Table 193. | Total fall enrollment in public degree-granting institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 to 2001 |
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Institutions of higher education\1\ || Degree-granting institutions\2\ |_____________________________________________||_______________________________________________________________________________ State or | | | | || | | | | | |Percent jurisdiction | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall || Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall |change, | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 1995 || 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999\3\ | 2000 | 2001 |1996 to | | | | || | | | | | | 2001 ________________________|__________|__________|___________|___________||___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 ________________________|__________|__________|___________|___________||___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______ United States .......| 6,428,134| 9,457,394| 10,844,717| 11,092,374|| 11,120,499| 11,196,119| 11,137,769| 11,309,399| 11,752,786| 12,233,156| 10.0 |__________|__________|___________|___________||___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______ Alabama ................| 87,884| 143,674| 195,939| 203,165|| 196,531| 193,974| 190,685| 197,173| 207,435| 208,385| 6.0 Alaska .................| 8,563| 20,561| 27,792| 28,368|| 27,828| 26,717| 26,296| 25,687| 26,559| 26,550| -4.6 Arizona ................| 107,315| 194,034| 248,213| 254,530|| 259,163| 260,832| 268,102| 276,268| 284,522| 294,174| 13.5 Arkansas ...............| 43,599| 66,068| 78,645| 87,067|| 97,405| 100,855| 102,264| 103,326| 101,775| 108,950| 11.9 California .............| 1,123,529| 1,599,838| 1,594,710| 1,564,230|| 1,625,021| 1,664,478| 1,646,329| 1,692,607| 1,927,771| 2,043,182| 25.7 | | | | || | | | | | | Colorado ...............| 108,562| 145,598| 200,653| 210,312|| 209,183| 213,475| 216,351| 219,436| 217,897| 222,815| 6.5 Connecticut ............| 73,391| 97,788| 109,556| 100,539|| 96,336| 95,041| 94,299| 96,834| 101,027| 104,066| 8.0 Delaware ...............| 21,151| 28,325| 34,252| 36,204|| 36,579| 36,495| 37,362| 36,895| 34,194| 36,510| -0.2 District of Columbia ...| 12,194| 13,900| 11,990| 9,663|| 7,736| 4,887| 5,410| 5,349| 5,499| 5,589| -27.8 Florida ................| 189,450| 334,349| 489,081| 530,607|| 529,422| 534,721| 531,921| 540,967| 556,912| 588,921| 11.2 | | | | || | | | | | | Georgia ................| 101,900| 140,158| 196,413| 248,682|| 230,204| 235,011| 229,928| 237,411| 271,755| 298,215| 29.5 Hawaii .................| 32,963| 43,269| 45,728| 50,198|| 47,370| 45,542| 45,270| 46,479| 44,579| 45,994| -2.9 Idaho ..................| 27,072| 34,491| 41,315| 48,986|| 49,806| 50,233| 51,330| 52,615| 53,751| 56,673| 13.8 Illinois ...............| 315,634| 491,274| 551,333| 530,248|| 532,470| 536,578| 533,294| 533,522| 534,155| 534,280| 0.3 Indiana.................| 136,739| 189,224| 223,953| 224,795|| 220,967| 224,522| 228,450| 230,810| 240,023| 259,258| 17.3 | | | | || | | | | | | Iowa ...................| 68,390| 97,454| 117,834| 122,396|| 125,923| 128,073| 129,302| 133,753| 135,008| 140,227| 11.4 Kansas .................| 88,215| 121,987| 149,117| 160,449|| 156,446| 159,955| 158,594| 157,088| 159,976| 164,173| 4.9 Kentucky ...............| 77,240| 114,884| 147,095| 148,808|| 147,423| 146,295| 146,344| 146,558| 151,973| 178,349| 21.0 Louisiana ..............| 101,127| 136,703| 158,290| 174,873|| 185,223| 189,179| 189,896| 188,573| 189,213| 194,790| 5.2 Maine ..................| 25,405| 31,878| 41,500| 38,195|| 38,260| 38,010| 38,636| 40,349| 40,662| 42,425| 10.9 | | | | || | | | | | | Maryland ...............| 118,988| 195,051| 220,783| 222,857|| 217,277| 217,250| 219,055| 220,809| 223,797| 236,795| 9.0 Massachusetts ..........| 116,127| 183,765| 186,035| 176,777|| 173,854| 174,694| 178,376| 181,514| 183,248| 186,891| 7.5 Michigan ...............| 339,625| 454,147| 487,359| 462,390|| 458,989| 458,561| 462,580| 461,825| 467,861| 482,154| 5.0 Minnesota ..............| 130,567| 162,379| 199,211| 217,249|| 213,284| 203,088| 200,422| 207,474| 218,617| 225,941| 5.9 Mississippi ............| 64,968| 90,661| 109,038| 110,600|| 114,905| 118,847| 120,831| 121,369| 125,355| 125,656| 9.4 | | | | || | | | | | | Missouri................| 132,540| 165,179| 200,093| 189,993|| 189,851| 190,608| 194,462| 199,324| 201,509| 206,721| 8.9 Montana ................| 27,287| 31,178| 31,865| 37,435|| 38,000| 38,702| 38,768| 38,336| 37,387| 39,368| 3.6 Nebraska ...............| 51,454| 73,509| 94,614| 95,599|| 99,717| 89,414| 89,040| 88,386| 88,531| 89,639| -10.1 Nevada .................| 13,576| 40,280| 61,242| 66,683|| 71,925| 73,309| 79,147| 85,270| 83,120| 86,790| 20.7 New Hampshire ..........| 15,979| 24,119| 32,163| 36,069|| 36,365| 35,259| 32,187| 34,927| 35,870| 37,224| 2.4 | | | | || | | | | | | New Jersey .............| 145,373| 247,028| 261,601| 271,069|| 264,596| 261,365| 260,092| 263,752| 266,921| 275,655| 4.2 New Mexico .............| 40,795| 55,077| 83,403| 97,220|| 99,918| 100,708| 101,150| 103,125| 101,450| 103,758| 3.8 New York ...............| 449,437| 563,251| 616,884| 588,491|| 572,482| 567,893| 567,202| 566,306| 583,417| 584,607| 2.1 North Carolina .........| 123,761| 228,154| 285,405| 303,099|| 302,939| 302,033| 314,110| 321,311| 329,422| 350,684| 15.8 North Dakota ...........| 30,192| 31,709| 34,690| 36,810|| 36,765| 35,037| 35,264| 35,940| 36,014| 38,560| 4.9 | | | | || | | | | | | Ohio ...................| 281,099| 381,765| 427,613| 409,818|| 407,108| 404,694| 408,487| 411,541| 411,161| 425,265| 4.5 Oklahoma ...............| 91,438| 137,188| 151,073| 158,026|| 154,381| 154,572| 155,796| 155,361| 153,699| 163,336| 5.8 Oregon .................| 108,483| 140,102| 144,427| 143,617|| 141,429| 144,342| 144,326| 148,177| 154,756| 162,645| 15.0 Pennsylvania ...........| 232,982| 292,499| 343,478| 339,928|| 335,181| 334,901| 338,047| 336,930| 339,229| 353,950| 5.6 Rhode Island ...........| 25,527| 35,052| 42,350| 38,653|| 37,487| 37,251| 38,368| 38,650| 38,458| 39,149| 4.4 | | | | || | | | | | | South Carolina .........| 47,101| 107,683| 131,134| 148,706|| 148,363| 148,694| 152,542| 153,496| 155,519| 158,661| 6.9 South Dakota ...........| 23,936| 24,328| 26,596| 29,693|| 32,861| 32,863| 34,088| 34,197| 34,857| 37,310| 13.5 Tennessee ..............| 98,897| 156,835| 175,049| 193,136|| 194,138| 193,516| 193,393| 193,646| 202,530| 194,696| 0.3 Texas ..................| 365,522| 613,552| 802,314| 836,851|| 838,943| 845,686| 849,075| 862,271| 896,534| 935,826| 11.5 Utah ...................| 49,588| 59,598| 86,108| 110,560|| 113,696| 118,619| 111,315| 120,558| 123,046| 133,790| 17.7 | | | | || | | | | | | Vermont ................| 12,536| 17,984| 20,910| 20,470|| 20,139| 20,540| 20,549| 20,580| 20,021| 20,480| 1.7 Virginia ...............| 123,279| 246,500| 291,286| 293,127|| 292,412| 301,594| 305,455| 311,536| 313,780| 326,758| 11.7 Washington .............| 162,718| 276,028| 227,632| 246,635|| 262,359| 274,705| 257,047| 263,415| 273,928| 277,023| 5.6 West Virginia...........| 51,363| 71,228| 74,108| 74,857|| 75,116| 76,078| 76,322| 76,777| 76,136| 78,304| 4.2 Wisconsin ..............| 170,374| 235,179| 253,529| 245,770|| 245,060| 243,858| 247,462| 249,608| 249,737| 257,888| 5.2 Wyoming ................| 15,220| 21,121| 30,623| 29,420|| 29,994| 29,475| 28,757| 27,944| 28,715| 29,545| -1.5 | | | | || | | | | | | U.S. Service Schools\4\ | 17,079| 49,808| 48,692| 88,451|| 81,669| 83,090| 13,991| 13,344| 13,475| 14,561| -82.2 |==========|==========|===========|===========||===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|======= Outlying areas ......| 46,680| 60,692| 66,244| 77,050|| 79,083| 80,715| 82,537| 83,919| 84,464| 85,535| 8.2 |__________|__________|___________|___________||___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______ American Samoa .........| 0| 976| 1,219| 1,232|| 1,239| 1,248| 909| 1,172| 297| 1,178| -4.9 Federated States of | | | | || | | | | | | Micronesia ...........| 0| 224| 975| 1,296|| 1,396| 1,372| 772| 1,506| 1,576| 2,243| 60.7 Guam ...................| 2,719| 3,217| 4,741| 6,010|| 5,335| 5,533| 5,758| 5,727| 5,215| 4,869| -8.7 Marshall Islands........| 0| 0| 0| 418|| 431| 459| 513| 616| 328| 220| -49.0 Northern Marianas ......| 0| 0| 661| 959|| 1,096| 1,136| 1,239| 1,080| 1,078| 982| -10.4 Palau ..................| 0| 0| 491| 351|| 332| 330| 424| 569| 581| 579| 74.4 Puerto Rico ............| 42,516| 54,127| 55,691| 63,730|| 66,356| 68,027| 70,276| 70,507| 73,121| 73,173| 10.3 Virgin Islands .........| 1,445| 2,148| 2,466| 3,054|| 2,898| 2,610| 2,646| 2,742| 2,268| 2,291| -20.9 ________________________|__________|__________|___________|___________||___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______ |
\1\Institutions that were accredited by an agency or association that was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, or recognized directly by the Secretary of Education. 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; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys, 1990 through 1999, and Spring 2001 and Spring 2002 surveys. (This table was prepared August 2003.)
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