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List of land-grant colleges and universities

Source: National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges [1] (Listed mostly in historical order, by state)

Alabama

• Auburn University
• Alabama A&M University *
• Tuskegee University **

Though Alabama A&M is Alabama's official 1890 Morrill Act institution, Tuskegee Institute's mission is so similar to those of the 1890 institutions that it is almost universally regarded as one of them. Tuskegee is a land-grant member of NASULGC, as are Alabama A&M and Auburn. However, only Alabama A&M and Auburn formally participate in the now-combined Alabama Cooperative Extension System, with Tuskegee listed as a "cooperating partner" in ACES. [2] [3] Tuskegee is also explicitly granted the same status as the 1890 land-grant institutions in a number of Federal laws.)

Alaska

• University of Alaska

American Samoa

• American Samoa Community College

Arizona

• University of Arizona

Arkansas

• University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
• University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff *

California

• University of California

The whole system is this state's land-grant member of the NASULGC; University of California at Berkeley was its original land-grant college, but the University of California at Davis and the University of California at Riverside later assumed much of the agricultural role. Thus, there is one school for Northern California and one for Southern California.

Colorado

• Colorado State University

Connecticut

• Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
• University of Connecticut

Delaware

• University of Delaware
• Delaware State University *

District of Columbia

• University of the District of Columbia*

Florida

• University of Florida
• Florida A&M University *

Georgia

• University of Georgia

A portion of the University of Georgia funds were used to establish a branch in Dahlonega, Georgia that became North Georgia College.

• Fort Valley State University *

Guam

• University of Guam

Hawaii

• University of Hawaii

Idaho

• University of Idaho

Illinois

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Indiana

• Purdue University

Iowa

• Iowa State University

In 1862, Iowa became first state in nation to accept the provisions of the Morrill Act, and in so doing designated Iowa State Univ. as its land grant institution.

Kansas

• Kansas State University

Kentucky

• University of Kentucky
• Kentucky State University *

Louisiana

• Louisiana State University
• Southern University and A&M College *

Maine

• University of Maine

Maryland

• University of Maryland at College Park
• University of Maryland, Eastern Shore *

Massachusetts

• University of Massachusetts at Amherst
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (one of two privately owned and operated institutions in the original system)

Michigan

• Michigan State University

Founded in 1855 by the State with its own grants of land, this was the pioneer institution and served as a model for the Federal Morrill Act in 1862.

Minnesota

• University of Minnesota

Mississippi

• Mississippi State University
• Alcorn State University *

Missouri

• University of Missouri System
• Lincoln University *

Montana

• Montana State University System

Nebraska

• University of Nebraska system

Nevada

• University of Nevada at Reno

New Hampshire

• University of New Hampshire

New Jersey

• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

• New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Office of Continuing Professional Education
• Cook College

New Mexico

• New Mexico State University

New York

• Cornell University

This is largely a publicly-funded division of the State University of New York, but there is also a private university here that had its own endowment and handles its own financial affairs.

North Carolina

• North Carolina State University
• North Carolina A&T State University *

North Dakota

• North Dakota State University

Ohio

• Ohio State University

Oklahoma

• Oklahoma State University
• Langston University *

Oregon

• Oregon State University

Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania State University

Puerto Rico

• University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez

Rhode Island

• University of Rhode Island

South Carolina

• Clemson University
• South Carolina State University *

South Dakota

• South Dakota State University

Tennessee

• University of Tennessee
• Tennessee State University *

Texas

• Texas A&M University
• Prairie View A&M University *

Utah

• Utah State University

Vermont

• University of Vermont

Virgin Islands

• University of the Virgin Islands *

Virginia

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Virginia State University *

The American Indian Higher Education Consortium is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia. None of its member schools are located in Virginia; instead they range from Michigan westwards to Alaska and Arizona. Like many American associations, it is headquartered in Alexandria for ready access to Washington, D.C..

Washington

• Washington State University

West Virginia

• West Virginia University
• West Virginia State University *

Wisconsin

• University of Wisconsin–Madison

Wyoming

• University of Wyoming

Notes

An asterisk (*) denotes a historically black college or university.

The double asterisk(**) denotes Tuskegee University (formerly Tuskegee Institute), a largely privately funded institution in Alabama, which because of its unique history, functions as a de facto land-grant university and has received Smith-Lever Act funds since 1972 to operate its own Cooperative Extension program.

Land grant institutions are often categorized as 1862, 1890, and 1994 institutions, based on the date of the legislation that designated most of them with land grant status. For a map and list of all 76 land grant institutions, see the State Partners page hosted by the Cooperative States Research Education and Extension Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.

Of the 106 Land-Grant institutions, all but two (the Community College of Micronesia, and Northern Marianas College) are members of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) (formerly the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges or NASULGC). The 31 tribal colleges of 1994 are represented as a system by the single membership of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC).