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Table 182.Total first-time freshmen enrolled in institutions of highereducation, by attendance status, sex, control ofinstitution, and state: Fall 1992 to fall 1995

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                      |          |          |          |                                    Fall 1995 \1\
                      |   Fall   |   Fall   |   Fall   |_______________________________________________________________________________________
 State or other area  |   1992   |   1993   |   1994   |          |           Full-time        |         Part-time        |  Public  | Private
                      |          |          |          |  Total   |____________________________|__________________________|  insti-  | insti-
                      |          |          |          |          |  Total   |  Men   | Women  | Total  |  Men   | Women  | tutions  | tutions
______________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|________|________|________|__________|_________
          1           |    2     |    3     |    4     |    5     |    6     |   7    |   8    |   9    |   10   |   11   |    12    |   13
______________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|________|________|________|__________|_________
   United States .....|2,184,113 |2,160,710 |2,133,205 |2,168,831 |1,646,812 |767,185 |879,627 |522,019 |233,867 |288,152 |1,686,431 | 482,400
                      |__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|________|________|________|__________|_________
Alabama ..............|   42,604 |   41,812 |   41,542 |   37,166 |   31,562 | 14,198 | 17,364 |  5,604 |  2,406 |  3,198 |   32,879 |   4,287
Alaska ...............|    2,584 |    2,700 |    1,835 |    1,880 |    1,564 |    740 |    824 |    316 |    116 |    200 |    1,770 |     110
Arizona ..............|   31,358 |   36,671 |   32,753 |   37,049 |   22,769 | 11,167 | 11,602 | 14,280 |  5,992 |  8,288 |   33,317 |   3,732
Arkansas .............|   18,680 |   17,406 |   16,378 |   16,924 |   14,838 |  6,515 |  8,323 |  2,086 |    848 |  1,238 |   14,268 |   2,656
California ...........|  252,762 |  250,810 |  258,687 |  272,715 |  149,633 | 70,140 | 79,493 |123,082 | 58,678 | 64,404 |  242,622 |  30,093
                      |          |          |          |          |          |        |        |        |        |        |          |
Colorado .............|   33,359 |   31,353 |   31,001 |   32,775 |   24,070 | 11,989 | 12,081 |  8,705 |  4,049 |  4,656 |   28,597 |   4,178
Connecticut ..........|   22,490 |   21,489 |   21,259 |   21,268 |   16,611 |  7,718 |  8,893 |  4,657 |  1,749 |  2,908 |   12,846 |   8,422
Delaware .............|    7,227 |    7,361 |    6,921 |    8,092 |    5,915 |  2,502 |  3,413 |  2,177 |    849 |  1,328 |    6,354 |   1,738
District of Columbia .|    8,427 |    8,954 |    9,706 |    9,077 |    7,921 |  3,150 |  4,771 |  1,156 |    423 |    733 |      666 |   8,411
Florida ..............|   72,311 |   71,351 |   71,318 |   72,722 |   53,386 | 24,941 | 28,445 | 19,336 |  8,282 | 11,054 |   57,040 |  15,682
                      |          |          |          |          |          |        |        |        |        |        |          |
Georgia ..............|   56,389 |   59,784 |   58,991 |   59,829 |   47,798 | 20,923 | 26,875 | 12,031 |  4,608 |  7,423 |   47,808 |  12,021
Hawaii ...............|    9,461 |    9,752 |   10,309 |    9,524 |    6,493 |  2,949 |  3,544 |  3,031 |  1,394 |  1,637 |    7,659 |   1,865
Idaho ................|   10,960 |   11,069 |   10,646 |   10,103 |    8,663 |  4,060 |  4,603 |  1,440 |    606 |    834 |    7,061 |   3,042
Illinois .............|  116,967 |  112,542 |  111,309 |  109,483 |   73,639 | 35,197 | 38,442 | 35,844 | 16,194 | 19,650 |   86,201 |  23,282
Indiana...............|   50,147 |   49,111 |   48,059 |   51,071 |   42,687 | 20,316 | 22,371 |  8,384 |  3,542 |  4,842 |   36,654 |  14,417
                      |          |          |          |          |          |        |        |        |        |        |          |
Iowa .................|   36,730 |   35,922 |   35,229 |   35,097 |   29,377 | 14,200 | 15,177 |  5,720 |  2,220 |  3,500 |   26,574 |   8,523
Kansas ...............|   25,453 |   25,304 |   24,641 |   29,083 |   19,544 |  9,823 |  9,721 |  9,539 |  3,989 |  5,550 |   26,466 |   2,617
Kentucky .............|   29,738 |   31,334 |   28,983 |   29,024 |   25,575 | 11,205 | 14,370 |  3,449 |  1,483 |  1,966 |   23,022 |   6,002
Louisiana ............|   31,810 |   30,160 |   30,951 |   31,412 |   28,400 | 12,358 | 16,042 |  3,012 |  1,264 |  1,748 |   26,809 |   4,603
Maine ................|    8,765 |    8,751 |    8,149 |    8,273 |    7,371 |  3,540 |  3,831 |    902 |    289 |    613 |    5,271 |   3,002
                      |          |          |          |          |          |        |        |        |        |        |          |
Maryland .............|   32,133 |   31,675 |   31,647 |   32,993 |   23,809 | 10,749 | 13,060 |  9,184 |  3,716 |  5,468 |   28,362 |   4,631
Massachusetts ........|   64,751 |   68,316 |   65,768 |   64,892 |   55,057 | 25,029 | 30,028 |  9,835 |  3,646 |  6,189 |   30,325 |  34,567
Michigan .............|   88,744 |   87,025 |   83,697 |   76,360 |   55,364 | 25,375 | 29,989 | 20,996 |  9,095 | 11,901 |   61,438 |  14,922
Minnesota ............|   50,869 |   43,794 |   43,783 |   46,794 |   35,920 | 17,413 | 18,507 | 10,874 |  4,613 |  6,261 |   37,165 |   9,629
Mississippi ..........|   25,960 |   26,223 |   25,862 |   26,602 |   23,001 | 10,488 | 12,513 |  3,601 |  1,294 |  2,307 |   24,857 |   1,745
                      |          |          |          |          |          |        |        |        |        |        |          |
Missouri..............|   39,886 |   40,868 |   38,544 |   39,610 |   32,820 | 14,827 | 17,993 |  6,790 |  2,982 |  3,808 |   26,585 |  13,025
Montana ..............|    6,413 |    6,950 |    6,819 |    7,473 |    6,599 |  3,264 |  3,335 |    874 |    361 |    513 |    6,516 |     957
Nebraska .............|   17,362 |   15,943 |   16,616 |   16,147 |   13,769 |  6,677 |  7,092 |  2,378 |  1,016 |  1,362 |   12,991 |   3,156
Nevada ...............|    4,620 |    5,367 |    6,939 |    6,799 |    3,563 |  1,617 |  1,946 |  3,236 |  1,427 |  1,809 |    6,673 |     126
New Hampshire ........|   11,316 |   11,659 |   11,373 |   11,789 |    9,889 |  4,418 |  5,471 |  1,900 |    746 |  1,154 |    6,219 |   5,570
                      |          |          |          |          |          |        |        |        |        |        |          |
New Jersey ...........|   44,932 |   44,971 |   43,063 |   45,308 |   37,835 | 17,771 | 20,064 |  7,473 |  3,190 |  4,283 |   36,209 |   9,099
New Mexico ...........|   11,818 |   13,358 |   13,864 |   12,104 |    7,431 |  3,456 |  3,975 |  4,673 |  2,028 |  2,645 |   11,474 |     630
New York .............|  158,380 |  157,350 |  155,922 |  151,682 |  135,432 | 62,009 | 73,423 | 16,250 |  6,980 |  9,270 |   92,134 |  59,548
North Carolina .......|   55,075 |   52,857 |   51,346 |   51,706 |   45,432 | 20,218 | 25,214 |  6,274 |  2,879 |  3,395 |   38,634 |  13,072
North Dakota .........|    8,813 |    8,322 |    8,122 |    8,386 |    7,556 |  4,042 |  3,514 |    830 |    359 |    471 |    7,468 |     918
                      |          |          |          |          |          |        |        |        |        |        |          |
Ohio .................|   92,902 |   90,190 |   88,585 |   89,510 |   72,960 | 33,783 | 39,177 | 16,550 |  7,210 |  9,340 |   66,140 |  23,370
Oklahoma .............|   30,296 |   30,252 |   29,627 |   28,474 |   19,948 |  9,498 | 10,450 |  8,526 |  3,611 |  4,915 |   25,458 |   3,016
Oregon ...............|   22,930 |   23,293 |   23,321 |   20,562 |   15,977 |  7,615 |  8,362 |  4,585 |  2,297 |  2,288 |   17,032 |   3,530
Pennsylvania .........|  113,070 |  100,372 |   98,488 |  101,053 |   86,253 | 40,778 | 45,475 | 14,800 |  5,998 |  8,802 |   60,478 |  40,575
Rhode Island .........|   12,813 |   13,106 |   12,645 |   12,745 |   11,258 |  5,465 |  5,793 |  1,487 |    601 |    886 |    5,571 |   7,174
                      |          |          |          |          |          |        |        |        |        |        |          |
South Carolina .......|   30,185 |   30,070 |   28,577 |   29,036 |   24,775 | 10,951 | 13,824 |  4,261 |  1,838 |  2,423 |   22,947 |   6,089
South Dakota .........|    6,513 |    6,691 |    6,607 |    6,378 |    5,759 |  2,674 |  3,085 |    619 |    227 |    392 |    5,076 |1,302.00
Tennessee ............|   35,721 |   35,341 |   34,180 |   36,628 |   32,542 | 14,824 | 17,718 |  4,086 |  1,635 |  2,451 |   25,592 |  11,036
Texas ................|  127,584 |  129,921 |  127,586 |  131,905 |   95,676 | 45,706 | 49,970 | 36,229 | 16,528 | 19,701 |  112,347 |  19,558
Utah .................|   23,536 |   24,465 |   24,383 |   24,041 |   19,223 |  8,882 | 10,341 |  4,818 |  2,532 |  2,286 |   18,683 |   5,358
                      |          |          |          |          |          |        |        |        |        |        |          |
Vermont ..............|    6,274 |    6,347 |    6,132 |    6,506 |    5,658 |  2,706 |  2,952 |    848 |    266 |    582 |    3,784 |   2,722
Virginia .............|   45,011 |   43,820 |   45,272 |   46,533 |   40,174 | 18,098 | 22,076 |  6,359 |  2,795 |  3,564 |   35,162 |  11,371
Washington ...........|   68,649 |   70,476 |   68,613 |   73,255 |   44,022 | 20,968 | 23,054 | 29,233 | 13,866 | 15,367 |   67,822 |   5,433
West Virginia.........|   17,029 |   15,727 |   15,928 |   15,880 |   13,900 |  6,597 |  7,303 |  1,980 |    720 |  1,260 |   13,087 |   2,793
Wisconsin ............|   47,271 |   47,351 |   46,479 |   49,201 |   39,420 | 18,328 | 21,092 |  9,781 |  4,102 |  5,679 |   40,597 |   8,604
Wyoming ..............|    4,686 |    4,858 |    4,814 |    4,626 |    3,914 |  1,900 |  2,014 |    712 |    253 |    459 |    4,435 |     191
                      |          |          |          |          |          |        |        |        |        |        |          |
U.S. Service Schools .|   10,349 |   10,116 |    9,936 |   11,286 |    4,060 |  3,428 |    632 |  7,226 |  6,075 |  1,151 |   11,286 |      ---
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  Outlying areas .....|   35,409 |   41,759 |   30,573 |   38,692 |   35,379 | 14,296 | 21,083 |  3,313 |  1,411 |  1,902 |   17,390 |  21,302
                      |__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|________|________|________|__________|_________
American Samoa .......|      989 |      967 |      948 |      943 |      702 |    360 |    342 |    241 |    134 |    107 |      943 |      ---
Federated States of   |          |          |          |          |          |        |        |        |        |        |          |
  Micronesia .........|      409 |      235 |      410 |      354 |      314 |    163 |    151 |     40 |     22 |     18 |      354 |      ---
Guam .................|      709 |    1,490 |      956 |      478 |      303 |    104 |    199 |    175 |     77 |     98 |      478 |      ---
Marshall Islands......|      139 |      166 |       22 |       ---|       ---|     ---|     ---|     ---|     ---|     ---|       ---|      ---
Northern Marianas ....|      173 |      455 |      440 |      153 |      101 |     40 |     61 |     52 |     24 |     28 |      153 |      ---
Palau ................|       24 |       24 |       13 |       14 |       13 |      3 |     10 |      1 |      0 |      1 |       14 |      ---
Puerto Rico ..........|   32,664 |   38,057 |   27,408 |   36,343 |   33,593 | 13,540 | 20,053 |  2,750 |  1,139 |  1,611 |   15,041 |  21,302
Virgin Islands .......|      302 |      365 |      376 |      407 |      353 |     86 |    267 |     54 |     15 |     39 |      407 |      ---
______________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|________|________|________|__________|_________

\1\Preliminary data.

---Data not available or not applicable.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment" surveys. (This table was prepared January 1997.)



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