There are 54 colleges/universities in Boston metro area.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...politan_Boston
I couldn’t sleep and was bored. So….
I used this Wikipedia page for population.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._by_population
I used this list for number of institutions.
http://www.univsearch.com/state.php
Louisiana has 173 institutions for a population of 4,670,724.
Per capita, Louisiana has 3.7039 institutions per 100,000 citizens.
This ranks us 14
th.
State |
2015 Population |
No. of Institutions |
Per Capita |
West Virginia |
1,844,128 |
99 |
5.3684 |
Montant |
1,032,949 |
54 |
5.2278 |
Vermont |
626,042 |
32 |
5.1115 |
Alaska |
738,432 |
35 |
4.7398 |
Maine |
1,329,328 |
60 |
4.5136 |
Pennsylvania |
12,802,503 |
544 |
4.2492 |
Oklahoma |
3,911,338 |
158 |
4.0395 |
Missouri |
6,083,672 |
242 |
3.9779 |
North Dakota |
756,927 |
30 |
3.9634 |
South Dakota |
858,469 |
33 |
3.8441 |
Massachusetts |
6,794,422 |
261 |
3.8414 |
Kentucky |
4,425,092 |
165 |
3.7287 |
Louisiana |
4,670,724 |
173 |
3.7039 |
Arkansas |
2,978,204 |
108 |
3.6263 |
Nebraska |
1,896,190 |
68 |
3.5861 |
Rhode Island |
1,056,298 |
37 |
3.5028 |
Iowa |
3,123,899 |
107 |
3.4252 |
Kansas |
2,911,641 |
99 |
3.4001 |
Ohio |
11,613,423 |
386 |
3.3237 |
New Hampshire |
1,330,608 |
43 |
3.2316 |
New York |
19,795,791 |
632 |
3.1926 |
California |
39,144,818 |
1246 |
3.1831 |
Connecticut |
3,590,886 |
114 |
3.1747 |
Colorado |
5,456,574 |
171 |
3.1338 |
Oregon |
4,028,977 |
125 |
3.1025 |
Minnesota |
5,489,594 |
169 |
3.0786 |
Michigan |
9,922,576 |
302 |
3.0436 |
Illinois |
12,859,995 |
391 |
3.0404 |
Hawaii |
1,431,603 |
43 |
3.0036 |
New Mexico |
2,085,109 |
61 |
2.9255 |
Wyoming |
586,107 |
17 |
2.9005 |
Tennessee |
6,600,299 |
191 |
2.8938 |
Nevada |
2,890,845 |
77 |
2.6636 |
Alabama |
4,858,979 |
129 |
2.6549 |
Virginia |
8,382,993 |
222 |
2.6482 |
Indiana |
6,619,680 |
175 |
2.6436 |
Maryland |
6,006,401 |
148 |
2.4640 |
Delaware |
945,934 |
23 |
2.4315 |
New Jersey |
8,958,013 |
207 |
2.3108 |
Mississippi |
2,992,333 |
69 |
2.3059 |
Washington |
7,170,351 |
164 |
2.2872 |
Wisconsin |
5,771,337 |
132 |
2.2872 |
Arizona |
6,828,065 |
155 |
2.2700 |
Florida |
20,271,272 |
439 |
2.1656 |
Georgia |
10,214,860 |
210 |
2.0558 |
Utah |
2,995,919 |
60 |
2.0027 |
Idaho |
1,654,930 |
33 |
1.9940 |
South Carolina |
4,896,146 |
97 |
1.9812 |
North Carolina |
10,042,802 |
188 |
1.8720 |
Texas |
27,469,114 |
506 |
1.8421 |
I fully admit I probably screwed it up. It WAS 1 AM...