50 State Comparison - Postsecondary Education Data Table
Full-Time-Equivalent Fall Enrollment
Description
Full-time-equivalent fall enrollment in all public and private degree-granting institutions, 2001 to 2008.| State | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Alabama | 186,434 | 194,806 | 200,863 | 203,150 | 201,697 | 203,307 | 210,677 | 210,677 |
| Alaska | 17,951 | 18,973 | 19,956 | 20,160 | 19,858 | 19,626 | 19,835 | 19,835 |
| Arizona | 249,002 | 279,414 | 310,949 | 368,620 | 420,004 | 434,884 | 491,735 | 491,735 |
| Arkansas | 96,294 | 100,353 | 105,579 | 108,671 | 111,778 | 113,723 | 117,005 | 117,005 |
| California | 1,551,092 | 1,630,276 | 1,587,201 | 1,608,720 | 1,629,006 | 1,652,838 | 1,709,793 | 1,709,793 |
| Colorado | 192,349 | 201,530 | 210,938 | 221,261 | 224,638 | 232,313 | 236,881 | 236,881 |
| Connecticut | 121,823 | 127,061 | 129,221 | 131,992 | 134,262 | 136,360 | 139,302 | 139,302 |
| Delaware | 35,934 | 37,842 | 38,064 | 38,514 | 39,866 | 39,860 | 40,689 | 40,689 |
| District of Columbia | 68,200 | 70,870 | 73,387 | 76,440 | 78,917 | 82,159 | 84,370 | 84,370 |
| Florida | 522,631 | 557,186 | 597,889 | 624,502 | 633,811 | 646,231 | 669,395 | 669,395 |
| Georgia | 290,486 | 308,795 | 321,107 | 343,524 | 334,673 | 342,909 | 357,956 | 357,956 |
| Hawaii | 46,299 | 48,820 | 49,931 | 49,959 | 49,755 | 49,717 | 49,042 | 49,042 |
| Idaho | 55,557 | 57,970 | 60,799 | 61,683 | 62,459 | 62,436 | 62,609 | 62,609 |
| Illinois | 527,155 | 550,396 | 568,176 | 573,703 | 608,805 | 608,078 | 618,051 | 618,051 |
| Indiana | 265,728 | 272,879 | 281,851 | 287,320 | 291,994 | 297,688 | 307,839 | 307,839 |
| Iowa | 157,362 | 163,494 | 170,270 | 171,328 | 177,588 | 183,281 | 195,300 | 195,300 |
| Kansas | 133,928 | 137,436 | 139,723 | 141,263 | 141,311 | 142,943 | 142,983 | 142,983 |
| Kentucky | 165,170 | 171,951 | 180,816 | 184,413 | 185,949 | 187,336 | 193,016 | 193,016 |
| Louisiana | 188,717 | 192,307 | 201,588 | 204,063 | 165,806 | 185,348 | 184,014 | 184,014 |
| Maine | 45,366 | 47,101 | 48,478 | 49,695 | 50,119 | 50,729 | 51,757 | 51,757 |
| Maryland | 199,037 | 208,690 | 214,642 | 218,455 | 221,114 | 225,645 | 231,262 | 231,262 |
| Massachusetts | 332,750 | 340,285 | 346,939 | 351,157 | 356,390 | 362,906 | 372,391 | 372,391 |
| Michigan | 419,925 | 435,875 | 447,227 | 454,224 | 459,424 | 464,813 | 472,869 | 472,869 |
| Minnesota | 236,235 | 248,814 | 260,382 | 270,329 | 277,460 | 286,265 | 294,793 | 294,793 |
| Mississippi | 122,686 | 123,795 | 126,407 | 129,192 | 127,987 | 128,532 | 132,194 | 132,194 |
| Missouri | 241,618 | 259,786 | 268,385 | 274,323 | 281,256 | 284,361 | 289,939 | 289,939 |
| Montana | 38,169 | 38,478 | 40,081 | 40,147 | 40,186 | 39,876 | 39,631 | 39,631 |
| Nebraska | 87,838 | 90,394 | 92,873 | 94,395 | 94,683 | 97,301 | 98,551 | 98,551 |
| Nevada | 57,795 | 60,833 | 64,394 | 71,681 | 75,448 | 75,314 | 78,583 | 78,583 |
| New Hampshire | 50,834 | 53,270 | 54,469 | 55,392 | 55,748 | 56,500 | 57,261 | 57,261 |
| New Jersey | 254,309 | 266,849 | 275,679 | 281,732 | 283,103 | 288,830 | 299,375 | 299,375 |
| New Mexico | 79,325 | 84,204 | 88,044 | 90,885 | 90,896 | 90,980 | 92,229 | 92,229 |
| New York | 845,932 | 890,743 | 912,042 | 926,102 | 937,053 | 947,140 | 960,301 | 960,301 |
| North Carolina | 325,650 | 341,414 | 355,671 | 360,438 | 370,611 | 376,751 | 382,355 | 382,355 |
| North Dakota | 37,206 | 39,401 | 41,321 | 42,226 | 41,874 | 41,617 | 41,628 | 41,628 |
| Ohio | 443,800 | 459,686 | 475,523 | 484,846 | 489,636 | 495,200 | 504,249 | 504,249 |
| Oklahoma | 146,311 | 153,452 | 161,226 | 162,024 | 161,599 | 159,419 | 159,866 | 159,866 |
| Oregon | 138,658 | 148,221 | 147,806 | 149,906 | 149,198 | 148,653 | 151,113 | 151,113 |
| Pennsylvania | 515,638 | 535,709 | 553,618 | 566,077 | 572,290 | 582,885 | 597,762 | 597,762 |
| Rhode Island | 61,640 | 62,199 | 64,166 | 65,794 | 67,090 | 67,796 | 68,953 | 68,953 |
| South Carolina | 147,755 | 157,787 | 162,667 | 164,813 | 166,413 | 168,297 | 172,822 | 172,822 |
| South Dakota | 36,222 | 37,928 | 39,022 | 39,056 | 38,977 | 38,806 | 39,154 | 39,154 |
| Tennessee | 208,884 | 213,740 | 219,021 | 229,125 | 232,961 | 238,809 | 245,314 | 245,314 |
| Texas | 774,479 | 823,518 | 852,058 | 878,489 | 889,332 | 894,126 | 906,711 | 906,711 |
| Utah | 135,121 | 138,627 | 143,268 | 147,506 | 151,963 | 151,906 | 155,219 | 155,219 |
| Vermont | 29,864 | 29,983 | 30,860 | 31,775 | 32,959 | 34,255 | 35,377 | 35,377 |
| Virginia | 284,504 | 296,909 | 307,103 | 316,516 | 328,949 | 341,246 | 356,869 | 356,869 |
| Washington | 242,726 | 254,703 | 260,520 | 259,263 | 262,055 | 261,437 | 264,390 | 264,390 |
| West Virginia | 75,876 | 78,428 | 81,482 | 82,375 | 83,498 | 84,220 | 92,184 | 92,184 |
| Wisconsin | 240,853 | 250,367 | 251,909 | 254,467 | 257,893 | 260,867 | 267,254 | 267,254 |
| Wyoming | 22,266 | 23,351 | 24,090 | 24,549 | 25,183 | 24,387 | 24,576 | 24,576 |
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