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American Colleges and Universities by state

This list of colleges and universities by American state enables the visualisation of where the best universities are located in the USA. The States with the most universities are New York and California.

State College Ranking	University State / Name	PBA American Ranking
1	California - 15 universities
	Stanford University	6
	University of California, Irvine	39
	University of California, Riverside	73
	University of San Diego	106
	California Institute of Technology	5
	Pepperdine University	87
	University of California, Berkeley	11
	University of California, Davis	33
	University of California, Los Angeles	15
	University of California, San Diego	18
	University of California, Santa Barbara	53
	University of California, Santa Cruz	71
	University of San Francisco	131
	University of Southern California	30
	University of the Pacific	119
2	New York State Colleges - 13
	Clarkson University	130
	Yeshiva University	68
	Columbia University	8
	Cornell University	10
	Fordham University	91
	New York University	21
	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	56
	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry	106
	SUNY, Binghamton	103
	SUNY, Stony Brook	85
	Syracuse University	72
	University at Buffalo, SUNY	112
	University of Rochester	34
3	Massachusetts - 10 universities
	Boston College	76
	Boston University	40
	Brandeis University	54
	Clark University	104
	Harvard University	1
	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	3
	Northeastern University	113
	Tufts University	43
	University of Massachusetts, Amherst	66
	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	98
4	Colleges in Pennsylvania
	Duquesne University	132
	Pennsylvania State University, University Park	31
	Carnegie Mellon University	17
	Drexel University	89
	Lehigh University	77
	University of Pennsylvania	9
	University of Pittsburgh	38
5	Texas - 6 universities
	Baylor University	99
	Rice University	28
	Southern Methodist University	89
	Texas A&M University, College Station	51
	Texas Christian University	126
	University of Texas, Austin	27
6	Washington DC - 5 universities
	American University	106
	Catholic University of America	128
	George Washington University	62
	Georgetown University	46
	Howard University	115
6	Illinois - 5 universities
	Illinois Institute of Technology	119
	Loyola University Chicago	122
	Northwestern University	14
	University of Chicago	7
	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	24
6	Ohio State- 5 universities
	Case Western Reserve University	37
	Miami University, Oxford	95
	Ohio State University, Columbus	47
	Ohio University	128
	University of Dayton	122

In all there are 39 states that have a Tier one university.

Rank	University State / Name	PBA American College Ranking
9	Colorado State - 4 universities
	Colorado School of Mines	104
	Colorado State University	97
	University of Colorado, Boulder	48
	University of Denver	114
9	North Carolina - 4 universities
	Duke University	11
	North Carolina State University, Raleigh	64
	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	35
	Wake Forest University	52
9	New Jersey - 4 universities
	New Jersey Institute of Technology	122
	Princeton University	2
	Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick	50
	Stevens Institute of Technology	106
12	Alabama - 3 universities
	Samford University	132
	Auburn University	101
	University of Alabama	74
12	Florida - 3 universities
	Florida State University	78
	University of Florida	41
	University of Miami	56
12	Georgia - 3 universities
	Emory University	29
	Georgia Institute of Technology	40
	University of Georgia	61
12	Indiana - 3 universities
	Indiana University, Bloomington	58
	Purdue University, West Lafayette	44
	University of Notre Dame	49
12	Michigan - 3 universities
	Michigan State University	55
	Michigan Technological University	126
	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	16
12	Missouri - 3 universities
	St. Louis University	91
	University of Missouri, Columbia	88
	Washington University in St. Louis	24
12	Virginia - 3 universities
	College of William and Mary	69
	University of Virginia	35
	Virginia Tech	63
19	Arizona - 2 universities
	Arizona State University	79
	University of Arizona	60
19	Connecticut - 2 universities
	University of Connecticut	67
	Yale University	3
19	Iowa - 2 universities
	Iowa State University	75
	University of Iowa	59
19	Kansas State - 2 Universities
	Kansas State University	125
	University of Kansas	80
19	Louisiana - 2 universities
	Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge	115
	Tulane University	65
19	Maryland - 2 Universities
	Johns Hopkins University	13
	University of Maryland, College Park	31
19	New Hampshire - 2 Universities
	Dartmouth College	26
	University of New Hampshire	115
19	Oklahoma - 2 universities
	University of Oklahoma	111
	University of Tulsa	106
19	South Carolina - 2 universities
	Clemson University	81
	University of South Carolina, Columbia	95
19	Tennessee - 2 universities
	University of Tennessee	83
	Vanderbilt University	22
19	Utah - 2 universities
	Brigham Young University, Provo	115
	University of Utah	84
19	Washington State - 2 universities
	University of Washington	23
	Washington State University	93
19	Wisconsin - 2 universities
	Marquette University	101
	University of Wisconsin, Madison	20
32	Arkansas - 1 University
	University of Arkansas	121
32	Delaware - 1 University
	University of Delaware	70
32	Kentucky - 1 University
	University of Kentucky	100
32	Minnesota - 1 University
	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	44
32	Nebraska - 1 University
	University of Nebraska, Lincoln	81
32	Oregon - 1 University
	University of Oregon	94
32	Rhode Island - 1 University
	Brown University	18
32	Vermont - 1 University
	University of Vermont	86

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