Table 304.20.

Total fall enrollment in private degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1970 through 2019

State or jurisdiction	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2014	2016	2017	2018	2019	Percent change, 2014 to 2019
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	5,554,432	5,261,064	5,206,412	5,112,155	5,136,442	-7.5
Alabama	16,052	20,632	22,650	26,527	60,523	58,039	53,014	52,746	49,095	48,227	-16.9
Alaska	908	735	2,041	1,394	2,496	4,439	1,084	1,055	1,043	1,025	-76.9
Arizona	2,304	8,682	15,935	57,968	426,895	319,749	246,686	224,335	214,784	231,496	-27.6
Arkansas	8,440	11,279	11,780	13,397	20,068	18,172	17,937	17,385	17,356	16,637	-8.4
California	133,716	191,250	214,030	328,937	491,536	529,350	471,853	467,190	462,115	467,857	-11.6
Colorado	14,833	17,318	26,478	45,975	100,017	85,908	79,587	81,327	81,042	84,568	-1.6
Connecticut	51,309	61,844	59,048	60,216	72,190	79,625	80,665	81,444	82,707	83,021	4.3
Delaware	4,109	4,614	7,752	9,703	15,323	19,425	19,323	18,017	17,409	17,747	-8.6
District of Columbia	64,964	72,775	67,561	67,190	86,152	84,938	88,453	91,470	93,276	94,457	11.2
Florida	46,075	77,542	99,005	150,772	334,751	315,390	278,479	275,293	266,432	268,831	-14.8
Georgia	24,611	44,001	55,373	74,449	132,869	117,252	110,914	109,538	107,397	108,962	-7.1
Hawaii	3,599	5,740	10,708	15,603	17,983	16,453	12,425	12,451	10,792	10,457	-36.4
Idaho	7,495	8,527	10,566	11,843	20,997	42,147	49,129	56,011	46,354	43,140	2.4
Illinois	136,512	154,014	177,913	209,763	321,330	295,540	285,142	278,959	273,219	266,040	-10.0
Indiana	55,929	58,029	60,879	74,311	121,788	108,013	99,703	97,240	92,053	90,256	-16.4
Iowa	40,512	42,995	52,681	53,966	204,086	112,622	95,438	90,539	54,818	54,121	-51.9
Kansas	14,270	14,618	14,616	19,992	29,226	43,206	35,662	34,373	33,134	31,318	-27.5
Kentucky	21,351	28,182	30,757	36,368	61,379	51,154	49,631	56,232	62,805	66,893	30.8
Louisiana	19,601	23,355	28,550	34,587	38,865	34,995	31,024	31,401	30,596	30,790	-12.0
Maine	8,729	11,386	15,686	17,811	21,503	23,396	24,353	24,812	23,441	23,351	-0.2
Maryland	30,619	30,129	38,917	49,948	68,188	60,441	59,917	60,564	59,483	60,124	-0.5
Massachusetts	187,682	234,650	231,798	237,894	283,211	284,847	287,257	290,151	291,942	289,704	1.7
Michigan	53,101	65,984	82,444	99,770	135,317	105,250	90,263	79,337	74,259	70,543	-33.0
Minnesota	30,221	44,312	54,578	74,828	189,273	174,253	169,554	163,581	163,614	160,977	-7.6
Mississippi	8,999	11,703	13,845	12,034	18,502	18,632	19,506	19,432	18,777	18,609	-0.1
Missouri	51,390	68,199	89,806	119,839	188,720	166,955	156,177	148,029	142,361	136,898	-18.0
Montana	2,775	3,999	4,011	4,853	5,051	4,918	4,656	4,640	4,438	3,650	-25.8
Nebraska	15,461	15,979	18,217	23,586	36,713	36,004	35,066	34,672	34,344	36,007	#
Nevada	93	175	486	4,773	16,257	13,177	9,834	9,710	9,140	9,211	-30.1
New Hampshire	13,421	22,675	27,347	25,848	31,462	63,655	91,989	109,423	122,008	132,117	107.6
New Jersey	70,748	74,582	62,685	69,024	85,836	84,892	84,287	84,440	85,379	85,968	1.3
New Mexico	3,666	3,552	2,097	9,289	11,708	7,935	5,569	4,214	3,004	3,700	-53.4
New York	357,042	429,098	431,402	459,978	581,651	577,122	572,759	563,099	560,236	557,420	-3.4
North Carolina	48,164	59,383	66,733	75,230	110,728	114,855	111,335	109,113	107,428	105,593	-8.1
North Dakota	1,303	2,360	3,188	4,234	7,999	5,756	6,239	6,175	6,754	6,764	17.5
Ohio	95,168	107,173	130,077	138,392	197,564	170,314	156,897	152,177	149,147	144,587	-15.1
Oklahoma	18,717	23,107	22,148	24,317	32,919	32,961	30,704	27,911	25,044	24,707	-25.0
Oregon	13,694	17,356	21,314	28,309	43,707	43,902	39,032	37,586	36,146	35,815	-18.4
Pennsylvania	178,062	215,217	260,582	270,292	371,717	336,785	319,336	315,980	307,329	304,042	-9.7
Rhode Island	20,371	31,817	35,923	36,992	41,886	40,734	41,979	41,747	40,649	40,314	-1.0
South Carolina	22,417	24,793	28,168	30,412	51,984	48,873	46,268	45,794	43,453	43,763	-10.5
South Dakota	6,703	8,433	7,612	8,364	13,791	9,829	9,378	8,990	9,494	8,473	-13.8
Tennessee	36,206	48,006	51,189	61,380	109,276	102,590	100,464	99,978	96,766	96,740	-5.7
Texas	76,703	87,839	99,123	137,439	201,754	190,624	182,293	182,122	174,952	177,542	-6.9
Utah	32,099	32,561	35,195	40,730	76,592	107,210	136,142	151,962	175,823	191,932	79.0
Vermont	9,673	12,644	15,488	15,468	18,048	18,337	18,983	18,555	17,717	16,055	-12.4
Virginia	28,636	34,004	62,156	68,113	168,918	178,552	167,998	164,869	167,162	172,670	-3.3
Washington	20,826	27,575	35,752	46,912	57,263	52,663	51,191	49,607	47,671	47,367	-10.1
West Virginia	11,790	10,745	10,682	11,752	56,327	69,210	61,509	59,068	58,498	57,364	-17.1
Wisconsin	31,684	33,907	46,245	57,442	82,922	72,198	63,417	61,204	59,231	58,339	-19.2
Wyoming	†	26	703	1,289	2,006	1,145	563	464	38	253	-77.9
Other jurisdictions	20,557	77,057	98,374	110,169	180,521	178,121	160,417	155,298	140,166	131,492	-26.2
American Samoa	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Federated States of     Micronesia	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Guam	†	†	†	†	85	72	67	55	62	56	-22.2
Marshall Islands	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Northern Marianas	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Palau	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Puerto Rico	20,557	77,057	98,374	110,169	180,436	178,049	160,350	155,243	140,104	131,436	-26.2
U.S. Virgin Islands	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†

†Not applicable.
#Rounds to zero.
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 2020, Fall Enrollment component. (This table was prepared February 2021.)