Table 218.

Total fall enrollment in private degree-granting institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2010

State or jurisdiction	Fall 1970	Fall 1980	Fall 1990	Fall 2000	Fall 2005	Fall 2006	Fall 2007	Fall 2008	Fall 2009	Fall 2010	Percent change, 2005 to 2010
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
United States	2,152,753	2,639,501	2,973,920	3,559,503	4,465,641	4,578,737	4,757,348	5,130,661	5,617,069	5,873,317	31.5
Alabama	16,052	20,632	22,650	26,527	28,236	27,740	30,551	65,901	51,463	60,244	113.4
Alaska	908	735	2,041	1,394	1,365	1,258	1,235	1,550	1,913	1,350	-1.1
Arizona	2,304	8,682	15,935	57,968	224,732	235,751	291,993	372,935	478,196	428,412	90.6
Arkansas	8,440	11,539	11,780	13,397	15,155	15,984	16,643	17,668	18,878	20,115	32.7
California	133,716	191,155	214,030	328,937	391,678	387,209	393,435	412,754	446,109	490,524	25.2
Colorado	14,833	17,318	26,478	45,975	68,163	76,482	82,653	89,967	96,596	102,618	50.5
Connecticut	51,309	61,844	59,048	60,216	62,970	64,240	64,933	65,484	68,595	72,190	14.6
Delaware	4,109	4,614	7,752	9,703	12,930	13,120	13,251	14,136	14,746	15,323	18.5
District of Columbia	64,964	72,775	67,561	67,190	99,302	103,736	109,545	120,526	131,598	86,152	-13.2
Florida	46,075	77,542	99,005	150,772	223,663	233,743	230,465	263,106	293,742	335,442	50.0
Georgia	24,611	44,001	55,373	74,449	84,638	89,265	93,828	100,113	114,456	132,614	56.7
Hawaii	3,599	3,912	10,708	15,603	16,926	16,903	16,147	16,578	16,864	17,983	6.2
Idaho	7,495	8,527	10,566	11,843	17,405	18,661	18,320	19,266	21,189	20,997	20.6
Illinois	136,512	152,971	177,913	209,763	277,818	277,899	286,078	298,831	312,083	321,374	15.7
Indiana	55,929	58,029	60,879	74,311	93,955	96,309	101,526	105,006	116,222	121,718	29.5
Iowa	40,512	42,995	52,681	53,966	78,815	87,582	101,615	129,872	179,761	204,061	158.9
Kansas	14,270	14,618	14,616	19,992	21,433	22,615	24,048	26,351	28,107	29,236	36.4
Kentucky	21,351	28,182	30,757	36,368	43,390	44,716	46,979	48,613	56,399	61,377	41.5
Louisiana	19,601	23,355	28,550	34,587	16,670	31,593	31,438	33,277	36,342	38,827	132.9
Maine	8,729	11,386	15,686	17,811	18,032	18,379	18,816	19,605	20,502	21,503	19.2
Maryland	30,619	30,475	38,917	49,948	58,078	58,539	57,878	58,311	60,756	68,188	17.4
Massachusetts	187,682	234,650	231,798	237,894	255,021	259,362	264,666	271,236	278,291	283,809	11.3
Michigan	53,101	65,984	82,444	99,770	121,165	122,713	123,830	124,759	133,027	135,681	12.0
Minnesota	30,221	44,312	54,578	74,828	120,848	131,793	141,996	154,422	171,945	189,160	56.5
Mississippi	8,999	11,703	13,845	12,034	14,561	14,511	15,301	16,217	17,619	18,502	27.1
Missouri	51,390	69,242	89,806	119,839	156,723	158,623	161,211	167,672	179,376	188,576	20.3
Montana	2,775	3,999	4,011	4,853	4,853	4,506	4,514	4,275	4,935	5,051	4.1
Nebraska	15,461	15,979	18,217	23,586	28,055	30,014	30,698	30,865	34,496	36,702	30.8
Nevada	93	175	486	4,773	10,662	10,414	11,479	11,931	12,923	16,257	52.5
New Hampshire	13,421	22,675	27,347	25,848	28,886	29,139	28,742	29,547	30,727	31,522	9.1
New Jersey	70,748	74,582	62,685	69,024	75,443	77,282	79,840	81,322	83,193	85,835	13.8
New Mexico	3,666	3,206	2,097	9,289	10,361	10,160	9,602	9,430	9,651	11,796	13.9
New York	357,042	428,986	431,402	459,978	525,859	524,579	520,383	558,966	577,138	582,095	10.7
North Carolina	48,164	59,383	66,733	75,230	87,637	89,565	91,584	94,001	98,626	110,444	26.0
North Dakota	1,303	2,360	3,188	4,234	6,581	6,570	6,929	7,059	7,706	7,999	21.5
Ohio	95,168	107,380	130,077	138,392	163,349	166,980	170,257	178,064	189,093	197,396	20.8
Oklahoma	18,717	23,107	22,148	24,317	28,828	28,221	28,739	28,504	30,697	32,931	14.2
Oregon	13,694	17,356	21,314	28,309	36,281	37,535	37,668	38,959	42,166	42,329	16.7
Pennsylvania	178,062	215,217	260,582	270,292	312,069	318,881	328,623	335,312	352,144	370,704	18.8
Rhode Island	20,371	31,817	35,923	36,992	41,374	41,360	41,397	41,292	41,264	41,886	1.2
South Carolina	22,417	24,793	28,168	30,412	35,758	36,007	37,276	43,442	46,463	52,213	46.0
South Dakota	6,703	8,433	7,612	8,364	11,220	10,903	10,830	10,701	11,668	13,801	23.0
Tennessee	36,206	47,746	51,189	61,380	82,676	85,474	89,261	93,470	101,177	109,502	32.4
Texas	76,703	87,839	99,123	137,439	159,372	158,570	159,432	164,016	189,027	201,973	26.7
Utah	32,099	34,389	35,195	40,730	51,731	53,923	55,697	59,187	65,669	73,508	42.1
Vermont	9,673	12,644	15,488	15,468	15,825	16,710	17,362	17,394	17,947	18,048	14.0
Virginia	28,636	34,004	62,156	68,113	89,971	98,349	107,782	117,675	143,943	167,006	85.6
Washington	20,826	27,575	35,752	46,912	51,726	51,106	50,282	50,464	54,141	57,236	10.7
West Virginia	11,790	10,745	10,682	11,752	14,399	14,018	29,010	36,638	47,951	56,327	291.2
Wisconsin	31,684	33,907	46,245	57,442	66,330	67,912	70,039	72,481	78,138	82,774	24.8
Wyoming	0	26	703	1,289	2,723	1,833	1,541	1,510	1,411	2,006	-26.3
Other jurisdictions	20,557	77,057	98,374	110,169	140,824	145,490	145,891	153,743	156,762	180,518	28.2
American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	†
Federated States of    Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	†
Guam	0	0	0	0	189	186	167	149	94	85	-55.0
Marshall Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	†
Northern Marianas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	†
Palau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	†
Puerto Rico	20,557	77,057	98,374	110,169	140,635	145,304	145,724	153,594	156,668	180,433	28.3
U.S. Virgin Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	†

†Not applicable.

NOTE: Data through 1990 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. (See Appendix A: Guide to Sources for details.)

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys, 1970 and 1980; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90); and IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2011, Enrollment component. (This table was prepared November 2011.)