Rank List: States in Profile

Total College Enrollment in 2021

Rank	State	FIPS Code	Students
1	California	06000	2,482,339
2	Texas	48000	1,566,134
3	New York	36000	1,147,466
4	Florida	12000	1,008,186
5	Illinois	17000	675,669
6	Pennsylvania	42000	648,446
7	Ohio	39000	646,311
8	Arizona	04000	614,146
9	North Carolina	37000	555,824
10	Virginia	51000	546,214
11	Georgia	13000	544,354
12	Michigan	26000	481,573
13	Massachusetts	25000	478,479
14	Indiana	18000	429,699
15	Utah	49000	390,017
16	New Jersey	34000	380,882
17	Minnesota	27000	380,353
18	Colorado	08000	346,368
19	Missouri	29000	336,590
20	Maryland	24000	335,086
21	Washington	53000	321,430
22	Wisconsin	55000	315,488
23	Tennessee	47000	307,796
24	Alabama	01000	292,760
25	Kentucky	21000	257,254
26	Louisiana	22000	239,642
27	South Carolina	45000	235,086
28	Iowa	19000	203,274
29	New Hampshire	33000	198,460
30	Oregon	41000	196,066
31	Kansas	20000	193,665
32	Connecticut	09000	184,585
33	Oklahoma	40000	183,768
34	Mississippi	28000	158,571
35	Arkansas	05000	147,756
36	Nebraska	31000	133,501
37	West Virginia	54000	132,280
38	Idaho	16000	126,334
39	Nevada	32000	115,247
40	New Mexico	35000	107,098
41	District of Columbia	11000	99,435
42	Rhode Island	44000	74,636
43	Maine	23000	68,804
44	Hawaii	15000	60,076
45	Delaware	10000	56,251
46	South Dakota	46000	51,265
47	North Dakota	38000	50,968
48	Montana	30000	47,053
49	Vermont	50000	40,415
50	Wyoming	56000	30,447
51	Alaska	02000	20,929

Data Source: National Center for Education Statistics

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