State Universities by Their Founding

Early State Universities by Founding Year


University of Georgia	1785
University of North Carolina	1789
University of Vermont	1791
University of Tennessee	1794

University of South Carolina	1801
University of Michigan	1817
University of Virginia	1819
Indiana University	1820
University of Alabama	1831
University of Missouri	1839
University of Iowa	1847
University of Wisconsin	1848
University of Minnesota	1851
New York State Agricultural College	1853
University of Kansas	1854
Penn State	1855
Michigan State	1855
University of Maryland	1858
University of Washington	1861

Morrill Land Grant Act	1862

Massachusetts Agricultural College	1863
University of Kentucky	1865
New Hampshire Agricultural College	1866
University of Illnois	1867
University of California	1868
University of Maine	1868
University of Nebraska	1869
Purdue University	1869
Ohio State University	1870
University of Arkansas	1871
University of Oregon	1876
Connecticut Agricultural College	1881
University of Texas	1883

Rhode Island Agricultural Collgege	1888

Last updated: February 18, 2014
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