TABLE 25.-Distribution of students receiving secondary instruction-Continued. ments of private uni In private institutions. eges for women. In preparatory de partments of col Secondary students in private normal schools. Female. Total. Male.] Female. Total. Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total. CHAPTER IV. STATISTICAL REVIEW OF HIGHER EDUCATION. I.-UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES. Institutions.-The number of universities and colleges for males and for both sexes from which reports were received at the close of the scholastic year is 476. Of this number 76 are located in the North Atlantic Division, 65 in the South Atlantic Division, 85 in the South Central Division, 208 in the North Central Division, and 42 in the Western Division. Comparing the number of institutions in the several divisions with the population, we find that in the North Atlantic Division there is 1 institution for every 228,968 persons; in the South Atlantic Division, 1 for every 136,276; in the South Central Division, 1 for every 129,093; in the North Central Division, 1 for every 107,511; in the Western Division, 1 for every 72,086; while for the entire country there is 1 institution for every 131,559 persons. The number of institutions belonging to the various religious denominations were reported as follows: Professors and instructors.-The number of professors and instructors in the various departments of the universities and colleges is given by States in the following table: TABLE 1.—Universities and colleges-Professors and instructors. The average number of instructors per institution is as follows: Nà A lantie Division, 39.6; South Atlantic Division, 16.8; South A Division, 14.2; North Central Division, 22.2; Western Division, the entire country, 22.9. |