Table 304.20.

Total fall enrollment in private degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2021

State or jurisdiction	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2016	2018	2019	2020	2021	Percent change, 2016 to 2021
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	5,261,064	5,112,155	5,126,531	5,142,954	5,116,327	-2.8
Alabama	16,052	20,632	22,650	26,527	60,523	53,014	49,095	48,220	45,744	42,580	-19.7
Alaska	908	735	2,041	1,394	2,496	1,084	1,043	1,025	1,038	993	-8.4
Arizona	2,304	8,682	15,935	57,968	426,895	246,686	214,784	231,496	240,997	247,638	0.4
Arkansas	8,440	11,279	11,780	13,397	20,068	17,937	17,356	16,637	16,331	16,606	-7.4
California	133,716	191,250	214,030	328,937	491,536	471,853	462,115	467,525	472,672	468,021	-0.8
Colorado	14,833	17,318	26,478	45,975	100,017	79,587	81,042	84,568	92,370	78,506	-1.4
Connecticut	51,309	61,844	59,048	60,216	72,190	80,665	82,707	83,021	83,727	86,412	7.1
Delaware	4,109	4,614	7,752	9,703	15,323	19,323	17,409	17,747	17,371	14,653	-24.2
District of Columbia	64,964	72,775	67,561	67,190	86,152	88,453	93,276	94,457	93,535	95,959	8.5
Florida	46,075	77,542	99,005	150,772	334,751	278,479	266,432	257,712	263,947	267,747	-3.9
Georgia	24,611	44,001	55,373	74,449	132,869	110,914	107,397	108,986	104,241	104,232	-6.0
Hawaii	3,599	5,740	10,708	15,603	17,983	12,425	10,792	10,460	10,099	10,303	-17.1
Idaho	7,495	8,527	10,566	11,843	20,997	49,129	46,354	43,140	48,454	48,327	-1.6
Illinois	136,512	154,014	177,913	209,763	321,330	285,142	273,219	266,041	265,638	264,256	-7.3
Indiana	55,929	58,029	60,879	74,311	121,788	99,703	92,053	90,272	88,004	85,698	-14.0
Iowa	40,512	42,995	52,681	53,966	204,086	95,438	54,818	54,121	52,861	51,881	-45.6
Kansas	14,270	14,618	14,616	19,992	29,226	35,662	33,134	31,318	29,302	28,753	-19.4
Kentucky	21,351	28,182	30,757	36,368	61,379	49,631	62,805	66,931	69,764	67,386	35.8
Louisiana	19,601	23,355	28,550	34,587	38,865	31,024	30,596	30,788	32,306	32,651	5.2
Maine	8,729	11,386	15,686	17,811	21,503	24,353	23,441	23,394	23,270	22,852	-6.2
Maryland	30,619	30,129	38,917	49,948	68,188	59,917	59,483	60,124	60,555	62,752	4.7
Massachusetts	187,682	234,650	231,798	237,894	283,211	287,257	291,942	289,702	282,009	293,311	2.1
Michigan	53,101	65,984	82,444	99,770	135,317	90,263	74,259	70,547	66,532	62,432	-30.8
Minnesota	30,221	44,312	54,578	74,828	189,273	169,554	163,614	160,977	161,883	156,571	-7.7
Mississippi	8,999	11,703	13,845	12,034	18,502	19,506	18,777	18,609	19,378	18,547	-4.9
Missouri	51,390	68,199	89,806	119,839	188,720	156,177	142,361	136,898	129,827	125,562	-19.6
Montana	2,775	3,999	4,011	4,853	5,051	4,656	4,438	3,650	3,651	3,471	-25.5
Nebraska	15,461	15,979	18,217	23,586	36,713	35,066	34,344	36,005	37,712	35,778	2.0
Nevada	93	175	486	4,773	16,257	9,834	9,140	9,211	10,026	9,992	1.6
New Hampshire	13,421	22,675	27,347	25,848	31,462	91,989	122,008	132,117	153,195	164,416	78.7
New Jersey	70,748	74,582	62,685	69,024	85,836	84,287	85,379	85,968	84,472	83,400	-1.1
New Mexico	3,666	3,552	2,097	9,289	11,708	5,569	3,004	3,700	3,830	4,187	-24.8
New York	357,042	429,098	431,402	459,978	581,651	572,759	560,236	557,417	538,113	543,133	-5.2
North Carolina	48,164	59,383	66,733	75,230	110,728	111,335	107,428	105,819	103,045	99,807	-10.4
North Dakota	1,303	2,360	3,188	4,234	7,999	6,239	6,754	6,798	6,717	6,892	10.5
Ohio	95,168	107,173	130,077	138,392	197,564	156,897	149,147	144,368	141,895	143,175	-8.7
Oklahoma	18,717	23,107	22,148	24,317	32,919	30,704	25,044	24,707	24,405	24,256	-21.0
Oregon	13,694	17,356	21,314	28,309	43,707	39,032	36,146	35,825	28,934	29,178	-25.2
Pennsylvania	178,062	215,217	260,582	270,292	371,717	319,336	307,329	303,873	297,068	294,152	-7.9
Rhode Island	20,371	31,817	35,923	36,992	41,886	41,979	40,649	40,458	38,682	38,832	-7.5
South Carolina	22,417	24,793	28,168	30,412	51,984	46,268	43,453	43,763	42,106	41,358	-10.6
South Dakota	6,703	8,433	7,612	8,364	13,791	9,378	9,494	8,473	8,438	8,394	-10.5
Tennessee	36,206	48,006	51,189	61,380	109,276	100,464	96,766	98,183	98,912	97,559	-2.9
Texas	76,703	87,839	99,123	137,439	201,754	182,293	174,952	177,651	183,080	181,293	-0.5
Utah	32,099	32,561	35,195	40,730	76,592	136,142	175,823	191,835	206,550	197,883	45.4
Vermont	9,673	12,644	15,488	15,468	18,048	18,983	17,717	16,055	15,522	15,481	-18.4
Virginia	28,636	34,004	62,156	68,113	168,918	167,998	167,162	172,671	178,768	176,970	5.3
Washington	20,826	27,575	35,752	46,912	57,263	51,191	47,671	47,367	45,628	45,242	-11.6
West Virginia	11,790	10,745	10,682	11,752	56,327	61,509	58,498	57,364	62,683	60,439	-1.7
Wisconsin	31,684	33,907	46,245	57,442	82,922	63,417	59,231	58,284	57,082	55,668	-12.2
Wyoming	†	26	703	1,289	2,006	563	38	253	585	742	31.8
Other jurisdictions	20,557	77,057	98,374	110,169	180,521	160,417	140,166	131,558	132,950	119,283	-25.6
American Samoa	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Federated States of    Micronesia	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Guam	†	†	†	†	85	67	62	56	273	82	22.4
Marshall Islands	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Northern Marianas	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Palau	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Puerto Rico	20,557	77,057	98,374	110,169	180,436	160,350	140,104	131,502	132,677	119,201	-25.7
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 2022, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared April 2023.)