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University Year Est. Ownership Geopolitical Zone Total Sort ascending STR % Female % Full Profs % Intl. Staff % Intl. Stud. % Prog. with Full ACRED EFFCY Per Capita Total Citation Per Capita h-index Per Capita i-10 index Google Scholar Presence Contr to Knowledge Economy
University of Ibadan Federal South West 454.56 10.27 47.36 29.04 0.07 1.40 95.65 94.97 377.42 5.83 7.62 62.22 485.84
Redeemer's University Private South West 384.96 11.69 53.09 12.77 0.53 0.09 92.31 74.25 304.41 3.71 3.88 72.34 386.25
Covenant University Private South West 368.11 16.80 41.75 13.63 0.66 0.25 96.88 82.34 279.37 6.50 8.14 73.19 376.36
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology State South West 315.23 54.36 46.48 27.20 0.00 0.00 85.29 74.20 245.78 5.23 5.94 58.28 331.15
Federal University of Technology, Akure Federal South West 264.14 20.29 27.98 27.28 0.00 0.00 92.31 96.37 197.82 4.05 4.81 57.46 303.04
Afe Babalola University. Private South West 254.52 21.38 50.85 14.71 3.27 0.15 87.50 91.90 224.16 4.98 4.97 16.99 326.01
University of Ilorin Federal North Central 248.86 32.40 50.03 21.12 0.36 0.81 92.63 93.93 190.13 3.47 3.91 50.18 291.44
Babcock University Private South West 227.77 20.54 54.16 16.53 3.47 0.56 97.37 99.11 126.31 3.39 2.82 91.22 231.63
Landmark University. Private North Central 217.06 11.74 34.28 5.71 0.00 0.00 95.65 64.29 164.18 3.85 4.27 44.76 236.59
Edo University State South South 207.15 8.39 43.99 11.48 0.00 0.00 51.61 67.57 118.47 3.59 3.12 81.97 192.75
Mountain Top University Private South West 206.47 15.11 46.77 8.99 0.00 0.00 100.00 95.48 100.42 3.39 2.66 100.00 201.95
Pan-Atlantic University Private South West 201.77 9.06 54.29 13.13 5.05 0.33 63.64 58.47 122.00 3.06 2.64 68.69 186.17
Lagos State University State South West 199.90 30.14 43.62 16.35 0.00 0.00 93.85 78.96 155.04 2.92 3.25 38.69 240.16
Obafemi Awolowo University Federal South West 199.25 24.59 43.99 35.80 0.00 0.00 88.00 88.52 162.06 3.00 3.50 30.69 257.08
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta Federal South West 190.25 22.26 44.14 27.25 0.15 0.01 96.43 74.41 138.72 3.11 3.50 44.76 219.74
Federal University Lokoja Federal North Central 187.88 13.77 44.22 13.13 1.25 0.06 100.00 95.04 121.00 3.75 2.82 59.00 222.61
Skyline University, Nigeria Private North West 186.42 14.19 51.49 19.23 69.23 0.81 75.19 1.69 1.04 38.46
Chrisland University Private South West 183.39 8.91 59.53 5.66 0.00 0.21 100.00 90.20 138.66 3.04 3.74 37.74 235.63
Ondo State University of Medical Sciences State South West 180.53 7.35 60.23 14.71 0.42 0.00 71.43 83.41 135.76 2.65 2.62 39.08 224.44
University of Nigeria Federal South East 178.03 13.58 55.21 15.51 0.44 0.04 93.75 73.96 132.26 2.58 3.01 39.70 211.81
Ekiti State University (formerly University of Ado-Ekiti) State South West 173.11 56.01 48.47 25.47 0.16 0.00 83.95 60.99 97.42 2.35 1.82 71.36 191.84
American University of Nigerian Private North East 171.37 20.52 44.92 13.33 20.00 1.72 41.94 53.82 84.04 1.48 1.27 62.86 140.60
Rivers State University State South South 170.48 17.37 45.16 11.11 0.26 0.01 100.00 86.92 81.84 2.65 2.81 82.91 174.22
Elizade University. Private South West 160.60 8.82 41.26 11.97 0.70 0.08 80.00 63.40 96.44 2.58 2.35 58.45 164.78
Nile University of Nigeria Private North Central 157.37 13.29 53.23 18.95 12.11 4.87 84.21 42.99 87.36 2.25 2.36 48.42 134.95
Bells University of Technology Private South West 149.65 12.55 24.66 7.29 1.04 0.00 96.43 68.83 78.05 2.63 2.30 65.63 151.81
The Technical University State South West 146.63 14.93 40.70 5.00 0.00 0.00 63.95 3.30 1.88 77.50
Rhema University Private South East 142.71 8.96 54.05 19.61 0.00 0.00 64.29 76.62 94.69 2.57 2.31 43.14 176.19
Federal University of Technology, Minna Federal North Central 140.14 23.67 25.07 15.93 0.22 0.01 95.12 97.57 99.98 2.38 2.39 35.16 202.32
Bowen University Private South West 139.62 15.49 58.28 5.02 1.93 0.07 97.06 98.25 65.67 2.44 1.56 67.95 167.93
Kings University. Private South West 131.35 4.10 46.19 8.33 0.00 2.03 90.00 76.19 76.94 2.42 2.04 47.92 157.59
Edwin Clark University Private South South 129.97 14.47 56.84 11.11 0.00 0.15 53.85 11.54 96.53 2.11 2.29 28.89 112.47
Delta State University State South South 124.02 29.92 58.11 20.63 0.00 0.00 84.00 91.23 111.28 3.45 2.73 6.56 208.68
Godfrey Okoye University Private South East 120.00 11.56 52.03 23.46 6.79 0.11 73.17 56.13 73.07 1.73 1.26 37.04 132.20
University of Lagos Federal South West 116.64 20.73 49.84 14.75 1.52 0.15 88.37 89.67 67.15 1.26 1.62 44.94 159.71
Nnamdi Azikiwe University Federal South East 113.65 11.40 53.51 14.01 0.70 0.07 79.12 79.90 59.26 2.19 1.60 49.83 142.95
University of Uyo Federal South South 112.29 19.86 51.61 11.92 0.26 0.03 90.48 24.61 70.41 2.09 1.85 37.65 98.96
Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology State South West 110.87 38.47 41.76 10.09 0.00 0.00 47.37 0.00 63.33 2.07 1.43 44.04 66.83
Kwara State University State North Central 108.22 31.19 48.72 7.53 0.65 0.00 87.50 36.20 51.27 2.08 1.32 52.90 90.86
University of Calabar Federal South South 107.99 11.97 55.76 21.20 0.63 0.04 97.37 42.39 85.29 1.83 2.14 18.06 131.65
University of Benin Federal South South 106.01 24.47 50.06 23.26 0.16 0.23 99.07 85.15 87.93 1.14 1.52 15.03 175.74
Ebonyi State University State South East 105.26 19.49 49.61 16.15 0.26 0.08 88.89 74.09 51.17 2.37 2.42 48.96 130.05
Hezekiah University Private South East 101.57 4.97 56.82 14.52 0.00 0.00 100.00 59.42 74.74 2.44 1.81 22.58 138.40
Osun State University State South West 99.30 29.07 43.74 11.54 0.45 0.02 83.33 80.12 52.83 1.54 1.25 43.21 135.74
Adeleke University Private South West 97.06 17.92 53.22 11.98 1.20 0.13 100.00 94.71 37.15 1.84 1.05 55.69 149.85
Bingham University Private North Central 95.39 10.00 54.65 8.87 1.77 0.21 88.24 95.92 38.05 1.45 1.07 52.84 136.49
Samuel Adegboyega University. Private South South 94.52 3.50 31.75 6.94 1.39 0.00 100.00 88.07 52.93 1.46 1.24 37.50 143.70
University of Port-Harcourt Federal South South 90.27 27.46 54.17 21.26 0.28 0.00 94.03 77.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 89.99 77.06
Lead City University Private South West 87.11 16.75 64.46 6.64 0.66 0.04 69.05 88.92 41.64 1.40 0.85 42.52 132.81
Crawford University Private South West 86.76 23.59 41.84 17.39 2.17 0.18 89.47 94.22 17.00 1.17 1.02 65.22 113.42
National Open University of Nigeria Federal North Central 86.41 363.35 53.66 18.43 0.00 0.05 67.44 15.84 48.54 1.41 0.92 35.49 66.71
Baze University Private North Central 85.59 14.78 46.63 4.63 2.32 1.57 85.71 70.73 41.35 1.49 1.02 37.84 114.59
Arthur Jarvis University. Private South South 84.11 9.75 49.86 5.06 1.83 1.22 84.21 19.91 0.95 0.57 59.63
Spiritan University Private South East 83.84 1.80 46.59 8.16 6.12 2.27 46.47 1.39 1.06 26.53
University of Abuja Federal North Central 80.88 43.49 46.03 25.53 1.15 0.06 85.71 93.20 48.33 1.33 1.20 28.81 144.06
Michael & Cecilia Ibru University Private South South 80.66 11.29 40.51 2.86 0.00 0.00 33.33 82.19 27.00 1.54 0.69 51.43 111.41
Kola Daisi University Private South West 78.79 8.93 49.00 5.36 0.00 0.00 90.91 43.80 1.55 1.30 32.14
Federal University Wukari Federal North East 78.72 10.73 34.00 11.45 0.18 0.00 100.00 53.64 38.87 1.31 0.97 37.39 94.80
Admiralty University Private South South 71.47 8.42 35.00 15.79 0.00 0.00 30.08 1.24 0.68 39.47
Caleb University Private South West 71.08 26.46 50.58 9.76 0.81 0.15 100.00 90.40 37.72 1.01 1.31 30.08 130.43
Dominion University Private South West 69.90 4.85 48.45 15.00 0.00 0.00 12.40 1.30 1.20 55.00
Federal University, Dutse, Federal North West 68.13 14.90 28.62 9.00 0.51 0.00 55.17 10.54 41.22 1.19 1.10 24.11 54.05
Federal University, Oye-Ekiti Federal South West 68.01 27.40 45.00 8.67 0.13 0.00 75.44 56.62 35.08 1.21 0.85 30.74 93.76
Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University State North West 61.44 25.09 27.41 6.82 2.10 0.02 100.00 71.83 29.21 1.04 0.72 28.35 102.80
Bayelsa Medical University Yenagoa State South South 61.12 3.74 64.27 8.65 0.00 0.00 50.21 0.81 1.45 8.65
PAMO University of Medical Sciences Private South South 60.12 6.80 70.20 2.67 0.00 0.00 100.00 26.33 1.03 0.76 32.00
Bayero University Federal North West 57.99 18.67 34.07 17.70 0.45 0.02 98.89 62.16 43.98 0.94 1.00 11.60 108.06
Mcpherson University. Private South West 57.02 4.75 57.67 5.43 0.00 0.00 100.00 97.87 12.57 0.52 0.45 43.48 111.40
Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto Federal North West 56.93 21.88 30.93 36.44 1.75 0.00 98.53 70.71 36.97 0.99 0.98 16.24 109.64
Maitama Sule University State North West 56.90 18.05 39.00 3.61 1.44 0.06 100.00 70.65 21.02 0.52 1.01 32.85 93.21
Tai Solarin University of Education State South West 55.71 88.26 58.68 18.34 0.00 0.00 89.66 98.25 40.38 0.55 0.59 14.19 139.77
Federal University, Otuoke Federal South South 53.33 38.40 43.39 36.76 0.29 0.01 86.21 55.52 29.64 1.07 0.85 21.47 87.07
Ahmadu Bello University, Federal North West 52.63 16.78 35.35 18.92 0.91 0.21 94.57 14.83 35.49 0.80 0.85 14.37 51.98
Abia State University State South East 52.34 26.13 56.94 19.44 0.00 0.00 85.53 60.05 37.93 0.71 0.74 12.96 99.43
Clifford University Private South East 49.14 12.31 53.32 1.82 0.00 0.00 92.31 66.67 18.96 0.69 0.40 29.09 86.72
Adamawa State University State North East 48.12 59.24 33.96 5.10 0.00 0.00 97.56 47.96 33.92 0.73 0.53 12.94 83.13
Cross River University of Technology State South South 46.98 51.44 42.30 8.74 0.45 0.02 87.80 69.99 23.23 1.32 0.39 21.75 94.93
Federal University of Technology, Owerri Federal South East 44.28 16.48 29.52 11.98 0.07 0.00 91.89 69.99 25.79 0.62 0.56 17.24 96.96
University of Jos Federal North Central 44.01 19.50 45.70 15.10 0.45 0.03 56.00 63.65 28.10 0.76 0.69 13.98 93.20
Augustine University Private South West 43.12 2.07 41.67 3.64 0.00 0.00 63.64 74.00 27.90 0.75 0.83 13.64 103.47
Benue State University State North Central 41.86 38.75 38.46 14.31 0.28 0.01 79.66 93.61 22.90 0.73 0.55 17.39 117.79
Nigerian Defence Academy Federal North West 39.75 7.45 5.59 11.46 0.00 0.47 100.00 63.69 27.02 0.78 0.72 10.76 92.22
University of Maiduguri Federal North East 38.76 22.63 43.13 19.12 0.75 0.03 78.64 64.95 29.24 0.54 0.70 7.50 95.43
Benson Idahosa University Private South South 38.67 15.67 49.86 18.09 0.53 0.10 86.21 68.63 13.36 0.80 0.48 23.40 83.28
Oduduwa University Private South West 36.87 5.14 57.77 13.79 2.07 2.41 96.55 53.54 20.56 0.13 0.32 11.38 74.55
University of Agriculture, Makurdi Federal North Central 36.34 20.19 32.65 11.19 0.00 0.00 65.22 83.80 21.92 0.63 0.58 13.21 106.93
Adekunle Ajasin University State South West 35.90 36.55 48.40 11.23 0.00 0.00 75.86 86.98 24.87 0.57 0.50 9.96 129.57
Kebbi State University of Science and Technology State North West 34.12 15.99 41.19 2.86 1.67 0.06 100.00 92.24 12.85 0.58 0.39 18.57 106.06
Federal University Lafia Federal North Central 33.28 13.15 41.09 5.20 0.00 0.00 76.00 28.76 22.30 0.60 0.55 9.83 52.21
Summit University Private North Central 33.03 9.93 56.47 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 88.64 3.89 0.46 0.11 28.57 93.10
Niger-Delta University State South South 32.91 17.45 47.36 14.40 0.36 0.00 100.00 99.49 17.06 0.35 0.38 14.76 117.28
Ibrahim Babangida University State North Central 32.67 43.28 39.34 10.26 1.28 0.01 100.00 87.72 20.13 0.53 0.46 10.26 108.85
Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Federal South East 32.18 21.57 36.74 12.14 0.09 0.01 98.24 69.99 26.19 0.45 0.53 4.91 97.16
Nigerian Army University, Biu Federal North East 31.95 9.82 11.70 2.12 0.42 0.00 8.02 0.42 0.21 22.88
Kogi State University State North Central 30.32 24.88 44.85 12.02 0.00 0.00 100.00 90.20 12.42 0.57 0.32 17.01 103.51
Air Force Institute of Technology Federal North West 28.90 7.66 15.81 1.62 0.00 0.00 19.46 0.54 0.13 8.77
Nasarawa State University State North Central 28.33 29.12 45.75 15.03 0.45 0.00 74.63 84.12 16.47 0.43 0.41 10.57 101.43
Kaduna State University State North West 28.00 24.39 47.18 13.58 0.83 0.03 96.77 40.05 15.68 0.46 0.37 10.63 56.56
Gombe State University State North East 26.04 24.02 40.45 2.01 1.68 0.01 77.14 42.58 10.51 0.47 0.28 13.09 53.84
Imo State University State South East 25.97 32.97 58.59 18.66 0.71 0.41 96.49 33.51 15.83 0.46 0.44 8.12 50.24
Kano University of Science & Technology State North West 25.67 28.87 18.77 4.83 0.00 0.06 100.00 17.26 15.18 0.41 0.35 9.67 33.20
Bauchi State University State North East 25.54 38.53 24.23 1.27 0.00 0.00 93.10 70.64 13.10 0.41 0.35 11.68 84.51
Dominican University Private South West 21.79 2.31 23.70 10.67 2.67 2.31 85.71 5.73 0.29 0.12 10.67
Enugu State University of Science & Tech State South East 21.00 20.91 43.66 12.82 0.13 0.13 76.67 77.99 9.40 0.46 0.35 10.53 116.42
Achievers University Private South West 18.91 11.18 67.68 9.36 0.00 0.00 55.00 90.21 12.42 0.36 0.28 5.85 103.27
Hallmark University Private South West 17.61 2.25 51.26 3.77 0.00 0.00 100.00 85.71 3.91 0.36 0.13 13.21 90.11
Federal University, Kashere Federal North East 17.22 8.78 29.07 3.48 0.45 0.00 100.00 89.67 6.90 0.32 0.23 9.32 97.12
Crescent University Private South West 14.16 10.46 47.88 5.15 2.06 0.00 100.00 94.91 3.48 0.28 0.09 8.25 98.76
Al-Qalam University Private North West 13.62 17.45 22.60 0.61 0.61 0.00 100.00 45.51 7.08 0.28 0.20 5.45 53.07
Legacy University Private South East 12.11 1.79 59.33 28.57 1.19 2.67 66.67 68.57 4.43 0.20 0.05 3.57 73.25
Renaissance University Private South East 8.92 2.50 52.84 16.81 0.00 0.00 66.67 40.00 2.48 0.19 0.06 6.19 42.73
Igbinedion University Private South South 4.05 2.10 52.45 2.58 0.43 0.31 100.00 93.64 2.01 0.07 0.05 1.18 95.77
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Federal North East 0.59 20.77 23.19 14.81 0.59 0.00 97.96 41.91 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 41.91