Table 304.20.

Total fall enrollment in private degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2012

State or jurisdiction	Fall 1970	Fall 1980	Fall 1990	Fall 2000	Fall 2007	Fall 2008	Fall 2009	Fall 2010	Fall 2011	Fall 2012	Percent change, 2007 to 2012
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	4,757,348	5,130,661	5,617,069	5,873,317	5,883,917	5,762,476	21.1
Alabama	16,052	20,632	22,650	26,527	30,551	65,901	51,463	60,244	58,163	59,266	94.0
Alaska	908	735	2,041	1,394	1,235	1,550	1,913	1,350	2,774	2,202	78.3
Arizona	2,304	8,682	15,935	57,968	291,993	372,935	478,196	428,412	430,870	377,150	29.2
Arkansas	8,440	11,539	11,780	13,397	16,643	17,668	18,878	20,115	20,521	19,234	15.6
California	133,716	191,155	214,030	328,937	393,435	412,754	446,109	490,524	507,264	492,308	25.1
Colorado	14,833	17,318	26,478	45,975	82,653	89,967	96,596	102,618	96,522	90,491	9.5
Connecticut	51,309	61,844	59,048	60,216	64,933	65,484	68,595	72,190	75,151	76,706	18.1
Delaware	4,109	4,614	7,752	9,703	13,251	14,136	14,746	15,323	15,818	17,015	28.4
District of Columbia	64,964	72,775	67,561	67,190	109,545	120,526	131,598	86,152	84,933	84,674	-22.7
Florida	46,075	77,542	99,005	150,772	230,465	263,106	293,742	335,442	340,498	350,236	52.0
Georgia	24,611	44,001	55,373	74,449	93,828	100,113	114,456	132,614	136,751	123,169	31.3
Hawaii	3,599	3,912	10,708	15,603	16,147	16,578	16,864	17,983	18,688	18,161	12.5
Idaho	7,495	8,527	10,566	11,843	18,320	19,266	21,189	20,997	24,389	29,227	59.5
Illinois	136,512	152,971	177,913	209,763	286,078	298,831	312,083	321,374	315,838	309,973	8.4
Indiana	55,929	58,029	60,879	74,311	101,526	105,006	116,222	121,718	117,560	113,493	11.8
Iowa	40,512	42,995	52,681	53,966	101,615	129,872	179,761	204,061	193,655	187,625	84.6
Kansas	14,270	14,618	14,616	19,992	24,048	26,351	28,107	29,236	30,187	29,810	24.0
Kentucky	21,351	28,182	30,757	36,368	46,979	48,613	56,399	61,377	60,339	58,033	23.5
Louisiana	19,601	23,355	28,550	34,587	31,438	33,277	36,342	38,827	40,646	37,854	20.4
Maine	8,729	11,386	15,686	17,811	18,816	19,605	20,502	21,503	22,044	22,540	19.8
Maryland	30,619	30,475	38,917	49,948	57,878	58,311	60,756	68,188	65,714	63,993	10.6
Massachusetts	187,682	234,650	231,798	237,894	264,666	271,236	278,291	283,809	281,549	288,153	8.9
Michigan	53,101	65,984	82,444	99,770	123,830	124,759	133,027	135,681	130,785	123,583	-0.2
Minnesota	30,221	44,312	54,578	74,828	141,996	154,422	171,945	189,160	183,560	179,371	26.3
Mississippi	8,999	11,703	13,845	12,034	15,301	16,217	17,619	18,502	18,479	18,670	22.0
Missouri	51,390	69,242	89,806	119,839	161,211	167,672	179,376	188,576	196,412	183,941	14.1
Montana	2,775	3,999	4,011	4,853	4,514	4,275	4,935	5,051	5,130	4,921	9.0
Nebraska	15,461	15,979	18,217	23,586	30,698	30,865	34,496	36,702	36,081	35,412	15.4
Nevada	93	175	486	4,773	11,479	11,931	12,923	16,257	15,965	14,681	27.9
New Hampshire	13,421	22,675	27,347	25,848	28,742	29,547	30,727	31,522	34,111	39,389	37.0
New Jersey	70,748	74,582	62,685	69,024	79,840	81,322	83,193	85,835	84,292	83,509	4.6
New Mexico	3,666	3,206	2,097	9,289	9,602	9,430	9,651	11,796	11,040	9,632	0.3
New York	357,042	428,986	431,402	459,978	520,383	558,966	577,138	582,095	586,228	587,712	12.9
North Carolina	48,164	59,383	66,733	75,230	91,584	94,001	98,626	110,444	114,024	112,347	22.7
North Dakota	1,303	2,360	3,188	4,234	6,929	7,059	7,706	7,999	6,904	6,240	-9.9
Ohio	95,168	107,380	130,077	138,392	170,257	178,064	189,093	197,396	192,252	185,480	8.9
Oklahoma	18,717	23,107	22,148	24,317	28,739	28,504	30,697	32,931	32,781	33,353	16.1
Oregon	13,694	17,356	21,314	28,309	37,668	38,959	42,166	42,329	43,595	42,385	12.5
Pennsylvania	178,062	215,217	260,582	270,292	328,623	335,312	352,144	370,704	359,520	351,352	6.9
Rhode Island	20,371	31,817	35,923	36,992	41,397	41,292	41,264	41,886	41,390	40,748	-1.6
South Carolina	22,417	24,793	28,168	30,412	37,276	43,442	46,463	52,213	51,700	50,594	35.7
South Dakota	6,703	8,433	7,612	8,364	10,830	10,701	11,668	13,801	12,170	11,873	9.6
Tennessee	36,206	47,746	51,189	61,380	89,261	93,470	101,177	109,502	108,358	108,631	21.7
Texas	76,703	87,839	99,123	137,439	159,432	164,016	189,027	201,973	197,382	192,438	20.7
Utah	32,099	34,389	35,195	40,730	55,697	59,187	65,669	73,508	85,188	96,308	72.9
Vermont	9,673	12,644	15,488	15,468	17,362	17,394	17,947	18,048	18,011	18,202	4.8
Virginia	28,636	34,004	62,156	68,113	107,782	117,675	143,943	167,006	174,704	178,943	66.0
Washington	20,826	27,575	35,752	46,912	50,282	50,464	54,141	57,236	55,775	54,017	7.4
West Virginia	11,790	10,745	10,682	11,752	29,010	36,638	47,951	56,327	66,674	69,162	138.4
Wisconsin	31,684	33,907	46,245	57,442	70,039	72,481	78,138	82,774	79,808	76,316	9.0
Wyoming	0	26	703	1,289	1,541	1,510	1,411	2,006	1,724	1,953	26.7
Other jurisdictions	20,557	77,057	98,374	110,169	145,891	153,743	156,762	180,518	188,231	181,574	24.5
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	167	149	94	85	86	77	-53.9
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	145,724	153,594	156,668	180,433	188,145	181,497	24.5
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 2013, Enrollment component. (This table was prepared November 2013.)