STATES IN NIGERIA WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF UNIVERSITIES.

      Below is a comprehensive list of States in Nigeria with the highest number of Universities as accredited by the National Universities Commission (N.U.C).

-          Top on the list-Ogun State:

 Ogun state, being ranked with the highest number of Universities in Nigeria, possesses a total number of fourteen(14) accredited universities including a Federal  University,  two(2)State Universities and eleven(11) private universities. They include the following:

  

  Federal University                                                                        Year Founded

1.)    Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta                           1988

  State Universities                                                                            Year Founded

1.)    Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye                                 1982

2.)    Tai-Solarin University of Education, Ijebu Ode                        2005

Private Universities                                                                       Year Founded

1.)    Babcock University, Remo                                                         1999

2.)    Bells University of Technology, Ota.                                         2005

3.)    Chrisland University, Abeokuta                                                 2015

4.)    Covenant University, ota.                                                           2002

5.)    Crowford University, Igbesa                                                      2005

6.)    Crescent University, Abeokuta.                                                  2005

7.)    Hallmark University, Ijebu Itele.                                                2015

8.)    Mcpherson University, Ajebo                                                     2012

9.)    Mountain Top University                                                            2015

10.)  Redeemer’s University, Mowe                                                  2005

11.)  Christopher University, Mowe                                                  2015

-          Followed by Osun State

Osun State has a total of eight(8) universities comprising a Federal University, a State University and six(6) private universities. They are:

Federal University                                                                         Year Founded

1.)    Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife                                        1962

  

  State Universities                                                                             Year Founded

1.)    Osun State University, Osogbo                                                    2006

 Private Universities                                                                         Year Founded

1.)    Adeleke University, Edeh                                                           2011

2.)    Bowen University, Iwo.                                                              2001

3.)    Fountain University, Oshogbo                                                    2007

4.)    Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji Arakeji                           2006

5.)    Kings University, Ode-Omu.                                                      2015

6.)    Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu                                                2009

Others are; Oyo State, Ondo state, Lagos state, Enugu state, Edo state with seven(7) universities each, approved by the National Universities Commission.

While the state with the lowest number of universities in Nigeria is Zamfara state with just a single accredited University; Federal University, Gusau Zamfara founded in 2013.