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Highest colleges by state

Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above.

This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.

IPEDS 2024, active institutions only. Labelled by what the source code means: some community colleges granting applied bachelor's degrees are included.

  1. 1California288
  2. 2New York234
  3. 3Texas160
  4. 4Pennsylvania145
  5. 5Florida134
  6. 6Ohio129
  7. 7Illinois97
  8. 8Massachusetts88
  9. 9Missouri76
  10. 10North Carolina73
  11. 11Georgia70
  12. 12Virginia70
  13. 13Washington67
  14. 14New Jersey64
  15. 15Indiana60
  16. 16Michigan60
  17. 17Tennessee58
  18. 18Minnesota52
  19. 19Wisconsin50
  20. 20Arizona49
  21. 21Colorado46
  22. 22South Carolina41
  23. 23Kentucky38
  24. 24Iowa37
  25. 25Maryland36
  26. 26Alabama35
  27. 27Louisiana35
  28. 28Kansas34
  29. 29Oklahoma33
  30. 30Oregon33
  31. 31Arkansas30
  32. 32Connecticut30
  33. 33West Virginia28
  34. 34Nebraska25
  35. 35Maine22
  36. 36Utah22
  37. 37Mississippi19
  38. 38District of Columbia18
  39. 39New Hampshire17
  40. 40South Dakota17
  41. 41Nevada16
  42. 42North Dakota15
  43. 43New Mexico15
  44. 44Montana14
  45. 45Idaho13
  46. 46Rhode Island13
  47. 47Vermont13
  48. 48Hawaii11
  49. 49Alaska8
  50. 50Delaware7
  51. 51Wyoming5
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Source: IPEDS via Urban Institute. · How this is built