Table 194. | Total fall enrollment in private degree-granting institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 to 2001 |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Institutions of higher education\1\ || Degree-granting institutions\2\ |_______________________________________||___________________________________________________________________ State | | | | || | | | | | |Percent or | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall || Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall |change, jurisdiction | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 1995 || 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999\3\ | 2000 | 2001 |1996 to | | | | || | | | | | | 2001 ______________________|_________|_________|_________|_________||_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_______ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 || 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 ______________________|_________|_________|_________|_________||_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_______ United States .....|2,152,753|2,639,501|2,973,920|3,169,407||3,247,021|3,306,215|3,369,198|3,481,825|3,559,503|3,694,831| 13.8 |_________|_________|_________|_________||_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_______ Alabama ..............| 16,052| 20,632| 22,650| 22,447|| 24,180| 24,811| 25,556| 25,971| 26,527| 27,761| 14.8 Alaska ...............| 908| 735| 2,041| 980|| 978| 1,198| 1,356| 1,261| 1,394| 1,206| 23.3 Arizona ..............| 2,304| 8,682| 15,935| 19,451|| 28,873| 31,898| 34,021| 49,891| 57,968| 72,311| 150.4 Arkansas .............| 8,440| 11,539| 11,780| 11,113|| 11,231| 11,487| 11,487| 11,766| 13,397| 13,332| 18.7 California ...........| 133,716| 191,155| 214,030| 252,812|| 275,078| 293,722| 303,179| 324,876| 328,937| 336,908| 22.5 | | | | || | | | | | | Colorado .............| 14,833| 17,318| 26,478| 32,427|| 35,929| 38,770| 40,896| 42,308| 45,975| 46,477| 29.4 Connecticut ..........| 51,309| 61,844| 59,048| 57,156|| 57,803| 58,087| 59,037| 60,073| 60,216| 60,961| 5.5 Delaware .............| 4,109| 4,614| 7,752| 8,103|| 8,259| 8,395| 8,898| 9,718| 9,703| 10,594| 28.3 District of Columbia .| 64,964| 72,775| 67,561| 67,614|| 66,724| 67,510| 66,978| 66,769| 67,190| 81,663| 22.4 Florida ..............| 46,075| 77,542| 99,005| 106,696|| 116,410| 123,538| 129,266| 143,778| 150,772| 164,633| 41.4 | | | | || | | | | | | Georgia ..............| 24,611| 44,001| 55,373| 66,030|| 70,591| 71,227| 73,757| 74,401| 74,449| 77,883| 10.3 Hawaii ...............| 3,599| 3,912| 10,708| 13,000|| 15,474| 15,972| 16,345| 16,099| 15,603| 16,085| 3.9 Idaho ................| 7,495| 8,527| 10,566| 10,580|| 10,605| 11,408| 11,755| 12,046| 11,843| 13,001| 22.6 Illinois .............| 136,512| 152,971| 177,913| 187,606|| 188,663| 189,621| 195,790| 199,660| 209,763| 214,164| 13.5 Indiana...............| 55,929| 58,029| 60,879| 64,820|| 69,217| 70,995| 70,726| 73,915| 74,311| 79,457| 14.8 | | | | || | | | | | | Iowa .................| 40,512| 42,995| 52,681| 51,439|| 52,937| 52,894| 52,642| 53,027| 53,966| 54,595| 3.1 Kansas ...............| 14,270| 14,618| 14,616| 17,194|| 17,419| 17,589| 18,967| 19,649| 19,992| 20,770| 19.2 Kentucky .............| 21,351| 28,182| 30,757| 30,050|| 31,481| 32,629| 34,206| 35,068| 36,368| 36,490| 15.9 Louisiana ............| 19,601| 23,355| 28,550| 29,062|| 28,770| 30,017| 31,214| 32,775| 34,587| 34,081| 18.5 Maine ................| 8,729| 11,386| 15,686| 18,352|| 17,757| 18,358| 18,350| 17,473| 17,811| 18,702| 5.3 | | | | || | | | | | | Maryland .............| 30,619| 30,475| 38,917| 43,453|| 43,480| 44,012| 46,118| 48,011| 49,948| 51,429| 18.3 Massachusetts ........| 187,682| 234,650| 231,798| 237,017|| 237,822| 237,926| 237,125| 238,181| 237,894| 238,180| 0.2 Michigan .............| 53,101| 65,984| 82,444| 85,949|| 88,640| 91,181| 94,431| 97,173| 99,770| 103,844| 17.2 Minnesota ............| 30,221| 44,312| 54,578| 63,567|| 71,680| 66,799| 71,190| 75,282| 74,828| 82,292| 14.8 Mississippi ..........| 8,999| 11,703| 13,845| 12,090|| 11,122| 11,714| 11,607| 11,801| 12,034| 12,226| 9.9 | | | | || | | | | | | Missouri..............| 51,390| 69,242| 89,806| 101,543|| 103,733| 112,288| 116,045| 118,156| 119,839| 124,859| 20.4 Montana ..............| 2,775| 3,999| 4,011| 5,239|| 5,550| 5,439| 5,382| 4,778| 4,853| 5,564| 0.3 Nebraska .............| 15,461| 15,979| 18,217| 20,119|| 20,972| 22,128| 22,083| 22,420| 23,586| 24,178| 15.3 Nevada ...............| 93| 175| 486| 1,143|| 2,045| 3,108| 3,973| 4,441| 4,773| 6,578| 221.7 New Hampshire ........| 13,421| 22,675| 27,347| 28,258|| 28,031| 28,552| 28,597| 28,439| 25,848| 27,807| -0.8 | | | | || | | | | | | New Jersey ...........| 70,748| 74,582| 62,685| 62,762|| 63,547| 64,389| 65,793| 66,785| 69,024| 70,852| 11.5 New Mexico ...........| 3,666| 3,206| 2,097| 5,185|| 6,744| 7,852| 7,660| 8,771| 9,289| 9,103| 35.0 New York .............| 357,042| 428,986| 431,402| 453,075|| 455,869| 456,605| 447,018| 454,685| 459,978| 473,187| 3.8 North Carolina .......| 48,164| 59,383| 66,733| 68,931|| 70,054| 71,684| 73,297| 74,596| 75,230| 77,100| 10.1 North Dakota .........| 1,303| 2,360| 3,188| 3,589|| 4,377| 3,900| 4,177| 4,408| 4,234| 4,283| -2.1 | | | | || | | | | | | Ohio .................| 95,168| 107,380| 130,077| 130,457|| 137,263| 132,475| 133,590| 137,004| 138,392| 143,958| 4.9 Oklahoma .............| 18,717| 23,107| 22,148| 22,650|| 22,785| 22,585| 22,711| 23,694| 24,317| 26,449| 16.1 Oregon ...............| 13,694| 17,356| 21,314| 23,528|| 25,233| 25,510| 26,730| 27,458| 28,309| 28,733| 13.9 Pennsylvania .........| 178,062| 215,217| 260,582| 277,831|| 252,266| 253,284| 257,702| 268,353| 270,292| 276,349| 9.5 Rhode Island .........| 20,371| 31,817| 35,923| 35,447|| 34,945| 34,827| 35,602| 36,171| 36,992| 38,086| 9.0 | | | | || | | | | | | South Carolina .......| 22,417| 24,793| 28,168| 25,419|| 25,940| 27,584| 28,811| 30,130| 30,412| 32,929| 26.9 South Dakota .........| 6,703| 8,433| 7,612| 7,002|| 6,959| 6,179| 7,457| 7,950| 8,364| 8,224| 18.2 Tennessee ............| 36,206| 47,746| 51,189| 52,826|| 53,499| 56,289| 57,926| 59,269| 61,380| 63,838| 19.3 Texas ................| 76,703| 87,839| 99,123| 115,674|| 120,755| 123,597| 129,475| 128,316| 137,439| 140,852| 16.6 Utah .................| 32,099| 34,389| 35,195| 36,764|| 38,566| 39,272| 39,917| 41,033| 40,730| 43,255| 12.2 | | | | || | | | | | | Vermont ..............| 9,673| 12,644| 15,488| 14,595|| 15,640| 15,942| 16,505| 16,148| 15,468| 15,871| 1.5 Virginia .............| 28,636| 34,004| 62,156| 62,792|| 62,778| 63,310| 64,687| 66,434| 68,113| 63,095| 0.5 Washington ...........| 20,826| 27,575| 35,752| 39,184|| 41,091| 40,576| 41,927| 43,308| 46,912| 48,109| 17.1 West Virginia.........| 11,790| 10,745| 10,682| 11,177|| 11,983| 11,887| 11,785| 11,880| 11,752| 13,015| 8.6 Wisconsin ............| 31,684| 33,907| 46,245| 54,453|| 54,462| 54,390| 54,501| 55,168| 57,442| 57,962| 6.4 Wyoming ..............| 0| 26| 703| 756|| 811| 805| 950| 1,058| 1,289| 1,550| 91.1 |=========|=========|=========|=========||=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|======= Outlying areas ....| 20,557| 77,057| 98,374| 106,607|| 103,453| 97,439| 98,707| 101,325| 110,169| 116,107| 12.2 |_________|_________|_________|_________||_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_______ 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|| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 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| 106,607|| 103,453| 97,439| 98,707| 101,325| 110,169| 115,257| 11.4 Virgin Islands .......| 0 | 0 | 0| 0|| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 850| † 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† Not applicable. 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; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys, 1990 through 1999, and Spring 2001 and Spring 2002 surveys. (This table was prepared August 2003.)
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