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How many universities are in Ghana?

The register holds 55 universities and 11 technical universities, plus 50 colleges of education, 76 tertiary colleges and 178 nursing colleges.

Universities
55
12 public, 31 private
Technical universities
11
11 public, 0 private
Colleges of education
50
no region recorded in the register
Nursing colleges
178
listed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council

What the register holds

Each of these is a kind of higher education place on the register, counted separately so nobody has to guess what counts as a university.

  1. Universities55
  2. Technical universities11
  3. University and tertiary colleges76
  4. Colleges of education50
  5. Nursing and midwifery colleges178

Source: Ministry of Education school register, 2023/24.

Universities by region

Only 23 of 55 universities carry a region in the register, so this bar is incomplete. The rest are listed by town.

  1. Greater Accra10
  2. Eastern3
  3. Ashanti3
  4. Bono2
  5. Northern2
  6. Central2
  7. Volta1

32 universities have no region recorded.

Accreditation, as the regulators publish it

  1. The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission lists 255 current accreditations, 11 expired and 1 unaccredited on the lists we hold.
  2. The Nursing and Midwifery Council lists 147 accredited nursing institutions.
  3. The register holds 55 universities, 11 technical universities, 76 university and tertiary colleges, 50 colleges of education and 178 nursing colleges. These lists were last read on the dates shown on each institution's page.
Where the register holds no region or district for an institution, we do not guess one. That is why the regional bar is shorter than the national count.

Questions people ask

How many universities are in Ghana in total?
The register holds 55 universities and 11 technical universities, which is 66 between them. Counting colleges as well, higher education places on the register come to 370.
How many public universities are in Ghana?
12 of the universities are recorded as public, plus 11 technical universities.
How many private universities are in Ghana?
31 universities are recorded as private. Many private institutions are listed as university colleges or tertiary colleges, 76 on the register.
How many technical universities are in Ghana?
11.
How many colleges of education are in Ghana?
50 on the register.

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