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Table 188.Total fall enrollment in private institutions of higher education, by state: 1970 to 1994

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                       |           |           |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |Percent
         State         |   Fall    |   Fall    |   Fall    |   Fall    |   Fall   |   Fall   |   Fall   |   Fall   |   Fall   |change,
          or           |   1970    |   1975    |   1980    |   1985    |   1990   |   1991   |   1992   | 1993\1\  | 1994\2\  |1990 to
      other area       |           |           |           |           |          |          |          |          |          | 1994
-----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|-------
           1           |     2     |     3     |     4     |     5     |    6     |    7     |    8     |    9     |    10    |  11
-----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|-------
   United States ......| 2,152,753 | 2,350,351 | 2,639,501 | 2,767,782 |2,973,920 |3,049,390 |3,102,792 |3,115,715 |3,145,110 |   5.8
                       |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|-------
Alabama ...............|    16,052 |    19,002 |    20,632 |    20,655 |   22,650 |   22,020 |   24,250 |   23,431 |   22,965 |   1.4
Alaska ................|       908 |       780 |       735 |       969 |    2,041 |    1,774 |    1,865 |    1,930 |    1,167 | -42.8
Arizona ...............|     2,304 |     4,876 |     8,682 |    14,818 |   15,935 |   19,340 |   18,764 |   25,546 |   22,748 |  42.8
Arkansas ..............|     8,440 |     9,420 |    11,539 |    11,835 |   11,780 |   12,188 |   11,749 |   11,320 |   10,693 |  -9.2
California ............|   133,716 |   170,374 |   191,155 |   206,232 |  214,030 |  219,620 |  229,354 |  232,191 |  252,954 |  18.2
                       |           |           |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |
Colorado ..............|    14,833 |    13,444 |    17,318 |    19,283 |   26,478 |   28,463 |   28,925 |   29,873 |   31,578 |  19.3
Connecticut ...........|    51,309 |    54,924 |    61,844 |    60,732 |   59,048 |   58,503 |   58,088 |   56,854 |   57,540 |  -2.6
Delaware ..............|     4,109 |     5,307 |     4,614 |     3,950 |    7,752 |    7,677 |    7,450 |    7,757 |    7,875 |   1.6
District of Columbia ..|    64,964 |    69,031 |    72,775 |    66,121 |   67,561 |   65,931 |   69,624 |   70,957 |   66,657 |  -1.3
Florida ...............|    46,075 |    56,522 |    77,542 |    89,151 |   99,005 |  105,439 |  107,059 |  104,923 |  106,213 |   7.3
                       |           |           |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |
Georgia ...............|    24,611 |    30,992 |    44,001 |    47,870 |   55,373 |   58,099 |   60,528 |   63,089 |   64,732 |  16.9
Hawaii ................|     3,599 |     3,393 |     3,912 |     6,691 |   10,708 |   11,620 |   11,557 |   12,253 |   12,676 |  18.4
Idaho .................|     7,495 |     7,777 |     8,527 |     9,002 |   10,566 |   11,248 |   11,191 |   11,244 |   11,399 |   7.9
Illinois ..............|   136,512 |   139,631 |   152,971 |   158,465 |  177,913 |  182,048 |  182,191 |  184,344 |  185,462 |   4.2
Indiana................|    55,929 |    54,367 |    58,029 |    56,734 |   60,879 |   61,923 |   62,288 |   63,426 |   64,006 |   5.1
                       |           |           |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |
Iowa ..................|    40,512 |    38,106 |    42,995 |    43,132 |   52,681 |   50,664 |   49,964 |   50,530 |   50,433 |  -4.3
Kansas ................|    14,270 |    13,072 |    14,618 |    14,139 |   14,616 |   15,350 |   16,020 |   16,119 |   17,805 |  21.8
Kentucky ..............|    21,351 |    19,988 |    28,182 |    30,888 |   30,757 |   32,185 |   30,484 |   31,172 |   31,002 |   0.8
Louisiana .............|    19,601 |    21,159 |    23,355 |    24,003 |   28,550 |   28,616 |   27,006 |   28,037 |   28,455 |  -0.3
Maine .................|     8,729 |     9,351 |    11,386 |    19,013 |   15,686 |   16,250 |   17,131 |   16,475 |   17,536 |  11.8
                       |           |           |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |
Maryland ..............|    30,619 |    29,026 |    30,475 |    32,657 |   38,917 |   39,293 |   40,412 |   41,339 |   42,522 |   9.3
Massachusetts .........|   187,682 |   210,921 |   234,650 |   235,573 |  231,798 |  238,822 |  239,857 |  238,666 |  236,706 |   2.1
Michigan ..............|    53,101 |    59,750 |    65,984 |    73,023 |   82,444 |   82,190 |   87,451 |   85,065 |   84,549 |   2.6
Minnesota .............|    30,221 |    36,126 |    44,312 |    47,178 |   54,578 |   55,301 |   60,762 |   60,987 |   62,285 |  14.1
Mississippi ...........|     8,999 |    10,043 |    11,703 |    10,476 |   13,845 |   13,964 |   13,843 |   13,035 |   12,486 |  -9.8
                       |           |           |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |
Missouri...............|    51,390 |    64,919 |    69,242 |    72,317 |   89,806 |   94,029 |   98,007 |   99,241 |  101,951 |  13.5
Montana ...............|     2,775 |     3,045 |     3,999 |     3,926 |    4,011 |    4,368 |    5,879 |    5,231 |    5,168 |  28.8
Nebraska ..............|    15,461 |    13,465 |    15,979 |    16,567 |   18,217 |   18,956 |   19,407 |   19,741 |   20,123 |  10.5
Nevada ................|        93 |       177 |       175 |       288 |      486 |      679 |      685 |      718 |      814 |  67.5
New Hampshire .........|    13,421 |    16,825 |    22,675 |    25,614 |   27,347 |   29,200 |   28,669 |   28,472 |   27,859 |   1.9
                       |           |           |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |
New Jersey ............|    70,748 |    69,350 |    74,582 |    60,361 |   62,685 |   63,913 |   64,847 |   64,668 |   63,060 |   0.6
New Mexico ............|     3,666 |     4,339 |     3,206 |     2,236 |    2,097 |    3,654 |    4,375 |    3,367 |    4,808 | 129.3
New York ..............|   357,042 |   391,221 |   428,986 |   436,847 |  431,402 |  450,589 |  458,514 |  457,935 |  453,408 |   5.1
North Carolina ........|    48,164 |    50,498 |    59,383 |    60,244 |   66,733 |   66,495 |   67,935 |   67,724 |   65,737 |  -1.5
North Dakota ..........|     1,303 |     1,789 |     2,360 |     3,137 |    3,188 |    3,521 |    3,687 |    3,672 |    3,545 |  11.2
                       |           |           |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |
Ohio ..................|    95,168 |    99,121 |   107,380 |   135,581 |  130,077 |  133,034 |  136,156 |  132,646 |  131,738 |   1.3
Oklahoma ..............|    18,717 |    22,241 |    23,107 |    22,346 |   22,148 |   23,370 |   23,118 |   22,441 |   23,426 |   5.8
Oregon ................|    13,694 |    15,496 |    17,356 |    18,355 |   21,314 |   22,656 |   22,513 |   22,482 |   23,420 |   9.9
Pennsylvania ..........|   178,062 |   183,100 |   215,217 |   232,675 |  260,582 |  265,601 |  267,048 |  269,481 |  268,609 |   3.1
Rhode Island ..........|    20,371 |    32,168 |    31,817 |    34,538 |   35,923 |   36,609 |   35,901 |   36,574 |   35,342 |  -1.6
                       |           |           |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |
South Carolina ........|    22,417 |    25,333 |    24,793 |    26,048 |   28,168 |   27,895 |   25,863 |   25,369 |   24,556 | -12.8
South Dakota ..........|     6,703 |     8,335 |     8,433 |     9,433 |    7,612 |    7,444 |    7,250 |    6,739 |    6,784 | -10.9
Tennessee .............|    36,206 |    41,909 |    47,746 |    46,894 |   51,189 |   51,601 |   50,668 |   50,711 |   51,541 |   0.7
Texas .................|    76,703 |    82,178 |    87,839 |    92,500 |   99,123 |  100,889 |  106,068 |  107,482 |  111,493 |  12.5
Utah ..................|    32,099 |    30,787 |    34,389 |    34,568 |   35,195 |   35,617 |   36,125 |   37,868 |   37,603 |   6.8
                       |           |           |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |
Vermont ...............|     9,673 |    11,950 |    12,644 |    12,572 |   15,488 |   15,951 |   15,980 |   15,414 |   14,904 |  -3.8
Virginia ..............|    28,636 |    29,418 |    34,004 |    41,662 |   62,156 |   58,218 |   56,650 |   54,725 |   60,984 |  -1.9
Washington ............|    20,826 |    24,637 |    27,575 |    30,021 |   35,752 |   36,415 |   36,793 |   38,032 |   39,890 |  11.6
West Virginia..........|    11,790 |    10,502 |    10,745 |    10,128 |   10,682 |   10,387 |   10,968 |   11,352 |   11,621 |   8.8
Wisconsin .............|    31,684 |    30,166 |    33,907 |    36,334 |   46,245 |   48,904 |   51,012 |   52,367 |   53,615 |  15.9
Wyoming ...............|       --- |       --- |        26 |       --- |      703 |      867 |      861 |      700 |      667 |  -5.1
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   Outlying areas .....|    20,557 |    44,347 |    77,057 |    99,479 |   98,374 |  102,697 |  103,057 |  103,874 |   99,769 |   1.4
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American Samoa ........|       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |   ---
Federated States of    |           |           |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |   ---
  Micronesia ..........|       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |   ---
Guam ..................|       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |   ---
Marshall Islands.......|       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |   ---
Northern Marianas .....|       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |   ---
Palau .................|       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |   ---
Puerto Rico ...........|    20,557 |    44,347 |    77,057 |    99,479 |   98,374 |  102,697 |  103,057 |  103,874 |   99,769 |   1.4
Trust Territory of the |           |           |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |
  Pacific .............|       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |   ---
Virgin Islands ........|       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |   ---
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\1\Revised from previously published data.

\2\Preliminary data.

---Data not reported or not applicable.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities;" and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" survey. (This table was prepared November 1995.)


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