Higher education student enrollment was down slightly in spring 2020 compared with the previous year, according to estimates from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
The center said that 17,458,306 students were enrolled in U.S. higher education institutions in spring 2020. That's a 0.5% decrease compared with the 17,542,109 who were enrolled in spring 2019.
About 14.7 million students were enrolled in undergraduate programs in spring 2020, and 2.7 million were enrolled in graduate or professional programs.
Here are the 10 states estimated to have the most college students enrolled in spring 2020.
California 2,313,557
Texas 1,387,478
New York 995,377
Florida 889,945
Pennsylvania 603,130
Illinois 570,473
Ohio 547,336
North Carolina 496,443
Georgia 482,099
Virginia 468,426
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Mike Kennedy
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Mike Kennedy has been writing about education for American School & University since 1999. He also has reported on schools and other topics for The Chicago Tribune, The Kansas City Star, The Kansas City Times and City News Bureau of Chicago. He is a graduate of Michigan State University.