Total fall enrollment in public degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2022

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Table 304.15.Total fall enrollment in public degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2022
State or jurisdiction	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2012	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	Percent change, 2017 to 2022
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
United States	6,428,134	9,457,394	10,844,717	11,752,786	15,142,171	14,884,667	14,571,739	14,539,257	14,503,647	13,884,456	13,545,702	13,494,337	-7.4
Alabama	87,884	143,674	195,939	207,435	267,083	251,045	254,071	255,087	254,803	246,497	250,180	253,137	-0.4
Alaska	8,563	20,561	27,792	26,559	32,303	30,595	25,850	24,649	22,328	21,068	19,936	19,173	-25.8
Arizona	107,315	194,034	248,213	284,522	366,976	359,229	366,787	367,201	377,648	358,801	366,508	375,927	2.5
Arkansas	43,599	66,068	78,645	101,775	155,780	157,224	146,578	143,288	141,930	132,965	131,555	138,575	-5.5
California	1,123,529	1,599,838	1,594,710	1,927,771	2,223,163	2,129,152	2,257,256	2,261,432	2,247,228	2,123,558	2,015,174	2,031,626	-10.0

Colorado	108,562	145,598	200,653	217,897	269,433	272,444	278,909	279,495	283,556	269,906	267,862	269,021	-3.5
Connecticut	73,391	97,788	109,556	101,027	127,194	124,952	116,090	114,529	110,665	102,990	98,173	96,370	-17.0
Delaware	21,151	28,325	34,252	34,194	39,935	41,113	42,321	42,601	42,236	41,307	41,598	41,591	-1.7
District of Columbia	12,194	13,900	11,990	5,499	5,840	5,476	4,529	4,500	4,452	3,946	3,476	3,577	-21.0
Florida	189,450	334,349	489,081	556,912	790,027	804,693	798,045	800,715	797,952	763,177	740,437	735,126	-7.9

Georgia	101,900	140,158	196,413	271,755	436,047	422,189	428,586	435,744	444,793	443,146	440,106	435,964	1.7
Hawaii	32,963	43,269	45,728	44,579	60,090	60,295	51,674	51,063	49,977	49,594	49,773	48,373	-6.4
Idaho	27,072	34,491	41,315	53,751	64,204	78,781	75,792	77,128	78,826	74,539	78,007	78,314	3.3
Illinois	315,634	491,274	551,333	534,155	585,515	556,890	478,042	465,229	452,464	416,364	411,413	417,575	-12.6
Indiana	136,739	189,224	223,953	240,023	337,705	333,769	301,562	296,140	332,650	347,421	344,015	348,789	15.7

Iowa	68,390	97,454	117,834	135,008	177,781	173,558	170,262	199,231	163,912	150,509	151,391	150,902	-11.4
Kansas	88,215	121,987	149,117	159,976	185,623	183,914	179,624	179,600	177,202	163,817	164,913	163,024	-9.2
Kentucky	77,240	114,884	147,095	151,973	229,725	223,100	202,266	199,739	199,614	191,644	189,874	194,117	-4.0
Louisiana	101,127	136,703	158,290	189,213	224,811	220,971	210,166	210,700	212,960	210,985	206,991	207,145	-1.4
Maine	25,405	31,878	41,500	40,662	50,903	50,555	46,999	48,332	48,307	46,567	46,651	46,842	-0.3

Maryland	118,988	195,051	220,783	223,797	309,779	310,503	303,614	301,957	294,900	287,585	272,334	268,727	-11.5
Massachusetts	116,127	183,765	186,035	183,248	224,542	228,178	213,388	208,134	203,173	191,365	185,162	179,750	-15.8
Michigan	339,625	454,147	487,359	467,861	562,448	540,242	478,735	466,491	454,964	423,583	419,222	406,492	-15.1
Minnesota	130,567	162,379	199,211	218,617	276,176	272,290	249,385	245,391	241,752	233,822	223,782	223,309	-10.5
Mississippi	64,968	90,661	109,038	125,355	161,493	157,995	152,392	150,583	148,365	143,218	140,061	138,763	-8.9

Missouri	132,540	165,179	200,093	201,509	256,030	257,430	237,454	232,040	225,815	212,818	211,028	210,502	-11.4
Montana	27,287	31,178	31,865	37,387	48,231	48,333	46,002	44,925	44,416	41,808	43,592	43,555	-5.3
Nebraska	51,454	73,509	94,614	88,531	107,979	104,166	101,038	100,594	99,502	97,314	98,121	98,148	-2.9
Nevada	13,576	40,280	61,242	83,120	113,103	103,619	107,864	108,658	110,560	106,634	105,255	104,105	-3.5
New Hampshire	15,979	24,119	32,163	35,870	44,077	43,289	39,761	38,742	37,295	35,252	34,044	32,388	-18.5

New Jersey	145,373	247,028	261,601	266,921	358,256	356,457	334,597	329,037	327,207	307,844	297,657	295,026	-11.8
New Mexico	40,795	55,077	83,403	101,450	150,844	146,792	125,381	120,293	118,011	106,265	102,911	106,120	-15.4
New York	449,437	563,251	616,884	583,417	723,500	722,274	697,458	690,268	678,274	646,714	604,335	580,955	-16.7
North Carolina	123,761	228,154	285,405	329,422	475,064	465,950	454,998	455,694	462,926	454,385	456,035	455,410	0.1
North Dakota	30,192	31,709	34,690	36,014	48,904	48,929	47,574	46,531	45,590	44,591	44,076	44,290	-6.9

Ohio	281,099	381,765	427,613	411,161	547,551	524,973	497,409	495,586	511,858	511,735	503,149	472,997	-4.9
Oklahoma	91,438	137,188	151,073	153,699	197,641	195,118	174,239	170,979	167,941	164,809	159,629	159,535	-8.4
Oregon	108,483	140,102	144,427	154,756	208,001	212,541	192,402	191,943	189,727	174,385	167,377	166,597	-13.4
Pennsylvania	232,982	292,499	343,478	339,229	432,923	425,890	401,045	392,771	389,296	370,480	354,294	343,255	-14.4
Rhode Island	25,527	35,052	42,350	38,458	43,224	43,204	41,018	40,082	39,763	38,405	35,804	35,523	-13.4

South Carolina	47,101	107,683	131,134	155,519	205,080	209,023	200,622	196,525	197,809	192,972	193,728	201,372	0.4
South Dakota	23,936	24,328	26,596	34,857	44,569	44,185	44,630	43,871	43,468	42,411	42,690	42,754	-4.2
Tennessee	98,897	156,835	175,049	202,530	242,486	235,010	223,179	225,298	226,345	217,485	210,237	209,788	-6.0
Texas	365,522	613,552	802,314	896,534	1,334,110	1,352,060	1,448,398	1,467,033	1,482,819	1,418,327	1,384,206	1,385,055	-4.4
Utah	49,588	59,598	86,108	123,046	179,061	171,001	180,034	183,949	189,351	189,022	192,134	194,873	8.2

Vermont	12,536	17,984	20,910	20,021	27,524	26,501	25,300	25,197	25,131	24,124	24,934	25,240	-0.2
Virginia	123,279	246,500	291,286	313,780	409,004	409,753	389,251	384,879	384,393	377,130	369,244	370,330	-4.9
Washington	162,718	276,028	227,632	273,928	330,853	311,497	318,336	318,625	315,652	288,509	276,188	267,586	-15.9
West Virginia	51,363	71,228	74,108	76,136	96,104	93,017	83,898	81,605	81,795	75,048	71,755	71,395	-14.9
Wisconsin	170,374	235,179	253,529	249,737	301,259	293,416	279,097	277,178	274,533	261,725	259,788	261,443	-6.3
Wyoming	15,220	21,121	30,623	28,715	36,292	35,859	32,550	32,472	32,120	30,358	29,705	28,978	-11.0

U.S. Service Academies¹	17,079	49,808	48,692	13,475	15,925	15,227	15,281	15,523	15,393	15,532	15,192	14,908	-2.4

Other jurisdictions	46,680	60,692	66,244	84,464	83,719	78,400	37,419	72,399	68,839	65,920	61,834	57,397	53.4
American Samoa	0	976	1,219	297	2,193	1,795	1,095	1,037	1,035	1,081	1,301	1,051	-4.0
Federated States of Micronesia	†	224	975	1,576	2,699	2,744	2,022	1,931	1,903	1,861	1,946	1,996	-1.3
Guam	2,719	3,217	4,741	5,215	6,103	5,878	5,972	5,826	5,363	5,165	4,774	4,580	-23.3
Marshall Islands	†	†	†	328	869	1,123	1,032	1,119	985	1,163	1,267	1,384	34.1
Northern Marianas	†	†	661	1,078	1,137	1,178	1,216	1,194	1,253	1,255	1,298	1,297	6.7
Palau	†	†	491	581	694	680	532	497	444	553	525	454	-14.7
Puerto Rico	42,516	54,127	55,691	73,121	67,291	62,579	23,380	58,811	55,772	53,004	49,099	44,999	92.5
U.S. Virgin Islands	1,445	2,148	2,466	2,268	2,733	2,423	2,170	1,984	2,084	1,838	1,624	1,636	-24.6
†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. Data are for degree-granting institutions and U.S. service academies. 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, Fall Enrollment component, Spring 2001 through Spring 2022 (final data) and Spring 2023 (provisional data). (This table was prepared February 2024.)

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