Table 304.20.

Total fall enrollment in private degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2016

State or jurisdiction	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2011	2013	2014	2015	2016	Percent change, 2011 to 2016
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	5,877,267	5,894,287	5,629,829	5,554,432	5,415,361	5,258,042	-10.8
Alabama	16,052	20,632	22,650	26,527	60,523	59,826	57,521	58,039	55,509	53,014	-11.4
Alaska	908	735	2,041	1,394	2,496	2,774	3,290	4,439	2,944	1,094	-60.6
Arizona	2,304	8,682	15,935	57,968	426,895	430,858	339,229	319,749	289,446	246,684	-42.7
Arkansas	8,440	11,539	11,780	13,397	20,068	20,521	18,534	18,172	18,237	17,937	-12.6
California	133,716	191,155	214,030	328,937	491,536	510,177	489,810	529,350	485,152	471,174	-7.6
Colorado	14,833	17,318	26,478	45,975	100,017	96,641	87,107	85,908	82,331	79,629	-17.6
Connecticut	51,309	61,844	59,048	60,216	72,190	75,151	77,935	79,625	79,900	80,666	7.3
Delaware	4,109	4,614	7,752	9,703	15,323	15,818	18,623	19,425	19,781	19,323	22.2
District of Columbia	64,964	72,775	67,561	67,190	86,152	84,933	83,910	84,938	88,854	88,453	4.1
Florida	46,075	77,542	99,005	150,772	334,751	345,960	330,012	315,390	289,180	278,448	-19.5
Georgia	24,611	44,001	55,373	74,449	132,869	136,706	119,719	117,252	112,851	110,748	-19.0
Hawaii	3,599	3,912	10,708	15,603	17,983	18,676	17,493	16,453	13,576	12,440	-33.4
Idaho	7,495	8,527	10,566	11,843	20,997	24,389	33,134	42,147	48,770	49,129	101.4
Illinois	136,512	152,971	177,913	209,763	321,330	315,409	296,405	295,540	293,107	285,142	-9.6
Indiana	55,929	58,029	60,879	74,311	121,788	117,560	108,486	108,013	104,863	99,622	-15.3
Iowa	40,512	42,995	52,681	53,966	204,086	193,655	171,094	112,622	104,101	95,438	-50.7
Kansas	14,270	14,618	14,616	19,992	29,226	30,187	31,780	43,206	40,462	34,131	13.1
Kentucky	21,351	28,182	30,757	36,368	61,379	60,339	54,601	51,154	49,814	49,641	-17.7
Louisiana	19,601	23,355	28,550	34,587	38,865	40,530	36,234	34,995	33,207	31,033	-23.4
Maine	8,729	11,386	15,686	17,811	21,503	22,044	22,810	23,396	24,311	24,353	10.5
Maryland	30,619	30,475	38,917	49,948	68,188	65,714	62,134	60,441	60,376	59,917	-8.8
Massachusetts	187,682	234,650	231,798	237,894	283,211	281,540	285,711	284,847	288,269	287,258	2.0
Michigan	53,101	65,984	82,444	99,770	135,317	130,716	115,830	105,250	100,051	90,263	-30.9
Minnesota	30,221	44,312	54,578	74,828	189,273	183,545	175,197	174,253	174,279	169,554	-7.6
Mississippi	8,999	11,703	13,845	12,034	18,502	18,734	18,718	18,632	18,849	19,507	4.1
Missouri	51,390	69,242	89,806	119,839	188,720	196,409	183,796	166,955	161,483	156,170	-20.5
Montana	2,775	3,999	4,011	4,853	5,051	5,130	4,926	4,918	4,864	4,656	-9.2
Nebraska	15,461	15,979	18,217	23,586	36,713	36,081	36,050	36,004	36,061	35,070	-2.8
Nevada	93	175	486	4,773	16,257	15,965	14,200	13,177	11,683	9,834	-38.4
New Hampshire	13,421	22,675	27,347	25,848	31,462	34,111	49,729	63,655	80,880	91,966	169.6
New Jersey	70,748	74,582	62,685	69,024	85,836	84,292	84,117	84,892	84,037	84,287	#
New Mexico	3,666	3,206	2,097	9,289	11,708	11,040	9,074	7,935	6,905	5,569	-49.6
New York	357,042	428,986	431,402	459,978	581,651	586,162	584,173	577,122	576,163	572,759	-2.3
North Carolina	48,164	59,383	66,733	75,230	110,728	114,024	114,895	114,855	114,387	111,334	-2.4
North Dakota	1,303	2,360	3,188	4,234	7,999	6,904	6,312	5,756	5,643	6,239	-9.6
Ohio	95,168	107,380	130,077	138,392	197,564	192,301	176,873	170,314	162,946	156,755	-18.5
Oklahoma	18,717	23,107	22,148	24,317	32,919	32,803	33,819	32,961	32,109	30,704	-6.4
Oregon	13,694	17,356	21,314	28,309	43,707	43,595	42,770	43,902	42,701	39,037	-10.5
Pennsylvania	178,062	215,217	260,582	270,292	371,717	359,625	345,725	336,785	327,641	319,425	-11.2
Rhode Island	20,371	31,817	35,923	36,992	41,886	41,393	40,674	40,734	40,972	41,979	1.4
South Carolina	22,417	24,793	28,168	30,412	51,984	51,700	50,127	48,873	47,168	46,268	-10.5
South Dakota	6,703	8,433	7,612	8,364	13,791	12,170	10,857	9,829	9,410	9,380	-22.9
Tennessee	36,206	47,746	51,189	61,380	109,276	108,269	108,895	102,590	100,458	100,463	-7.2
Texas	76,703	87,839	99,123	137,439	201,754	197,379	191,789	190,624	191,348	182,285	-7.6
Utah	32,099	34,389	35,195	40,730	76,592	85,186	93,586	107,210	122,306	136,226	59.9
Vermont	9,673	12,644	15,488	15,468	18,048	18,011	17,684	18,337	18,482	18,983	5.4
Virginia	28,636	34,004	62,156	68,113	168,918	175,384	177,840	178,552	175,542	168,015	-4.2
Washington	20,826	27,575	35,752	46,912	57,263	55,773	53,185	52,663	50,880	50,806	-8.9
West Virginia	11,790	10,745	10,682	11,752	56,327	66,713	67,172	69,210	64,555	61,254	-8.2
Wisconsin	31,684	33,907	46,245	57,442	82,922	79,740	74,760	72,198	68,005	63,417	-20.5
Wyoming	0	26	703	1,289	2,006	1,724	1,484	1,145	512	563	-67.3
Other jurisdictions	20,557	77,057	98,374	110,169	180,521	188,231	176,407	178,121	167,757	160,454	-14.8
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	85	86	79	72	70	67	-22.1
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	180,436	188,145	176,328	178,049	167,687	160,387	-14.8
U.S. Virgin Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	†

†Not applicable.

#Rounds to zero.

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 2017, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared January 2018.)