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Statistics of Higher Education in the United States for 1899- 1900.  
(From the Report of the National Commissioner of Education.)  
Number of colleges and universities,. . ............. . ............ 629
(48o for men or men and women, 149 for women. Of the 629, 65 are land—grant colleges.) p
Number of technological schools, ............l............... 43
Value of property belonging to all these institutions, .............. $36o,594,595
Their total endowment fund, ........................ . . ,I66,I93,529 V `V
Their total annual income, excluding benefactions, ................ $28,558,463 `
Total number of their students, ............................ 110,912 ‘
In classical courses, ...... . ..,..................... 37,658 n
In other general culture courses, ........................ 19,391
In general science, . . ..................... . ....... 10,Q25
In agriculture, ................ . ..... . . ....... 2,852 _
ln mechanical engineering, .......... . ................ 4,459
In civil engineering, ............................... 3,140
In electrical engineering, ........................... . 2,555 V. I
In mining engineering, ..........................,.. 1,261
In architecture ,... . ..................... . ....... 459
In pedagogy, ......,........................... 9,524
In business courses, ..................,............ 7,953
Admitted to A. B. (5,129 men. 2,146 women), ..... . ............... . 7,275
Admitted to B. S. (2,473 men, 591 women), ................... . . . . 3,064
Admitted to M. A. (I,106 men, 239 women), ...................... 1,345 I
Admitted to M. S. (140 men, 17 women), ....................... 157
Varieties of degrees conferred, ............................ 38 5
Number of students in higher education for each million of persons: in 1872, 573; in 1850.
77o; in 1890, 850; in 19oo, 1,233.
Number of pupils in secondary schools, .............. . ........ 719,241  
In Latin, .... . ....... 314,856 In Algebra, ........... 347,013
In Greek, ............ 24,869 In Geometry, .......... 168,518
In French, ............ 65,864 In Physics, ........... 118,936
In German ............. 94,873 In History, ........... 238,l]4
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