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U.S. - higher education institutions 2017, by state

Number of higher education institutions in the United States in 2016/17, by state

The data describes the total number of higher education institutions in the U.S. for academic year 2016/17, by state. In 2016, there were 436 institutions of higher education in the state of California, of which 261 were four-year and 175 were two- year schools.

California	261	175
New York	234	64
Pennsylvania	159	86
Florida	145	63
Texas	144	118
Ohio	120	75
Illinois	111	66
Massachusetts	98	22
Missouri	81	37
Virginia	77	47
Georgia	76	50
North Carolina	75	69
Tennessee	67	34
Indiana	67	11
Minnesota	66	34
Michigan	64	28
Washington	61	20
Wisconsin	57	17
New Jersey	51	22
Colorado	49	31
Iowa	44	18
Arizona	44	36
Kentucky	44	21
South Carolina	42	32
Alabama	42	31
Kansas	39	31
Oklahoma	39	24
Oregon	37	20
Maryland	35	21
Louisiana	32	30
Connecticut	31	12
Utah	30	3
Nebraska	28	13
West Virginia	26	19
Arkansas	25	27
Vermont	22	1
Maine	21	10
New Mexico	20	22
District of Columbia	18	1
Mississippi	18	21
South Dakota	17	5
New Hampshire	17	8
Nevada	16	10
North Dakota	15	5
Hawaii	13	7
Idaho	13	5
Rhode Island	12	1
Montana	10	13
Delaware	7	1
Alaska	5	3
Wyoming	2	8

U.S. - higher education institutions 2017, by state

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