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DEFINITION
This is the count of four-year, postsecondary institutions that are eligible for Title IV federal financial-aid programs and grant an associate's or higher degree. For an institution to be eligible to participate in Title IV financial-aid programs it must offer a program of at least 300 clock hours in length, have accreditation recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, have been in business for at least 2 years, and have signed a participation agreement with the Department. A four-year institution offers programs of at least 4 years duration or programs at or above the baccalaureate level. They include schools that offer postbaccalaureate certificates only or those that offer graduate programs only. They also include free-standing medical, law or other first-professional schools. Per capita figures expressed per 100,000 population.

Education Statistics > Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Four Year (per capita) (most recent) by state

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Rank

States

Amount (top to bottom)

Vermont:

3.531 per 100,000 people

District of Columbia:

2.725 per 100,000 people

South Dakota:

2.578 per 100,000 people

North Dakota:

1.885 per 100,000 people

Nebraska:

1.535 per 100,000 people

New Hampshire:

1.527 per 100,000 people

Iowa:

1.517 per 100,000 people

Massachusetts:

1.516 per 100,000 people

Maine:

1.513 per 100,000 people

#10

Missouri:

1.431 per 100,000 people

#11

Minnesota:

1.247 per 100,000 people

#12

West Virginia:

1.211 per 100,000 people

#13

Pennsylvania:

1.199 per 100,000 people

#14

Kansas:

1.166 per 100,000 people

#15

New York:

1.153 per 100,000 people

#16

Rhode Island:

1.115 per 100,000 people

#17

New Mexico:

1.089 per 100,000 people

#18

Tennessee:

1.073 per 100,000 people

#19

Oregon:

1.071 per 100,000 people

#20

Montana:

1.069 per 100,000 people

#21

Oklahoma:

0.987 per 100,000 people

#22

Colorado:

0.986 per 100,000 people

#23

Indiana:

0.973 per 100,000 people

#24

Kentucky:

0.911 per 100,000 people

#25

Ohio:

0.907 per 100,000 people

#26

Alaska:

0.904 per 100,000 people

#27

South Carolina:

0.893 per 100,000 people

#28

Connecticut:

0.883 per 100,000 people

#29

Illinois:

0.878 per 100,000 people

#30

Hawaii:

0.863 per 100,000 people

#31

Alabama:

0.856 per 100,000 people

#32

Wisconsin:

0.849 per 100,000 people

#33

Virginia:

0.846 per 100,000 people

#34

Arkansas:

0.828 per 100,000 people

#35

Georgia:

0.716 per 100,000 people

#36

North Carolina:

0.714 per 100,000 people

#37

Delaware:

0.711 per 100,000 people

#38

Idaho:

0.7 per 100,000 people

#39

Michigan:

0.692 per 100,000 people

#40

Mississippi:

0.685 per 100,000 people

#41

Washington:

0.684 per 100,000 people

#42

Louisiana:

0.663 per 100,000 people

#43

Maryland:

0.661 per 100,000 people

#44

Utah:

0.648 per 100,000 people

#45

California:

0.625 per 100,000 people

#46

Arizona:

0.606 per 100,000 people

#47

Florida:

0.601 per 100,000 people

#48

Nevada:

0.456 per 100,000 people

#49

Texas:

0.455 per 100,000 people

#50

New Jersey:

0.436 per 100,000 people

#51

Wyoming:

0.196 per 100,000 people

Weighted average:

1.1 per 100,000 people

DEFINITION: This is the count of four-year, postsecondary institutions that are eligible for Title IV federal financial-aid programs and grant an associate's or higher degree. For an institution to be eligible to participate in Title IV financial-aid programs it must offer a program of at least 300 clock hours in length, have accreditation recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, have been in business for at least 2 years, and have signed a participation agreement with the Department. A four-year institution offers programs of at least 4 years duration or programs at or above the baccalaureate level. They include schools that offer postbaccalaureate certificates only or those that offer graduate programs only. They also include free-standing medical, law or other first-professional schools. Per capita figures expressed per 100,000 population.

Education Statistics > Postsecondary > Number Of Institutions > Four Year (per capita) (most recent) by state

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