Nashik has been the educational hub of North Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

. The city has two state run universities: The Yashawatrao Chavhan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU) (located near Gangapur village on the outskirts of Nashik) and the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences.
HPT College (arts faculty) (run by the Gokhale education society), set up in 1925 was the first degree college in the city.