How many 4-year colleges & universities are there?

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<p>How many 4-year colleges & universities are there in the United States?</p>

<p>I recently have read that there are approximately 2,800 4-year colleges & universities in the US, but is this number accurate? Can anyone else confirm this?!</p>

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<p>Perhaps using CollegeBoard's Matchmatcher and setting its only requirement to "4 years" might answer your answer.</p>

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<p>10000000000</p>

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<p>My pr book says somethinng like 5,000</p>

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<p>so many so many</p>

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<p>i got 2084 matches on college board</p>

<p>interesting california has 148 4 yr colleges and princeton review lists their 122 best calif colleges...i thought it would be good to be listed among that list, but it basically lists about 90% of the schools in calif</p>

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<p>So, what should I say? I'm actually putting this number in my college essay.. lol.. what should I go with?</p>

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<p>i think the underlying issue and bigger problem is your essay and why you include this number. my guess is you have a sentence along the lines of "out of the 2500 colleges and universities in this country, xxxxxx is the perfect fit for me!"</p>

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<p>Is it a bad idea?</p>

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<p>it sounds super cheesy. you know and the adcom knows full well that you're not actually choosing from a list of 2500 schools.</p>

<p>if you're using it as a transition then take it out because it's necessary. go into the real reasons why you want to go to xxxxxx school and cut back on fluff.</p>

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<p>ahh.. thanks for the reality check. Sometimes I forget that I'm writing an essay about what I want to say and not necessarily what they want to hear.</p>