Total fall enrollment in private institutions of higher education, by state: 1970 to 1995

Table 192.
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                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |Percent
        State         |   Fall   |   Fall   |   Fall   |   Fall   |   Fall   |   Fall   |   Fall   |   Fall   |   Fall   |   Fall   |change,
          or          |   1970   |   1975   |   1980   |   1985   |   1990   |   1991   |   1992   |   1993   |   1994   | 1995\1\  |1990 to
      other area      |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          | 1995
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   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 |3,169,407 |   6.6
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Alabama ..............|   16,052 |   19,002 |   20,632 |   20,655 |   22,650 |   22,020 |   24,250 |   23,431 |   22,965 |   22,447 |  -0.9
Alaska ...............|      908 |      780 |      735 |      969 |    2,041 |    1,774 |    1,865 |    1,930 |    1,167 |      980 | -52.0
Arizona ..............|    2,304 |    4,876 |    8,682 |   14,818 |   15,935 |   19,340 |   18,764 |   25,546 |   22,748 |   19,451 |  22.1
Arkansas .............|    8,440 |    9,420 |   11,539 |   11,835 |   11,780 |   12,188 |   11,749 |   11,320 |   10,693 |   11,113 |  -5.7
California ...........|  133,716 |  170,374 |  191,155 |  206,232 |  214,030 |  219,620 |  229,354 |  232,191 |  252,954 |  252,812 |  18.1
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Colorado .............|   14,833 |   13,444 |   17,318 |   19,283 |   26,478 |   28,463 |   28,925 |   29,873 |   31,578 |   32,427 |  22.5
Connecticut ..........|   51,309 |   54,924 |   61,844 |   60,732 |   59,048 |   58,503 |   58,088 |   56,854 |   57,540 |   57,156 |  -3.2
Delaware .............|    4,109 |    5,307 |    4,614 |    3,950 |    7,752 |    7,677 |    7,450 |    7,757 |    7,875 |    8,103 |   4.5
District of Columbia .|   64,964 |   69,031 |   72,775 |   66,121 |   67,561 |   65,931 |   69,624 |   70,957 |   66,657 |   67,614 |   0.1
Florida ..............|   46,075 |   56,522 |   77,542 |   89,151 |   99,005 |  105,439 |  107,059 |  104,923 |  106,213 |  106,696 |   7.8
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Georgia ..............|   24,611 |   30,992 |   44,001 |   47,870 |   55,373 |   58,099 |   60,528 |   63,089 |   64,732 |   66,030 |  19.2
Hawaii ...............|    3,599 |    3,393 |    3,912 |    6,691 |   10,708 |   11,620 |   11,557 |   12,253 |   12,676 |   13,000 |  21.4
Idaho ................|    7,495 |    7,777 |    8,527 |    9,002 |   10,566 |   11,248 |   11,191 |   11,244 |   11,399 |   10,580 |   0.1
Illinois .............|  136,512 |  139,631 |  152,971 |  158,465 |  177,913 |  182,048 |  182,191 |  184,344 |  185,462 |  187,606 |   5.4
Indiana...............|   55,929 |   54,367 |   58,029 |   56,734 |   60,879 |   61,923 |   62,288 |   63,426 |   64,006 |   64,820 |   6.5
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Iowa .................|   40,512 |   38,106 |   42,995 |   43,132 |   52,681 |   50,664 |   49,964 |   50,530 |   50,433 |   51,439 |  -2.4
Kansas ...............|   14,270 |   13,072 |   14,618 |   14,139 |   14,616 |   15,350 |   16,020 |   16,119 |   17,805 |   17,194 |  17.6
Kentucky .............|   21,351 |   19,988 |   28,182 |   30,888 |   30,757 |   32,185 |   30,484 |   31,172 |   31,002 |   30,050 |  -2.3
Louisiana ............|   19,601 |   21,159 |   23,355 |   24,003 |   28,550 |   28,616 |   27,006 |   28,037 |   28,455 |   29,062 |   1.8
Maine ................|    8,729 |    9,351 |   11,386 |   19,013 |   15,686 |   16,250 |   17,131 |   16,475 |   17,536 |   18,352 |  17.0
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Maryland .............|   30,619 |   29,026 |   30,475 |   32,657 |   38,917 |   39,293 |   40,412 |   41,339 |   42,522 |   43,453 |  11.7
Massachusetts ........|  187,682 |  210,921 |  234,650 |  235,573 |  231,798 |  238,822 |  239,857 |  238,666 |  236,706 |  237,017 |   2.3
Michigan .............|   53,101 |   59,750 |   65,984 |   73,023 |   82,444 |   82,190 |   87,451 |   85,065 |   84,549 |   85,949 |   4.3
Minnesota ............|   30,221 |   36,126 |   44,312 |   47,178 |   54,578 |   55,301 |   60,762 |   60,987 |   62,285 |   63,567 |  16.5
Mississippi ..........|    8,999 |   10,043 |   11,703 |   10,476 |   13,845 |   13,964 |   13,843 |   13,035 |   12,486 |   12,090 | -12.7
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Missouri..............|   51,390 |   64,919 |   69,242 |   72,317 |   89,806 |   94,029 |   98,007 |   99,241 |  101,951 |  101,543 |  13.1
Montana ..............|    2,775 |    3,045 |    3,999 |    3,926 |    4,011 |    4,368 |    5,879 |    5,231 |    5,168 |    5,239 |  30.6
Nebraska .............|   15,461 |   13,465 |   15,979 |   16,567 |   18,217 |   18,956 |   19,407 |   19,741 |   20,123 |   20,119 |  10.4
Nevada ...............|       93 |      177 |      175 |      288 |      486 |      679 |      685 |      718 |      814 |    1,143 | 135.2
New Hampshire ........|   13,421 |   16,825 |   22,675 |   25,614 |   27,347 |   29,200 |   28,669 |   28,472 |   27,859 |   28,258 |   3.3
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New Jersey ...........|   70,748 |   69,350 |   74,582 |   60,361 |   62,685 |   63,913 |   64,847 |   64,668 |   63,060 |   62,762 |   0.1
New Mexico ...........|    3,666 |    4,339 |    3,206 |    2,236 |    2,097 |    3,654 |    4,375 |    3,367 |    4,808 |    5,185 | 147.3
New York .............|  357,042 |  391,221 |  428,986 |  436,847 |  431,402 |  450,589 |  458,514 |  457,935 |  453,408 |  453,075 |   5.0
North Carolina .......|   48,164 |   50,498 |   59,383 |   60,244 |   66,733 |   66,495 |   67,935 |   67,724 |   65,737 |   68,931 |   3.3
North Dakota .........|    1,303 |    1,789 |    2,360 |    3,137 |    3,188 |    3,521 |    3,687 |    3,672 |    3,545 |    3,589 |  12.6
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Ohio .................|   95,168 |   99,121 |  107,380 |  135,581 |  130,077 |  133,034 |  136,156 |  132,646 |  131,738 |  130,457 |   0.3
Oklahoma .............|   18,717 |   22,241 |   23,107 |   22,346 |   22,148 |   23,370 |   23,118 |   22,441 |   23,426 |   22,650 |   2.3
Oregon ...............|   13,694 |   15,496 |   17,356 |   18,355 |   21,314 |   22,656 |   22,513 |   22,482 |   23,420 |   23,528 |  10.4
Pennsylvania .........|  178,062 |  183,100 |  215,217 |  232,675 |  260,582 |  265,601 |  267,048 |  269,481 |  268,609 |  277,831 |   6.6
Rhode Island .........|   20,371 |   32,168 |   31,817 |   34,538 |   35,923 |   36,609 |   35,901 |   36,574 |   35,342 |   35,447 |  -1.3
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South Carolina .......|   22,417 |   25,333 |   24,793 |   26,048 |   28,168 |   27,895 |   25,863 |   25,369 |   24,556 |   25,419 |  -9.8
South Dakota .........|    6,703 |    8,335 |    8,433 |    9,433 |    7,612 |    7,444 |    7,250 |    6,739 |    6,784 |    7,002 |  -8.0
Tennessee ............|   36,206 |   41,909 |   47,746 |   46,894 |   51,189 |   51,601 |   50,668 |   50,711 |   51,541 |   52,826 |   3.2
Texas ................|   76,703 |   82,178 |   87,839 |   92,500 |   99,123 |  100,889 |  106,068 |  107,482 |  111,493 |  115,674 |  16.7
Utah .................|   32,099 |   30,787 |   34,389 |   34,568 |   35,195 |   35,617 |   36,125 |   37,868 |   37,603 |   36,764 |   4.5
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Vermont ..............|    9,673 |   11,950 |   12,644 |   12,572 |   15,488 |   15,951 |   15,980 |   15,414 |   14,904 |   14,595 |  -5.8
Virginia .............|   28,636 |   29,418 |   34,004 |   41,662 |   62,156 |   58,218 |   56,650 |   54,725 |   60,984 |   62,792 |   1.0
Washington ...........|   20,826 |   24,637 |   27,575 |   30,021 |   35,752 |   36,415 |   36,793 |   38,032 |   39,890 |   39,184 |   9.6
West Virginia.........|   11,790 |   10,502 |   10,745 |   10,128 |   10,682 |   10,387 |   10,968 |   11,352 |   11,621 |   11,177 |   4.6
Wisconsin ............|   31,684 |   30,166 |   33,907 |   36,334 |   46,245 |   48,904 |   51,012 |   52,367 |   53,615 |   54,453 |  17.7
Wyoming ..............|       ---|       ---|       26 |       ---|      703 |      867 |      861 |      700 |      667 |      756 |   7.5
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   Outlying areas ....|   20,557 |   44,347 |   77,057 |   99,479 |   98,374 |  102,697 |  103,057 |  103,874 |   99,769 |  106,607 |   8.4
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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 |  106,607 |   8.4
Trust Territory of the|          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  Pacific ............|       ---|       ---|       ---|       ---|       ---|       ---|       ---|       ---|       ---|       ---|    ---
Virgin Islands .......|       ---|       ---|       ---|       ---|      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |    ---
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\1\Preliminary data. ---Data not reported or not applicable.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities" surveys; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys. (This table was prepared December 1996.)
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