Table 210.

Total fall enrollment in private degree-granting institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2006

State or jurisdiction	Fall 1970	Fall 1980	Fall 1990	Fall 2000	Fall 2001	Fall 2002	Fall 2003	Fall 2004	Fall 2005	Fall 2006	Percent change, 2000 to 2006
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	3,694,831	3,859,718	4,052,783	4,291,932	4,465,641	4,578,737	28.6
Alabama	16,052	20,632	22,650	26,527	27,761	28,531	28,499	28,837	28,236	27,740	4.6
Alaska	908	735	2,041	1,394	1,206	1,232	1,214	1,354	1,365	1,258	-9.8
Arizona	2,304	8,682	15,935	57,968	72,311	94,109	125,088	172,951	224,732	235,751	306.7
Arkansas	8,440	11,539	11,780	13,397	13,332	13,863	14,030	14,426	15,155	15,984	19.3
California	133,716	191,155	214,030	328,937	336,908	352,918	361,867	386,762	391,678	387,209	17.7
Colorado	14,833	17,318	26,478	45,975	46,477	48,603	52,541	61,606	68,163	76,482	66.4
Connecticut	51,309	61,844	59,048	60,216	60,961	62,084	62,161	62,421	62,970	64,240	6.7
Delaware	4,109	4,614	7,752	9,703	10,594	11,884	11,974	11,561	12,930	13,120	35.2
District of Columbia	64,964	72,775	67,561	67,190	81,663	85,411	89,873	94,600	99,302	103,736	54.4
Florida	46,075	77,542	99,005	150,772	164,633	174,325	196,324	216,808	223,663	233,743	55.0
Georgia	24,611	44,001	55,373	74,449	77,883	80,424	81,050	98,304	84,638	89,265	19.9
Hawaii	3,599	3,912	10,708	15,603	16,085	17,205	17,165	16,656	16,926	16,903	8.3
Idaho	7,495	8,527	10,566	11,843	13,001	14,076	14,909	15,616	17,405	18,661	57.6
Illinois	136,512	152,971	177,913	209,763	214,164	222,529	230,678	237,808	277,818	277,899	32.5
Indiana	55,929	58,029	60,879	74,311	79,457	83,437	87,145	89,885	93,955	96,309	29.6
Iowa	40,512	42,995	52,681	53,966	54,595	56,748	64,763	67,870	78,815	87,582	62.3
Kansas	14,270	14,618	14,616	19,992	20,770	20,308	20,922	21,441	21,433	22,615	13.1
Kentucky	21,351	28,182	30,757	36,368	36,490	36,971	39,269	42,106	43,390	44,716	23.0
Louisiana	19,601	23,355	28,550	34,587	34,081	34,593	36,614	38,083	16,670	31,593	-8.7
Maine	8,729	11,386	15,686	17,811	18,702	18,458	17,508	18,131	18,032	18,379	3.2
Maryland	30,619	30,475	38,917	49,948	51,429	53,477	55,629	55,911	58,078	58,539	17.2
Massachusetts	187,682	234,650	231,798	237,894	238,180	243,350	246,768	251,372	255,021	259,362	9.0
Michigan	53,101	65,984	82,444	99,770	103,844	110,159	114,191	120,107	121,165	122,713	23.0
Minnesota	30,221	44,312	54,578	74,828	82,292	88,278	97,066	107,776	120,848	131,793	76.1
Mississippi	8,999	11,703	13,845	12,034	12,226	12,947	14,266	14,572	14,561	14,511	20.6
Missouri	51,390	69,242	89,806	119,839	124,859	134,124	142,972	150,643	156,723	158,623	32.4
Montana	2,775	3,999	4,011	4,853	5,564	4,496	4,796	4,884	4,853	4,506	-7.2
Nebraska	15,461	15,979	18,217	23,586	24,178	24,626	26,079	27,858	28,055	30,014	27.3
Nevada	93	175	486	4,773	6,578	6,124	6,644	9,188	10,662	10,414	118.2
New Hampshire	13,421	22,675	27,347	25,848	27,807	27,565	28,284	29,521	28,886	29,139	12.7
New Jersey	70,748	74,582	62,685	69,024	70,852	72,458	73,726	75,340	75,443	77,282	12.0
New Mexico	3,666	3,206	2,097	9,289	9,103	9,330	9,795	10,238	10,361	10,160	9.4
New York	357,042	428,986	431,402	459,978	473,187	496,514	512,190	518,333	525,859	524,579	14.0
North Carolina	48,164	59,383	66,733	75,230	77,100	79,474	80,717	83,566	87,637	89,565	19.1
North Dakota	1,303	2,360	3,188	4,234	4,283	4,666	5,019	6,258	6,581	6,570	55.2
Ohio	95,168	107,380	130,077	138,392	143,958	146,258	153,030	159,857	163,349	166,980	20.7
Oklahoma	18,717	23,107	22,148	24,317	26,449	27,054	29,179	28,344	28,828	28,221	16.1
Oregon	13,694	17,356	21,314	28,309	28,733	30,867	32,657	34,610	36,281	37,535	32.6
Pennsylvania	178,062	215,217	260,582	270,292	276,349	284,440	294,867	304,255	312,069	318,881	18.0
Rhode Island	20,371	31,817	35,923	36,992	38,086	38,550	39,148	40,457	41,374	41,360	11.8
South Carolina	22,417	24,793	28,168	30,412	32,929	34,444	35,708	36,524	35,758	36,007	18.4
South Dakota	6,703	8,433	7,612	8,364	8,224	9,991	17,637	11,110	11,220	10,903	30.4
Tennessee	36,206	47,746	51,189	61,380	63,838	67,697	80,911	78,151	82,676	85,474	39.3
Texas	76,703	87,839	99,123	137,439	140,852	145,820	139,464	157,271	159,372	158,570	15.4
Utah	32,099	34,389	35,195	40,730	43,255	43,154	43,180	49,142	51,731	53,923	32.4
Vermont	9,673	12,644	15,488	15,468	15,871	15,299	15,088	15,659	15,825	16,710	8.0
Virginia	28,636	34,004	62,156	68,113	63,095	67,680	72,997	81,790	89,971	98,349	44.4
Washington	20,826	27,575	35,752	46,912	48,109	45,813	47,487	50,379	51,726	51,106	8.9
West Virginia	11,790	10,745	10,682	11,752	13,015	13,982	14,732	14,610	14,399	14,018	19.3
Wisconsin	31,684	33,907	46,245	57,442	57,962	61,433	62,933	64,622	66,330	67,912	18.2
Wyoming	0	26	703	1,289	1,550	1,939	2,029	2,358	2,723	1,833	42.2
Other jurisdictions	20,557	77,057	98,374	110,169	116,107	124,720	132,393	137,089	140,824	145,490	32.1
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	119	164	172	189	186	†
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	115,257	124,601	132,229	136,917	140,635	145,304	31.9
U.S. Virgin Islands	0	0	0	0	850	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 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; and 1990 through 2006 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2007. (This table was prepared May 2008.)