Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of colleges in India followed by Maharashtra, Karnataka

Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of colleges in India followed by Maharashtra, Karnataka

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Category : State Published on: February 02 2023

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The Union Ministry of Education has released the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2020-2021.
According to the report Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of colleges in the country, followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka.
There are 8,114 colleges in Uttar Pradesh and 32 colleges per one lakh population.
The top 10 states in terms of number of colleges in India -Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Telangana and Kerala, each having at least 29 or more colleges per lakh population.
The Ministry of Education has been conducting this survey since 2011, it includeshigher educational institutions located in India.
The survey collects information on various parameters such as student enrolment, teacher data, infrastructural, financial etc.
In AISHE 2020-21, for the first time data collection has been done using a completely online data collection platform developed by the Department of Higher Education through National Informatics Center (NIC).

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