The Southern South

by Albert Bushnell Hart

COMPARATIVE HIGHER EDUCATION (1905)—EQUIVALENT NORTHERN GROUPS

		Teachers.	Students.				Finances.
			Undergraduates.	Graduates.	Professional.	Total.	Value of Plant.	Productive Funds.	Benefactions.	Total Income.
							Thousands.	Thousands.	Thousands.	Thousands.
1	Colorado	425	1,826	140	333	2,299	2,713	812	75	525
2	Indiana	462	5,004	136	295	5,435	6,312	2,964	80	1,022
3	Indian Territory	21	25	...	...	25	171	...	12	16
4	Iowa	775	4,165	238	1,102	5,505	5,959	3,251	342	1,426
5	Kansas	609	3,396	120	487	4,003	4,287	1,232	130	710
6	Michigan	560	4,198	144	1,538	5,880	6,076	2,863	106	1,324
7	Minnesota	595	2,770	140	1,138	4,048	3,506	2,118	50	883
8	Nebraska	502	2,283	153	650	3,086	2,588	1,254	193	599
9	North Dakota	88	267	11	49	327	1,096	1,151	50	368
10	Oklahoma	62	323	3	50	376	546	...	...	145
11	South Dakota	138	516	19	48	583	1,299	199	73	275
12	Utah	146	580	2	...	582	1,044	326	1	282
13	Wisconsin	452	3,741	157	198	4,096	4,548	2,464	311	1,106
	Total.	4,835	29,094	1,263	5,888	36,245	40,145	18,634	1,423	8,681
14	California	882	5,285	380	617	6,282	10,755	35,270	470	1,999
15	Idaho	22	173	1	...	174	288	213	...	93
16	Montana	52	322	12	...	334	695	523	...	177
17	Oregon	201	1,078	20	193	1,291	907	680	17	191
18	Vermont	89	574	1	193	768	1,430	1,073	101	149
19	Washington	170	1,315	85	104	1,504	2,015	295	33	607
	Total	1,416	8,747	499	1,107	10,353	16,090	38,054	621	3,216
	Double Total	6,251	37,841	1,762	6,995	46,598	56,235	56,688	2,044	11,897
20	Arizona	26	33	6	...	39	234	...	...	55
21	Illinois	1,634	8,889	1,368	3,809	14,066	20,112	17,052	1,133	3,072
22	Nevada	33	178	3	...	181	282	147	2	98
23	New Mexico	54	105	9	...	114	292	...	...	91
24	New Hampshire	119	1,038	36	60	1,130	1,996	2,750	110	279
25	Wyoming	18	62	3	...	65	358	26	...	59
26	West Virginia	106	889	2	220	1,111	1,122	276	115	217
	Total	1,990	11,194	1,427	4,089	16,710	24,396	20,251	1,360	3,871
	Grand Total	8,241	49,035	3,189	11,084	63,308	80,631	76,939	3,404	15,768

COMPARATIVE NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS (1905)—SOUTHERN GROUPS

		Normal Schools (Public and Private).				Reform and Industrial Schools (Public).
		Teachers for Normal Students.	Number of Normal Students.	Value of Plant.	Total Income.	Teachers.	Number of Students.	Finances.
								Value of Plant.	Total Expenditures.
1	Alabama	89	1,866	988,000	310,000	2	78	37,000	8,000
2	Arkansas	15	292	112,000	17,000	...	...	...	...
3	Florida	34	350	55,000	30,000	1	52	25,000	3,000
4	Georgia	77	831	370,000	82,000	1	49	30,000	3,000
5	Louisiana	35	638	130,000	31,000	...	...	...	...
6	Mississippi	23	269	7,000	6,900	...	...	...	...
7	North Carolina	114	1,872	707,000	166,000	...	...	...	...
8	South Carolina	48	502	370,000	74,000	...	...	...	...
9	Tennessee	84	1,652	600,000	109,000	28	1,279	170,000	87,000
10	Virginia	62	1,146	1,274,000	267,000	6	351	59,000	24,000
	Total 10 States	581	9,418	4,613,000	1,092,000	38	1,809	321,000	125,000
11	Texas	51	1,510	372,000	120,000	2	180	50,000	35,000
	Total Seceding States	632	10,928	4,985,000	1,212,000	40	1,989	371,000	160,000
12	Delaware	...	...	...	...	6	229	165,000	20,000
13	Dist. of Columbia	21	181	...	...	15	436	460,000	71,000
14	Kentucky	26	434	114,000	29,000	9	744	200,000	57,000
15	Maryland	22	475	227,000	33,000	31	1,486	1,122,000	147,000
16	Missouri	106	3,324	1,188,000	186,000	18	1,247	771,000	124,000
	Total	175	4,414	1,529,000	248,000	79	4,142	2,718,000	419,000
	Grand Total	807	15,342	6,514,000	1,460,000	119	6,131	3,089,000	579,000

COMPARATIVE NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS (1905)—EQUIVALENT NORTHERN GROUPS

		Normal Schools (Public and Private).				Reform and Industrial Schools (Public).
		Teachers for Normal Students.	Number of Normal Students.	Value of Plant.	Total Income.	Teachers.	Number of Students.	Finances.
								Value of Plant.	Total Expenditures.
1	Colorado	35	490	250,000	71,000	12	549	180,000	67,000
2	Indiana	140	3,877	905,000	268,000	8	1,186	280,000	103,000
3	Indian Territory	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
4	Iowa	129	2,757	518,000	203,000	29	986	420,000	99,000
5	Kansas	54	1,040	396,000	79,000	6	575	299,000	75,000
6	Michigan	122	2,416	795,000	216,000	56	2,149	850,000	198,000
7	Minnesota	96	1,968	983,000	202,000	16	250	381,000	81,000
8	Nebraska	64	1,533	415,000	73,000	11	310	340,000	61,000
9	North Dakota	15	397	108,000	26,000	...	...	...	...
10	Oklahoma	72	1,471	405,000	118,000	...	...	...	...
11	South Dakota	44	702	390,000	46,000	2	89	86,000	26,000
12	Utah	8	182	100,000	19,000	...	...	...	...
13	Wisconsin	173	2,723	1,075,000	313,000	30	900	671,000	136,000
	Total	952	19,546	6,340,000	1,634,000	170	6,994	3,507,000	846,000
14	California	101	1,614	1,179,000	198,000	9	676	529,000	156,000
15	Idaho	21	239	145,000	33,000	1	20	50,000	5,000
16	Montana	14	126	100,000	30,000	2	127	45,000	24,000
17	Oregon	46	466	163,000	65,000	2	110	50,000	46,000
18	Vermont	19	256	20,000	21,000	4	240	60,000	25,000
19	Washington	47	753	350,000	101,000	6	48	...	...
	Total	248	3,444	1,957,000	448,000	24	1,221	734,000	256,000
	Double Total	1,200	22,990	8,297,000	2,082,000	194	8,215	4,241,000	1,106,000
20	Arizona	18	288	183,000	46,000	1	55	35,000	16,000
21	Illinois	146	2,997	3,011,000	337,000	47	3,765	2,200,000	636,000
22	Nevada	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
23	New Mexico	15	206	135,000	36,000	...	...	...	...
24	New Hampshire	9	119	125,000	27,000	4	177	100,000	30,000
25	Wyoming	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
26	West Virginia	75	1,339	642,000	139,000	10	505	170,000	67,000
	Total	263	4,949	4,096,000	585,000	62	4,502	2,505,000	749,000
	Grand Total	1,463	27,939	12,393,000	2,667,000	256	12,717	6,746,000	1,855,000