39,609 | 52,222 | 31,606 | 37,759 | 32,863 | 31,157 | 25,464 | 11,053 | 14,411 | 5,693 | 2,431 | 3,262 | 12,726 | 18,431 |
American Samoa | 297 | 657 | 381 | 309 | 292 | 368 | 281 | 103 | 178 | 87 | 41 | 46 | 368 | † |
Federated States of Micronesia |
786 | 653 | 647 | 698 | 665 | 660 | 504 | 203 | 301 | 156 | 85 | 71 | 660 | † |
Guam | 770 | 1,043 | 1,275 | 1,093 | 1,006 | 1,286 | 913 | 395 | 518 | 373 | 153 | 220 | 1,113 | 173 |
Marshall Islands | 199 | 240 | 279 | 336 | 264 | 382 | 287 | 152 | 135 | 95 | 43 | 52 | 382 | † |
Northern Marianas | 333 | 360 | 336 | 343 | 296 | 284 | 252 | 98 | 154 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 284 | † |
Palau | 147 | 114 | 165 | 121 | 127 | 170 | 123 | 55 | 68 | 47 | 26 | 21 | 170 | † |
Puerto Rico | 36,773 | 48,672 | 28,215 | 34,539 | 29,831 | 27,685 | 22,845 | 9,942 | 12,903 | 4,840 | 2,042 | 2,798 | 9,427 | 18,258 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 304 | 483 | 308 | 320 | 382 | 322 | 259 | 105 | 154 | 63 | 23 | 40 | 322 | † |
†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), Spring 2001 through Spring 2021, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared January 2022.) |