How many colleges and universities are in the Philippines?

There's no single, definitive answer to how many colleges and universities are in the Philippines. The number fluctuates due to the establishment of new institutions and the occasional closure of others. Also, the definition of "college" versus "university" can be fluid in the Philippine context.

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED), the primary government agency regulating higher education in the Philippines, periodically publishes data, but it's not always a perfectly up-to-the-minute count. You'd likely find a range of figures depending on the source and the year the data was collected. Expect to see numbers in the hundreds, rather than thousands.