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Table 317.20. Degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by control and classification of institution and state or jurisdiction: 2020-21
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-year7 2-year7
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 3,736 1,576 717 94 88 28 245 210 52 859 1,578 1,502 37 42 102 357 412 552 76 582 301 281
Alabama 60 37 14 3 2 0 8 1 0 23 19 19 0 0 1 3 10 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 62 26 6 2 2 0 0 1 1 20 10 10 0 0 0 2 2 6 0 26 14 12
Arkansas 49 33 11 1 2 1 4 2 1 22 14 12 0 0 1 1 9 1 2 2 1 1
California 384 150 49 8 2 1 20 16 2 101 142 138 3 5 10 27 21 72 4 92 60 32

Colorado
61 28 17 3 2 1 6 5 0 11 10 10 0 1 1 2 2 4 0 23 11 12
Connecticut 37 18 6 1 0 0 4 1 0 12 17 17 1 0 5 3 4 4 0 2 2 0
Delaware 8 3 3 1 1 0 0 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 4 0 1 0 5 0 5 3 2
Florida 163 41 40 5 2 1 2 30 0 1 63 57 1 2 3 13 16 22 6 59 28 31

Georgia
108 50 27 3 2 3 8 11 0 23 36 32 1 2 0 7 15 7 4 22 9 13
Hawaii 17 10 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 6 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 2 1
Idaho 14 8 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 4 5 5 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 1
Illinois 152 60 12 2 3 1 6 0 0 48 77 75 2 3 6 14 15 35 2 15 8 7
Indiana 66 16 15 2 2 1 7 3 0 1 40 39 1 0 2 15 12 9 1 10 3 7

Iowa
56 19 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 16 34 34 0 0 2 8 14 10 0 3 2 1
Kansas 60 33 8 2 1 1 3 0 1 25 24 24 0 0 1 5 13 5 0 3 2 1
Kentucky 57 24 8 2 0 2 3 1 0 16 25 25 0 0 3 6 9 7 0 8 5 3
Louisiana 51 31 17 1 3 1 8 1 3 14 13 11 1 0 1 3 3 3 2 7 0 7
Maine 29 15 8 0 1 0 1 6 0 7 13 11 0 1 1 2 5 2 2 1 1 0

Maryland
49 29 13 1 3 1 6 1 1 16 18 18 1 0 0 7 3 7 0 2 1 1
Massachusetts 107 30 14 1 3 0 6 2 2 16 75 73 7 2 4 15 17 28 2 2 1 1
Michigan 88 46 22 3 5 2 4 7 1 24 38 38 0 0 2 9 11 16 0 4 1 3
Minnesota 82 43 12 1 0 1 7 2 1 31 33 32 0 0 4 6 10 12 1 6 6 0
Mississippi 34 23 8 3 1 0 4 0 0 15 9 9 0 0 2 1 4 2 0 2 1 1

Missouri
91 27 13 1 3 1 5 3 0 14 51 49 1 1 3 12 9 23 2 13 8 5
Montana 23 18 9 1 1 0 2 2 3 9 4 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1
Nebraska 33 16 7 1 1 0 4 0 1 9 15 14 0 0 1 5 4 4 1 2 1 1
Nevada 20 7 6 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 9 3 6
New Hampshire 24 13 6 1 0 0 2 2 1 7 11 10 1 0 0 5 4 0 1 0 0 0

New Jersey
72 31 13 2 4 0 7 0 0 18 31 31 1 2 0 10 2 16 0 10 7 3
New Mexico 35 28 9 1 1 0 4 1 2 19 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 2
New York 283 79 43 5 2 0 22 10 4 36 177 165 6 6 10 30 24 89 12 27 17 10
North Carolina 132 75 16 2 5 0 6 2 1 59 48 47 1 1 4 7 23 11 1 9 6 3
North Dakota 20 14 9 0 2 0 1 4 2 5 5 5 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 0

Ohio
155 60 35 2 8 0 2 20 3 25 69 65 1 1 2 21 19 21 4 26 7 19
Oklahoma 46 30 17 2 0 0 8 5 2 13 13 12 0 1 1 4 5 1 1 3 1 2
Oregon 51 25 8 2 1 0 3 1 1 17 23 22 0 0 2 2 8 10 1 3 2 1
Pennsylvania 187 39 22 3 0 1 12 6 0 17 113 102 3 4 7 32 28 28 11 35 5 30
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
62 33 13 2 0 0 6 4 1 20 23 22 0 0 0 9 12 1 1 6 3 3
South Dakota 21 13 8 0 2 0 3 0 3 5 6 6 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 2 0
Tennessee 82 23 10 1 4 2 2 0 1 13 43 40 1 0 6 10 10 13 3 16 9 7
Texas 218 102 47 8 6 6 15 4 8 55 68 64 1 3 4 16 18 22 4 48 24 24
Utah 27 8 7 1 1 0 3 2 0 1 8 7 0 1 0 4 0 2 1 11 10 1

Vermont
17 5 4 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 11 11 0 0 0 4 5 2 0 1 1 0
Virginia 108 40 16 4 2 0 7 2 1 24 40 38 0 1 4 3 17 13 2 28 15 13
Washington 72 42 35 2 0 0 6 26 1 7 22 20 0 0 3 8 4 5 2 8 5 3
West Virginia 42 22 13 1 1 0 3 7 1 9 10 10 0 0 1 2 4 3 0 10 4 6
Wisconsin 67 31 16 2 0 0 9 4 1 15 32 32 0 1 3 8 9 11 0 4 3 1
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
89 25 18 0 1 0 2 12 3 7 48 46 0 0 4 11 13 18 2 16 10 6
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 1 0 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 80 17 14 0 1 0 1 9 3 3 47 45 0 0 4 11 12 18 2 16 10 6
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 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.
7 Based on the level of institution as defined by the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, which may occasionally differ from the Carnegie classification’s definition of 2-year institutions.
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 2020, Institutional Characteristics component. (This table was prepared February 2022.)

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