Statistics for Oldest Universities in North America

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Year Founded	State/Province/Depart.	College/University	% Correct
1636	Massachusetts	Harvard University	95%
1701	Connecticut	Yale University	89%
1746	New Jersey	Princeton University	82%
1740	Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania	79%
1764	Rhode Island	Brown University	68%
1693	Virginia	College of William and Mary	68%
1754	New York	Columbia University	66%
1789	North Carolina	University of North Carolina	63%
1789	District of Columbia	Georgetown University	58%
1743	Delaware	University of Delaware	58%
1785	Georgia	University of Georgia	58%
1769	New Hampshire	Dartmouth College	55%
1766	New Jersey	Rutgers University	55%
1787	Pennsylvania	University of Pittsburgh	45%
1770	South Carolina	College of Charleston	32%
1782	Maryland	Washington College	32%
1663	Quebec	Université Laval	29%
1721	La Habana	Universidad de la Habana	26%
1785	New Brunswick	University of New Brunswick	26%
1749	Virginia	Washington and Lee University	21%
1540	Michoacan	Michoacan University of Saint Nicholas of Hidalgo	18%
1696	Maryland	St. John's College	18%
1794	Maine	Bowdoin College	16%
1791	Jalisco	Universidad de Guadalajara	13%
1780	Kentucky	Transylvania University	11%
1773	Pennsylvania	Dickinson College	8%
1772	North Carolina	Salem College	8%
1781	Pennsylvania	Washington and Jefferson College	8%
1775	Virginia	Hampden-Sydney College	5%
1742	Pennsylvania	Moravian College	5%
1789	Nova Scotia	University of King's College	5%
1794	Tennessee	Tusculum University	3%
1676	Guatemala	Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala	3%
1787	Pennsylvania	Franklin and Marshall University	0%