Tertiary Education
To be classified as a university it must meet the following requirements:
operate at least eight different degree programs; including
- at least six undergraduate courses, specifically:
a four-year course in liberal arts
a four-year course in science and mathematics
a four-year course in the social sciences
a minimum of three other active and recognized professional courses leading to government licensures
at least two graduate-level courses leading to doctoral degrees.
Private colleges and universities may either be sectarian or non-sectarian entities. Institutions may either be not-for-profit or profit-oriented.
Only 10 percent of college students were in state-run schools in 1980, but this rose to 21 percent in 1994 and to almost 40 percent in 2008.