Vladimir M. Moskovkin, Sizyoongo Munenge, Correlation Relationship Between Regional Macroeconomic Indicators and the Number of Universities in the Russian Regions, International Business Management, Volume 9,Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1775-1779, ISSN 1993-5250, ibm.2015.1775.1779, (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2015.1775.1779) Abstract: The correlation linear relationships between regional macroeconomic indicators (gross regional product, population) and the number of universities in the regions of Russia was obtained which may be used in the planning process of creation, liquidation or merging of regional or local universities. Keywords: Linear regression relationship;Russian regions;gross regional product; population;coefficient of determination;regional distribution;higher education institutions;universities