
Education in States and Nations: 1991
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Number of Average number
higher education institutions Students of students
----------------------------- enrolled in per institution
Non higher education of higher
State university University Total (in thousands) education
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Alabama 50 36 86 224 2,609
Alaska 1 6 7 31 4,429
Arizona 21 18 39 273 7,000
Arkansas 15 20 35 94 2,686
California 140 178 318 2,024 6,365
Colorado 25 34 59 235 3,985
Connecticut 19 26 45 166 3,689
Delaware 3 7 10 43 4,299
District of Columbia 0 17 17 78 4,588
Florida 45 59 104 612 5,885
Georgia 61 50 111 277 2,495
Hawaii 7 10 17 57 3,371
Idaho 4 7 11 55 5,036
Illinois 65 102 167 753 4,509
Indiana 25 54 79 290 3,671
Iowa 23 38 61 171 2,804
Kansas 22 29 51 168 3,294
Kentucky 30 34 64 188 2,938
Louisiana 10 26 36 197 5,472
Maine 11 20 31 57 1,844
Maryland 22 34 56 268 4,784
Massachusetts 30 86 116 419 3,612
Michigan 37 64 101 568 5,624
Minnesota 37 44 81 255 3,148
Mississippi 25 21 46 125 2,725
Missouri 26 67 93 297 3,194
Montana 10 9 19 38 1,991
Nebraska 14 22 36 114 3,167
Nevada 6 3 9 63 6,963
New Hampshire 11 18 29 64 2,197
New Jersey 24 36 60 335 5,583
New Mexico 18 12 30 94 3,133
New York 95 226 321 1,056 3,290
North Carolina 69 53 122 372 3,049
North Dakota 10 10 20 39 1,937
Ohio 67 92 159 569 3,579
Oklahoma 21 26 47 184 3,915
Oregon 14 32 46 167 3,630
Pennsylvania 76 145 221 620 2,805
Rhode Island 1 11 12 79 6,593
South Carolina 27 34 61 165 2,705
South Dakota 2 17 19 36 1,912
Tennessee 29 52 81 238 2,938
Texas 78 97 175 917 5,240
Utah 8 7 15 130 8,667
Vermont 4 18 22 37 1,702
Virginia 35 48 83 356 4,289
Washington 33 28 61 275 4,508
West Virginia 6 22 28 89 3,164
Wisconsin 23 42 65 309 4,754
Wyoming 8 1 9 32 3,569
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NOTE: See Glossary for definitions of university and non-university institutions.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics 1993, Table 192; Digest of Education Statistics, 1992, Table 227; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Institutional Characteristics, 1992-93.