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