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Table 317.20. Degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by control and classification of institution and state or jurisdiction: 2018-19
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 4,042 1,636 768 81 74 38 271 250 54 868 1,664 1,577 34 30 53 407 458 595 87 742 358 384
Alabama 62 38 14 1 4 0 8 1 0 24 20 20 0 0 0 4 11 5 0 4 3 1
Alaska 8 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1
Arizona 71 29 9 2 1 2 2 1 1 20 12 12 0 0 0 2 3 7 0 30 15 15
Arkansas 53 33 11 1 0 1 6 2 1 22 18 14 0 0 0 2 9 3 4 2 1 1
California 420 151 49 8 2 3 18 16 2 102 148 143 3 1 9 30 24 76 5 121 67 54
                                             
Colorado 70 28 19 2 3 0 6 8 0 9 14 12 0 1 0 3 3 5 2 28 14 14
Connecticut 41 22 10 1 0 0 4 5 0 12 17 17 1 0 1 8 4 3 0 2 2 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 18 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12 12 2 3 0 2 0 5 0 4 3 1
Florida 181 43 42 5 2 1 4 30 0 1 65 58 1 2 1 14 17 23 7 73 30 43
                                             
Georgia 111 50 27 3 1 4 8 10 1 23 37 33 1 1 1 4 18 8 4 24 9 15
Hawaii 18 10 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 6 5 5 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 2 1
Idaho 15 8 4 0 1 2 0 1 0 4 6 6 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 1
Illinois 157 60 12 2 3 0 7 0 0 48 80 78 2 2 4 19 15 36 2 17 10 7
Indiana 75 16 15 2 2 1 7 3 0 1 43 42 1 0 1 11 17 12 1 16 4 12
                                             
Iowa 61 24 8 2 0 0 2 4 0 16 34 34 0 0 0 9 15 10 0 3 2 1
Kansas 64 33 8 2 1 0 4 0 1 25 24 24 0 0 0 6 13 5 0 7 5 2
Kentucky 59 24 8 2 0 0 5 1 0 16 25 25 0 0 2 7 9 7 0 10 5 5
Louisiana 56 32 17 1 2 2 8 1 3 15 15 12 1 0 0 3 4 4 3 9 1 8
Maine 31 17 10 0 1 0 1 8 0 7 13 12 0 0 0 4 6 2 1 1 0 1
                                             
Maryland 53 30 14 1 1 2 7 2 1 16 20 20 1 0 0 6 4 9 0 3 1 2
Massachusetts 111 30 14 1 3 0 7 1 2 16 77 75 7 1 4 17 17 29 2 4 2 2
Michigan 94 46 22 3 3 2 6 7 1 24 40 40 0 0 1 10 13 16 0 8 3 5
Minnesota 88 44 12 1 0 0 8 2 1 32 34 33 0 0 1 8 11 13 1 10 8 2
Mississippi 36 23 8 1 3 0 4 0 0 15 9 9 0 0 0 3 4 2 0 4 1 3
                                             
Missouri 101 28 14 1 3 0 6 4 0 14 54 52 1 1 2 13 11 24 2 19 9 10
Montana 23 17 7 0 2 0 1 3 1 10 5 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 1
Nebraska 39 18 9 1 0 1 4 2 1 9 17 16 0 0 0 6 5 5 1 4 2 2
Nevada 23 7 7 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 11 5 6
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 83 32 13 1 2 2 8 0 0 19 38 37 1 1 1 10 2 22 1 13 9 4
New Mexico 39 28 9 1 1 0 4 1 2 19 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 8 5 3
New York 295 79 43 4 1 1 23 10 4 36 183 169 5 5 7 35 26 91 14 33 19 14
North Carolina 136 75 17 2 4 0 8 1 2 58 49 48 1 1 1 10 24 11 1 12 8 4
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 169 60 36 2 7 1 1 22 3 24 72 68 1 1 2 20 22 22 4 37 11 26
Oklahoma 49 30 17 1 1 0 8 5 2 13 14 13 0 1 0 6 3 3 1 5 2 3
Oregon 55 26 9 2 1 0 4 1 1 17 25 24 0 0 0 6 6 12 1 4 2 2
Pennsylvania 220 63 45 3 0 1 16 23 2 18 116 105 2 3 4 32 34 30 11 41 6 35
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 67 33 13 2 0 0 6 4 1 20 23 22 0 0 0 8 13 1 1 11 4 7
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 88 23 10 1 1 4 3 0 1 13 46 43 1 0 3 13 11 15 3 19 10 9
Texas 242 109 49 7 4 8 16 5 9 60 70 65 1 3 1 18 18 24 5 63 29 34
Utah 30 8 7 1 1 0 3 2 0 1 11 10 0 1 0 3 3 3 1 11 10 1
                                             
Vermont 22 5 4 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 16 16 0 0 0 6 8 2 0 1 1 0
Virginia 115 41 17 4 2 0 7 2 2 24 42 40 0 0 3 6 16 15 2 32 18 14
Washington 74 43 36 2 0 0 6 27 1 7 22 20 0 0 1 10 4 5 2 9 6 3
West Virginia 42 22 13 1 0 0 3 8 1 9 10 10 0 0 0 3 4 3 0 10 4 6
Wisconsin 75 34 17 2 0 0 9 6 0 17 34 34 0 1 2 10 12 9 0 7 5 2
Wyoming 9 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
                                             
U.S. Service Academies 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
                                             
Other jurisdictions 96 26 19 0 1 0 3 12 3 7 49 47 0 0 3 13 13 18 2 21 11 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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 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 87 18 14 0 1 0 1 9 3 4 48 46 0 0 3 13 13 17 2 21 11 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 doctor's 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 2018, Institutional Characteristics component. (This table was prepared September 2019.)

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