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Table 205  Full-time-equivalent fall enrollment in institutions of higher education, by control and state: 1980 to 1997

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                      |                      Total                             |            Public              |            Private
  State or other area |________________________________________________________|________________________________|________________________________
                      |   1980   |   1985   |   1990   |   1995    |   1997    |   1990   |   1995   |   1997   |   1990   |   1995   |   1997
______________________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
          1           |    2     |    3     |    4     |     5     |     6     |    7     |    8     |    9     |    10    |    11    |    12
______________________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
   United States .....|8,819,013 |8,943,433 |9,983,436 |10,334,956 |10,484,726 |7,557,982 |7,751,815 |7,839,374 |2,425,454 |2,583,141 |2,645,352
                      |__________|__________|__________|___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Alabama ..............|  138,910 |  149,895 |  174,610 |   178,736 |   175,273 |  154,343 |  158,753 |  154,360 |   20,267 |   19,983 |   20,913
Alaska ...............|   10,073 |   14,098 |   18,496 |    18,904 |    18,167 |   17,087 |   18,149 |   17,236 |    1,409 |      755 |      931
Arizona ..............|  127,114 |  134,954 |  167,617 |   177,379 |   184,355 |  153,500 |  159,832 |  161,832 |   14,117 |   17,547 |   22,523
Arkansas .............|   64,307 |   63,230 |   74,449 |    78,558 |    81,027 |   63,472 |   68,234 |   70,491 |   10,977 |   10,324 |   10,536
California ...........|1,099,559 |1,062,439 |1,156,288 | 1,196,379 | 1,263,789 |  979,663 |  984,147 |1,037,263 |  176,625 |  212,232 |  226,526
                      |          |          |          |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |
Colorado .............|  123,589 |  121,804 |  159,032 |   169,997 |   175,344 |  138,350 |  144,853 |  147,449 |   20,682 |   25,144 |   27,895
Connecticut ..........|  112,612 |  107,803 |  115,791 |   109,751 |   108,561 |   70,870 |   64,763 |   61,916 |   44,921 |   44,988 |   46,645
Delaware .............|   26,284 |   25,750 |   31,612 |    32,536 |    33,168 |   26,059 |   27,238 |   27,775 |    5,553 |    5,298 |    5,393
District of Columbia .|   62,126 |   58,945 |   61,549 |    61,018 |    58,594 |    7,294 |    5,950 |    2,933 |   54,255 |   55,068 |   55,661
Florida ..............|  290,647 |  308,315 |  383,385 |   422,287 |   436,395 |  302,579 |  336,863 |  344,129 |   80,806 |   85,424 |   92,266
                      |          |          |          |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |
Georgia ..............|  152,369 |  161,952 |  198,549 |   248,265 |   255,462 |  149,115 |  188,954 |  193,499 |   49,434 |   59,311 |   61,963
Hawaii ...............|   35,859 |   36,986 |   41,097 |    45,296 |    43,501 |   32,496 |   35,380 |   32,594 |    8,601 |    9,916 |   10,907
Idaho ................|   33,938 |   32,649 |   41,275 |    47,546 |    48,995 |   31,408 |   37,426 |   38,412 |    9,867 |   10,120 |   10,583
Illinois .............|  432,365 |  450,504 |  493,364 |   491,765 |   499,341 |  353,247 |  343,237 |  351,129 |  140,117 |  148,528 |  148,212
Indiana...............|  193,445 |  195,630 |  222,835 |   227,543 |   232,252 |  168,984 |  170,019 |  172,407 |   53,851 |   57,524 |   59,845
                      |          |          |          |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |
Iowa .................|  120,083 |  128,492 |  138,565 |   140,002 |   144,542 |   95,772 |   97,699 |  101,618 |   42,793 |   42,303 |   42,924
Kansas ...............|  101,147 |  100,807 |  118,969 |   125,896 |   124,122 |  106,570 |  111,405 |  110,019 |   12,399 |   14,491 |   14,103
Kentucky .............|  113,709 |  110,539 |  137,651 |   140,327 |   140,502 |  111,858 |  115,001 |  114,305 |   25,793 |   25,326 |   26,197
Louisiana ............|  132,780 |  148,983 |  154,132 |   166,816 |   167,656 |  129,357 |  142,620 |  143,634 |   24,775 |   24,196 |   24,022
Maine ................|   34,471 |   37,993 |   42,021 |    41,200 |    41,108 |   29,876 |   27,181 |   26,905 |   12,145 |   14,019 |   14,203
                      |          |          |          |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |
Maryland .............|  149,202 |  148,091 |  169,972 |   176,641 |   177,456 |  141,950 |  145,416 |  145,328 |   28,022 |   31,225 |   32,128
Massachusetts ........|  315,937 |  321,022 |  320,299 |   318,887 |   318,572 |  130,962 |  123,554 |  121,212 |  189,337 |  195,333 |  197,360
Michigan .............|  366,058 |  354,690 |  389,814 |   373,059 |   381,214 |  326,952 |  310,215 |  312,712 |   62,862 |   62,844 |   68,502
Minnesota ............|  162,559 |  170,958 |  190,608 |   203,130 |   201,901 |  143,424 |  151,461 |  150,290 |   47,184 |   51,669 |   51,611
Mississippi ..........|   85,621 |   86,846 |  103,957 |   103,067 |   108,704 |   92,269 |   92,945 |   98,900 |   11,688 |   10,122 |    9,804
                      |          |          |          |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |
Missouri..............|  180,156 |  178,090 |  210,104 |   212,551 |   219,027 |  142,953 |  135,607 |  136,605 |   67,151 |   76,944 |   82,422
Montana ..............|   29,428 |   29,992 |   29,905 |    36,528 |    37,308 |   26,835 |   32,331 |   33,254 |    3,070 |    4,197 |    4,054
Nebraska .............|   68,505 |   70,778 |   80,989 |    84,278 |    82,896 |   65,739 |   67,248 |   65,302 |   15,250 |   17,030 |   17,594
Nevada ...............|   22,467 |   23,093 |   33,814 |    37,991 |    43,336 |   33,392 |   36,997 |   41,571 |      422 |      994 |    1,765
New Hampshire ........|   39,456 |   41,733 |   45,762 |    49,063 |    48,609 |   24,948 |   27,096 |   26,305 |   20,814 |   21,967 |   22,304
                      |          |          |          |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |
New Jersey ...........|  218,838 |  201,270 |  221,468 |   232,669 |   232,508 |  174,324 |  184,766 |  182,707 |   47,144 |   47,903 |   49,801
New Mexico ...........|   43,722 |   47,169 |   59,517 |    69,528 |    71,757 |   57,870 |   64,903 |   66,076 |    1,647 |    4,625 |    5,681
New York .............|  760,305 |  763,596 |  798,696 |   805,527 |   798,659 |  446,379 |  440,688 |  430,731 |  352,317 |  364,839 |  367,928
North Carolina .......|  235,266 |  249,901 |  269,025 |   285,708 |   284,534 |  208,321 |  224,055 |  219,946 |   60,704 |   61,653 |   64,588
North Dakota .........|   30,188 |   32,456 |   33,118 |    35,279 |    34,339 |   30,276 |   31,939 |   30,706 |    2,842 |    3,340 |    3,633
                      |          |          |          |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |
Ohio .................|  369,342 |  383,898 |  420,499 |   411,810 |   409,624 |  317,837 |  306,842 |  301,973 |  102,662 |  104,968 |  107,651
Oklahoma .............|  115,701 |  126,691 |  128,203 |   134,176 |   132,245 |  108,933 |  114,592 |  112,665 |   19,270 |   19,584 |   19,580
Oregon ...............|  110,649 |  102,247 |  120,176 |   116,584 |   118,702 |  101,424 |   96,311 |   98,153 |   18,752 |   20,273 |   20,549
Pennsylvania .........|  404,192 |  422,349 |  464,179 |   474,269 |   463,666 |  261,305 |  261,823 |  261,712 |  202,874 |  212,446 |  201,954
Rhode Island .........|   50,628 |   53,016 |   60,168 |    56,856 |    56,080 |   28,804 |   26,124 |   25,482 |   31,364 |   30,732 |   30,598
                      |          |          |          |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |
South Carolina .......|  109,346 |  109,303 |  127,225 |   132,353 |   135,734 |  101,918 |  109,459 |  110,955 |   25,307 |   22,894 |   24,779
South Dakota .........|   27,873 |   26,988 |   28,256 |    30,555 |    28,824 |   22,128 |   24,925 |   23,707 |    6,128 |    5,630 |    5,117
Tennessee ............|  161,058 |  152,967 |  175,961 |   190,706 |   194,854 |  130,184 |  142,785 |  145,833 |   45,777 |   47,921 |   49,021
Texas ................|  527,724 |  566,736 |  637,742 |   671,478 |   683,110 |  553,436 |  574,438 |  584,396 |   84,306 |   97,040 |   98,714
Utah .................|   78,199 |   84,095 |   94,012 |   116,368 |   119,525 |   63,495 |   82,052 |   85,673 |   30,517 |   34,316 |   33,852
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Vermont ..............|   25,572 |   25,649 |   29,072 |    28,079 |    29,001 |   16,048 |   15,600 |   15,906 |   13,024 |   12,479 |   13,095
Virginia .............|  199,549 |  204,928 |  251,708 |   255,712 |   261,670 |  202,285 |  204,704 |  210,229 |   49,423 |   51,008 |   51,441
Washington ...........|  194,440 |  171,668 |  189,521 |   214,050 |   221,306 |  160,889 |  181,243 |  187,676 |   28,632 |   32,807 |   33,630
West Virginia.........|   60,394 |   58,438 |   68,235 |    69,831 |    71,086 |   59,229 |   59,951 |   61,115 |    9,006 |    9,880 |    9,971
Wisconsin ............|  206,790 |  211,749 |  229,975 |   223,938 |   224,025 |  192,107 |  180,713 |  180,853 |   37,868 |   43,225 |   43,172
Wyoming ..............|   14,725 |   17,037 |   21,888 |    21,938 |    21,598 |   21,185 |   21,182 |   20,793 |      703 |      756 |      805
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U.S. Service Schools .|   49,736 |   54,221 |   48,281 |    42,146 |    40,702 |   48,281 |   42,146 |   40,702 |      --- |      --- |      ---
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   Outlying areas ....|  117,637 |  145,530 |  140,954 |   155,364 |   151,748 |   55,908 |   65,757 |   69,734 |   85,046 |   89,607 |   82,014
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American Samoa .......|      824 |      497 |      952 |       988 |     1,016 |      952 |      988 |    1,016 |      --- |      --- |      ---
Federated States of   |          |          |          |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |
  Micronesia .........|      --- |      --- |      549 |     1,076 |     1,131 |      549 |    1,076 |    1,131 |      --- |      --- |      ---
Guam .................|    2,115 |    3,049 |    2,956 |     3,819 |     3,644 |    2,956 |    3,819 |    3,644 |      --- |      --- |      ---
Marshall Islands......|      --- |      --- |      --- |       249 |       339 |      --- |      249 |      339 |      --- |      --- |      ---
Northern Marianas ....|      --- |      183 |      376 |       625 |       702 |      376 |      625 |      702 |      --- |      --- |      ---
Palau ................|      --- |      --- |      423 |       296 |       289 |      423 |      296 |      289 |      --- |      --- |      ---
Puerto Rico ..........|  113,285 |  139,627 |  134,193 |   146,258 |   142,859 |   49,147 |   56,651 |   60,845 |   85,046 |   89,607 |   82,014
Trust Territory of the|          |          |          |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |
  Pacific ............|      195 |      680 |      --- |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      ---
Virgin Islands .......|    1,218 |    1,494 |    1,505 |     2,053 |     1,768 |    1,505 |    2,053 |    1,768 |      --- |      --- |      ---
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---Data not reported or not applicable.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys. (This table was prepared July 1999.)


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