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| Table 304.40. | Total fall enrollment in private degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by attendance status, sex, and state or jurisdiction: 2015 and 2016 |
| State or jurisdiction | 2015 | 2016 | Percent change in total, 2015 to 2016 |
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| Total | Full-time | Part-time | Total | Full-time | Part-time | ||||||
| Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| United States | 5,415,361 | 1,661,816 | 2,271,750 | 544,341 | 937,454 | 5,258,042 | 1,595,351 | 2,203,424 | 526,928 | 932,339 | -2.9 |
| Alabama | 55,509 | 18,387 | 22,459 | 7,760 | 6,903 | 53,014 | 18,595 | 22,355 | 6,160 | 5,904 | -4.5 |
| Alaska | 2,944 | 714 | 1,965 | 85 | 180 | 1,094 | 225 | 574 | 115 | 180 | -62.8 |
| Arizona | 289,446 | 73,078 | 149,453 | 17,612 | 49,303 | 246,684 | 58,889 | 120,794 | 17,427 | 49,574 | -14.8 |
| Arkansas | 18,237 | 6,777 | 8,085 | 1,365 | 2,010 | 17,937 | 6,758 | 8,202 | 1,139 | 1,838 | -1.6 |
| California | 485,152 | 159,650 | 231,302 | 39,312 | 54,888 | 471,174 | 150,673 | 225,901 | 38,097 | 56,503 | -2.9 |
| Colorado | 82,331 | 21,019 | 30,638 | 11,141 | 19,533 | 79,629 | 20,700 | 29,957 | 9,894 | 19,078 | -3.3 |
| Connecticut | 79,900 | 26,097 | 33,279 | 6,666 | 13,858 | 80,666 | 26,110 | 33,647 | 6,631 | 14,278 | 1.0 |
| Delaware | 19,781 | 3,722 | 4,611 | 4,060 | 7,388 | 19,323 | 3,685 | 4,217 | 3,801 | 7,620 | -2.3 |
| District of Columbia | 88,854 | 25,249 | 36,173 | 10,768 | 16,664 | 88,453 | 24,819 | 35,792 | 10,855 | 16,987 | -0.5 |
| Florida | 289,180 | 90,851 | 119,653 | 29,827 | 48,849 | 278,448 | 85,849 | 118,784 | 28,227 | 45,588 | -3.7 |
| Georgia | 112,851 | 32,590 | 54,028 | 8,647 | 17,586 | 110,748 | 30,800 | 51,705 | 8,574 | 19,669 | -1.9 |
| Hawaii | 13,576 | 4,131 | 6,459 | 1,334 | 1,652 | 12,440 | 3,825 | 6,049 | 1,147 | 1,419 | -8.4 |
| Idaho | 48,770 | 9,340 | 11,853 | 11,486 | 16,091 | 49,129 | 8,949 | 11,297 | 11,808 | 17,075 | 0.7 |
| Illinois | 293,107 | 84,290 | 110,696 | 31,129 | 66,992 | 285,142 | 81,248 | 106,850 | 29,604 | 67,440 | -2.7 |
| Indiana | 104,863 | 37,148 | 48,786 | 7,090 | 11,839 | 99,622 | 35,240 | 46,404 | 6,454 | 11,524 | -5.0 |
| Iowa | 104,101 | 23,911 | 32,156 | 12,835 | 35,199 | 95,438 | 23,021 | 30,001 | 12,059 | 30,357 | -8.3 |
| Kansas | 40,462 | 12,234 | 14,571 | 6,087 | 7,570 | 34,131 | 10,457 | 11,364 | 5,469 | 6,841 | -15.6 |
| Kentucky | 49,814 | 13,501 | 21,417 | 4,879 | 10,017 | 49,641 | 12,909 | 20,700 | 5,696 | 10,336 | -0.3 |
| Louisiana | 33,207 | 9,986 | 17,061 | 1,919 | 4,241 | 31,033 | 9,062 | 16,169 | 1,769 | 4,033 | -6.5 |
| Maine | 24,311 | 7,285 | 10,932 | 1,755 | 4,339 | 24,353 | 7,260 | 10,930 | 1,632 | 4,531 | 0.2 |
| Maryland | 60,376 | 17,231 | 22,221 | 7,675 | 13,249 | 59,917 | 16,494 | 21,672 | 7,878 | 13,873 | -0.8 |
| Massachusetts | 288,269 | 100,907 | 125,558 | 23,645 | 38,159 | 287,258 | 100,513 | 126,526 | 22,563 | 37,656 | -0.4 |
| Michigan | 100,051 | 26,502 | 31,795 | 16,302 | 25,452 | 90,263 | 24,937 | 29,634 | 13,964 | 21,728 | -9.8 |
| Minnesota | 174,279 | 31,225 | 57,257 | 22,634 | 63,163 | 169,554 | 29,456 | 54,182 | 22,074 | 63,842 | -2.7 |
| Mississippi | 18,849 | 4,774 | 7,879 | 1,800 | 4,396 | 19,507 | 4,668 | 7,810 | 2,064 | 4,965 | 3.5 |
| Missouri | 161,483 | 44,579 | 55,894 | 24,049 | 36,961 | 156,170 | 41,289 | 51,920 | 25,049 | 37,912 | -3.3 |
| Montana | 4,864 | 1,798 | 2,235 | 204 | 627 | 4,656 | 1,609 | 2,245 | 220 | 582 | -4.3 |
| Nebraska | 36,061 | 11,454 | 16,053 | 2,836 | 5,718 | 35,070 | 11,006 | 15,537 | 2,716 | 5,811 | -2.7 |
| Nevada | 11,683 | 4,403 | 6,036 | 534 | 710 | 9,834 | 3,288 | 5,221 | 417 | 908 | -15.8 |
| New Hampshire | 80,880 | 17,031 | 23,031 | 14,145 | 26,673 | 91,966 | 17,584 | 24,639 | 16,606 | 33,137 | 13.7 |
| New Jersey | 84,037 | 31,801 | 32,886 | 7,642 | 11,708 | 84,287 | 31,560 | 32,768 | 7,615 | 12,344 | 0.3 |
| New Mexico | 6,905 | 2,028 | 3,449 | 424 | 1,004 | 5,569 | 1,532 | 2,851 | 362 | 824 | -19.3 |
| New York | 576,163 | 191,138 | 240,974 | 55,114 | 88,937 | 572,759 | 189,319 | 242,510 | 54,225 | 86,705 | -0.6 |
| North Carolina | 114,387 | 39,424 | 52,132 | 7,675 | 15,156 | 111,334 | 38,615 | 51,451 | 6,816 | 14,452 | -2.7 |
| North Dakota | 5,643 | 1,682 | 2,825 | 427 | 709 | 6,239 | 1,891 | 3,023 | 515 | 810 | 10.6 |
| Ohio | 162,946 | 55,079 | 69,430 | 13,592 | 24,845 | 156,755 | 53,604 | 66,086 | 12,831 | 24,234 | -3.8 |
| Oklahoma | 32,109 | 13,027 | 14,694 | 1,818 | 2,570 | 30,704 | 12,603 | 13,813 | 1,826 | 2,462 | -4.4 |
| Oregon | 42,701 | 12,871 | 21,925 | 2,779 | 5,126 | 39,037 | 11,810 | 20,292 | 2,398 | 4,537 | -8.6 |
| Pennsylvania | 327,641 | 113,819 | 139,789 | 25,623 | 48,410 | 319,425 | 111,127 | 137,555 | 23,672 | 47,071 | -2.5 |
| Rhode Island | 40,972 | 17,065 | 19,936 | 1,729 | 2,242 | 41,979 | 17,259 | 20,312 | 1,866 | 2,542 | 2.5 |
| South Carolina | 47,168 | 15,650 | 22,351 | 2,957 | 6,210 | 46,268 | 14,622 | 21,742 | 3,017 | 6,887 | -1.9 |
| South Dakota | 9,410 | 2,082 | 3,111 | 1,350 | 2,867 | 9,380 | 2,084 | 3,043 | 1,310 | 2,943 | -0.3 |
| Tennessee | 100,458 | 34,573 | 47,659 | 6,483 | 11,743 | 100,463 | 33,179 | 47,604 | 6,729 | 12,951 | # |
| Texas | 191,348 | 65,513 | 87,072 | 16,500 | 22,263 | 182,285 | 61,672 | 82,258 | 16,202 | 22,153 | -4.7 |
| Utah | 122,306 | 48,606 | 67,736 | 3,097 | 2,867 | 136,226 | 51,512 | 78,670 | 3,156 | 2,888 | 11.4 |
| Vermont | 18,482 | 8,008 | 7,103 | 1,740 | 1,631 | 18,983 | 8,080 | 7,084 | 2,073 | 1,746 | 2.7 |
| Virginia | 175,542 | 45,984 | 62,871 | 25,024 | 41,663 | 168,015 | 43,794 | 60,588 | 23,486 | 40,147 | -4.3 |
| Washington | 50,880 | 16,857 | 24,353 | 3,629 | 6,041 | 50,806 | 16,468 | 25,212 | 3,493 | 5,633 | -0.1 |
| West Virginia | 64,555 | 6,844 | 8,094 | 31,397 | 18,220 | 61,254 | 5,954 | 7,372 | 30,134 | 17,794 | -5.1 |
| Wisconsin | 68,005 | 19,439 | 29,774 | 5,760 | 13,032 | 63,417 | 18,245 | 28,052 | 5,093 | 12,027 | -6.7 |
| Wyoming | 512 | 462 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 563 | 503 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 |
| Other jurisdictions | 167,757 | 54,733 | 75,972 | 14,726 | 22,326 | 160,454 | 51,079 | 72,280 | 14,712 | 22,383 | -4.4 |
| 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 | 70 | 27 | 28 | 6 | 9 | 67 | 23 | 25 | 8 | 11 | -4.3 |
| 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 | 167,687 | 54,706 | 75,944 | 14,720 | 22,317 | 160,387 | 51,056 | 72,255 | 14,704 | 22,372 | -4.4 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | † |
| †Not applicable. | |||||||||||
| #Rounds to zero. | |||||||||||
| NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. | |||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2016 and Spring 2017, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared January 2018.) |