Table 304.20.

Total fall enrollment in private degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2014

State or jurisdiction	Fall 1970	Fall 1980	Fall 1990	Fall 2000	Fall 2009	Fall 2010	Fall 2011	Fall 2012	Fall 2013	Fall 2014	Percent change, 2009 to 2014
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	5,502,826	5,877,267	5,894,287	5,759,811	5,630,231	5,552,354	0.9
Alabama	16,052	20,632	22,650	26,527	51,364	60,523	59,826	59,266	57,428	58,039	13.0
Alaska	908	735	2,041	1,394	1,913	2,496	2,774	2,202	3,290	4,439	132.0
Arizona	2,304	8,682	15,935	57,968	388,318	426,895	430,858	377,236	339,661	319,749	-17.7
Arkansas	8,440	11,539	11,780	13,397	18,607	20,068	20,521	19,234	18,534	18,172	-2.3
California	133,716	191,155	214,030	328,937	442,720	491,536	510,177	492,454	488,774	528,971	19.5
Colorado	14,833	17,318	26,478	45,975	89,596	100,017	96,641	90,726	87,500	85,786	-4.3
Connecticut	51,309	61,844	59,048	60,216	68,579	72,190	75,151	76,706	77,873	79,625	16.1
Delaware	4,109	4,614	7,752	9,703	14,746	15,323	15,818	17,014	18,623	19,356	31.3
District of Columbia	64,964	72,775	67,561	67,190	131,539	86,152	84,933	84,674	83,910	84,938	-35.4
Florida	46,075	77,542	99,005	150,772	292,438	334,751	345,960	349,813	329,950	315,390	7.8
Georgia	24,611	44,001	55,373	74,449	113,473	132,869	136,706	123,171	119,718	117,252	3.3
Hawaii	3,599	3,912	10,708	15,603	16,723	17,983	18,676	18,161	17,493	16,453	-1.6
Idaho	7,495	8,527	10,566	11,843	21,088	20,997	24,389	29,227	33,408	42,147	99.9
Illinois	136,512	152,971	177,913	209,763	304,466	321,330	315,409	310,003	296,405	295,518	-2.9
Indiana	55,929	58,029	60,879	74,311	115,959	121,788	117,560	113,494	108,441	107,885	-7.0
Iowa	40,512	42,995	52,681	53,966	179,753	204,086	193,655	187,631	171,094	112,586	-37.4
Kansas	14,270	14,618	14,616	19,992	28,083	29,226	30,187	29,941	31,780	43,179	53.8
Kentucky	21,351	28,182	30,757	36,368	56,368	61,379	60,339	58,033	54,601	51,154	-9.2
Louisiana	19,601	23,355	28,550	34,587	35,957	38,865	40,530	37,875	36,234	34,995	-2.7
Maine	8,729	11,386	15,686	17,811	20,515	21,503	22,044	22,540	21,247	23,394	14.0
Maryland	30,619	30,475	38,917	49,948	60,590	68,188	65,714	63,993	62,206	60,441	-0.2
Massachusetts	187,682	234,650	231,798	237,894	278,235	283,211	281,540	285,941	285,753	284,754	2.3
Michigan	53,101	65,984	82,444	99,770	132,606	135,317	130,716	123,461	115,852	104,726	-21.0
Minnesota	30,221	44,312	54,578	74,828	171,773	189,273	183,545	179,371	175,051	174,159	1.4
Mississippi	8,999	11,703	13,845	12,034	17,619	18,502	18,734	18,623	18,718	18,632	5.7
Missouri	51,390	69,242	89,806	119,839	178,973	188,720	196,409	183,756	183,572	166,920	-6.7
Montana	2,775	3,999	4,011	4,853	4,935	5,051	5,130	4,921	4,926	4,918	-0.3
Nebraska	15,461	15,979	18,217	23,586	35,445	36,713	36,081	35,392	36,050	36,004	1.6
Nevada	93	175	486	4,773	12,499	16,257	15,965	14,681	14,200	13,177	5.4
New Hampshire	13,421	22,675	27,347	25,848	30,727	31,462	34,111	39,389	49,729	63,686	107.3
New Jersey	70,748	74,582	62,685	69,024	83,044	85,836	84,292	83,509	84,117	84,892	2.2
New Mexico	3,666	3,206	2,097	9,289	9,068	11,708	11,040	9,632	9,074	7,935	-12.5
New York	357,042	428,986	431,402	459,978	577,579	581,651	586,162	587,410	583,296	577,208	-0.1
North Carolina	48,164	59,383	66,733	75,230	98,251	110,728	114,024	112,315	115,098	114,867	16.9
North Dakota	1,303	2,360	3,188	4,234	7,729	7,999	6,904	6,313	6,312	5,756	-25.5
Ohio	95,168	107,380	130,077	138,392	190,159	197,564	192,301	185,406	177,608	169,994	-10.6
Oklahoma	18,717	23,107	22,148	24,317	30,424	32,919	32,803	33,374	33,819	32,900	8.1
Oregon	13,694	17,356	21,314	28,309	42,025	43,707	43,595	42,385	42,789	43,902	4.5
Pennsylvania	178,062	215,217	260,582	270,292	352,075	371,717	359,625	351,460	345,733	337,060	-4.3
Rhode Island	20,371	31,817	35,923	36,992	41,264	41,886	41,393	40,748	40,674	40,734	-1.3
South Carolina	22,417	24,793	28,168	30,412	46,321	51,984	51,700	50,594	50,127	48,873	5.5
South Dakota	6,703	8,433	7,612	8,364	11,668	13,791	12,170	11,873	10,857	9,831	-15.7
Tennessee	36,206	47,746	51,189	61,380	100,814	109,276	108,269	108,468	108,895	102,542	1.7
Texas	76,703	87,839	99,123	137,439	188,187	201,754	197,379	192,464	191,769	190,123	1.0
Utah	32,099	34,389	35,195	40,730	65,283	76,592	85,186	96,308	95,944	107,210	64.2
Vermont	9,673	12,644	15,488	15,468	17,947	18,048	18,011	18,196	17,682	18,340	2.2
Virginia	28,636	34,004	62,156	68,113	143,572	168,918	175,384	178,955	177,840	178,549	24.4
Washington	20,826	27,575	35,752	46,912	54,222	57,263	55,773	54,032	53,185	52,670	-2.9
West Virginia	11,790	10,745	10,682	11,752	47,959	56,327	66,713	69,165	67,172	69,210	44.3
Wisconsin	31,684	33,907	46,245	57,442	78,217	82,922	79,740	76,322	74,682	72,168	-7.7
Wyoming	0	26	703	1,289	1,411	2,006	1,724	1,953	1,537	1,145	-18.9
Other jurisdictions	20,557	77,057	98,374	110,169	156,417	180,521	188,231	181,575	176,407	178,127	13.9
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	94	85	86	77	79	72	-23.4
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	156,323	180,436	188,145	181,498	176,328	178,055	13.9
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 2015, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared October 2015.)