Table 304.10.

Total fall enrollment in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2021

State or jurisdiction	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2016	2018	2019	2020	2021	Percent change, 2016 to 2021
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
United States	8,580,887	12,096,895	13,818,637	15,312,289	21,019,438	19,846,904	19,651,412	19,630,178	19,027,410	18,659,851	-6.0
Alabama	103,936	164,306	218,589	233,962	327,606	304,052	304,182	303,023	292,241	292,760	-3.7
Alaska	9,471	21,296	29,833	27,953	34,799	28,436	25,692	23,353	22,106	20,929	-26.4
Arizona	109,619	202,716	264,148	342,490	793,871	608,086	581,985	609,144	599,798	614,146	1.0
Arkansas	52,039	77,347	90,425	115,172	175,848	167,235	160,644	158,567	149,296	147,756	-11.6
California	1,257,245	1,791,088	1,808,740	2,256,708	2,714,699	2,700,445	2,723,547	2,714,753	2,596,230	2,482,339	-8.1
Colorado	123,395	162,916	227,131	263,872	369,450	352,255	360,537	368,124	362,276	346,368	-1.7
Connecticut	124,700	159,632	168,604	161,243	199,384	198,010	197,236	193,686	186,717	184,585	-6.8
Delaware	25,260	32,939	42,004	43,897	55,258	61,139	60,010	59,983	58,678	56,251	-8.0
District of Columbia	77,158	86,675	79,551	72,689	91,992	93,040	97,776	98,909	97,481	99,435	6.9
Florida	235,525	411,891	588,086	707,684	1,124,778	1,075,527	1,067,147	1,055,664	1,027,124	1,008,186	-6.3
Georgia	126,511	184,159	251,786	346,204	568,916	533,073	543,141	553,779	547,387	544,354	2.1
Hawaii	36,562	49,009	56,436	60,182	78,073	65,843	61,855	60,437	59,693	60,076	-8.8
Idaho	34,567	43,018	51,881	65,594	85,201	123,796	123,482	121,966	122,993	126,334	2.1
Illinois	452,146	645,288	729,246	743,918	906,845	777,720	738,448	718,505	682,002	675,669	-13.1
Indiana	192,668	247,253	284,832	314,334	459,493	419,284	388,193	422,922	435,425	429,699	2.5
Iowa	108,902	140,449	170,515	188,974	381,867	266,513	254,049	218,033	203,370	203,274	-23.7
Kansas	102,485	136,605	163,733	179,968	214,849	215,832	212,734	208,520	193,119	193,665	-10.3
Kentucky	98,591	143,066	177,852	188,341	291,104	255,062	262,544	266,545	261,408	257,254	0.9
Louisiana	120,728	160,058	186,840	223,800	263,676	239,278	241,296	243,748	243,291	239,642	0.2
Maine	34,134	43,264	57,186	58,473	72,406	72,116	71,773	71,701	69,837	68,804	-4.6
Maryland	149,607	225,180	259,700	273,745	377,967	366,809	361,440	355,024	348,140	335,086	-8.6
Massachusetts	303,809	418,415	417,833	421,142	507,753	505,722	500,076	492,875	473,374	478,479	-5.4
Michigan	392,726	520,131	569,803	567,631	697,765	583,034	540,750	525,511	490,115	481,573	-17.4
Minnesota	160,788	206,691	253,789	293,445	465,449	422,793	409,005	402,729	395,705	380,353	-10.0
Mississippi	73,967	102,364	122,883	137,389	179,995	172,588	169,360	166,974	162,596	158,571	-8.1
Missouri	183,930	233,378	289,899	321,348	444,750	401,098	374,401	362,713	342,645	336,590	-16.1
Montana	30,062	35,177	35,876	42,240	53,282	50,918	49,363	48,066	45,459	47,053	-7.6
Nebraska	66,915	89,488	112,831	112,117	144,692	136,098	134,938	135,507	135,026	133,501	-1.9
Nevada	13,669	40,455	61,728	87,893	129,360	116,030	117,798	119,771	116,660	115,247	-0.7
New Hampshire	29,400	46,794	59,510	61,718	75,539	133,159	160,750	169,412	188,447	198,460	49.0
New Jersey	216,121	321,610	324,286	335,945	444,092	421,386	414,416	413,175	392,316	380,882	-9.6
New Mexico	44,461	58,629	85,500	110,739	162,552	134,607	123,297	121,711	110,095	107,098	-20.4
New York	806,479	992,349	1,048,286	1,043,395	1,305,151	1,273,634	1,250,504	1,235,691	1,184,827	1,147,466	-9.9
North Carolina	171,925	287,537	352,138	404,652	585,792	561,415	563,122	568,745	557,430	555,824	-1.0
North Dakota	31,495	34,069	37,878	40,248	56,903	54,203	53,285	52,388	51,308	50,968	-6.0
Ohio	376,267	488,938	557,690	549,553	745,115	658,043	644,733	656,226	653,630	646,311	-1.8
Oklahoma	110,155	160,295	173,221	178,016	230,560	208,333	196,023	192,648	189,214	183,768	-11.8
Oregon	122,177	157,458	165,741	183,065	251,708	236,851	228,089	225,552	203,319	196,066	-17.2
Pennsylvania	411,044	507,716	604,060	609,521	804,640	725,682	700,100	693,169	667,548	648,446	-10.6
Rhode Island	45,898	66,869	78,273	75,450	85,110	83,348	80,731	80,221	77,087	74,636	-10.5
South Carolina	69,518	132,476	159,302	185,931	257,064	246,563	239,978	241,572	235,078	235,086	-4.7
South Dakota	30,639	32,761	34,208	43,221	58,360	53,683	53,365	51,941	50,849	51,265	-4.5
Tennessee	135,103	204,841	226,238	263,910	351,762	321,752	322,064	324,528	316,397	307,796	-4.3
Texas	442,225	701,391	901,437	1,033,973	1,535,864	1,605,498	1,641,985	1,660,470	1,601,407	1,566,134	-2.5
Utah	81,687	92,159	121,303	163,776	255,653	311,450	359,772	381,186	395,572	390,017	25.2
Vermont	22,209	30,628	36,398	35,489	45,572	44,719	42,914	41,186	39,646	40,415	-9.6
Virginia	151,915	280,504	353,442	381,893	577,922	557,444	552,041	557,064	555,898	546,214	-2.0
Washington	183,544	303,603	263,384	320,840	388,116	366,547	366,296	363,019	334,137	321,430	-12.3
West Virginia	63,153	81,973	84,790	87,888	152,431	146,608	140,103	139,159	137,731	132,280	-9.8
Wisconsin	202,058	269,086	299,774	307,179	384,181	341,717	336,409	332,817	318,807	315,488	-7.7
Wyoming	15,220	21,147	31,326	30,004	38,298	33,365	32,510	32,373	30,943	30,447	-8.7
U.S. Service Academies1	17,079	49,808	48,692	13,475	15,925	15,065	15,523	15,393	15,532	15,375	2.1
Other jurisdictions	67,237	137,749	164,618	194,633	264,240	241,896	212,565	200,397	198,870	181,117	-25.1
American Samoa	0	976	1,219	297	2,193	1,253	1,037	1,035	1,081	1,301	3.8
Federated States of    Micronesia	†	224	975	1,576	2,699	2,090	1,931	1,903	1,861	1,946	-6.9
Guam	2,719	3,217	4,741	5,215	6,188	6,084	5,888	5,419	5,438	4,856	-20.2
Marshall Islands	†	†	†	328	869	978	1,119	985	1,163	1,267	29.6
Northern Marianas	†	†	661	1,078	1,137	1,038	1,194	1,253	1,255	1,298	25.0
Palau	†	†	491	581	694	587	497	444	553	525	-10.6
Puerto Rico	63,073	131,184	154,065	183,290	247,727	227,496	198,915	187,274	185,681	168,300	-26.0
U.S. Virgin Islands	1,445	2,148	2,466	2,268	2,733	2,370	1,984	2,084	1,838	1,624	-31.5

†Not applicable.

1Data for 2000 and later years reflect a substantial reduction in the number of Department of Defense institutions included in the IPEDS survey.

NOTE: Data through 1990 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys, 1970 and 1980; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90); and IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2022, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared March 2023.)