This State Has Highest Number Of Colleges

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The Ministry of Education has recently released the All India Survey for Higher Education (AISHE) 2021-22 report

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As per the report, Uttar Pradesh has emerged as the state having the highest number of colleges in the country

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The state has witnessed an increase from 8,114 colleges to 8,375 in the previous year

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Maharashtra and Karnataka have bagged the second and the third position

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Maharashtra has around 4,692 colleges, while Karnataka has 4,430 colleges

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The top 10 states having the highest number of colleges include Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Telangana and West Bengal

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Around 6.1 per cent colleges in the country are engineering and technology institutions

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Nearly 4.3 per cent colleges are nursing institutions and 3.5 per cent are medical colleges 

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The ministry has been releasing the AISHE report since 2011

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The survey is conducted by evaluating all higher educational institutions in India

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