A total of 20,297,386 students are enrolled in U.S. colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.
By race, there are 129,197 native american or Alaska native students (0.64%), 1,422,074 asian students (7.01%), 2,513,923 african-american students (12.39%), 4,342,461 hispanic students (21.39%), 50,189 native hawaiian or other pacific islander students (0.25%), and 8,949,258 white students (44.09%).
Vermont colleges have the highest rate of white students of 73.97% and Hawaii colleges have the lowest rate of white students of 15.54%.
Mississippi colleges have the highest rate of black students of 34.45% and Montana colleges have the lowest rate of black students of 1.00%.
Hawaii colleges have the highest rate of asian students of 27.62% and Wyoming colleges have the lowest rate of asian students of 0.95%.
New Mexico colleges have the highest rate of hispanic students of 49.76% and Mississippi colleges have the lowest rate of hispanic students of 3.98%.
The following table compares the student population by race for each U.S. state. You can sort the table by each column by touching/clicking the column title.
| State | Total Enrollment | American Indian / Native American | Asian | African-American | Hispanic | Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander | White | Two or More Race | Race Unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 22,995 | 2,197 (9.55%) |
1,507 (6.55%) |
780 (3.39%) | 2,542 (11.05%) |
219 (0.95%) |
10,721 (46.62%) |
2,473 (10.75%) | 2,181 (9.48%) |
| Alabama | 315,413 | 1,386 (0.44%) |
7,156 (2.27%) |
75,915 (24.07%) | 18,212 (5.77%) |
382 (0.12%) |
181,890 (57.67%) |
12,204 (3.87%) | 8,772 (2.78%) |
| Arkansas | 164,585 | 1,210 (0.74%) |
3,443 (2.09%) |
25,564 (15.53%) | 16,225 (9.86%) |
250 (0.15%) |
100,953 (61.34%) |
7,308 (4.44%) | 3,860 (2.35%) |
| American Samoa | 843 | 1 (0.12%) |
11 (1.30%) |
- | 2 (0.24%) |
729 (86.48%) |
5 (0.59%) |
- | 6 (0.71%) |
| Arizona | 720,367 | 14,011 (1.94%) |
28,795 (4.00%) |
87,648 (12.17%) | 183,541 (25.48%) |
2,813 (0.39%) |
286,603 (39.79%) |
31,720 (4.40%) | 64,059 (8.89%) |
| California | 2,730,552 | 8,607 (0.32%) |
396,820 (14.53%) |
152,116 (5.57%) | 1,159,842 (42.48%) |
9,792 (0.36%) |
608,229 (22.27%) |
134,648 (4.93%) | 146,041 (5.35%) |
| Colorado | 376,546 | 3,504 (0.93%) |
14,575 (3.87%) |
26,504 (7.04%) | 77,297 (20.53%) |
885 (0.24%) |
197,690 (52.50%) |
18,090 (4.80%) | 26,632 (7.07%) |
| Connecticut | 200,868 | 537 (0.27%) |
12,019 (5.98%) |
27,829 (13.85%) | 38,577 (19.21%) |
209 (0.10%) |
92,292 (45.95%) |
8,120 (4.04%) | 5,903 (2.94%) |
| District of Columbia | 100,832 | 233 (0.23%) |
8,249 (8.18%) |
24,437 (24.24%) | 11,063 (10.97%) |
114 (0.11%) |
34,289 (34.01%) |
4,115 (4.08%) | 8,589 (8.52%) |
| Delaware | 59,522 | 128 (0.22%) |
2,335 (3.92%) |
13,029 (21.89%) | 7,302 (12.27%) |
53 (0.09%) |
27,739 (46.60%) |
2,763 (4.64%) | 1,406 (2.36%) |
| Florida | 1,112,128 | 2,499 (0.22%) |
43,326 (3.90%) |
173,060 (15.56%) | 351,293 (31.59%) |
1,705 (0.15%) |
395,684 (35.58%) |
40,907 (3.68%) | 44,110 (3.97%) |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 1,729 | - | 3 (0.17%) |
- | - | 1,708 (98.79%) |
- | - | 18 (1.04%) |
| Georgia | 599,695 | 1,487 (0.25%) |
45,083 (7.52%) |
175,025 (29.19%) | 68,129 (11.36%) |
620 (0.10%) |
237,368 (39.58%) |
22,454 (3.74%) | 16,039 (2.67%) |
| Guam | 4,388 | 5 (0.11%) |
2,015 (45.92%) |
22 (0.50%) | 34 (0.77%) |
2,003 (45.65%) |
80 (1.82%) |
137 (3.12%) | 84 (1.91%) |
| Hawaii | 61,614 | 147 (0.24%) |
17,020 (27.62%) |
1,085 (1.76%) | 8,986 (14.58%) |
3,265 (5.30%) |
9,575 (15.54%) |
16,158 (26.22%) | 1,266 (2.05%) |
| Iowa | 208,398 | 803 (0.39%) |
6,375 (3.06%) |
11,739 (5.63%) | 17,729 (8.51%) |
313 (0.15%) |
143,461 (68.84%) |
6,648 (3.19%) | 12,337 (5.92%) |
| Idaho | 137,042 | 898 (0.66%) |
1,940 (1.42%) |
1,640 (1.20%) | 17,582 (12.83%) |
470 (0.34%) |
83,005 (60.57%) |
4,507 (3.29%) | 23,717 (17.31%) |
| Illinois | 735,022 | 1,710 (0.23%) |
56,166 (7.64%) |
98,566 (13.41%) | 163,059 (22.18%) |
1,042 (0.14%) |
306,935 (41.76%) |
23,583 (3.21%) | 28,090 (3.82%) |
| Indiana | 496,813 | 1,900 (0.38%) |
24,998 (5.03%) |
50,187 (10.10%) | 41,901 (8.43%) |
721 (0.15%) |
295,436 (59.47%) |
20,404 (4.11%) | 23,633 (4.76%) |
| Kansas | 199,768 | 2,580 (1.29%) |
6,825 (3.42%) |
13,079 (6.55%) | 27,170 (13.60%) |
497 (0.25%) |
121,473 (60.81%) |
9,069 (4.54%) | 9,836 (4.92%) |
| Kentucky | 292,658 | 633 (0.22%) |
8,446 (2.89%) |
27,495 (9.39%) | 17,222 (5.88%) |
320 (0.11%) |
200,217 (68.41%) |
10,700 (3.66%) | 11,611 (3.97%) |
| Louisiana | 263,322 | 1,386 (0.53%) |
7,091 (2.69%) |
85,205 (32.36%) | 17,427 (6.62%) |
270 (0.10%) |
127,356 (48.37%) |
9,651 (3.67%) | 7,000 (2.66%) |
| Massachusetts | 484,208 | 661 (0.14%) |
46,850 (9.68%) |
41,494 (8.57%) | 66,606 (13.76%) |
360 (0.07%) |
213,703 (44.13%) |
18,391 (3.80%) | 27,620 (5.70%) |
| Maryland | 354,963 | 873 (0.25%) |
30,675 (8.64%) |
96,492 (27.18%) | 43,373 (12.22%) |
784 (0.22%) |
120,251 (33.88%) |
16,266 (4.58%) | 19,926 (5.61%) |
| Maine | 81,542 | 634 (0.78%) |
2,197 (2.69%) |
4,361 (5.35%) | 4,220 (5.18%) |
81 (0.10%) |
60,221 (73.85%) |
3,172 (3.89%) | 4,535 (5.56%) |
| Marshall Islands | 1,011 | - | 6 (0.59%) |
- | 1 (0.10%) |
1,003 (99.21%) |
1 (0.10%) |
- | - |
| Michigan | 491,323 | 3,115 (0.63%) |
26,942 (5.48%) |
57,864 (11.78%) | 36,458 (7.42%) |
441 (0.09%) |
293,793 (59.80%) |
20,156 (4.10%) | 23,377 (4.76%) |
| Minnesota | 413,411 | 3,224 (0.78%) |
24,848 (6.01%) |
70,957 (17.16%) | 35,698 (8.63%) |
553 (0.13%) |
226,903 (54.89%) |
16,193 (3.92%) | 20,798 (5.03%) |
| Missouri | 345,836 | 1,612 (0.47%) |
13,484 (3.90%) |
34,611 (10.01%) | 23,687 (6.85%) |
561 (0.16%) |
217,102 (62.78%) |
14,251 (4.12%) | 13,090 (3.79%) |
| Northern Marianas | 1,239 | 1 (0.08%) |
503 (40.60%) |
3 (0.24%) | 14 (1.13%) |
437 (35.27%) |
8 (0.65%) |
88 (7.10%) | 67 (5.41%) |
| Mississippi | 168,305 | 862 (0.51%) |
2,509 (1.49%) |
57,982 (34.45%) | 6,702 (3.98%) |
108 (0.06%) |
87,718 (52.12%) |
3,995 (2.37%) | 3,916 (2.33%) |
| Montana | 48,681 | 3,156 (6.48%) |
975 (2.00%) |
488 (1.00%) | 2,787 (5.73%) |
73 (0.15%) |
35,669 (73.27%) |
3,109 (6.39%) | 1,583 (3.25%) |
| North Carolina | 586,867 | 5,562 (0.95%) |
26,264 (4.48%) |
121,447 (20.69%) | 69,931 (11.92%) |
728 (0.12%) |
294,717 (50.22%) |
22,534 (3.84%) | 23,425 (3.99%) |
| North Dakota | 53,821 | 2,780 (5.17%) |
1,013 (1.88%) |
1,799 (3.34%) | 2,145 (3.99%) |
84 (0.16%) |
39,153 (72.75%) |
2,374 (4.41%) | 1,910 (3.55%) |
| Nebraska | 141,114 | 1,298 (0.92%) |
4,863 (3.45%) |
7,980 (5.66%) | 19,040 (13.49%) |
189 (0.13%) |
90,516 (64.14%) |
5,415 (3.84%) | 7,432 (5.27%) |
| New Hampshire | 241,850 | 1,307 (0.54%) |
7,381 (3.05%) |
39,013 (16.13%) | 31,424 (12.99%) |
776 (0.32%) |
129,829 (53.68%) |
9,345 (3.86%) | 17,496 (7.23%) |
| New Jersey | 411,670 | 661 (0.16%) |
42,098 (10.23%) |
56,609 (13.75%) | 103,902 (25.24%) |
441 (0.11%) |
150,821 (36.64%) |
11,891 (2.89%) | 20,029 (4.87%) |
| New Mexico | 114,563 | 10,101 (8.82%) |
2,280 (1.99%) |
3,186 (2.78%) | 57,009 (49.76%) |
246 (0.21%) |
31,308 (27.33%) |
3,385 (2.95%) | 3,794 (3.31%) |
| Nevada | 125,793 | 743 (0.59%) |
13,871 (11.03%) |
10,453 (8.31%) | 42,721 (33.96%) |
1,079 (0.86%) |
40,400 (32.12%) |
10,476 (8.33%) | 4,052 (3.22%) |
| New York | 1,150,548 | 3,341 (0.29%) |
129,564 (11.26%) |
142,190 (12.36%) | 219,702 (19.10%) |
1,304 (0.11%) |
446,776 (38.83%) |
36,251 (3.15%) | 54,922 (4.77%) |
| Ohio | 626,130 | 1,539 (0.25%) |
24,656 (3.94%) |
75,215 (12.01%) | 34,499 (5.51%) |
587 (0.09%) |
399,938 (63.87%) |
25,082 (4.01%) | 31,471 (5.03%) |
| Oklahoma | 225,717 | 16,292 (7.22%) |
7,774 (3.44%) |
17,499 (7.75%) | 30,136 (13.35%) |
476 (0.21%) |
115,284 (51.07%) |
22,516 (9.98%) | 7,189 (3.18%) |
| Oregon | 205,171 | 1,739 (0.85%) |
12,776 (6.23%) |
6,395 (3.12%) | 36,159 (17.62%) |
1,164 (0.57%) |
115,740 (56.41%) |
13,635 (6.65%) | 11,706 (5.71%) |
| Pennsylvania | 651,065 | 1,155 (0.18%) |
47,414 (7.28%) |
71,427 (10.97%) | 63,312 (9.72%) |
567 (0.09%) |
366,328 (56.27%) |
23,726 (3.64%) | 32,016 (4.92%) |
| Puerto Rico | 171,753 | 324 (0.19%) |
155 (0.09%) |
2,454 (1.43%) | 163,625 (95.27%) |
38 (0.02%) |
2,050 (1.19%) |
266 (0.15%) | 2,473 (1.44%) |
| Palau | 393 | - | 14 (3.56%) |
1 (0.25%) | - | 376 (95.67%) |
2 (0.51%) |
- | - |
| Rhode Island | 77,488 | 208 (0.27%) |
4,468 (5.77%) |
6,328 (8.17%) | 11,692 (15.09%) |
58 (0.07%) |
41,892 (54.06%) |
3,207 (4.14%) | 3,890 (5.02%) |
| South Carolina | 260,651 | 751 (0.29%) |
6,646 (2.55%) |
55,832 (21.42%) | 20,670 (7.93%) |
299 (0.11%) |
152,223 (58.40%) |
10,764 (4.13%) | 7,564 (2.90%) |
| South Dakota | 54,474 | 2,749 (5.05%) |
884 (1.62%) |
2,087 (3.83%) | 2,355 (4.32%) |
101 (0.19%) |
40,282 (73.95%) |
1,406 (2.58%) | 1,907 (3.50%) |
| Tennessee | 355,198 | 970 (0.27%) |
11,279 (3.18%) |
61,325 (17.27%) | 28,191 (7.94%) |
383 (0.11%) |
214,352 (60.35%) |
14,797 (4.17%) | 12,593 (3.55%) |
| Texas | 1,699,794 | 5,829 (0.34%) |
117,345 (6.90%) |
203,655 (11.98%) | 701,719 (41.28%) |
2,128 (0.13%) |
486,755 (28.64%) |
49,245 (2.90%) | 54,750 (3.22%) |
| Utah | 496,681 | 4,090 (0.82%) |
16,835 (3.39%) |
34,281 (6.90%) | 67,171 (13.52%) |
2,945 (0.59%) |
307,571 (61.93%) |
18,312 (3.69%) | 36,236 (7.30%) |
| Virginia | 575,729 | 1,579 (0.27%) |
44,244 (7.68%) |
104,965 (18.23%) | 63,310 (11.00%) |
942 (0.16%) |
268,129 (46.57%) |
28,869 (5.01%) | 41,195 (7.16%) |
| Virgin Islands | 1,792 | 2 (0.11%) |
5 (0.28%) |
1,178 (65.74%) | 243 (13.56%) |
8 (0.45%) |
122 (6.81%) |
64 (3.57%) | 32 (1.79%) |
| Vermont | 38,527 | 109 (0.28%) |
1,311 (3.40%) |
1,427 (3.70%) | 2,676 (6.95%) |
23 (0.06%) |
28,498 (73.97%) |
1,692 (4.39%) | 1,502 (3.90%) |
| Washington | 335,369 | 2,575 (0.77%) |
36,398 (10.85%) |
16,196 (4.83%) | 55,626 (16.59%) |
1,535 (0.46%) |
138,420 (41.27%) |
25,224 (7.52%) | 41,122 (12.26%) |
| Wisconsin | 329,749 | 2,479 (0.75%) |
16,187 (4.91%) |
20,462 (6.21%) | 33,304 (10.10%) |
286 (0.09%) |
219,615 (66.60%) |
11,499 (3.49%) | 11,859 (3.60%) |
| West Virginia | 135,922 | 514 (0.38%) |
2,841 (2.09%) |
13,945 (10.26%) | 12,751 (9.38%) |
576 (0.42%) |
89,036 (65.51%) |
5,802 (4.27%) | 7,445 (5.48%) |
| Wyoming | 33,938 | 500 (1.47%) |
321 (0.95%) |
1,397 (4.12%) | 4,467 (13.16%) |
69 (0.20%) |
23,131 (68.16%) |
1,175 (3.46%) | 1,971 (5.81%) |