Are most US universities private?

Question

Hi!
Paul Graham in his essay "Why Startups Condense in America" (http://www.paulgraham.com/america.html)
"It's natural for US universities to compete with one another because so many are private. "
I am just wondering, are the largest universities like MIT,Harward, Stanford, Princeton private ?

Answer 1

The ones you mention are perhaps the best-known outside the U.S., and they are private, but they are not among the largest U.S. universities. What we do not have are national public universities - our public schools are all run by the states. Each state has at least one state system and many have two, one made up of research universities and the other of universities, these days referred to as "balanced", which focus more on teaching and which tend to have the bulk of undergraduate programs. Thus, in California, where I live, we have the University of California (research), which has 10 campuses, including UCLA and Berkeley, and 208,000 students overall, and the California State University System (balanced), serving 405,000 students. Their websites also mention number of faculty and staff, 121,000 for UC and 44,000 for CSU, which gives you an idea of how different the two models are, if you consider the ratio of faculty and staff to students.

Answer 2

MIT, Harvard, Stanford, etc are the best known universities in the US, but the largest are the state universities such as University of Michigan, University of Illinois, UCLA, etc, which are public and tax-supported.

By the way, I disagree with Mr. Graham's deduction as to why universities compete. It is not because so many are private, it is because there are a finite number of people who want (and can afford) to attend univerisity, and both private and public universities have to look at the bottom line now. It's a free-market competition and that a university is public or private makes little difference.

Answer 3

Those examples are private. But there a lots of public Universities, for example All the University of California campuses including UCLA, Berkeley, etc, all the California State University campuses, Ohio State University, University of Michigan, Penn State, University of Texas, etc. I think every state has its own public university system.

Answer 4

I think us has both private and public, but both are equally good in their standards. Both have rigid admission procedures, and both are open to students from all over the world.
Hats off to the US universities who give scholarships even to international students. I think this is an important gesture that needs to be commended and acknowledged by all countried of the world including india, which doesnt have provisions such as fellowships or traineeships for students from america or australia or africa........I dont think they do. We should encourage americans and other nationalities to visit India and the indian govt should accelerate efforts to provide security measures to students coming from america, if indous relations need to be improved

Answer 5

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