Under the provisions of the Morrill Act of 1862, the income from certain public lands, or the equivalent in script, was granted to the States for the advancement of instruction in agriculture and the mechanic arts in at least one college in each State. Subsequent acts expanded the scope and increased the Federal support of the colleges and universities participating in the land grants. Provisions of the Federal acts as they pertain to the land-grant institutions are explained in "Land-Grant Colleges and Universities," Bulletin 1952, No. 21. One of the functions of the Office of Education since its establishment in 1867 has been to collect and disseminate information on the land-grant institutions. In this bulletin are presented data on staff, students, earned degrees conferred, income, expenditures, endowment, and physical plant facilities of the 69 land-grant institutions for the year ended June 30, 1953. The 69 institutions represent one college or university in each of the 31 States which do not maintain separate schools for white and Negro students (except for Massachusetts where there are 2 land-grant institutions), 2 in each of the 17 States which do maintain separate schools for white and Negro students, and 1 each in the Territories of Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. Generally speaking, the land-grant institutions are colleges and universities under State control. Universities with varying degrees of private control, however, are utilized as land-grant institutions in Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont. In Massachusetts both the University of Massachusetts (public) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (private) participate in the land-grant funds. Data for the 69 institutions (tables 1-18) are divided into two groups, "52 institutions" and "17 institutions for Negroes." The term "52 institutions" is used when referring to the 32 institutions in States which do not maintain separate schools for white and Negro students, the 17 institutions for white students only in those States which do not maintain separate schools for white and Negro students, and the 3 Territorial institutions. (Contains 18 tables and 3 footnotes.) [This report was prepared under the direction of Mabel C. Rice and in consultation with Lloyd E. Blauch. Best copy available has been provided.]