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Table 304.20. Total fall enrollment in private degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2013
State or jurisdiction Fall 1970 Fall 1980 Fall 1990 Fall 2000 Fall 2008 Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012 Fall 2013 Percent change, 2008 to 2013
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 5,130,661 5,502,826 5,877,267 5,894,287 5,762,476 5,630,231 9.7
Alabama 16,052 20,632 22,650 26,527 65,901 51,364 60,523 59,826 59,266 57,428 -12.9
Alaska 908 735 2,041 1,394 1,550 1,913 2,496 2,774 2,202 3,290 112.3
Arizona 2,304 8,682 15,935 57,968 372,935 388,318 426,895 430,858 377,150 339,661 -8.9
Arkansas 8,440 11,539 11,780 13,397 17,668 18,607 20,068 20,521 19,234 18,534 4.9
California 133,716 191,155 214,030 328,937 412,754 442,720 491,536 510,177 492,308 488,774 18.4
                       
Colorado 14,833 17,318 26,478 45,975 89,967 89,596 100,017 96,641 90,491 87,500 -2.7
Connecticut 51,309 61,844 59,048 60,216 65,484 68,579 72,190 75,151 76,706 77,873 18.9
Delaware 4,109 4,614 7,752 9,703 14,136 14,746 15,323 15,818 17,015 18,623 31.7
District of Columbia 64,964 72,775 67,561 67,190 120,526 131,539 86,152 84,933 84,674 83,910 -30.4
Florida 46,075 77,542 99,005 150,772 263,106 292,438 334,751 345,960 350,236 329,950 25.4
                       
Georgia 24,611 44,001 55,373 74,449 100,113 113,473 132,869 136,706 123,169 119,718 19.6
Hawaii 3,599 3,912 10,708 15,603 16,578 16,723 17,983 18,676 18,161 17,493 5.5
Idaho 7,495 8,527 10,566 11,843 19,266 21,088 20,997 24,389 29,227 33,408 73.4
Illinois 136,512 152,971 177,913 209,763 298,831 304,466 321,330 315,409 309,973 296,405 -0.8
Indiana 55,929 58,029 60,879 74,311 105,006 115,959 121,788 117,560 113,493 108,441 3.3
                       
Iowa 40,512 42,995 52,681 53,966 129,872 179,753 204,086 193,655 187,625 171,094 31.7
Kansas 14,270 14,618 14,616 19,992 26,351 28,083 29,226 30,187 29,810 31,780 20.6
Kentucky 21,351 28,182 30,757 36,368 48,613 56,368 61,379 60,339 58,033 54,601 12.3
Louisiana 19,601 23,355 28,550 34,587 33,277 35,957 38,865 40,530 37,854 36,234 8.9
Maine 8,729 11,386 15,686 17,811 19,605 20,515 21,503 22,044 22,540 21,247 8.4
                       
Maryland 30,619 30,475 38,917 49,948 58,311 60,590 68,188 65,714 63,993 62,206 6.7
Massachusetts 187,682 234,650 231,798 237,894 271,236 278,235 283,211 281,540 288,153 285,753 5.4
Michigan 53,101 65,984 82,444 99,770 124,759 132,606 135,317 130,716 123,583 115,852 -7.1
Minnesota 30,221 44,312 54,578 74,828 154,422 171,773 189,273 183,545 179,371 175,051 13.4
Mississippi 8,999 11,703 13,845 12,034 16,217 17,619 18,502 18,734 18,670 18,718 15.4
                       
Missouri 51,390 69,242 89,806 119,839 167,672 178,973 188,720 196,409 183,941 183,572 9.5
Montana 2,775 3,999 4,011 4,853 4,275 4,935 5,051 5,130 4,921 4,926 15.2
Nebraska 15,461 15,979 18,217 23,586 30,865 35,445 36,713 36,081 35,412 36,050 16.8
Nevada 93 175 486 4,773 11,931 12,499 16,257 15,965 14,681 14,200 19.0
New Hampshire 13,421 22,675 27,347 25,848 29,547 30,727 31,462 34,111 39,389 49,729 68.3
                       
New Jersey 70,748 74,582 62,685 69,024 81,322 83,044 85,836 84,292 83,509 84,117 3.4
New Mexico 3,666 3,206 2,097 9,289 9,430 9,068 11,708 11,040 9,632 9,074 -3.8
New York 357,042 428,986 431,402 459,978 558,966 577,579 581,651 586,162 587,712 583,296 4.4
North Carolina 48,164 59,383 66,733 75,230 94,001 98,251 110,728 114,024 112,347 115,098 22.4
North Dakota 1,303 2,360 3,188 4,234 7,059 7,729 7,999 6,904 6,240 6,312 -10.6
                       
Ohio 95,168 107,380 130,077 138,392 178,064 190,159 197,564 192,301 185,480 177,608 -0.3
Oklahoma 18,717 23,107 22,148 24,317 28,504 30,424 32,919 32,803 33,353 33,819 18.6
Oregon 13,694 17,356 21,314 28,309 38,959 42,025 43,707 43,595 42,385 42,789 9.8
Pennsylvania 178,062 215,217 260,582 270,292 335,312 352,075 371,717 359,625 351,352 345,733 3.1
Rhode Island 20,371 31,817 35,923 36,992 41,292 41,264 41,886 41,393 40,748 40,674 -1.5
                       
South Carolina 22,417 24,793 28,168 30,412 43,442 46,321 51,984 51,700 50,594 50,127 15.4
South Dakota 6,703 8,433 7,612 8,364 10,701 11,668 13,791 12,170 11,873 10,857 1.5
Tennessee 36,206 47,746 51,189 61,380 93,470 100,814 109,276 108,269 108,631 108,895 16.5
Texas 76,703 87,839 99,123 137,439 164,016 188,187 201,754 197,379 192,438 191,769 16.9
Utah 32,099 34,389 35,195 40,730 59,187 65,283 76,592 85,186 96,308 95,944 62.1
                       
Vermont 9,673 12,644 15,488 15,468 17,394 17,947 18,048 18,011 18,202 17,682 1.7
Virginia 28,636 34,004 62,156 68,113 117,675 143,572 168,918 175,384 178,943 177,840 51.1
Washington 20,826 27,575 35,752 46,912 50,464 54,222 57,263 55,773 54,017 53,185 5.4
West Virginia 11,790 10,745 10,682 11,752 36,638 47,959 56,327 66,713 69,162 67,172 83.3
Wisconsin 31,684 33,907 46,245 57,442 72,481 78,217 82,922 79,740 76,316 74,682 3.0
Wyoming 0 26 703 1,289 1,510 1,411 2,006 1,724 1,953 1,537 1.8
                       
Other jurisdictions 20,557 77,057 98,374 110,169 153,743 156,417 180,521 188,231 181,574 176,407 14.7
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 0 149 94 85 86 77 79 -47.0
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 98,374 110,169 153,594 156,323 180,436 188,145 181,497 176,328 14.8
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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
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 2014, Enrollment component. (This table was prepared October 2014.)

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