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Best Colleges by State

Below table shows the total number of schools by type and level of programs in each state. The best colleges in each state are qualified 4-years colleges and meet our requirements for rankings. You can view and compare the best colleges in your desired state on each state's best colleges page.

State	Total Number of Schools	4-Years Colleges	Community Colleges	Trade Schools	Public	Private	Under. Schools	Grad. Schools
Alaska	11	8	2	1	6	5	11	5
Alabama	79	36	26	17	39	40	78	34
Arkansas	85	31	25	29	38	47	84	25
Arizona	117	41	32	44	31	86	111	27
California	715	302	198	215	195	520	653	232
Colorado	104	48	25	31	34	70	99	33
Connecticut	71	31	8	32	22	49	68	24
District of Columbia	25	19	3	3	1	24	19	18
Delaware	18	7	1	10	5	13	18	5
Florida	367	145	76	146	90	277	359	82
Georgia	151	71	44	36	51	100	146	54
Hawaii	26	12	9	5	11	15	25	8
Iowa	78	37	34	7	19	59	76	29
Idaho	36	15	5	16	8	28	35	10
Illinois	258	103	66	89	66	192	240	86
Indiana	106	61	11	34	16	90	101	51
Kansas	80	39	27	14	34	46	78	28
Kentucky	90	39	24	27	25	65	86	31
Louisiana	123	37	33	53	35	88	121	32
Massachusetts	162	92	22	48	43	119	151	78
Maryland	80	38	18	24	32	48	78	33
Maine	36	22	9	5	15	21	35	18
Michigan	168	60	38	70	47	121	162	46
Minnesota	96	55	30	11	41	55	89	42
Missouri	166	79	28	59	51	115	155	59
Mississippi	55	19	18	18	25	30	55	17
Montana	30	15	10	5	18	12	30	10
North Carolina	169	75	67	27	76	93	165	64
North Dakota	27	15	8	4	14	13	27	11
Nebraska	45	27	18	0	17	28	45	21
New Hampshire	39	19	8	12	14	25	36	17
New Jersey	165	63	39	63	38	127	162	38
New Mexico	47	16	21	10	28	19	45	14
Nevada	42	16	7	19	8	34	41	9
New York	440	241	85	114	115	325	408	168
Ohio	294	130	75	89	109	185	288	78
Oklahoma	107	32	28	47	58	49	105	25
Oregon	76	34	34	8	26	50	74	27
Pennsylvania	333	154	83	96	92	241	314	124
Rhode Island	23	13	3	7	3	20	22	12
South Carolina	97	42	27	28	34	63	95	35
South Dakota	29	19	7	3	13	16	28	17
Tennessee	156	61	51	44	50	106	150	52
Texas	426	163	103	160	109	317	413	115
Utah	68	26	4	38	16	52	67	14
Virginia	148	72	39	37	46	102	139	59
Vermont	19	16	1	2	4	15	16	14
Washington	104	67	12	25	42	62	100	30
Wisconsin	92	53	24	15	34	58	87	43
West Virginia	72	28	23	21	41	31	70	22