College/university enrollment rates for high school graduates under age 25, by state

2000 2007 2010 2011
Alabama 39.5% 34.7% 42.7% 41.5%
Alaska 27.0 33.9 30.8 31.0
Arizona 34.4 36.5 43.3 46.7
Arkansas 27.0 32.0 31.6 35.7
California 44.1 48.3 51.1 50.1
Colorado 28.5 34.8 40.2 41.6
Connecticut 45.9 46.8 52.4 48.6
Delaware 35.4 41.2 41.7 45.4
District of Columbia 36.2 39.7 38.3 40.7
Florida 37.7 38.2 50.2 47.5
Georgia 29.5 43.7 45.3 47.1
Hawaii 42.5 40.0 41.2 37.1
Idaho 31.1 27.6 32.1 36.7
Illinois 37.6 45.3 45.2 45.1
Indiana 36.6 37.9 42.0 41.1
Iowa 37.6 41.2 42.7 39.4
Kansas 45.0 41.6 44.4 39.6
Kentucky 39.9 36.8 36.9 39.3
Louisiana 38.2 39.9 40.8 41.3
Maine 34.2 41.0 41.4 39.7
Maryland 38.6 47.3 47.8 46.7
Massachusetts 39.8 46.6 50.6 47.9
Michigan 37.5 45.1 51.2 50.7
Minnesota 35.0 43.6 41.2 46.3
Mississippi 38.1 40.0 43.4 45.3
Missouri 37.1 38.2 39.6 43.9
Montana 34.3 34.7 38.1 39.4
Nebraska 37.6 41.8 43.1 43.1
Nevada 31.6 29.9 37.5 40.1
New Hampshire 35.9 41.8 42.8 44.8
New Jersey 43.6 49.4 52.6 51.3
New Mexico 38.8 45.0 49.5 49.7
New York 42.4 48.8 48.2 50.5
North Carolina 32.2 41.3 41.8 43.5
North Dakota 37.2 39.9 37.7 39.2
Ohio 38.2 38.5 41.2 44.6
Oklahoma 35.0 38.8 36.3 34.2
Oregon 30.0 34.4 39.2 40.9
Pennsylvania 41.2 40.4 41.8 41.6
Rhode Island 37.6 44.0 47.4 48.4
South Carolina 37.0 38.9 38.7 41.6
South Dakota 32.9 35.0 41.1 36.2
Tennessee 36.2 39.0 40.7 39.3
Texas 34.3 41.4 40.5 39.8
Utah 33.7 33.1 33.0 39.7
Vermont 38.4 40.7 39.0 40.0
Virginia 38.3 39.4 41.1 43.8
Washington 36.5 31.2 38.8 42.1
West Virginia 34.9 31.3 34.7 33.3
Wisconsin 30.4 37.8 42.0 41.2
Wyoming 36.6 35.0 33.4 33.4
United States 37.9 41.9 44.5 44.8

 

Source: Authors' analysis of basic monthly Current Population Survey microdata

View the underlying data on epi.org.