Table 304.20.

Total fall enrollment in private degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2020

State or jurisdiction	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2015	2017	2018	2019	2020	Percent change, 2015 to 2020
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	5,415,361	5,206,412	5,112,155	5,126,531	5,124,559	-5.4
Alabama	16,052	20,632	22,650	26,527	60,523	55,509	52,746	49,095	48,220	45,684	-17.7
Alaska	908	735	2,041	1,394	2,496	2,944	1,055	1,043	1,025	1,038	-64.7
Arizona	2,304	8,682	15,935	57,968	426,895	289,446	224,335	214,784	231,496	241,302	-16.6
Arkansas	8,440	11,279	11,780	13,397	20,068	18,237	17,385	17,356	16,637	16,332	-10.4
California	133,716	191,250	214,030	328,937	491,536	485,152	467,190	462,115	467,525	456,433	-5.9
Colorado	14,833	17,318	26,478	45,975	100,017	82,331	81,327	81,042	84,568	92,361	12.2
Connecticut	51,309	61,844	59,048	60,216	72,190	79,900	81,444	82,707	83,021	83,727	4.8
Delaware	4,109	4,614	7,752	9,703	15,323	19,781	18,017	17,409	17,747	17,371	-12.2
District of Columbia	64,964	72,775	67,561	67,190	86,152	88,854	91,470	93,276	94,457	93,535	5.3
Florida	46,075	77,542	99,005	150,772	334,751	289,180	275,293	266,432	257,712	264,155	-8.7
Georgia	24,611	44,001	55,373	74,449	132,869	112,851	109,538	107,397	108,986	104,243	-7.6
Hawaii	3,599	5,740	10,708	15,603	17,983	13,576	12,451	10,792	10,460	10,099	-25.6
Idaho	7,495	8,527	10,566	11,843	20,997	48,770	56,011	46,354	43,140	48,454	-0.6
Illinois	136,512	154,014	177,913	209,763	321,330	293,107	278,959	273,219	266,041	265,624	-9.4
Indiana	55,929	58,029	60,879	74,311	121,788	104,863	97,240	92,053	90,272	87,889	-16.2
Iowa	40,512	42,995	52,681	53,966	204,086	104,101	90,539	54,818	54,121	52,861	-49.2
Kansas	14,270	14,618	14,616	19,992	29,226	40,462	34,373	33,134	31,318	29,302	-27.6
Kentucky	21,351	28,182	30,757	36,368	61,379	49,814	56,232	62,805	66,931	69,769	40.1
Louisiana	19,601	23,355	28,550	34,587	38,865	33,207	31,401	30,596	30,788	32,305	-2.7
Maine	8,729	11,386	15,686	17,811	21,503	24,311	24,812	23,441	23,394	23,270	-4.3
Maryland	30,619	30,129	38,917	49,948	68,188	60,376	60,564	59,483	60,124	60,555	0.3
Massachusetts	187,682	234,650	231,798	237,894	283,211	288,269	290,151	291,942	289,702	282,366	-2.0
Michigan	53,101	65,984	82,444	99,770	135,317	100,051	79,337	74,259	70,547	66,498	-33.5
Minnesota	30,221	44,312	54,578	74,828	189,273	174,279	163,581	163,614	160,977	161,883	-7.1
Mississippi	8,999	11,703	13,845	12,034	18,502	18,849	19,432	18,777	18,609	19,378	2.8
Missouri	51,390	68,199	89,806	119,839	188,720	161,483	148,029	142,361	136,898	129,800	-19.6
Montana	2,775	3,999	4,011	4,853	5,051	4,864	4,640	4,438	3,650	3,651	-24.9
Nebraska	15,461	15,979	18,217	23,586	36,713	36,061	34,672	34,344	36,005	37,712	4.6
Nevada	93	175	486	4,773	16,257	11,683	9,710	9,140	9,211	10,026	-14.2
New Hampshire	13,421	22,675	27,347	25,848	31,462	80,880	109,423	122,008	132,117	153,293	89.5
New Jersey	70,748	74,582	62,685	69,024	85,836	84,037	84,440	85,379	85,968	84,475	0.5
New Mexico	3,666	3,552	2,097	9,289	11,708	6,905	4,214	3,004	3,700	3,830	-44.5
New York	357,042	429,098	431,402	459,978	581,651	576,163	563,099	560,236	557,417	535,698	-7.0
North Carolina	48,164	59,383	66,733	75,230	110,728	114,387	109,113	107,428	105,819	103,174	-9.8
North Dakota	1,303	2,360	3,188	4,234	7,999	5,643	6,175	6,754	6,798	6,717	19.0
Ohio	95,168	107,173	130,077	138,392	197,564	162,946	152,177	149,147	144,368	141,901	-12.9
Oklahoma	18,717	23,107	22,148	24,317	32,919	32,109	27,911	25,044	24,707	24,405	-24.0
Oregon	13,694	17,356	21,314	28,309	43,707	42,701	37,586	36,146	35,825	29,026	-32.0
Pennsylvania	178,062	215,217	260,582	270,292	371,717	327,641	315,980	307,329	303,873	297,036	-9.3
Rhode Island	20,371	31,817	35,923	36,992	41,886	40,972	41,747	40,649	40,458	38,682	-5.6
South Carolina	22,417	24,793	28,168	30,412	51,984	47,168	45,794	43,453	43,763	42,037	-10.9
South Dakota	6,703	8,433	7,612	8,364	13,791	9,410	8,990	9,494	8,473	8,438	-10.3
Tennessee	36,206	48,006	51,189	61,380	109,276	100,458	99,978	96,766	98,183	98,785	-1.7
Texas	76,703	87,839	99,123	137,439	201,754	191,348	182,122	174,952	177,651	182,848	-4.4
Utah	32,099	32,561	35,195	40,730	76,592	122,306	151,962	175,823	191,835	206,550	68.9
Vermont	9,673	12,644	15,488	15,468	18,048	18,482	18,555	17,717	16,055	15,522	-16.0
Virginia	28,636	34,004	62,156	68,113	168,918	175,542	164,869	167,162	172,671	178,625	1.8
Washington	20,826	27,575	35,752	46,912	57,263	50,880	49,607	47,671	47,367	45,552	-10.5
West Virginia	11,790	10,745	10,682	11,752	56,327	64,555	59,068	58,498	57,364	62,683	-2.9
Wisconsin	31,684	33,907	46,245	57,442	82,922	68,005	61,204	59,231	58,284	57,074	-16.1
Wyoming	†	26	703	1,289	2,006	512	464	38	253	585	14.3
Other jurisdictions	20,557	77,057	98,374	110,169	180,521	167,757	155,298	140,166	131,558	132,951	-20.7
American Samoa	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Federated States of      Micronesia	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Guam	†	†	†	†	85	70	55	62	56	273	290.0
Marshall Islands	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Northern Marianas	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Palau	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Puerto Rico	20,557	77,057	98,374	110,169	180,436	167,687	155,243	140,104	131,502	132,678	-20.9
U.S. Virgin Islands	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†

†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 2021, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared April 2022.)