UniversityBASE
ReTHINK INDIA
Spread of Universities in India
| Zone | State | Total | State Private Universities | State Universities | Deemed to be Universities | Central Universities |
| West | Gujarat | 95 | 61 | 30 | 2 | 2 |
| West | Rajasthan | 87 | 52 | 26 | 8 | 1 |
| South | Karnataka | 82 | 25 | 42 | 14 | 1 |
| Central | Uttar Pradesh | 80 | 33 | 32 | 9 | 6 |
| Central | Madhya Pradesh | 76 | 49 | 24 | 1 | 2 |
| West | Maharashtra | 76 | 27 | 27 | 21 | 1 |
| South | Tamil Nadu | 56 | 4 | 22 | 28 | 2 |
| East | West Bengal | 51 | 11 | 37 | 2 | 1 |
| North | Haryana | 51 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 1 |
| South | Andhra Pradesh | 41 | 6 | 28 | 4 | 3 |
| North | Uttarakhand | 37 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 1 |
| East | Orissa | 35 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 1 |
| North | Punjab | 35 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| East | Jharkhand | 33 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| East | Chhattisgarh | 32 | 15 | 16 | | 1 |
| East | Bihar | 31 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 4 |
| North East | Assam | 29 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 2 |
| South | Telangana | 29 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 3 |
| North | Delhi | 27 | | 11 | 9 | 7 |
| North | Himachal Pradesh | 25 | 17 | 7 | | 1 |
| South | Kerala | 19 | | 15 | 3 | 1 |
| North | Jammu and Kashmir | 11 | | 9 | | 2 |
| North East | Arunachal Pradesh | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| North East | Manipur | 11 | 5 | 3 | | 3 |
| North East | Sikkim | 11 | 8 | 2 | | 1 |
| North East | Meghalaya | 10 | 9 | | | 1 |
| North East | Nagaland | 5 | 4 | | | 1 |
| North East | Tripura | 4 | 1 | 2 | | 1 |
| North | Ladakh | 3 | | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| South | Puducherry | 3 | | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| North | Chandigarh | 2 | | 1 | 1 | |
| North East | Mizoram | 2 | 1 | | | 1 |
| West | Goa | 2 | 1 | 1 | | |
| | 1102 | 447 | 474 | 125 | 56 |
