| In the United States, there is at least one university in | | | | of the reasons attributed to the fall in the number of |
| each state to cater to the educational requirements of | | | | public universities is the lack of State support. Many |
| many aspiring youngsters. Most public universities in the | | | | public universities run graduate programs in law, |
| US are state universities, which are set up and | | | | medicine and other subjects exclusively on private |
| managed by state government. These colleges offer | | | | funding. So far the only federally chartered universities |
| courses in various streams such as Arts & Sciences, | | | | in the US, such as West Point has been those that are |
| Biblical Studies, Business Administration, education and | | | | under the patronage of the U.S. military. |
| Human Services, Nursing, Information Technology and | | | | It is still obscure whether the US Constitution would |
| Computing and many, many more to match the latest | | | | make any amendments to establish a federal |
| trends and needs of the society. Students can easily | | | | university system. The American Public University |
| browse through the US state university information to | | | | System is only a for-profit private university and not a |
| hit upon the right courses that suit their needs. The | | | | public university. Students choose these prestigious |
| handy US state university information available offline | | | | universities to imbibe quality education in military and |
| and online acts as a direction line for the students. | | | | civilian public service. Most of the public universities are |
| The oldest State University in the US is The College of | | | | highly selective and are known as Public Ivies. In |
| William & Mary, which traces its origin to 1693. Every | | | | University of Michigan and University of California - |
| state has at least one university and there are large | | | | Berkeley, belonging to this genre, most of the |
| states with more than thirty universities. Some of the | | | | departments are top ranked, which take them to the |
| present day universities such as Missouri State | | | | prestigious league of the Ivy League University. |
| University and Texas State University were started as | | | | Some of the prestigious universities that fall under the |
| teacher training institutions and were later expanded | | | | top twenty include Columbia State University in New |
| into full fledged universities with an impressive line up of | | | | York, Stanford in California, Cornell in New York, and |
| courses. States typically charge higher tuition for | | | | University of Chicago in Illinois among others. US state |
| students coming from other states as they do not fall | | | | university information would help the students in |
| under the state taxes net and hence are not | | | | selecting the courses as well as the institutions that |
| contributing in subsidizing the university. | | | | would cater to their aspirations. |
| Most of the top universities are private entities and one | | | | |