Skip Navigation
Digest of Education Statistics
2013 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest


Table 317.20. Degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by control and level of institution and state or jurisdiction: 2012-13
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-laureate5 Special focus6 Total Research univer- sity, very high1 Research univer- sity, high2 Doc- toral/ research univer- sity3 Mas- ter's4 Bacca-laureate5 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 4,726 1,623 689 73 73 28 271 197 47 934 1,652 1,555 34 25 48 364 513 571 97 1,451 782 669
Alabama 77 39 14 2 3 0 8 1 0 25 20 19 0 0 0 2 12 5 1 18 11 7
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 36 16
Arkansas 52 33 11 1 0 1 6 2 1 22 14 12 0 0 0 1 9 2 2 5 4 1
California 457 149 35 8 1 0 21 3 2 114 141 135 3 1 10 25 23 73 6 167 87 80
                                             
Colorado 93 28 14 2 2 1 4 5 0 14 13 11 0 1 0 3 2 5 2 52 30 22
Connecticut 46 21 9 1 0 0 4 4 0 12 19 19 1 0 0 9 5 4 0 6 5 1
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 239 41 35 4 2 2 4 23 0 6 65 61 1 1 3 13 22 21 4 133 66 67
                                             
Georgia 142 61 30 3 0 1 11 14 1 31 35 33 1 0 1 4 19 8 2 46 26 20
Hawaii 21 10 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 6 7 7 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 4 3 1
Idaho 19 8 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 7 6 1
Illinois 186 60 12 2 2 1 7 0 0 48 83 80 2 2 4 17 18 37 3 43 26 17
Indiana 85 16 15 2 2 1 6 3 1 1 40 39 1 0 0 9 19 10 1 29 19 10
                                             
Iowa 67 19 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 16 34 33 0 0 0 6 18 9 1 14 13 1
Kansas 67 32 8 1 2 0 4 0 1 24 24 22 0 0 0 6 12 4 2 11 6 5
Kentucky 80 24 8 2 0 0 5 1 0 16 27 27 0 0 1 6 13 7 0 29 19 10
Louisiana 72 35 17 1 3 0 9 1 3 18 13 10 1 0 0 2 4 3 3 24 9 15
Maine 32 15 8 0 1 0 1 6 0 7 15 13 0 0 0 3 6 4 2 2 1 1
                                             
Maryland 64 29 13 1 1 2 7 1 1 16 23 23 1 0 0 6 6 10 0 12 7 5
Massachusetts 125 30 14 1 2 0 7 2 2 16 84 81 5 3 1 15 24 33 3 11 6 5
Michigan 116 46 15 3 2 2 7 1 0 31 50 49 0 0 1 11 23 14 1 20 14 6
Minnesota 119 43 12 1 0 0 8 3 0 31 36 35 0 0 3 6 12 14 1 40 34 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 133 27 13 1 3 0 6 3 0 14 56 53 1 1 1 11 12 27 3 50 27 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 43 15 7 1 0 1 3 1 1 8 18 16 0 0 0 5 7 4 2 10 6 4
Nevada 27 7 6 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 17 9 8
New Hampshire 27 12 5 0 1 0 2 2 0 7 13 11 1 0 0 5 3 2 2 2 2 0
                                             
New Jersey 70 33 14 1 2 0 10 0 1 19 27 27 1 1 1 10 2 12 0 10 5 5
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 35 178 164 6 5 7 40 27 79 14 47 21 26
North Carolina 149 75 16 2 1 3 7 2 1 59 49 48 1 1 0 7 27 12 1 25 17 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 225 60 35 2 8 0 1 23 1 25 73 66 1 1 2 20 19 23 7 92 32 60
Oklahoma 66 29 17 1 1 0 8 5 2 12 14 14 0 0 1 4 6 3 0 23 11 12
Oregon 65 26 9 2 1 0 3 2 1 17 24 24 0 0 0 5 7 12 0 15 8 7
Pennsylvania 267 61 45 2 1 1 18 21 2 16 120 106 2 3 2 30 36 33 14 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 79 33 13 1 1 1 5 4 1 20 24 22 0 0 0 5 14 3 2 22 12 10
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 112 22 9 1 1 3 4 0 0 13 49 45 1 0 2 11 15 16 4 41 24 17
Texas 271 108 45 3 6 7 16 5 8 63 63 55 1 2 2 17 14 19 8 100 43 57
Utah 42 8 7 1 1 0 2 3 0 1 4 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 30 24 6
                                             
Vermont 24 6 5 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 17 17 0 0 0 4 11 2 0 1 1 0
Virginia 132 40 16 3 3 0 7 2 1 24 38 37 0 0 1 7 20 9 1 54 30 24
Washington 87 43 17 2 0 0 6 7 2 26 24 23 0 0 0 10 5 8 1 20 12 8
West Virginia 43 23 13 0 1 0 3 8 1 10 8 8 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 12 3 9
Wisconsin 91 31 14 1 1 0 10 2 0 17 30 30 0 0 3 8 10 9 0 30 27 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 91 26 18 0 1 1 1 12 3 8 47 46 0 0 3 12 19 12 1 18 8 10
American Samoa 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 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 82 18 14 0 1 1 0 9 3 4 46 45 0 0 3 12 19 11 1 18 8 10
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://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/. 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 2012, Institutional Characteristics component. (This table was prepared August 2013.)

2013 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest