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Table 307. Degree-granting institutions, by control and level of institution and state or jurisdiction: 2011-12
State or jurisdiction Total All public insti-
tutions
Public 4-year institutions Public 2-year All
 non-
profit insti-
tutions
Nonprofit 4-year institutions Non-profit 2-year For-profit institutions
Total Research
univer-
sity,very
high1
Research
univer-
sity,
high2
Doc-
toral/
research
univer-
sity3
Mas-
ter's4
Bacca-
laure-
ate5
Special
focus6
Total Research
univer-
sity, very
high1
Research
univer-
sity,
high2
Doc-
toral/
research
univer-
sity3
Mas-
ter's4
Bacca-
laure-
ate5
Special
focus6
Total 4-year 2-year
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
United States 4,706 1,649 682 73 73 28 270 191 47 967 1,653 1,553 34 25 48 364 517 565 100 1,404 733 671
Alabama 76 39 14 2 3 0 8 1 0 25 20 19 0 0 0 2 12 5 1 17 11 6
Alaska 9 5 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1
Arizona 87 24 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 20 11 11 0 0 0 2 3 6 0 52 35 17
Arkansas 51 33 11 1 0 1 6 2 1 22 13 12 0 0 0 1 9 2 1 5 4 1
California 460 150 35 8 1 0 21 3 2 115 144 138 3 1 10 25 24 75 6 166 82 84
                                             
Colorado 91 27 13 2 2 1 3 5 0 14 13 12 0 1 0 3 3 5 1 51 29 22
Connecticut 47 21 9 1 0 0 4 4 0 12 19 18 1 0 0 9 5 3 1 7 5 2
Delaware 12 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 4 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 0
District of Columbia 20 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14 14 2 2 1 2 0 7 0 4 4 0
Florida 240 43 34 4 2 2 5 20 1 9 63 60 1 1 3 12 22 21 3 134 58 76
                                             
Georgia 139 66 27 3 0 1 11 11 1 39 35 33 1 0 1 4 19 8 2 38 22 16
Hawaii 21 10 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 6 7 7 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 4 3 1
Idaho 18 7 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 4 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 7 6 1
Illinois 182 60 12 2 2 1 7 0 0 48 84 80 2 2 4 17 18 37 4 38 24 14
Indiana 107 29 15 2 2 1 6 4 0 14 40 39 1 0 0 9 19 10 1 38 25 13
                                             
Iowa 67 19 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 16 34 33 0 0 0 6 18 9 1 14 12 2
Kansas 67 33 8 1 2 0 4 0 1 25 24 22 0 0 0 6 12 4 2 10 5 5
Kentucky 79 24 8 2 0 0 5 1 0 16 27 27 0 0 1 6 13 7 0 28 19 9
Louisiana 73 35 17 1 3 0 9 1 3 18 13 10 1 0 0 2 4 3 3 25 8 17
Maine 32 15 8 0 1 0 1 6 0 7 15 13 0 0 0 3 6 4 2 2 1 1
                                             
Maryland 62 29 13 1 1 2 7 1 1 16 21 21 1 0 0 6 6 8 0 12 7 5
Massachusetts 124 30 14 1 2 0 7 2 2 16 83 80 5 3 1 15 24 32 3 11 6 5
Michigan 111 46 15 3 2 2 7 1 0 31 50 49 0 0 1 11 23 14 1 15 12 3
Minnesota 116 42 12 1 0 0 8 3 0 30 36 35 0 0 3 6 12 14 1 38 32 6
Mississippi 42 24 9 1 3 0 4 0 1 15 9 9 0 0 0 3 4 2 0 9 3 6
                                             
Missouri 137 31 13 1 3 0 6 3 0 18 57 54 1 1 1 11 12 28 3 49 26 23
Montana 22 17 6 1 1 0 1 3 0 11 5 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0
Nebraska 42 15 7 1 0 1 3 1 1 8 18 16 0 0 0 5 7 4 2 9 5 4
Nevada 26 7 6 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 16 9 7
New Hampshire 29 12 5 0 1 0 2 2 0 7 15 13 1 0 0 5 5 2 2 2 2 0
                                             
New Jersey 68 33 14 1 2 0 10 0 1 19 26 26 1 1 1 10 2 11 0 9 5 4
New Mexico 44 28 9 1 1 0 4 1 2 19 3 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 13 10 3
New York 303 78 43 4 1 1 21 12 4 35 179 163 6 5 7 40 27 78 16 46 19 27
North Carolina 148 75 16 2 1 3 7 2 1 59 49 48 1 1 0 7 27 12 1 24 16 8
North Dakota 21 14 9 1 1 0 1 4 2 5 6 6 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 0
                                             
Ohio 222 60 36 2 8 0 1 24 1 24 75 66 1 1 2 20 19 23 9 87 24 63
Oklahoma 63 29 17 1 1 0 8 5 2 12 14 14 0 0 1 4 6 3 0 20 11 9
Oregon 62 26 9 2 1 0 3 2 1 17 24 24 0 0 0 5 8 11 0 12 6 6
Pennsylvania 265 61 44 2 1 1 17 21 2 17 118 105 2 3 2 30 35 33 13 86 12 74
Rhode Island 13 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 10 10 1 0 0 5 1 3 0 0 0 0
                                             
South Carolina 77 33 13 1 1 1 5 4 1 20 24 22 0 0 0 5 14 3 2 20 13 7
South Dakota 25 12 7 0 2 0 2 1 2 5 8 7 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 5 5 0
Tennessee 111 22 9 1 1 3 4 0 0 13 49 45 1 0 2 11 15 16 4 40 23 17
Texas 260 108 45 3 6 7 16 5 8 63 63 54 1 2 2 17 15 17 9 89 37 52
Utah 42 11 6 1 1 0 2 2 0 5 4 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 27 21 6
                                             
Vermont 24 6 5 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 17 16 0 0 0 4 10 2 1 1 1 0
Virginia 131 40 16 3 3 0 7 2 1 24 37 37 0 0 1 7 20 9 0 54 30 24
Washington 88 43 16 2 0 0 6 6 2 27 24 23 0 0 0 10 5 8 1 21 12 9
West Virginia 46 23 13 0 1 0 3 8 1 10 9 9 0 0 0 1 7 1 0 14 3 11
Wisconsin 88 31 14 1 1 0 10 2 0 17 30 30 0 0 3 8 10 9 0 27 24 3
Wyoming 11 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
                                             
U.S. Service Academies 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
                                             
Other jurisdictions 94 26 17 0 1 1 1 11 3 9 49 45 0 0 3 12 18 12 4 19 8 11
American Samoa 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Federated States of                                            
Micronesia 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Marshall Islands 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Marianas 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Palau 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 85 18 14 0 1 1 0 9 3 4 48 44 0 0 3 12 18 11 4 19 8 11
U.S. Virgin Islands 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
†Not applicable.
1 Research universities with a very high level of research activity.
2 Research universities with a high level of research activity.
3 Institutions that award at least 20 doctor's degrees per year, but did not have a high level of research activity.
4 Institutions that award at least 50 master's degrees per year.
5 Institutions that primarily emphasize undergraduate education.
6 Four-year institutions that award degrees primarily in single fields of study, such as medicine, business, fine arts, theology, and engineering. Includes some institutions that have 4-year programs, but have not reported sufficient data to identify program category. Also includes institutions classified as 4-year under the IPEDS system, which had been classified as 2-year in the Carnegie classification system because they primarily award associate's degrees.
NOTE: Branch campuses are counted as separate institutions. Relative levels of research activity for research universities were determined by an analysis of research and development expenditures, science and engineering research staffing, and doctoral degrees conferred, by field. Further information on the research index ranking may be obtained from http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/classifications/index.asp?key=798#related. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2011, Institutional Characteristics component. (This table was prepared November 2012.)

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