Table 244.

Total fall enrollment in private degree-granting institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2011

State or jurisdiction	Fall 1970	Fall 1980	Fall 1990	Fall 2000	Fall 2006	Fall 2007	Fall 2008	Fall 2009	Fall 2010	Fall 2011	Percent change, 2006 to 2011
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	4,578,737	4,757,348	5,130,661	5,617,069	5,873,317	5,883,917	28.5
Alabama	16,052	20,632	22,650	26,527	27,740	30,551	65,901	51,463	60,244	58,163	109.7
Alaska	908	735	2,041	1,394	1,258	1,235	1,550	1,913	1,350	2,774	120.5
Arizona	2,304	8,682	15,935	57,968	235,751	291,993	372,935	478,196	428,412	430,870	82.8
Arkansas	8,440	11,539	11,780	13,397	15,984	16,643	17,668	18,878	20,115	20,521	28.4
California	133,716	191,155	214,030	328,937	387,209	393,435	412,754	446,109	490,524	507,264	31.0
Colorado	14,833	17,318	26,478	45,975	76,482	82,653	89,967	96,596	102,618	96,522	26.2
Connecticut	51,309	61,844	59,048	60,216	64,240	64,933	65,484	68,595	72,190	75,151	17.0
Delaware	4,109	4,614	7,752	9,703	13,120	13,251	14,136	14,746	15,323	15,818	20.6
District of Columbia	64,964	72,775	67,561	67,190	103,736	109,545	120,526	131,598	86,152	84,933	-18.1
Florida	46,075	77,542	99,005	150,772	233,743	230,465	263,106	293,742	335,442	340,498	45.7
Georgia	24,611	44,001	55,373	74,449	89,265	93,828	100,113	114,456	132,614	136,751	53.2
Hawaii	3,599	3,912	10,708	15,603	16,903	16,147	16,578	16,864	17,983	18,688	10.6
Idaho	7,495	8,527	10,566	11,843	18,661	18,320	19,266	21,189	20,997	24,389	30.7
Illinois	136,512	152,971	177,913	209,763	277,899	286,078	298,831	312,083	321,374	315,838	13.7
Indiana	55,929	58,029	60,879	74,311	96,309	101,526	105,006	116,222	121,718	117,560	22.1
Iowa	40,512	42,995	52,681	53,966	87,582	101,615	129,872	179,761	204,061	193,655	121.1
Kansas	14,270	14,618	14,616	19,992	22,615	24,048	26,351	28,107	29,236	30,187	33.5
Kentucky	21,351	28,182	30,757	36,368	44,716	46,979	48,613	56,399	61,377	60,339	34.9
Louisiana	19,601	23,355	28,550	34,587	31,593	31,438	33,277	36,342	38,827	40,646	28.7
Maine	8,729	11,386	15,686	17,811	18,379	18,816	19,605	20,502	21,503	22,044	19.9
Maryland	30,619	30,475	38,917	49,948	58,539	57,878	58,311	60,756	68,188	65,714	12.3
Massachusetts	187,682	234,650	231,798	237,894	259,362	264,666	271,236	278,291	283,809	281,549	8.6
Michigan	53,101	65,984	82,444	99,770	122,713	123,830	124,759	133,027	135,681	130,785	6.6
Minnesota	30,221	44,312	54,578	74,828	131,793	141,996	154,422	171,945	189,160	183,560	39.3
Mississippi	8,999	11,703	13,845	12,034	14,511	15,301	16,217	17,619	18,502	18,479	27.3
Missouri	51,390	69,242	89,806	119,839	158,623	161,211	167,672	179,376	188,576	196,412	23.8
Montana	2,775	3,999	4,011	4,853	4,506	4,514	4,275	4,935	5,051	5,130	13.8
Nebraska	15,461	15,979	18,217	23,586	30,014	30,698	30,865	34,496	36,702	36,081	20.2
Nevada	93	175	486	4,773	10,414	11,479	11,931	12,923	16,257	15,965	53.3
New Hampshire	13,421	22,675	27,347	25,848	29,139	28,742	29,547	30,727	31,522	34,111	17.1
New Jersey	70,748	74,582	62,685	69,024	77,282	79,840	81,322	83,193	85,835	84,292	9.1
New Mexico	3,666	3,206	2,097	9,289	10,160	9,602	9,430	9,651	11,796	11,040	8.7
New York	357,042	428,986	431,402	459,978	524,579	520,383	558,966	577,138	582,095	586,228	11.8
North Carolina	48,164	59,383	66,733	75,230	89,565	91,584	94,001	98,626	110,444	114,024	27.3
North Dakota	1,303	2,360	3,188	4,234	6,570	6,929	7,059	7,706	7,999	6,904	5.1
Ohio	95,168	107,380	130,077	138,392	166,980	170,257	178,064	189,093	197,396	192,252	15.1
Oklahoma	18,717	23,107	22,148	24,317	28,221	28,739	28,504	30,697	32,931	32,781	16.2
Oregon	13,694	17,356	21,314	28,309	37,535	37,668	38,959	42,166	42,329	43,595	16.1
Pennsylvania	178,062	215,217	260,582	270,292	318,881	328,623	335,312	352,144	370,704	359,520	12.7
Rhode Island	20,371	31,817	35,923	36,992	41,360	41,397	41,292	41,264	41,886	41,390	0.1
South Carolina	22,417	24,793	28,168	30,412	36,007	37,276	43,442	46,463	52,213	51,700	43.6
South Dakota	6,703	8,433	7,612	8,364	10,903	10,830	10,701	11,668	13,801	12,170	11.6
Tennessee	36,206	47,746	51,189	61,380	85,474	89,261	93,470	101,177	109,502	108,358	26.8
Texas	76,703	87,839	99,123	137,439	158,570	159,432	164,016	189,027	201,973	197,382	24.5
Utah	32,099	34,389	35,195	40,730	53,923	55,697	59,187	65,669	73,508	85,188	58.0
Vermont	9,673	12,644	15,488	15,468	16,710	17,362	17,394	17,947	18,048	18,011	7.8
Virginia	28,636	34,004	62,156	68,113	98,349	107,782	117,675	143,943	167,006	174,704	77.6
Washington	20,826	27,575	35,752	46,912	51,106	50,282	50,464	54,141	57,236	55,775	9.1
West Virginia	11,790	10,745	10,682	11,752	14,018	29,010	36,638	47,951	56,327	66,674	375.6
Wisconsin	31,684	33,907	46,245	57,442	67,912	70,039	72,481	78,138	82,774	79,808	17.5
Wyoming	0	26	703	1,289	1,833	1,541	1,510	1,411	2,006	1,724	-5.9
Other jurisdictions	20,557	77,057	98,374	110,169	145,490	145,891	153,743	156,762	180,518	188,231	29.4
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	186	167	149	94	85	86	-53.8
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	145,304	145,724	153,594	156,668	180,433	188,145	29.5
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.

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 2012, Enrollment component. (This table was prepared September 2012.)