page_title: Southeastern United States
section_title: Higher education
hierarchical_section_title: Southeastern United States / Education / Higher education
caption_attribution_description: English: South Building at the University of North Carolina
context_page_description: The Southeastern United States, also referred to as the American Southeast or simply the Southeast and sometimes simply the South, is, broadly, the eastern portion of the Southern United States and the southern portion of the Eastern United States. It comprises at least a core of states on the lower East Coast of the United States and eastern Gulf Coast. Expansively, it includes everything south of the Mason–Dixon line, the Ohio River and the 36°30' parallel, and as far west as Arkansas and Louisiana. There is no official U.S. government definition of the region, though various agencies and departments use different definitions.
context_section_description: The region includes a number of notable universities, public and private, whose research exert influence globally. Chief among these are:
  Alabama State University
  Appalachian State University
  Auburn University
  Clemson University
  Florida A&M University
  Florida International University
  Florida State University
  Georgia Institute of Technology
  Georgia State University
  Jackson State University
  Mississippi State University
  North Carolina A&T State University
  North Carolina State University
  Radford University
  Louisiana State University
  University of Alabama at Birmingham
  University of Arkansas
  University of Central Florida
  University of Florida
  University of Georgia
  University of Kentucky
  University of Louisville
  University of Maryland
  University of Mississippi
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  University of North Carolina at Greensboro
  University of South Carolina
  University of South Florida
  University of Tennessee
  University of Virginia
  Virginia Tech
  College of William & Mary
  There are a number of well-known private institutions, as well. Notable among these are:
  Belmont University
  Davidson College
  Duke University
  Emory University
  Furman University
  Georgetown University
  Howard University
  Johns Hopkins University
  Mercer University
  Morehouse College
  Spelman College
  Tuskegee University
  University of Miami
  University of Richmond
  Vanderbilt University
  Wake Forest University
  Washington and Lee University
  The region is home to the greatest number of historically black colleges and universities in the nation. The three largest in the region are: 
  North Carolina A&T University
  Florida A&M University
  Jackson State University
caption: University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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