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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
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.)

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