Table 304.20.

Total fall enrollment in private degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2017

State or jurisdiction	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2012	2014	2015	2016	2017	Percent change, 2012 to 2017
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	5,759,811	5,554,432	5,415,361	5,261,064	5,205,443	-9.6
Alabama	16,052	20,632	22,650	26,527	60,523	59,266	58,039	55,509	53,014	52,751	-11.0
Alaska	908	735	2,041	1,394	2,496	2,202	4,439	2,944	1,084	1,055	-52.1
Arizona	2,304	8,682	15,935	57,968	426,895	377,236	319,749	289,446	246,686	224,839	-40.4
Arkansas	8,440	11,279	11,780	13,397	20,068	19,234	18,172	18,237	17,937	17,385	-9.6
California	133,716	191,250	214,030	328,937	491,536	492,454	529,350	485,152	471,853	467,207	-5.1
Colorado	14,833	17,318	26,478	45,975	100,017	90,726	85,908	82,331	79,587	81,327	-10.4
Connecticut	51,309	61,844	59,048	60,216	72,190	76,706	79,625	79,900	80,665	81,444	6.2
Delaware	4,109	4,614	7,752	9,703	15,323	17,014	19,425	19,781	19,323	18,017	5.9
District of Columbia	64,964	72,775	67,561	67,190	86,152	84,674	84,938	88,854	88,453	91,470	8.0
Florida	46,075	77,542	99,005	150,772	334,751	349,813	315,390	289,180	278,479	273,439	-21.8
Georgia	24,611	44,001	55,373	74,449	132,869	123,171	117,252	112,851	110,914	109,538	-11.1
Hawaii	3,599	5,740	10,708	15,603	17,983	18,161	16,453	13,576	12,425	12,451	-31.4
Idaho	7,495	8,527	10,566	11,843	20,997	29,227	42,147	48,770	49,129	56,011	91.6
Illinois	136,512	154,014	177,913	209,763	321,330	310,003	295,540	293,107	285,142	278,960	-10.0
Indiana	55,929	58,029	60,879	74,311	121,788	113,494	108,013	104,863	99,703	97,242	-14.3
Iowa	40,512	42,995	52,681	53,966	204,086	187,631	112,622	104,101	95,438	90,527	-51.8
Kansas	14,270	14,618	14,616	19,992	29,226	29,941	43,206	40,462	35,662	34,106	13.9
Kentucky	21,351	28,182	30,757	36,368	61,379	58,033	51,154	49,814	49,631	56,232	-3.1
Louisiana	19,601	23,355	28,550	34,587	38,865	37,875	34,995	33,207	31,024	31,374	-17.2
Maine	8,729	11,386	15,686	17,811	21,503	22,540	23,396	24,311	24,353	24,812	10.1
Maryland	30,619	30,129	38,917	49,948	68,188	63,993	60,441	60,376	59,917	60,567	-5.4
Massachusetts	187,682	234,650	231,798	237,894	283,211	285,941	284,847	288,269	287,257	290,119	1.5
Michigan	53,101	65,984	82,444	99,770	135,317	123,461	105,250	100,051	90,263	79,318	-35.8
Minnesota	30,221	44,312	54,578	74,828	189,273	179,371	174,253	174,279	169,554	163,581	-8.8
Mississippi	8,999	11,703	13,845	12,034	18,502	18,623	18,632	18,849	19,506	19,432	4.3
Missouri	51,390	68,199	89,806	119,839	188,720	183,756	166,955	161,483	156,177	147,949	-19.5
Montana	2,775	3,999	4,011	4,853	5,051	4,921	4,918	4,864	4,656	4,640	-5.7
Nebraska	15,461	15,979	18,217	23,586	36,713	35,392	36,004	36,061	35,066	34,826	-1.6
Nevada	93	175	486	4,773	16,257	14,681	13,177	11,683	9,834	9,710	-33.9
New Hampshire	13,421	22,675	27,347	25,848	31,462	39,389	63,655	80,880	91,989	109,423	177.8
New Jersey	70,748	74,582	62,685	69,024	85,836	83,509	84,892	84,037	84,287	84,440	1.1
New Mexico	3,666	3,552	2,097	9,289	11,708	9,632	7,935	6,905	5,569	4,214	-56.3
New York	357,042	429,098	431,402	459,978	581,651	587,410	577,122	576,163	572,759	562,782	-4.2
North Carolina	48,164	59,383	66,733	75,230	110,728	112,315	114,855	114,387	111,335	109,199	-2.8
North Dakota	1,303	2,360	3,188	4,234	7,999	6,313	5,756	5,643	6,239	6,175	-2.2
Ohio	95,168	107,173	130,077	138,392	197,564	185,406	170,314	162,946	156,897	152,214	-17.9
Oklahoma	18,717	23,107	22,148	24,317	32,919	33,374	32,961	32,109	30,704	27,911	-16.4
Oregon	13,694	17,356	21,314	28,309	43,707	42,385	43,902	42,701	39,032	37,602	-11.3
Pennsylvania	178,062	215,217	260,582	270,292	371,717	351,460	336,785	327,641	319,336	316,346	-10.0
Rhode Island	20,371	31,817	35,923	36,992	41,886	40,748	40,734	40,972	41,979	41,748	2.5
South Carolina	22,417	24,793	28,168	30,412	51,984	50,594	48,873	47,168	46,268	45,766	-9.5
South Dakota	6,703	8,433	7,612	8,364	13,791	11,873	9,829	9,410	9,378	8,990	-24.3
Tennessee	36,206	48,006	51,189	61,380	109,276	108,468	102,590	100,458	100,464	99,978	-7.8
Texas	76,703	87,839	99,123	137,439	201,754	192,464	190,624	191,348	182,293	182,131	-5.4
Utah	32,099	32,561	35,195	40,730	76,592	96,308	107,210	122,306	136,142	152,300	58.1
Vermont	9,673	12,644	15,488	15,468	18,048	18,196	18,337	18,482	18,983	18,555	2.0
Virginia	28,636	34,004	62,156	68,113	168,918	178,955	178,552	175,542	167,998	164,963	-7.8
Washington	20,826	27,575	35,752	46,912	57,263	54,032	52,663	50,880	51,191	49,608	-8.2
West Virginia	11,790	10,745	10,682	11,752	56,327	69,165	69,210	64,555	61,509	59,068	-14.6
Wisconsin	31,684	33,907	46,245	57,442	82,922	76,322	72,198	68,005	63,417	61,237	-19.8
Wyoming	0	26	703	1,289	2,006	1,953	1,145	512	563	464	-76.2
Other jurisdictions	20,557	77,057	98,374	110,169	180,521	181,575	178,121	167,757	160,417	154,987	-14.6
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	77	72	70	67	55	-28.6
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	181,498	178,049	167,687	160,350	154,932	-14.6
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 2018, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared December 2018.)