state universities

Government-funded higher education

State universities are public institutions of higher education funded primarily by state governments and offering reduced tuition to state residents.

They typically form systems across a state: the University of California system, Penn State.

State universities range from flagship research institutions to regional colleges, and they educate the majority of American university students.

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Non-governmental higher education institutions

private colleges

institutional scale and selectivity

state universitiesfinishing schools

Institutions teaching social graces

religious affiliation

state universitiesCatholic universities

Church-affiliated higher education institutions

Bible colleges · parochial schools · seminaries · yeshivas · madrasas

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