This study investigated the extent to which the Jordanian Constitution provides protection for higher education institutions and highlights the latter’s need of these protections. This study used a descriptive, analytical, and comparative methods. This study found that Jordanian Constitution addresses the right to education, the state’s guarantee for this right does not address higher education. The Jordanian Constitution, moreover, does not address the independence of higher education institutions, in the manner the Egyptian constitution does. Although the judiciary in both Jordan and Egypt have contributed to the protection of these institutions, there is still an urgent need for greater protections.