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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	6
Alabama	78	36	26	16	39	39	77	35
Arkansas	85	31	25	29	38	47	84	25
Arizona	119	52	23	44	32	87	113	28
California	703	311	182	210	196	507	643	229
Colorado	103	51	21	31	34	69	98	33
Connecticut	71	31	7	33	22	49	68	24
District of Columbia	24	19	2	3	1	23	18	18
Delaware	18	7	1	10	5	13	18	5
Florida	365	146	77	142	90	275	357	82
Georgia	150	71	44	35	51	99	145	54
Guam	3	3	0	0	2	1	3	1
Hawaii	24	11	9	4	11	13	23	7
Iowa	78	37	26	15	19	59	76	30
Idaho	36	17	3	16	8	28	35	10
Illinois	252	102	62	88	62	190	233	86
Indiana	105	60	11	34	16	89	100	51
Kansas	80	39	28	13	34	46	78	29
Kentucky	90	39	24	27	25	65	86	33
Louisiana	122	37	29	56	35	87	120	32
Massachusetts	159	91	22	46	42	117	148	79
Maryland	79	37	18	24	32	47	78	32
Maine	36	22	9	5	15	21	35	18
Michigan	166	59	40	67	47	119	160	47
Minnesota	95	55	30	10	41	54	88	43
Missouri	166	79	26	61	51	115	156	58
Mississippi	55	19	19	17	25	30	55	17
Montana	29	15	9	5	18	11	29	10
North Carolina	168	74	67	27	76	92	164	63
North Dakota	27	15	6	6	14	13	27	11
Nebraska	44	27	17	0	17	27	44	21
New Hampshire	39	19	8	12	14	25	36	17
New Jersey	165	63	36	66	39	126	162	38
New Mexico	46	16	21	9	28	18	44	13
Nevada	42	16	7	19	8	34	41	9
New York	436	242	82	112	114	322	405	163
Ohio	291	134	70	87	107	184	285	77
Oklahoma	107	34	26	47	58	49	105	25
Oregon	76	35	34	7	26	50	74	27
Pennsylvania	328	151	79	98	92	236	312	114
Rhode Island	23	13	4	6	3	20	22	12
South Carolina	94	42	25	27	34	60	92	35
South Dakota	29	19	7	3	13	16	28	17
Tennessee	154	62	48	44	49	105	148	52
Texas	422	168	97	157	109	313	408	117
Utah	68	26	3	39	16	52	67	15
Virginia	146	72	38	36	45	101	138	59
Vermont	19	16	1	2	4	15	16	14
Washington	104	70	9	25	42	62	100	30
Wisconsin	91	52	25	14	34	57	86	42
West Virginia	71	27	23	21	41	30	69	21