Table 304.20.

Total fall enrollment in private degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2018

State or jurisdiction	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2013	2015	2016	2017	2018	Percent change, 2013 to 2018
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	5,877,267	5,629,829	5,415,361	5,261,064	5,206,412	5,116,654	-9.1
Alabama	16,052	20,632	22,650	26,527	60,523	57,521	55,509	53,014	52,746	49,095	-14.6
Alaska	908	735	2,041	1,394	2,496	3,290	2,944	1,084	1,055	1,043	-68.3
Arizona	2,304	8,682	15,935	57,968	426,895	339,229	289,446	246,686	224,335	214,784	-36.7
Arkansas	8,440	11,279	11,780	13,397	20,068	18,534	18,237	17,937	17,385	17,356	-6.4
California	133,716	191,250	214,030	328,937	491,536	489,810	485,152	471,853	467,190	462,201	-5.6
Colorado	14,833	17,318	26,478	45,975	100,017	87,107	82,331	79,587	81,327	81,042	-7.0
Connecticut	51,309	61,844	59,048	60,216	72,190	77,935	79,900	80,665	81,444	82,951	6.4
Delaware	4,109	4,614	7,752	9,703	15,323	18,623	19,781	19,323	18,017	18,099	-2.8
District of Columbia	64,964	72,775	67,561	67,190	86,152	83,910	88,854	88,453	91,470	93,276	11.2
Florida	46,075	77,542	99,005	150,772	334,751	330,012	289,180	278,479	275,293	267,612	-18.9
Georgia	24,611	44,001	55,373	74,449	132,869	119,719	112,851	110,914	109,538	107,699	-10.0
Hawaii	3,599	5,740	10,708	15,603	17,983	17,493	13,576	12,425	12,451	10,792	-38.3
Idaho	7,495	8,527	10,566	11,843	20,997	33,134	48,770	49,129	56,011	46,354	39.9
Illinois	136,512	154,014	177,913	209,763	321,330	296,405	293,107	285,142	278,959	273,219	-7.8
Indiana	55,929	58,029	60,879	74,311	121,788	108,486	104,863	99,703	97,240	92,119	-15.1
Iowa	40,512	42,995	52,681	53,966	204,086	171,094	104,101	95,438	90,539	54,827	-68.0
Kansas	14,270	14,618	14,616	19,992	29,226	31,780	40,462	35,662	34,373	33,137	4.3
Kentucky	21,351	28,182	30,757	36,368	61,379	54,601	49,814	49,631	56,232	63,213	15.8
Louisiana	19,601	23,355	28,550	34,587	38,865	36,234	33,207	31,024	31,401	30,705	-15.3
Maine	8,729	11,386	15,686	17,811	21,503	22,810	24,311	24,353	24,812	23,441	2.8
Maryland	30,619	30,129	38,917	49,948	68,188	62,134	60,376	59,917	60,564	59,483	-4.3
Massachusetts	187,682	234,650	231,798	237,894	283,211	285,711	288,269	287,257	290,151	292,002	2.2
Michigan	53,101	65,984	82,444	99,770	135,317	115,830	100,051	90,263	79,337	74,290	-35.9
Minnesota	30,221	44,312	54,578	74,828	189,273	175,197	174,279	169,554	163,581	163,619	-6.6
Mississippi	8,999	11,703	13,845	12,034	18,502	18,718	18,849	19,506	19,432	18,777	0.3
Missouri	51,390	68,199	89,806	119,839	188,720	183,796	161,483	156,177	148,029	142,384	-22.5
Montana	2,775	3,999	4,011	4,853	5,051	4,926	4,864	4,656	4,640	4,438	-9.9
Nebraska	15,461	15,979	18,217	23,586	36,713	36,050	36,061	35,066	34,672	34,344	-4.7
Nevada	93	175	486	4,773	16,257	14,200	11,683	9,834	9,710	9,140	-35.6
New Hampshire	13,421	22,675	27,347	25,848	31,462	49,729	80,880	91,989	109,423	122,008	145.3
New Jersey	70,748	74,582	62,685	69,024	85,836	84,117	84,037	84,287	84,440	85,379	1.5
New Mexico	3,666	3,552	2,097	9,289	11,708	9,074	6,905	5,569	4,214	3,004	-66.9
New York	357,042	429,098	431,402	459,978	581,651	584,173	576,163	572,759	563,099	560,190	-4.1
North Carolina	48,164	59,383	66,733	75,230	110,728	114,895	114,387	111,335	109,113	107,582	-6.4
North Dakota	1,303	2,360	3,188	4,234	7,999	6,312	5,643	6,239	6,175	6,755	7.0
Ohio	95,168	107,173	130,077	138,392	197,564	176,873	162,946	156,897	152,177	149,350	-15.6
Oklahoma	18,717	23,107	22,148	24,317	32,919	33,819	32,109	30,704	27,911	24,964	-26.2
Oregon	13,694	17,356	21,314	28,309	43,707	42,770	42,701	39,032	37,586	36,197	-15.4
Pennsylvania	178,062	215,217	260,582	270,292	371,717	345,725	327,641	319,336	315,980	307,558	-11.0
Rhode Island	20,371	31,817	35,923	36,992	41,886	40,674	40,972	41,979	41,747	40,786	0.3
South Carolina	22,417	24,793	28,168	30,412	51,984	50,127	47,168	46,268	45,794	44,008	-12.2
South Dakota	6,703	8,433	7,612	8,364	13,791	10,857	9,410	9,378	8,990	9,494	-12.6
Tennessee	36,206	48,006	51,189	61,380	109,276	108,895	100,458	100,464	99,978	96,834	-11.1
Texas	76,703	87,839	99,123	137,439	201,754	191,789	191,348	182,293	182,122	174,955	-8.8
Utah	32,099	32,561	35,195	40,730	76,592	93,586	122,306	136,142	151,962	175,823	87.9
Vermont	9,673	12,644	15,488	15,468	18,048	17,684	18,482	18,983	18,555	17,717	0.2
Virginia	28,636	34,004	62,156	68,113	168,918	177,840	175,542	167,998	164,869	167,162	-6.0
Washington	20,826	27,575	35,752	46,912	57,263	53,185	50,880	51,191	49,607	47,679	-10.4
West Virginia	11,790	10,745	10,682	11,752	56,327	67,172	64,555	61,509	59,068	58,498	-12.9
Wisconsin	31,684	33,907	46,245	57,442	82,922	74,760	68,005	63,417	61,204	59,231	-20.8
Wyoming	0	26	703	1,289	2,006	1,484	512	563	464	38	-97.4
Other jurisdictions	20,557	77,057	98,374	110,169	180,521	176,407	167,757	160,417	155,298	140,166	-20.5
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	85	79	70	67	55	62	-21.5
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	180,436	176,328	167,687	160,350	155,243	140,104	-20.5
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 2019, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared January 2020.)