Table 304.21.

Total fall enrollment in private nonprofit degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1980 through 2017

State or jurisdiction	1980	1990	2000	2010	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Percent change, 2012 to 2017
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
United States	2,527,787	2,760,227	3,109,419	3,854,482	3,951,388	3,971,390	3,997,249	4,065,891	4,078,956	4,106,477	3.9
Alabama	19,233	20,421	22,649	25,136	26,109	25,239	26,032	25,967	24,956	26,149	0.2
Alaska	735	1,647	908	732	715	764	693	621	660	625	-12.6
Arizona	2,949	7,184	11,092	8,817	9,187	9,150	9,854	9,606	9,802	9,935	8.1
Arkansas	9,557	10,078	12,640	16,654	17,152	16,919	16,995	17,554	17,446	17,009	-0.8
California	183,700	201,222	252,449	285,898	297,250	306,964	307,516	304,296	304,789	309,256	4.0
Colorado	16,156	19,254	27,548	32,938	33,765	34,530	34,372	35,400	34,269	34,081	0.9
Connecticut	61,457	58,346	58,444	66,750	67,765	68,779	70,396	71,715	72,344	72,360	6.8
Delaware	4,614	7,752	9,703	14,833	16,627	18,245	19,090	19,455	19,022	17,697	6.4
District of Columbia	70,894	64,645	64,212	78,215	79,000	78,908	78,502	79,276	78,938	81,099	2.7
Florida	73,767	87,476	113,580	162,311	179,935	180,611	181,931	207,518	205,323	203,259	13.0
Georgia	39,122	46,297	64,123	71,134	73,235	73,395	73,262	74,106	76,263	78,855	7.7
Hawaii	5,740	10,708	13,727	14,273	14,292	13,087	11,969	10,586	9,799	10,159	-28.9
Idaho	8,527	10,133	11,167	18,185	26,749	31,489	40,662	47,651	48,492	55,503	107.5
Illinois	147,269	165,669	184,856	227,482	227,880	224,127	222,651	221,310	218,283	215,251	-5.5
Indiana	54,641	56,929	67,307	88,928	88,916	88,834	90,580	90,752	91,604	89,985	1.2
Iowa	42,693	51,851	51,625	57,430	56,221	56,283	56,114	54,078	53,475	52,870	-6.0
Kansas	14,618	14,518	19,522	25,212	26,004	26,693	26,057	25,249	23,058	22,910	-11.9
Kentucky	22,326	26,084	28,015	37,554	40,223	39,830	39,025	39,483	41,332	47,958	19.2
Louisiana	22,980	26,183	29,963	27,667	28,881	28,065	27,052	26,345	25,676	26,436	-8.5
Maine	10,258	14,348	16,837	19,578	21,121	21,329	21,394	22,424	22,737	23,468	11.1
Maryland	30,035	38,557	46,529	54,894	54,917	53,856	52,822	53,063	53,881	54,647	-0.5
Massachusetts	234,007	231,232	236,050	275,565	278,907	280,088	280,138	284,065	284,513	287,987	3.3
Michigan	65,984	82,444	96,669	124,307	114,676	108,166	98,367	95,107	87,297	76,764	-33.1
Minnesota	42,292	51,502	62,870	73,504	71,446	71,366	71,004	70,666	70,356	70,653	-1.1
Mississippi	10,556	12,034	11,625	15,398	16,058	16,046	16,376	16,873	17,856	17,576	9.5
Missouri	66,440	86,202	109,784	153,918	154,169	152,442	149,771	147,328	146,452	139,898	-9.3
Montana	3,482	4,011	4,853	5,051	4,921	4,926	4,918	4,864	4,621	4,603	-6.5
Nebraska	15,979	17,885	21,608	32,940	32,783	33,400	33,707	34,233	33,747	33,854	3.3
Nevada	175	339	586	3,370	3,421	3,546	3,762	4,214	4,057	4,266	24.7
New Hampshire	20,783	24,900	21,939	26,566	35,681	46,681	61,412	79,388	91,989	109,423	206.7
New Jersey	73,757	59,011	62,049	75,980	74,391	73,483	73,908	73,636	73,822	73,693	-0.9
New Mexico	3,552	1,796	4,258	1,120	1,334	1,503	1,568	1,617	1,658	1,590	19.2
New York	407,101	406,510	424,379	526,357	535,236	533,749	528,729	530,798	530,938	524,187	-2.1
North Carolina	55,729	64,859	74,640	92,031	94,023	96,072	96,500	97,684	97,322	97,163	3.3
North Dakota	2,360	3,188	4,123	6,234	5,313	5,348	4,963	5,040	5,690	5,648	6.3
Ohio	95,918	109,749	124,718	146,389	146,179	142,502	141,357	138,542	138,327	136,807	-6.4
Oklahoma	21,149	18,492	21,094	22,657	24,032	25,117	24,740	25,996	26,227	23,919	-0.5
Oregon	17,192	20,353	25,289	32,811	33,370	35,289	37,256	37,533	35,429	34,623	3.8
Pennsylvania	207,975	223,478	239,128	298,997	296,704	294,767	292,276	292,166	291,914	294,802	-0.6
Rhode Island	31,817	35,923	36,768	41,886	40,748	40,674	40,734	40,972	41,979	41,748	2.5
South Carolina	21,868	26,734	29,655	35,089	34,601	34,195	34,552	34,606	35,106	34,137	-1.3
South Dakota	8,433	6,188	5,660	9,044	7,273	7,153	7,137	7,221	7,223	7,060	-2.9
Tennessee	44,711	47,344	55,809	77,764	82,816	83,912	83,412	83,352	84,426	84,459	2.0
Texas	86,001	92,672	120,123	131,485	136,187	136,077	137,171	140,057	142,266	142,736	4.8
Utah	32,561	34,387	35,986	61,310	81,270	85,599	100,548	117,009	131,527	147,610	81.6
Vermont	12,644	15,488	15,131	17,433	17,679	17,222	17,915	18,103	18,683	18,411	4.1
Virginia	33,269	57,142	50,979	110,720	128,323	130,794	134,602	135,037	132,850	132,988	3.6
Washington	27,087	32,145	41,415	43,702	43,177	43,222	43,162	44,568	43,992	42,861	-0.7
West Virginia	10,440	9,822	9,800	12,952	7,683	8,505	8,679	8,665	8,809	8,583	11.7
Wisconsin	33,254	45,095	55,535	65,281	63,043	62,427	61,556	59,584	57,168	58,452	-7.3
Wyoming	0	0	0	0	0	22	60	512	563	464	†
Other jurisdictions	70,702	164,618	194,633	137,375	138,661	134,587	131,649	127,194	122,016	118,286	-14.7
American Samoa	0	1,219	297	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	†
Federated States of Micronesia	0	975	1,576	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	†
Guam	0	4,741	5,215	85	77	79	72	70	67	55	-28.6
Marshall Islands	0	0	328	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	†
Northern Marianas	0	661	1,078	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	†
Palau	0	491	581	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	†
Puerto Rico	70,702	154,065	183,290	137,290	138,584	134,508	131,577	127,124	121,949	118,231	-14.7
U.S. Virgin Islands	0	2,466	2,268	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" survey, 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.)