States with the most college students

Dec. 27, 2016
Here are the 10 states that had the most students enrolled in fall 2016 in degree-granting colleges and universities.

A little more than 19 million students were enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities in fall 2016, according to the latest estimates from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. That represents a decline of 1.4 percent compared with fall 2015.

California, the nation's largest state, also has the most students enrolled in higher-education students—more than 2.5 million.

Here are the 10 states that had the most students enrolled in fall 2016 in degree-granting colleges and universities.

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