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Education Atlas of oncampus and online schools

Every year millions of students in the U.S.A. and Canada are looking for the right place to study and get the degree they long for.
The Education Atlas helps you to find the institution that challenges your desire to succeed.

Student enrollment and post-secundary education in the U.S.A.

About 15.6 million students are enrolled in higher education in about 6,350 institutions in the U.S.A.
Colleges, universities and other educational institutions in higher education spent about 300 billion USdollars.
Each year about 2.5 million students are awarded with an associate's, bachelor's, master's or doctor's degree.
Do you want to be one of them? Find yourself a school, close to your home or study through online distance learning.

On this website are featured oncampus and online schools.

In 2002 - 2003 post-secondary educational institutions in the U.S.A.
Total number of institutions: 6,354
4 years and above (Colleges and Universities) : 2,490
At least 2 but less than 4 years (Colleges): 2,170
Less than 2 years ( Community Colleges and others): 1,694

In the fall of 2002 the number of 15.6 million students enrolled in degree granting institutions.

Quite a number of people are awarded for all the efforst they invested in their future,
Statistics about 2001 - 2002 are available.
Associate's degrees: 595,133
Bachelor's degrees: 1,291,900
Master's degrees: 482,118
Doctor's degrees: 44,160
First-professional degrees: 80,698

Total degrees in academic year 2001-2002: 2,494,009

First-professional degrees are awarded after completion of the academic requirements to begin practice in the following professions: chiropractic (D.C or D.C.M); dentistry (D.D.S or D.M.D); law (L.L.B. or J.D.); medicine (M.D.); optometry (O.D.); osteopathic medicine (D.O.); pharmacy (Pharm. D.); podiatry (D.P.M., D.P., or Pod.D.); theology (M.Div., M.H.L., B.D., or Ordination); or veterinary medicine (D.V.M0.)

   
Number of colleges and universities per state in the U.S.A. in 2002-2003

Alabama: 84
Alaska: 10
Arizona: 104
Arkansas: 82
California: 633
Colorado: 99
Connecticut: 81
Delaware: 15
District of Columbia: 21
Florida: 289
Georgia: 165
Hawaii: 26
Idaho: 25
Illinois: 258
Indiana: 130
Iowa: 88
Kansas: 84
Kentuckey: 107
Louisiana: 141
Maine: 44
Maryland: 89
Massachusetts: 175
Michigan: 175
Minnesota: 133
Missisippi: 59
Missouri: 184
Montana: 31
Nebraska: 48
Nevada: 21
New Hampshire: 37
New Jersey: 146
New Mexico: 50
New York: 449
North Carolina: 155
North Dakota: 26
Ohio: 305
Oklahoma: 134
Oregon: 83
Pennsylvania: 414
Rhode Island: 22
South Carolina: 77
South Dakota: 31
Tennessee: 143
Texas: 357
Utah: 51
Vermont: 30
Virginia: 157
Washington: 120
West Virginia: 67
Wisconsin: 88
Wyoming: 11
 

 

Student enrollment and post-secundary education in Canada

There are about 1.3 million students enrolled in post-secondary schools in Canada.
 

 

Number of colleges, universities per province in Canada in 2002-2003
   
Alberta: 30 Nunavut: 1
British Columbia: 27 Ontario: 60
Manitoba: 10 Prince Edward Island: 2
New Brunswick: 20 Quebec: 74
New Foundland and Labrador: 2 Sakatchewan: 24
Northwest Territories: 1 Yukon: 1
Nova Scotia: 12  
   
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