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Table 317.20. Degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by control and classification of institution and state or jurisdiction: 2016-17
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 4,360 1,623 737 81 74 38 271 223 50 886 1,682 1,581 34 30 54 412 460 591 101 1,055 514 541
Alabama 73 39 14 1 4 0 8 1 0 25 21 20 0 0 0 4 10 6 1 13 8 5
Alaska 8 4 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1
Arizona 80 30 10 2 1 2 2 1 2 20 12 12 0 0 0 2 3 7 0 38 22 16
Arkansas 52 33 11 1 0 1 6 2 1 22 16 12 0 0 0 2 9 1 4 3 2 1
California 436 151 46 8 2 3 18 13 2 105 148 142 3 1 9 31 23 75 6 137 73 64
                                             
Colorado 80 28 16 2 3 0 6 5 0 12 16 14 0 1 0 3 3 7 2 36 19 17
Connecticut 43 21 9 1 0 0 4 4 0 12 18 18 1 0 1 8 4 4 0 4 4 0
Delaware 8 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0
District of Columbia 19 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12 12 2 3 0 2 0 5 0 5 4 1
Florida 208 42 39 5 2 1 4 27 0 3 73 66 1 2 1 15 25 22 7 93 40 53
                                             
Georgia 126 53 30 3 1 4 9 12 1 23 38 33 1 1 1 5 17 8 5 35 13 22
Hawaii 20 10 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 4 3 1
Idaho 18 8 4 0 1 2 0 1 0 4 6 6 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 4 3 1
Illinois 177 60 12 2 3 0 7 0 0 48 85 82 2 2 4 19 18 37 3 32 17 15
Indiana 78 16 15 2 2 1 7 3 0 1 41 40 1 0 1 11 17 10 1 21 12 9
                                             
Iowa 62 19 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 16 33 33 0 0 0 9 15 9 0 10 8 2
Kansas 70 33 8 2 1 0 4 0 1 25 24 24 0 0 0 6 13 5 0 13 7 6
Kentucky 65 24 8 2 0 0 5 1 0 16 25 25 0 0 2 7 9 7 0 16 11 5
Louisiana 62 33 17 1 2 2 8 1 3 16 14 12 1 0 0 3 3 5 2 15 3 12
Maine 31 15 8 0 1 0 1 6 0 7 13 11 0 0 0 4 6 1 2 3 2 1
                                             
Maryland 56 29 13 1 1 2 7 1 1 16 19 19 1 0 0 6 4 8 0 8 3 5
Massachusetts 120 31 15 1 3 0 7 1 3 16 81 79 7 1 4 18 18 31 2 8 4 4
Michigan 92 46 21 3 3 2 6 7 0 25 39 39 0 0 1 10 13 15 0 7 4 3
Minnesota 100 43 12 1 0 0 8 2 1 31 35 34 0 0 2 8 11 13 1 22 20 2
Mississippi 39 23 8 1 3 0 4 0 0 15 9 9 0 0 0 3 4 2 0 7 1 6
                                             
Missouri 118 27 13 1 3 0 6 3 0 14 54 52 1 1 2 13 11 24 2 37 16 21
Montana 23 17 6 0 2 0 1 3 0 11 5 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 1
Nebraska 41 15 7 1 0 1 4 0 1 8 19 17 0 0 0 6 6 5 2 7 4 3
Nevada 26 7 6 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 14 6 8
New Hampshire 25 13 6 0 1 0 2 2 1 7 12 11 0 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 0
                                             
New Jersey 73 32 13 1 2 2 8 0 0 19 29 29 1 1 1 10 2 14 0 12 9 3
New Mexico 42 28 9 1 1 0 4 1 2 19 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 11 8 3
New York 298 79 43 4 1 1 23 10 4 36 181 170 5 5 7 36 26 91 11 38 21 17
North Carolina 144 75 16 2 4 0 8 1 1 59 50 49 1 1 1 10 24 12 1 19 10 9
North Dakota 20 14 9 0 2 0 1 4 2 5 5 5 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 0
                                             
Ohio 195 60 35 2 7 1 1 21 3 25 71 67 1 1 2 20 20 23 4 64 18 46
Oklahoma 63 31 17 1 1 0 8 5 2 14 17 14 0 1 0 6 4 3 3 15 8 7
Oregon 57 26 9 2 1 0 4 1 1 17 24 24 0 0 0 7 5 12 0 7 4 3
Pennsylvania 245 62 45 3 0 1 16 23 2 17 118 104 2 3 4 33 31 31 14 65 10 55
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 74 33 13 2 0 0 6 4 1 20 23 21 0 0 0 7 13 1 2 18 8 10
South Dakota 22 12 7 0 2 0 3 0 2 5 7 7 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 3 3 0
Tennessee 101 23 10 1 1 4 3 0 1 13 48 45 1 0 3 13 11 17 3 30 12 18
Texas 262 107 47 7 4 8 16 4 8 60 71 64 1 3 1 18 18 23 7 84 33 51
Utah 33 8 7 1 1 0 3 2 0 1 11 10 0 1 0 3 3 3 1 14 13 1
                                             
Vermont 23 6 5 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 16 16 0 0 0 6 8 2 0 1 1 0
Virginia 124 40 16 4 2 0 7 2 1 24 45 40 0 0 3 6 16 15 5 39 21 18
Washington 81 43 31 2 0 0 6 22 1 12 25 21 0 0 1 10 4 6 4 13 9 4
West Virginia 45 22 13 1 0 0 3 8 1 9 10 10 0 0 0 3 4 3 0 13 3 10
Wisconsin 74 31 15 2 0 0 9 4 0 16 30 30 0 1 2 9 9 9 0 13 12 1
Wyoming 10 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
                                             
U.S. Service Academies 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
                                             
Other jurisdictions 102 26 18 0 1 0 3 11 3 8 51 46 0 0 3 13 12 18 5 25 15 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 93 18 14 0 1 0 1 9 3 4 50 45 0 0 3 13 12 17 5 25 15 10
U.S. Virgin Islands 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 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 research/scholarship 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 and fewer than 20 doctor's degrees per year.
5 Institutions that primarily emphasize undergraduate education. In addition to institutions that primarily award bachelor's degrees, also includes institutions classified as 4-year in the IPEDS system, but classified as 2-year baccalaureate/associate's colleges in the Carnegie Classification system because they primarily award associate's degrees.
6 Four-year institutions that award degrees primarily in single fields of study, such as medicine, business, fine arts, theology, and engineering.
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://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/. 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 2016, Institutional Characteristics component. (This table was prepared February 2018.)

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