Texas enrollment grew while 5 states ended lower
Fall enrollment in Texas rose from 2014–15 to 2023–24, while California, Florida, New York, North Carolina, and Ohio ended lower.
Compare ten years of total fall enrollment in California, Texas, New York, Florida, North Carolina, and Ohio. Use small multiples so each state’s direction is readable, and stop at 2023–24 rather than mixing in the provisional cycle.
The 6 panels show state paths that are hard to see on one shared scale. Texas ends above its 2014–15 level. California, Florida, New York, North Carolina, and Ohio end lower.
The comparison uses total fall enrollment through 2023–24. It does not explain why enrollment changed or which student groups drove it.
Fall enrollment paths in six large states, 2014–15 to 2023–24
| State | Collection cycle | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 2014-15 | 2,761,871 |
| CA | 2015-16 | 2,740,064 |
| CA | 2016-17 | 2,754,885 |
| CA | 2017-18 | 2,776,838 |
| CA | 2018-19 | 2,777,351 |
| CA | 2019-20 | 2,768,145 |
| CA | 2020-21 | 2,670,889 |
| CA | 2021-22 | 2,576,745 |
| CA | 2022-23 | 2,571,080 |
| CA | 2023-24 | 2,681,707 |
| FL | 2014-15 | 1,163,155 |
| FL | 2015-16 | 1,136,278 |
| FL | 2016-17 | 1,128,019 |
| FL | 2017-18 | 1,125,301 |
| FL | 2018-19 | 1,116,833 |
| FL | 2019-20 | 1,108,594 |
| FL | 2020-21 | 1,073,607 |
| FL | 2021-22 | 1,051,656 |
| FL | 2022-23 | 1,052,474 |
| FL | 2023-24 | 1,052,842 |
| NC | 2014-15 | 576,564 |
| NC | 2015-16 | 568,759 |
| NC | 2016-17 | 567,912 |
| NC | 2017-18 | 570,139 |
| NC | 2018-19 | 569,764 |
| NC | 2019-20 | 575,560 |
| NC | 2020-21 | 564,250 |
| NC | 2021-22 | 562,214 |
| NC | 2022-23 | 557,018 |
| NC | 2023-24 | 566,350 |
| NY | 2014-15 | 1,334,480 |
| NY | 2015-16 | 1,317,432 |
| NY | 2016-17 | 1,302,674 |
| NY | 2017-18 | 1,287,228 |
| NY | 2018-19 | 1,277,196 |
| NY | 2019-20 | 1,261,784 |
| NY | 2020-21 | 1,208,808 |
| NY | 2021-22 | 1,170,855 |
| NY | 2022-23 | 1,141,923 |
| NY | 2023-24 | 1,153,436 |
| OH | 2014-15 | 700,991 |
| OH | 2015-16 | 683,859 |
| OH | 2016-17 | 675,445 |
| OH | 2017-18 | 666,069 |
| OH | 2018-19 | 661,082 |
| OH | 2019-20 | 672,032 |
| OH | 2020-21 | 669,183 |
| OH | 2021-22 | 662,010 |
| OH | 2022-23 | 628,176 |
| OH | 2023-24 | 619,966 |
| TX | 2014-15 | 1,591,645 |
| TX | 2015-16 | 1,614,821 |
| TX | 2016-17 | 1,637,170 |
| TX | 2017-18 | 1,656,548 |
| TX | 2018-19 | 1,667,920 |
| TX | 2019-20 | 1,687,411 |
| TX | 2020-21 | 1,628,096 |
| TX | 2021-22 | 1,594,307 |
| TX | 2022-23 | 1,593,516 |
| TX | 2023-24 | 1,637,202 |