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Fall Enrollment in Private For-Profit and Non-Profit Colleges ( Fall 2021 )
Rank
Total For-Profit
Total Non-Profit
Rank
1 Arizona
235,682
11,956
41
2 California
146,311
321,710
2
3 Minnesota
89,334
67,237
19
4 Florida
72,013
195,734
6
5 Illinois
57,796
206,460
5
6 West Virginia
53,312
7,127
43
7 Colorado
45,393
33,113
30
8 New York
39,365
503,768
1
9 Texas
36,954
144,339
10
10 Virginia
26,580
150,390
9
11 Georgia
21,956
82,276
15
12 Alabama
18,691
23,889
33
13 Ohio
15,795
127,380
11
14 Tennessee
15,541
82,018
16
15 Connecticut
14,268
72,144
18
16 Pennsylvania
11,866
282,286
4
17 New Jersey
9,400
74,000
17
18 Kentucky
9,017
58,369
22
19 Utah
8,498
189,385
7
20 Kansas
7,275
21,478
36
21 North Carolina
6,689
93,118
13
22 Nevada
6,073
3,919
46
23 Washington
5,161
40,081
26
24 South Carolina
4,551
36,807
28
25 Louisiana
3,572
29,079
31
26 Missouri
3,423
122,139
12
27 Maryland
3,402
59,350
21
28 Indiana
2,819
82,879
14
29 Iowa
2,671
49,210
24
30 Michigan
2,637
59,795
20
31 New Mexico
2,482
1,705
48
32 Oklahoma
2,119
22,137
35
33 Wisconsin
2,001
53,667
23
34 Oregon
1,988
27,190
32
35 South Dakota
1,269
7,125
44
36 Mississippi
804
17,743
37
37 Idaho
745
47,582
25
38 Wyoming
742
0
50
39 North Dakota
597
6,295
45
40 Maine
519
22,333
34
41 Hawaii
475
9,828
42
42 Massachusetts
448
292,863
3
43 Arkansas
417
16,189
38
44 Alaska
317
676
49
45 Delaware
300
14,353
40
46 Montana
50
3,421
47
47 Nebraska
28
35,750
29
48 New Hampshire
0
164,416
8
48 Rhode Island
0
38,832
27
48 Vermont
0
15,481
39
Dist . of Columbia
11,877
84,082
United States
1,003,223
4,113,104
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Source : U . S . Department of Education
Washington ranked 23rd in the number of students attending private for-profit private colleges and ranked 26th in the number attending non-profit private colleges .