Table 217.

Total fall enrollment in private degree-granting institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2008

State or jurisdiction	Fall 1970	Fall 1980	Fall 1990	Fall 2000	Fall 2003	Fall 2004	Fall 2005	Fall 2006	Fall 2007	Fall 2008	Percent change, 2003 to 2008
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	4,052,783	4,291,932	4,465,641	4,578,737	4,757,348	5,130,661	26.6
Alabama	16,052	20,632	22,650	26,527	28,499	28,837	28,236	27,740	30,551	65,901	131.2
Alaska	908	735	2,041	1,394	1,214	1,354	1,365	1,258	1,235	1,550	27.7
Arizona	2,304	8,682	15,935	57,968	125,088	172,951	224,732	235,751	291,993	372,935	198.1
Arkansas	8,440	11,539	11,780	13,397	14,030	14,426	15,155	15,984	16,643	17,668	25.9
California	133,716	191,155	214,030	328,937	361,867	386,762	391,678	387,209	393,435	412,754	14.1
Colorado	14,833	17,318	26,478	45,975	52,541	61,606	68,163	76,482	82,653	89,967	71.2
Connecticut	51,309	61,844	59,048	60,216	62,161	62,421	62,970	64,240	64,933	65,484	5.3
Delaware	4,109	4,614	7,752	9,703	11,974	11,561	12,930	13,120	13,251	14,136	18.1
District of Columbia	64,964	72,775	67,561	67,190	89,873	94,600	99,302	103,736	109,545	120,526	34.1
Florida	46,075	77,542	99,005	150,772	196,324	216,808	223,663	233,743	230,465	263,106	34.0
Georgia	24,611	44,001	55,373	74,449	81,050	98,304	84,638	89,265	93,828	100,113	23.5
Hawaii	3,599	3,912	10,708	15,603	17,165	16,656	16,926	16,903	16,147	16,578	-3.4
Idaho	7,495	8,527	10,566	11,843	14,909	15,616	17,405	18,661	18,320	19,266	29.2
Illinois	136,512	152,971	177,913	209,763	230,678	237,808	277,818	277,899	286,078	298,831	29.5
Indiana	55,929	58,029	60,879	74,311	87,145	89,885	93,955	96,309	101,526	105,006	20.5
Iowa	40,512	42,995	52,681	53,966	64,763	67,870	78,815	87,582	101,615	129,872	100.5
Kansas	14,270	14,618	14,616	19,992	20,922	21,441	21,433	22,615	24,048	26,351	25.9
Kentucky	21,351	28,182	30,757	36,368	39,269	42,106	43,390	44,716	46,979	48,613	23.8
Louisiana	19,601	23,355	28,550	34,587	36,614	38,083	16,670	31,593	31,438	33,277	-9.1
Maine	8,729	11,386	15,686	17,811	17,508	18,131	18,032	18,379	18,816	19,605	12.0
Maryland	30,619	30,475	38,917	49,948	55,629	55,911	58,078	58,539	57,878	58,311	4.8
Massachusetts	187,682	234,650	231,798	237,894	246,768	251,372	255,021	259,362	264,666	271,236	9.9
Michigan	53,101	65,984	82,444	99,770	114,191	120,107	121,165	122,713	123,830	124,759	9.3
Minnesota	30,221	44,312	54,578	74,828	97,066	107,776	120,848	131,793	141,996	154,422	59.1
Mississippi	8,999	11,703	13,845	12,034	14,266	14,572	14,561	14,511	15,301	16,217	13.7
Missouri	51,390	69,242	89,806	119,839	142,972	150,643	156,723	158,623	161,211	167,672	17.3
Montana	2,775	3,999	4,011	4,853	4,796	4,884	4,853	4,506	4,514	4,275	-10.9
Nebraska	15,461	15,979	18,217	23,586	26,079	27,858	28,055	30,014	30,698	30,865	18.4
Nevada	93	175	486	4,773	6,644	9,188	10,662	10,414	11,479	11,931	79.6
New Hampshire	13,421	22,675	27,347	25,848	28,284	29,521	28,886	29,139	28,742	29,547	4.5
New Jersey	70,748	74,582	62,685	69,024	73,726	75,340	75,443	77,282	79,840	81,322	10.3
New Mexico	3,666	3,206	2,097	9,289	9,795	10,238	10,361	10,160	9,602	9,430	-3.7
New York	357,042	428,986	431,402	459,978	512,190	518,333	525,859	524,579	520,383	558,966	9.1
North Carolina	48,164	59,383	66,733	75,230	80,717	83,566	87,637	89,565	91,584	94,001	16.5
North Dakota	1,303	2,360	3,188	4,234	5,019	6,258	6,581	6,570	6,929	7,059	40.6
Ohio	95,168	107,380	130,077	138,392	153,030	159,857	163,349	166,980	170,257	178,064	16.4
Oklahoma	18,717	23,107	22,148	24,317	29,179	28,344	28,828	28,221	28,739	28,504	-2.3
Oregon	13,694	17,356	21,314	28,309	32,657	34,610	36,281	37,535	37,668	38,959	19.3
Pennsylvania	178,062	215,217	260,582	270,292	294,867	304,255	312,069	318,881	328,623	335,312	13.7
Rhode Island	20,371	31,817	35,923	36,992	39,148	40,457	41,374	41,360	41,397	41,292	5.5
South Carolina	22,417	24,793	28,168	30,412	35,708	36,524	35,758	36,007	37,276	43,442	21.7
South Dakota	6,703	8,433	7,612	8,364	17,637	11,110	11,220	10,903	10,830	10,701	-39.3
Tennessee	36,206	47,746	51,189	61,380	80,911	78,151	82,676	85,474	89,261	93,470	15.5
Texas	76,703	87,839	99,123	137,439	139,464	157,271	159,372	158,570	159,432	164,016	17.6
Utah	32,099	34,389	35,195	40,730	43,180	49,142	51,731	53,923	55,697	59,187	37.1
Vermont	9,673	12,644	15,488	15,468	15,088	15,659	15,825	16,710	17,362	17,394	15.3
Virginia	28,636	34,004	62,156	68,113	72,997	81,790	89,971	98,349	107,782	117,675	61.2
Washington	20,826	27,575	35,752	46,912	47,487	50,379	51,726	51,106	50,282	50,464	6.3
West Virginia	11,790	10,745	10,682	11,752	14,732	14,610	14,399	14,018	29,010	36,638	148.7
Wisconsin	31,684	33,907	46,245	57,442	62,933	64,622	66,330	67,912	70,039	72,481	15.2
Wyoming	0	26	703	1,289	2,029	2,358	2,723	1,833	1,541	1,510	-25.6
Other jurisdictions	20,557	77,057	98,374	110,169	132,393	137,089	140,824	145,490	145,891	153,743	16.1
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	164	172	189	186	167	149	-9.1
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	132,229	136,917	140,635	145,304	145,724	153,594	16.2
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; and 1990 through 2008 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2009. (This table was prepared May 2010.)