a, In 1882; b, estimated; c, not including coloured children in Wilmington; d, for white schools only; e, no report from three counties; f, State census of 1882; g, U.S. census of 1880; h, in 1881; i, inclusive; j, in 1882-83; k, includes evening school reports. UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES IN THE UNITED STATES (prepared by the Commissioner of Education. The Statistics are for 1884-85, the latest reported). UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES IN THE UNITED STATES, from 1874 to 1884-85 inclusive. Aggregate number, with Instructors and Students, as reported to the Bureau. (Prepared by the Commissioner of Education.) 1874. 1875. 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879. 1880. 1881. 1882. 1883-84. 1884-85. No. of Institutions. 343 355 356 351 358 364 364 362 365 370 3,783 3,999 3,920 3,998 3,885 4,241 4,160 4,361 4,413 4,644 56,692 58,894 56,481 57,334 57,987 60,011 59,594 62,435 64,096 65,522 365 4,836 65,728 THEOLOGICAL SEMINARIES IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1883-84. (Prepared by the Commissioner of Education, taken from RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. (From Mr Spofford's 'American Almanac,' with revision according to later Statistics, as in the World (New York) Almanac' for 1887.) * According to Roman Catholic publications there are 6,832,954 adherents of that faith in the United States, though membership is not reported, which, added to the above, woul make the total number of members 17,236,780. |