Total fall enrollment in private degree-granting institutions, by state: 1970 to 1999

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Table 193.
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                      |                    Institutions of higher education\1\                     ||     Degree-granting institutions\2\
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        State         |          |          |          |          |          |          |          ||          |          |          |          |Percent
          or          |   Fall   |   Fall   |   Fall   |   Fall   |   Fall   |   Fall   |   Fall   ||   Fall   |   Fall   |   Fall   |   Fall   |change,
      other area      |   1970   |   1975   |   1980   |   1985   |   1990   |   1995   |   1996   ||   1996   |   1997   | 1998\3\  | 1999\4\  |1996 to
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |          ||          |          |          |          | 1999
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          1           |    2     |    3     |    4     |    5     |    6     |    7     |    8     ||    9     |    10    |    11    |    12    |  13
______________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________||__________|__________|__________|__________|_______
   United States .....|2,152,753 |2,350,351 |2,639,501 |2,767,782 |2,973,920 |3,169,407 |3,210,084 ||3,247,021 |3,306,215 |3,369,198 |3,481,825 |   7.2
                      |__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________||__________|__________|__________|__________|_______
Alabama ..............|   16,052 |   19,002 |   20,632 |   20,655 |   22,650 |   22,447 |   22,968 ||   24,180 |   24,811 |   25,556 |   25,971 |   7.4
Alaska ...............|      908 |      780 |      735 |      969 |    2,041 |      980 |    1,018 ||      978 |    1,198 |    1,356 |    1,261 |  28.9
Arizona ..............|    2,304 |    4,876 |    8,682 |   14,818 |   15,935 |   19,451 |   23,363 ||   28,873 |   31,898 |   34,021 |   49,891 |  72.8
Arkansas .............|    8,440 |    9,420 |   11,539 |   11,835 |   11,780 |   11,113 |   11,231 ||   11,231 |   11,487 |   11,487 |   11,766 |   4.8
California ...........|  133,716 |  170,374 |  191,155 |  206,232 |  214,030 |  252,812 |  257,727 ||  275,078 |  293,722 |  303,179 |  324,876 |  18.1
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |          ||          |          |          |          |
Colorado .............|   14,833 |   13,444 |   17,318 |   19,283 |   26,478 |   32,427 |   33,766 ||   35,929 |   38,770 |   40,896 |   42,308 |  17.8
Connecticut ..........|   51,309 |   54,924 |   61,844 |   60,732 |   59,048 |   57,156 |   57,773 ||   57,803 |   58,087 |   59,037 |   60,073 |   3.9
Delaware .............|    4,109 |    5,307 |    4,614 |    3,950 |    7,752 |    8,103 |    8,259 ||    8,259 |    8,395 |    8,898 |    9,718 |  17.7
District of Columbia .|   64,964 |   69,031 |   72,775 |   66,121 |   67,561 |   67,614 |   66,783 ||   66,724 |   67,510 |   66,978 |   66,769 |   0.1
Florida ..............|   46,075 |   56,522 |   77,542 |   89,151 |   99,005 |  106,696 |  110,143 ||  116,410 |  123,538 |  129,266 |  143,778 |  23.5
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |          ||          |          |          |          |
Georgia ..............|   24,611 |   30,992 |   44,001 |   47,870 |   55,373 |   66,030 |   68,715 ||   70,591 |   71,227 |   73,757 |   74,401 |   5.4
Hawaii ...............|    3,599 |    3,393 |    3,912 |    6,691 |   10,708 |   13,000 |   14,013 ||   15,474 |   15,972 |   16,345 |   16,099 |   4.0
Idaho ................|    7,495 |    7,777 |    8,527 |    9,002 |   10,566 |   10,580 |   10,512 ||   10,605 |   11,408 |   11,755 |   12,046 |  13.6
Illinois .............|  136,512 |  139,631 |  152,971 |  158,465 |  177,913 |  187,606 |  188,517 ||  188,663 |  189,621 |  195,790 |  199,660 |   5.8
Indiana...............|   55,929 |   54,367 |   58,029 |   56,734 |   60,879 |   64,820 |   65,359 ||   69,217 |   70,995 |   70,726 |   73,915 |   6.8
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |          ||          |          |          |          |
Iowa .................|   40,512 |   38,106 |   42,995 |   43,132 |   52,681 |   51,439 |   51,098 ||   52,937 |   52,894 |   52,642 |   53,027 |   0.2
Kansas ...............|   14,270 |   13,072 |   14,618 |   14,139 |   14,616 |   17,194 |   16,921 ||   17,419 |   17,589 |   18,967 |   19,649 |  12.8
Kentucky .............|   21,351 |   19,988 |   28,182 |   30,888 |   30,757 |   30,050 |   30,326 ||   31,481 |   32,629 |   34,206 |   35,068 |  11.4
Louisiana ............|   19,601 |   21,159 |   23,355 |   24,003 |   28,550 |   29,062 |   28,928 ||   28,770 |   30,017 |   31,214 |   32,775 |  13.9
Maine ................|    8,729 |    9,351 |   11,386 |   19,013 |   15,686 |   18,352 |   17,757 ||   17,757 |   18,358 |   18,350 |   17,473 |  -1.6
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |          ||          |          |          |          |
Maryland .............|   30,619 |   29,026 |   30,475 |   32,657 |   38,917 |   43,453 |   43,480 ||   43,480 |   44,012 |   46,118 |   48,011 |  10.4
Massachusetts ........|  187,682 |  210,921 |  234,650 |  235,573 |  231,798 |  237,017 |  236,911 ||  237,822 |  237,926 |  237,125 |  238,181 |   0.2
Michigan .............|   53,101 |   59,750 |   65,984 |   73,023 |   82,444 |   85,949 |   87,985 ||   88,640 |   91,181 |   94,431 |   97,173 |   9.6
Minnesota ............|   30,221 |   36,126 |   44,312 |   47,178 |   54,578 |   63,567 |   66,722 ||   71,680 |   66,799 |   71,190 |   75,282 |   5.0
Mississippi ..........|    8,999 |   10,043 |   11,703 |   10,476 |   13,845 |   12,090 |   11,329 ||   11,122 |   11,714 |   11,607 |   11,801 |   6.1
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |          ||          |          |          |          |
Missouri..............|   51,390 |   64,919 |   69,242 |   72,317 |   89,806 |  101,543 |  101,264 ||  103,733 |  112,288 |  116,045 |  118,156 |  13.9
Montana ..............|    2,775 |    3,045 |    3,999 |    3,926 |    4,011 |    5,239 |    5,145 ||    5,550 |    5,439 |    5,382 |    4,778 | -13.9
Nebraska .............|   15,461 |   13,465 |   15,979 |   16,567 |   18,217 |   20,119 |   19,583 ||   20,972 |   22,128 |   22,083 |   22,420 |   6.9
Nevada ...............|       93 |      177 |      175 |      288 |      486 |    1,143 |    1,542 ||    2,045 |    3,108 |    3,973 |    4,441 | 117.2
New Hampshire ........|   13,421 |   16,825 |   22,675 |   25,614 |   27,347 |   28,258 |   28,098 ||   28,031 |   28,552 |   28,597 |   28,439 |   1.5
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |          ||          |          |          |          |
New Jersey ...........|   70,748 |   69,350 |   74,582 |   60,361 |   62,685 |   62,762 |   63,592 ||   63,547 |   64,389 |   65,793 |   66,785 |   5.1
New Mexico ...........|    3,666 |    4,339 |    3,206 |    2,236 |    2,097 |    5,185 |    5,916 ||    6,744 |    7,852 |    7,660 |    8,771 |  30.1
New York .............|  357,042 |  391,221 |  428,986 |  436,847 |  431,402 |  453,075 |  455,388 ||  455,869 |  456,605 |  447,018 |  454,685 |  -0.3
North Carolina .......|   48,164 |   50,498 |   59,383 |   60,244 |   66,733 |   68,931 |   70,229 ||   70,054 |   71,684 |   73,297 |   74,596 |   6.5
North Dakota .........|    1,303 |    1,789 |    2,360 |    3,137 |    3,188 |    3,589 |    3,789 ||    4,377 |    3,900 |    4,177 |    4,408 |   0.7
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |          ||          |          |          |          |
Ohio .................|   95,168 |   99,121 |  107,380 |  135,581 |  130,077 |  130,457 |  132,196 ||  137,263 |  132,475 |  133,590 |  137,004 |  -0.2
Oklahoma .............|   18,717 |   22,241 |   23,107 |   22,346 |   22,148 |   22,650 |   22,874 ||   22,785 |   22,585 |   22,711 |   23,694 |   4.0
Oregon ...............|   13,694 |   15,496 |   17,356 |   18,355 |   21,314 |   23,528 |   23,739 ||   25,233 |   25,510 |   26,730 |   27,458 |   8.8
Pennsylvania .........|  178,062 |  183,100 |  215,217 |  232,675 |  260,582 |  277,831 |  286,813 ||  252,266 |  253,284 |  257,702 |  268,353 |   6.4
Rhode Island .........|   20,371 |   32,168 |   31,817 |   34,538 |   35,923 |   35,447 |   34,945 ||   34,945 |   34,827 |   35,602 |   36,171 |   3.5
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South Carolina .......|   22,417 |   25,333 |   24,793 |   26,048 |   28,168 |   25,419 |   25,940 ||   25,940 |   27,584 |   28,811 |   30,130 |  16.2
South Dakota .........|    6,703 |    8,335 |    8,433 |    9,433 |    7,612 |    7,002 |    6,809 ||    6,959 |    6,179 |    7,457 |    7,950 |  14.2
Tennessee ............|   36,206 |   41,909 |   47,746 |   46,894 |   51,189 |   52,826 |   52,946 ||   53,499 |   56,289 |   57,926 |   59,269 |  10.8
Texas ................|   76,703 |   82,178 |   87,839 |   92,500 |   99,123 |  115,674 |  117,348 ||  120,755 |  123,597 |  129,475 |  128,316 |   6.3
Utah .................|   32,099 |   30,787 |   34,389 |   34,568 |   35,195 |   36,764 |   37,442 ||   38,566 |   39,272 |   39,917 |   41,033 |   6.4
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Vermont ..............|    9,673 |   11,950 |   12,644 |   12,572 |   15,488 |   14,595 |   14,951 ||   15,640 |   15,942 |   16,505 |   16,148 |   3.2
Virginia .............|   28,636 |   29,418 |   34,004 |   41,662 |   62,156 |   62,792 |   61,376 ||   62,778 |   63,310 |   64,687 |   66,434 |   5.8
Washington ...........|   20,826 |   24,637 |   27,575 |   30,021 |   35,752 |   39,184 |   40,311 ||   41,091 |   40,576 |   41,927 |   43,308 |   5.4
West Virginia.........|   11,790 |   10,502 |   10,745 |   10,128 |   10,682 |   11,177 |   10,934 ||   11,983 |   11,887 |   11,785 |   11,880 |  -0.9
Wisconsin ............|   31,684 |   30,166 |   33,907 |   36,334 |   46,245 |   54,453 |   54,499 ||   54,462 |   54,390 |   54,501 |   55,168 |   1.3
Wyoming ..............|      --- |      --- |       26 |      --- |      703 |      756 |      811 ||      811 |      805 |      950 |    1,058 |  30.5
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   Outlying areas ....|   20,557 |   44,347 |   77,057 |   99,479 |   98,374 |  106,607 |  101,799 ||  103,453 |   97,439 |   98,707 |  101,325 |  -2.1
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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 |  106,607 |  101,799 ||  103,453 |   97,439 |   98,707 |  101,325 |  -2.1
Trust Territory of the|          |          |          |          |          |          |          ||          |          |          |          |
  Pacific ............|      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- ||      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |   ---
Virgin Islands .......|      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- ||      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |   ---
______________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________||__________|__________|__________|__________|_______
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\1\Institutions that were accredited by an agency or association that was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, or recognized directly by the Secretary of Education.
\2\Data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting higher education institutions that participated in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
\3\Data revised from previously published figures.
\4\Data imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.)
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 March 2001.)
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