A total of 200,868 students are enrolled in Connecticut colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.
By race, there are 537 native american or Alaska native students (0.27%), 12,019 asian students (5.98%), 27,829 african-american students (13.85%), 38,577 hispanic students (19.21%), 209 native hawaiian or other pacific islander students (0.10%), and 92,292 white students (45.95%).
For Connecticut colleges, Fairfield University has the highest rate of white students (0.00% and Branford Academy of Hair & Cosmetology has the lowest rate of white students (0.08%.
For Afraican-american students, New England Tractor Trailer Training School of CT-Bridgeport has the highest rate of black students (0.50% and Holy Apostles College and Seminary has the lowest rate of black students (0.02% among Connecticut colleges.
For Asian students, University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus has the highest rate of asian students (0.17% and Academy Di Capelli-School of Cosmetology has the lowest rate of asian students (0.00% among Connecticut colleges.
In Connecticut 4-year colleges and universites, there are 10,351 asian students (6.58%), 19,519 african-american students (12.41%), 24,499 hispanic students (15.58%), and 76,604 white students (48.71%).
In Connecticut community colleges, there are 6,979 african-american students (18.08%), 12,468 hispanic students (32.31%), and 14,170 white students (36.72%).
In Connecticut trade schools, there are 1,331 african-american students (26.58%), 1,610 hispanic students (32.15%), and 1,518 white students (30.31%).
| School Level | Total Enrollment | American Indian / Native American | Asian | African-American | Hispanic | Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander | White | Two or More Race | Race Unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Levels | 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%) |
| 4-year Colleges | 157,268 | 429 (0.27%) |
10,351 (6.58%) |
19,519 (12.41%) |
24,499 (15.58%) |
156 (0.10%) |
76,604 (48.71%) |
6,445 (4.10%) |
4,144 (2.63%) |
| Community Colleges | 38,592 | 96 (0.25%) |
1,612 (4.18%) |
6,979 (18.08%) |
12,468 (32.31%) |
48 (0.12%) |
14,170 (36.72%) |
1,463 (3.79%) |
1,502 (3.89%) |
| Trade Schools | 5,008 | 12 (0.24%) |
56 (1.12%) |
1,331 (26.58%) |
1,610 (32.15%) |
5 (0.10%) |
1,518 (30.31%) |
212 (4.23%) |
257 (5.13%) |
The following table compares student population by race between Connecticut colleges. A total of 200,868 students have enrolled in Connecticut colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.
| School | Total Enrollment | American Indian / Native American | Asian | African-American | Hispanic | Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander | White | Two or More Race | Race Unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albertus Magnus CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,239 | 1 (0.1%) |
18 (1.5%) |
345 (27.8%) |
322 (26.0%) |
- | 439 (35.4%) |
41 (3.3%) |
23 (1.9%) |
| University of BridgeportPrivate, 4-year | 3,838 | 20 (0.5%) |
177 (4.6%) |
816 (21.3%) |
633 (16.5%) |
- | 912 (23.8%) |
19 (0.5%) |
74 (1.9%) |
| Central Connecticut State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 9,997 | 19 (0.2%) |
486 (4.9%) |
1,421 (14.2%) |
2,002 (20.0%) |
6 (0.1%) |
5,360 (53.6%) |
276 (2.8%) |
231 (2.3%) |
| Charter Oak State CollegePublic, 4-year | 2,012 | 1 (0.0%) |
65 (3.2%) |
432 (21.5%) |
446 (22.2%) |
2 (0.1%) |
942 (46.8%) |
58 (2.9%) |
48 (2.4%) |
| Cortiva InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year | 209 | 1 (0.5%) |
4 (1.9%) |
42 (20.1%) |
66 (31.6%) |
- | 70 (33.5%) |
16 (7.7%) |
10 (4.8%) |
| Connecticut CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,990 | - | 73 (3.7%) |
98 (4.9%) |
227 (11.4%) |
2 (0.1%) |
1,345 (67.6%) |
79 (4.0%) |
49 (2.5%) |
| Porter & Chester Institute of HamdenPrivate, 2-4 year | 402 | 1 (0.2%) |
3 (0.7%) |
165 (41.0%) |
106 (26.4%) |
- | 81 (20.1%) |
20 (5.0%) |
26 (6.5%) |
| University of ConnecticutPublic, 4-year | 28,306 | 27 (0.1%) |
3,176 (11.2%) |
1,983 (7.0%) |
4,109 (14.5%) |
10 (0.0%) |
14,200 (50.2%) |
1,203 (4.2%) |
351 (1.2%) |
| Goodwin UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,970 | 27 (0.9%) |
92 (3.1%) |
835 (28.1%) |
459 (15.5%) |
3 (0.1%) |
981 (33.0%) |
349 (11.8%) |
223 (7.5%) |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-East WindsorPrivate, Less than 2-year | 1,008 | 4 (0.4%) |
14 (1.4%) |
157 (15.6%) |
261 (25.9%) |
2 (0.2%) |
338 (33.5%) |
50 (5.0%) |
182 (18.1%) |
| Eastern Connecticut State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 4,355 | 10 (0.2%) |
172 (3.9%) |
362 (8.3%) |
629 (14.4%) |
5 (0.1%) |
2,771 (63.6%) |
104 (2.4%) |
291 (6.7%) |
| Fairfield UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 6,864 | 5 (0.1%) |
157 (2.3%) |
170 (2.5%) |
572 (8.3%) |
4 (0.1%) |
5,190 (75.6%) |
143 (2.1%) |
450 (6.6%) |
| Paul Mitchell the School-North HavenPrivate, Less than 2-year | 178 | 1 (0.6%) |
3 (1.7%) |
45 (25.3%) |
56 (31.5%) |
1 (0.6%) |
62 (34.8%) |
4 (2.2%) |
6 (3.4%) |
| Connecticut State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 36,315 | 85 (0.2%) |
1,572 (4.3%) |
6,189 (17.0%) |
11,771 (32.4%) |
45 (0.1%) |
13,712 (37.8%) |
1,361 (3.7%) |
1,326 (3.7%) |
| American Institute-West HartfordPrivate, 2-4 year | 402 | 1 (0.2%) |
8 (2.0%) |
162 (40.3%) |
156 (38.8%) |
2 (0.5%) |
55 (13.7%) |
4 (1.0%) |
14 (3.5%) |
| Hartford International University for Religion and PeacePrivate, 4-year | 109 | - | 10 (9.2%) |
17 (15.6%) |
3 (2.8%) |
- | 43 (39.4%) |
3 (2.8%) |
5 (4.6%) |
| University of HartfordPrivate, 4-year | 6,015 | 14 (0.2%) |
239 (4.0%) |
849 (14.1%) |
978 (16.3%) |
4 (0.1%) |
3,149 (52.4%) |
174 (2.9%) |
282 (4.7%) |
| Holy Apostles College and SeminaryPrivate, 4-year | 719 | 1 (0.1%) |
38 (5.3%) |
12 (1.7%) |
119 (16.6%) |
3 (0.4%) |
478 (66.5%) |
24 (3.3%) |
18 (2.5%) |
| Mitchell CollegePrivate, 4-year | 442 | 5 (1.1%) |
7 (1.6%) |
59 (13.3%) |
91 (20.6%) |
- | 234 (52.9%) |
15 (3.4%) |
28 (6.3%) |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-New BritainPrivate, Less than 2-year | 928 | 2 (0.2%) |
11 (1.2%) |
297 (32.0%) |
325 (35.0%) |
1 (0.1%) |
216 (23.3%) |
68 (7.3%) |
8 (0.9%) |
| New England Tractor Trailer Training School of ConnecticutPrivate, Less than 2-year | 289 | - | 1 (0.3%) |
95 (32.9%) |
75 (26.0%) |
- | 118 (40.8%) |
- | - |
| University of New HavenPrivate, 4-year | 9,229 | 15 (0.2%) |
238 (2.6%) |
757 (8.2%) |
1,238 (13.4%) |
5 (0.1%) |
3,400 (36.8%) |
239 (2.6%) |
229 (2.5%) |
| Porter & Chester InstitutePrivate, 2-4 year | 1,373 | 9 (0.7%) |
28 (2.0%) |
428 (31.2%) |
404 (29.4%) |
1 (0.1%) |
293 (21.3%) |
74 (5.4%) |
136 (9.9%) |
| Post UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 16,178 | 149 (0.9%) |
330 (2.0%) |
5,702 (35.2%) |
2,254 (13.9%) |
73 (0.5%) |
6,170 (38.1%) |
1,111 (6.9%) |
199 (1.2%) |
| Quinnipiac UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 9,424 | 10 (0.1%) |
446 (4.7%) |
473 (5.0%) |
1,128 (12.0%) |
6 (0.1%) |
6,630 (70.4%) |
261 (2.8%) |
263 (2.8%) |
| Sacred Heart UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 11,022 | 7 (0.1%) |
229 (2.1%) |
481 (4.4%) |
1,346 (12.2%) |
4 (0.0%) |
7,001 (63.5%) |
249 (2.3%) |
242 (2.2%) |
| University of Saint JosephPrivate, 4-year | 1,952 | 3 (0.2%) |
106 (5.4%) |
209 (10.7%) |
319 (16.3%) |
3 (0.2%) |
1,091 (55.9%) |
45 (2.3%) |
151 (7.7%) |
| Southern Connecticut State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 9,377 | 18 (0.2%) |
392 (4.2%) |
1,701 (18.1%) |
2,198 (23.4%) |
5 (0.1%) |
4,360 (46.5%) |
415 (4.4%) |
211 (2.3%) |
| Trinity CollegePrivate, 4-year | 2,238 | 2 (0.1%) |
96 (4.3%) |
132 (5.9%) |
223 (10.0%) |
- | 1,282 (57.3%) |
99 (4.4%) |
104 (4.6%) |
| Wesleyan UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 4,011 | 12 (0.3%) |
380 (9.5%) |
385 (9.6%) |
693 (17.3%) |
2 (0.0%) |
1,825 (45.5%) |
249 (6.2%) |
109 (2.7%) |
| Western Connecticut State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 4,169 | 26 (0.6%) |
180 (4.3%) |
440 (10.6%) |
1,117 (26.8%) |
2 (0.0%) |
2,031 (48.7%) |
221 (5.3%) |
124 (3.0%) |
| Yale UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 15,564 | 49 (0.3%) |
2,584 (16.6%) |
1,147 (7.4%) |
1,848 (11.9%) |
16 (0.1%) |
4,944 (31.8%) |
819 (5.3%) |
381 (2.4%) |
| Industrial Management Training InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year | 114 | - | 4 (3.5%) |
18 (15.8%) |
44 (38.6%) |
- | 48 (42.1%) |
- | - |
| University of Connecticut-Waterbury CampusPublic, 4-year | 745 | 1 (0.1%) |
93 (12.5%) |
82 (11.0%) |
226 (30.3%) |
- | 287 (38.5%) |
35 (4.7%) |
6 (0.8%) |
| University of Connecticut-Avery PointPublic, 4-year | 477 | 1 (0.2%) |
36 (7.5%) |
26 (5.5%) |
84 (17.6%) |
- | 283 (59.3%) |
38 (8.0%) |
7 (1.5%) |
| University of Connecticut-StamfordPublic, 4-year | 2,482 | 4 (0.2%) |
262 (10.6%) |
372 (15.0%) |
918 (37.0%) |
1 (0.0%) |
642 (25.9%) |
96 (3.9%) |
32 (1.3%) |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-SheltonPrivate, Less than 2-year | 875 | - | 14 (1.6%) |
293 (33.5%) |
277 (31.7%) |
1 (0.1%) |
206 (23.5%) |
51 (5.8%) |
32 (3.7%) |
| Academy Di Capelli-School of CosmetologyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 402 | - | 1 (0.2%) |
91 (22.6%) |
153 (38.1%) |
- | 146 (36.3%) |
- | 11 (2.7%) |
| Branford Academy of Hair & CosmetologyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 51 | - | - | 20 (39.2%) |
27 (52.9%) |
- | 4 (7.8%) |
- | - |
| Oxford Academy of Hair Design IncPrivate, Less than 2-year | 143 | 1 (0.7%) |
2 (1.4%) |
22 (15.4%) |
41 (28.7%) |
- | 67 (46.9%) |
3 (2.1%) |
2 (1.4%) |
| TIGI Hairdressing Academy GuilfordPrivate, Less than 2-year | 52 | - | - | 1 (1.9%) |
20 (38.5%) |
- | 31 (59.6%) |
- | - |
| International Institute of CosmetologyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 197 | 3 (1.5%) |
- | 12 (6.1%) |
50 (25.4%) |
- | 116 (58.9%) |
13 (6.6%) |
2 (1.0%) |
| University of Connecticut-Hartford CampusPublic, 4-year | 1,544 | 2 (0.1%) |
269 (17.4%) |
213 (13.8%) |
317 (20.5%) |
- | 614 (39.8%) |
80 (5.2%) |
13 (0.8%) |
| New England Tractor Trailer Training School of CT-BridgeportPrivate, Less than 2-year | 428 | - | 2 (0.5%) |
214 (50.0%) |
156 (36.4%) |
- | 48 (11.2%) |
5 (1.2%) |
3 (0.7%) |
| Belle Academy of Cosmetology LLCPrivate, Less than 2-year | 5 | - | - | 2 (40.0%) |
2 (40.0%) |
- | 1 (20.0%) |
- | - |
| TIGI Hairdressing Academy NewtownPrivate, Less than 2-year | 53 | - | - | 1 (1.9%) |
15 (28.3%) |
- | 34 (64.2%) |
2 (3.8%) |
1 (1.9%) |
| Dolce The AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 44 | - | - | 7 (15.9%) |
28 (63.6%) |
- | 9 (20.5%) |
- | - |
| American Institute of Healthcare & TechnologyPrivate, 2-4 year | 100 | - | 1 (1.0%) |
35 (35.0%) |
31 (31.0%) |
- | 29 (29.0%) |
4 (4.0%) |
- |
| Branford Academy of Hair & Cosmetology-BridgeportPrivate, Less than 2-year | 32 | - | - | 14 (43.8%) |
14 (43.8%) |
- | 4 (12.5%) |
- | - |