Table 304.15.

Total fall enrollment in public 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	6,428,134		9,457,394		10,844,717		11,752,786	15,142,171	14,585,840	14,539,257	14,503,647	13,884,456	13,543,524	-7.1
Alabama	87,884		143,674		195,939		207,435	267,083	251,038	255,087	254,803	246,497	250,180	-0.3
Alaska	8,563		20,561		27,792		26,559	32,303	27,352	24,649	22,328	21,068	19,936	-27.1
Arizona	107,315		194,034		248,213		284,522	366,976	361,400	367,201	377,648	358,801	366,508	1.4
Arkansas	43,599		66,068		78,645		101,775	155,780	149,298	143,288	141,930	132,965	131,150	-12.2
California	1,123,529		1,599,838		1,594,710		1,927,771	2,223,163	2,228,592	2,261,432	2,247,228	2,123,558	2,014,318	-9.6
Colorado	108,562		145,598		200,653		217,897	269,433	272,668	279,495	283,556	269,906	267,862	-1.8
Connecticut	73,391		97,788		109,556		101,027	127,194	117,345	114,529	110,665	102,990	98,173	-16.3
Delaware	21,151		28,325		34,252		34,194	39,935	41,816	42,601	42,236	41,307	41,598	-0.5
District of Columbia	12,194		13,900		11,990		5,499	5,840	4,587	4,500	4,452	3,946	3,476	-24.2
Florida	189,450		334,349		489,081		556,912	790,027	797,048	800,715	797,952	763,177	740,439	-7.1
Georgia	101,900		140,158		196,413		271,755	436,047	422,159	435,744	444,793	443,146	440,122	4.3
Hawaii	32,963		43,269		45,728		44,579	60,090	53,418	51,063	49,977	49,594	49,773	-6.8
Idaho	27,072		34,491		41,315		53,751	64,204	74,667	77,128	78,826	74,539	78,007	4.5
Illinois	315,634		491,274		551,333		534,155	585,515	492,578	465,229	452,464	416,364	411,413	-16.5
Indiana	136,739		189,224		223,953		240,023	337,705	319,581	296,140	332,650	347,421	344,001	7.6
Iowa	68,390		97,454		117,834		135,008	177,781	171,075	199,231	163,912	150,509	151,393	-11.5
Kansas	88,215		121,987		149,117		159,976	185,623	180,170	179,600	177,202	163,817	164,912	-8.5
Kentucky	77,240		114,884		147,095		151,973	229,725	205,431	199,739	199,614	191,644	189,868	-7.6
Louisiana	101,127		136,703		158,290		189,213	224,811	208,254	210,700	212,960	210,985	206,991	-0.6
Maine	25,405		31,878		41,500		40,662	50,903	47,763	48,332	48,307	46,567	45,952	-3.8
Maryland	118,988		195,051		220,783		223,797	309,779	306,892	301,957	294,900	287,585	272,334	-11.3
Massachusetts	116,127		183,765		186,035		183,248	224,542	218,465	208,134	203,173	191,365	185,168	-15.2
Michigan	339,625		454,147		487,359		467,861	562,448	492,771	466,491	454,964	423,583	419,141	-14.9
Minnesota	130,567		162,379		199,211		218,617	276,176	253,239	245,391	241,752	233,822	223,782	-11.6
Mississippi	64,968		90,661		109,038		125,355	161,493	153,082	150,583	148,365	143,218	140,024	-8.5
Missouri	132,540		165,179		200,093		201,509	256,030	244,921	232,040	225,815	212,818	211,028	-13.8
Montana	27,287		31,178		31,865		37,387	48,231	46,262	44,925	44,416	41,808	43,582	-5.8
Nebraska	51,454		73,509		94,614		88,531	107,979	101,032	100,594	99,502	97,314	97,723	-3.3
Nevada	13,576		40,280		61,242		83,120	113,103	106,196	108,658	110,560	106,634	105,255	-0.9
New Hampshire	15,979		24,119		32,163		35,870	44,077	41,170	38,742	37,295	35,252	34,044	-17.3
New Jersey	145,373		247,028		261,601		266,921	358,256	337,099	329,037	327,207	307,844	297,482	-11.8
New Mexico	40,795		55,077		83,403		101,450	150,844	129,038	120,293	118,011	106,265	102,911	-20.2
New York	449,437		563,251		616,884		583,417	723,500	700,875	690,268	678,274	646,714	604,333	-13.8
North Carolina	123,761		228,154		285,405		329,422	475,064	450,080	455,694	462,926	454,385	456,017	1.3
North Dakota	30,192		31,709		34,690		36,014	48,904	47,964	46,531	45,590	44,591	44,076	-8.1
Ohio	281,099		381,765		427,613		411,161	547,551	501,146	495,586	511,858	511,735	503,136	0.4
Oklahoma	91,438		137,188		151,073		153,699	197,641	177,629	170,979	167,941	164,809	159,512	-10.2
Oregon	108,483		140,102		144,427		154,756	208,001	197,819	191,943	189,727	174,385	166,888	-15.6
Pennsylvania	232,982		292,499		343,478		339,229	432,923	406,346	392,771	389,296	370,480	354,294	-12.8
Rhode Island	25,527		35,052		42,350		38,458	43,224	41,369	40,082	39,763	38,405	35,804	-13.5
South Carolina	47,101		107,683		131,134		155,519	205,080	200,295	196,525	197,809	192,972	193,728	-3.3
South Dakota	23,936		24,328		26,596		34,857	44,569	44,305	43,871	43,468	42,411	42,871	-3.2
Tennessee	98,897		156,835		175,049		202,530	242,486	221,288	225,298	226,345	217,485	210,237	-5.0
Texas	365,522		613,552		802,314		896,534	1,334,110	1,423,205	1,467,033	1,482,819	1,418,327	1,384,841	-2.7
Utah	49,588		59,598		86,108		123,046	179,061	175,308	183,949	189,351	189,022	192,134	9.6
Vermont	12,536		17,984		20,910		20,021	27,524	25,736	25,197	25,131	24,124	24,934	-3.1
Virginia	123,279		246,500		291,286		313,780	409,004	389,446	384,879	384,393	377,130	369,244	-5.2
Washington	162,718		276,028		227,632		273,928	330,853	315,356	318,625	315,652	288,509	276,188	-12.4
West Virginia	51,363		71,228		74,108		76,136	96,104	85,099	81,605	81,795	75,048	71,841	-15.6
Wisconsin	170,374		235,179		253,529		249,737	301,259	278,300	277,178	274,533	261,725	259,820	-6.6
Wyoming	15,220		21,121		30,623		28,715	36,292	32,802	32,472	32,120	30,358	29,705	-9.4
U.S. Service Academies	17,079	1	49,808	1	48,692	1	13,475	15,925	15,065	15,523	15,393	15,532	15,375	2.1
Other jurisdictions	46,680		60,692		66,244		84,464	83,719	81,479	72,399	68,839	65,920	61,834	-24.1
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	6,103	6,017	5,826	5,363	5,165	4,774	-20.7
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	42,516		54,127		55,691		73,121	67,291	67,146	58,811	55,772	53,004	49,099	-26.9
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 prior to 2000 included other Department of Defense institutions, such as the Community College of the Air Force and the Naval Postgraduate School.

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.)