Total fall enrollment in private degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2022

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Table 304.20.Total fall enrollment in private degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2022
State or jurisdiction	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2012	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	Percent change, 2017 to 2022
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
United States	2,152,753	2,639,501	2,973,920	3,559,503	5,877,267	5,759,811	5,206,412	5,112,155	5,126,531	5,142,954	5,113,054	5,085,689	-2.3
Alabama	16,052	20,632	22,650	26,527	60,523	59,266	52,746	49,095	48,220	45,744	42,572	40,872	-22.5
Alaska	908	735	2,041	1,394	2,496	2,202	1,055	1,043	1,025	1,038	993	979	-7.2
Arizona	2,304	8,682	15,935	57,968	426,895	377,236	224,335	214,784	231,496	240,997	247,025	248,792	10.9
Arkansas	8,440	11,279	11,780	13,397	20,068	19,234	17,385	17,356	16,637	16,331	16,606	16,206	-6.8
California	133,716	191,250	214,030	328,937	491,536	492,454	467,190	462,115	467,525	472,672	468,006	455,162	-2.6

Colorado	14,833	17,318	26,478	45,975	100,017	90,726	81,327	81,042	84,568	92,370	78,284	77,695	-4.5
Connecticut	51,309	61,844	59,048	60,216	72,190	76,706	81,444	82,707	83,021	83,727	86,409	91,394	12.2
Delaware	4,109	4,614	7,752	9,703	15,323	17,014	18,017	17,409	17,747	17,371	14,653	15,431	-14.4
District of Columbia	64,964	72,775	67,561	67,190	86,152	84,674	91,470	93,276	94,457	93,535	95,959	95,752	4.7
Florida	46,075	77,542	99,005	150,772	334,751	349,813	275,293	266,432	257,712	263,947	264,101	264,097	-4.1

Georgia	24,611	44,001	55,373	74,449	132,869	123,171	109,538	107,397	108,986	104,241	104,258	105,630	-3.6
Hawaii	3,599	5,740	10,708	15,603	17,983	18,161	12,451	10,792	10,460	10,099	10,303	10,468	-15.9
Idaho	7,495	8,527	10,566	11,843	20,997	29,227	56,011	46,354	43,140	48,454	48,327	46,935	-16.2
Illinois	136,512	154,014	177,913	209,763	321,330	310,003	278,959	273,219	266,041	265,638	264,375	259,871	-6.8
Indiana	55,929	58,029	60,879	74,311	121,788	113,494	97,240	92,053	90,272	88,004	85,776	87,445	-10.1

Iowa	40,512	42,995	52,681	53,966	204,086	187,631	90,539	54,818	54,121	52,861	51,883	51,385	-43.2
Kansas	14,270	14,618	14,616	19,992	29,226	29,941	34,373	33,134	31,318	29,302	28,775	22,961	-33.2
Kentucky	21,351	28,182	30,757	36,368	61,379	58,033	56,232	62,805	66,931	69,764	67,630	67,634	20.3
Louisiana	19,601	23,355	28,550	34,587	38,865	37,875	31,401	30,596	30,788	32,306	32,754	31,544	0.5
Maine	8,729	11,386	15,686	17,811	21,503	22,540	24,812	23,441	23,394	23,270	22,852	24,633	-0.7

Maryland	30,619	30,129	38,917	49,948	68,188	63,993	60,564	59,483	60,124	60,555	62,752	60,365	-0.3
Massachusetts	187,682	234,650	231,798	237,894	283,211	285,941	290,151	291,942	289,702	282,009	293,341	289,210	-0.3
Michigan	53,101	65,984	82,444	99,770	135,317	123,461	79,337	74,259	70,547	66,532	62,474	59,966	-24.4
Minnesota	30,221	44,312	54,578	74,828	189,273	179,371	163,581	163,614	160,977	161,883	156,561	149,819	-8.4
Mississippi	8,999	11,703	13,845	12,034	18,502	18,623	19,432	18,777	18,609	19,378	18,609	17,187	-11.6

Missouri	51,390	68,199	89,806	119,839	188,720	183,756	148,029	142,361	136,898	129,827	125,543	122,968	-16.9
Montana	2,775	3,999	4,011	4,853	5,051	4,921	4,640	4,438	3,650	3,651	3,471	3,579	-22.9
Nebraska	15,461	15,979	18,217	23,586	36,713	35,392	34,672	34,344	36,005	37,712	35,778	36,667	5.8
Nevada	93	175	486	4,773	16,257	14,681	9,710	9,140	9,211	10,026	9,982	9,483	-2.3
New Hampshire	13,421	22,675	27,347	25,848	31,462	39,389	109,423	122,008	132,117	153,195	164,416	182,149	66.5

New Jersey	70,748	74,582	62,685	69,024	85,836	83,509	84,440	85,379	85,968	84,472	83,400	83,793	-0.8
New Mexico	3,666	3,552	2,097	9,289	11,708	9,632	4,214	3,004	3,700	3,830	4,187	3,962	-6.0
New York	357,042	429,098	431,402	459,978	581,651	587,410	563,099	560,236	557,417	538,113	543,150	536,668	-4.7
North Carolina	48,164	59,383	66,733	75,230	110,728	112,315	109,113	107,428	105,819	103,045	99,816	97,770	-10.4
North Dakota	1,303	2,360	3,188	4,234	7,999	6,313	6,175	6,754	6,798	6,717	6,892	6,784	9.9

Ohio	95,168	107,173	130,077	138,392	197,564	185,406	152,177	149,147	144,368	141,895	143,173	139,355	-8.4
Oklahoma	18,717	23,107	22,148	24,317	32,919	33,374	27,911	25,044	24,707	24,405	24,259	24,683	-11.6
Oregon	13,694	17,356	21,314	28,309	43,707	42,385	37,586	36,146	35,825	28,934	29,169	28,390	-24.5
Pennsylvania	178,062	215,217	260,582	270,292	371,717	351,460	315,980	307,329	303,873	297,068	294,151	290,736	-8.0
Rhode Island	20,371	31,817	35,923	36,992	41,886	40,748	41,747	40,649	40,458	38,682	38,825	38,890	-6.8

South Carolina	22,417	24,793	28,168	30,412	51,984	50,594	45,794	43,453	43,763	42,106	41,478	41,300	-9.8
South Dakota	6,703	8,433	7,612	8,364	13,791	11,873	8,990	9,494	8,473	8,438	8,394	8,563	-4.7
Tennessee	36,206	48,006	51,189	61,380	109,276	108,468	99,978	96,766	98,183	98,912	97,615	98,922	-1.1
Texas	76,703	87,839	99,123	137,439	201,754	192,464	182,122	174,952	177,651	183,080	181,176	181,962	-0.1
Utah	32,099	32,561	35,195	40,730	76,592	96,308	151,962	175,823	191,835	206,550	197,894	206,345	35.8

Vermont	9,673	12,644	15,488	15,468	18,048	18,196	18,555	17,717	16,055	15,522	15,481	14,648	-21.1
Virginia	28,636	34,004	62,156	68,113	168,918	178,955	164,869	167,162	172,671	178,768	177,453	175,950	6.7
Washington	20,826	27,575	35,752	46,912	57,263	54,032	49,607	47,671	47,367	45,628	45,242	43,482	-12.3
West Virginia	11,790	10,745	10,682	11,752	56,327	69,165	59,068	58,498	57,364	62,683	60,439	61,528	4.2
Wisconsin	31,684	33,907	46,245	57,442	82,922	76,322	61,204	59,231	58,284	57,082	55,650	54,686	-10.6
Wyoming	†	26	703	1,289	2,006	1,953	464	38	253	585	742	993	114.0

Other jurisdictions	20,557	77,057	98,374	110,169	180,521	181,575	155,298	140,166	131,558	132,950	119,283	114,836	-26.1
American Samoa	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Federated States of Micronesia	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Guam	†	†	†	†	85	77	55	62	56	273	82	153	178.2
Marshall Islands	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Northern Marianas	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Palau	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Puerto Rico	20,557	77,057	98,374	110,169	180,436	181,498	155,243	140,104	131,502	132,677	119,201	114,683	-26.1
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 Fall Enrollment component, Spring 2001 through Spring 2022 (final data) and Spring 2023 (provisional data). (This table was prepared February 2024.)

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