Total 20,341,598 Students Enrolled in U.S. Colleges

A total of 20,341,598 students are enrolled in U.S. colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.

There are 17,021,522 undergraduate and 3,320,736 graduate students. The proportion of undergraduate students is 83.68% and the proportion of graduate students is 16.32%.

By school level, 15,379,194 students enrolled in 4-year colleges, 4,651,632 students enrolled in community colleges, and 310,772 students enrolled in trade schools.

California colleges have the most number of students of 1,660,826. Alaska colleges have the least number of students of 22,430.

Student Population Comparison Table By State

The following table compares the student population by school level for each U.S. state. You can sort the table by each column by touching/clicking the column title.

Enrollment Comparison By State and School Level
State	Total Number of Schools	Total Enrollment	4-Year Colleges		Community Colleges		Trade Schools
State	Total Number of Schools	Total Enrollment	Number of Schools	Population	Number of Schools	Population	Number of Schools	Population
Alaska	10	22,995	7	22,430	2	296	1	269
Alabama	84	316,144	42	224,049	26	89,400	16	2,695
Arkansas	85	164,597	28	118,438	26	44,003	31	2,156
American Samoa	1	843	1	843	0	-	0	-
Arizona	124	720,417	64	652,879	24	59,602	36	7,936
California	669	2,733,301	302	1,660,826	175	1,031,785	192	40,690
Colorado	88	376,876	48	350,879	18	17,378	22	8,619
Connecticut	61	201,284	30	157,471	8	38,653	23	5,160
District of Columbia	24	100,832	19	100,155	3	384	2	293
Delaware	19	59,626	9	58,010	1	104	9	1,512
Florida	394	1,115,201	183	1,026,576	82	52,537	129	36,088
Federated States of Micronesia	1	1,729	1	1,729	0	-	0	-
Georgia	168	600,125	83	458,099	56	135,846	29	6,180
Guam	3	4,388	3	4,388	0	-	0	-
Hawaii	23	61,624	11	39,096	10	22,466	2	62
Iowa	75	208,398	37	119,909	23	86,961	15	1,528
Idaho	36	137,069	14	130,314	3	5,139	19	1,616
Illinois	245	740,314	101	453,906	66	275,495	78	10,913
Indiana	143	496,815	72	378,657	31	114,289	40	3,869
Kansas	80	199,800	35	119,944	29	77,408	16	2,448
Kentucky	87	292,658	38	204,508	22	85,693	27	2,457
Louisiana	114	263,493	37	187,407	27	68,079	50	8,007
Massachusetts	147	484,623	85	402,446	22	78,424	40	3,753
Maryland	79	354,963	37	241,940	18	109,152	24	3,871
Maine	39	81,542	25	59,515	8	21,417	6	610
Marshall Islands	2	1,011	2	1,011	0	-	0	-
Michigan	174	491,323	73	343,663	42	141,385	59	6,275
Minnesota	109	413,411	53	300,097	45	111,310	11	2,004
Missouri	155	345,867	89	289,693	20	52,196	46	3,978
Northern Marianas	1	1,239	1	1,239	0	-	0	-
Mississippi	56	168,332	19	97,415	21	67,826	16	3,091
Montana	31	48,715	14	40,489	12	7,889	5	337
North Carolina	176	588,109	83	342,151	69	244,095	24	1,863
North Dakota	26	53,821	15	45,832	5	7,641	6	348
Nebraska	40	141,114	24	96,051	16	45,063	0	-
New Hampshire	32	241,932	17	231,424	8	9,626	7	882
New Jersey	153	411,702	65	268,558	39	128,247	49	14,897
New Mexico	42	114,580	13	58,636	21	54,988	8	956
Nevada	38	126,085	15	115,986	7	5,744	16	4,355
New York	425	1,154,005	246	891,166	86	248,648	93	14,191
Ohio	289	644,097	137	574,770	66	58,116	86	11,211
Oklahoma	105	225,834	34	152,655	26	59,170	45	14,009
Oregon	74	205,890	35	152,020	33	53,389	6	481
Pennsylvania	329	654,930	149	531,527	86	112,840	94	10,563
Puerto Rico	145	172,188	76	157,656	19	5,897	50	8,635
Palau	1	393	0	-	1	393	0	-
Rhode Island	23	77,488	14	63,326	3	13,002	6	1,160
South Carolina	94	260,683	45	179,545	25	77,713	24	3,425
South Dakota	26	54,497	17	46,846	6	7,372	3	279
Tennessee	152	355,417	64	243,154	49	108,179	39	4,084
Texas	417	1,700,534	168	1,394,055	97	285,203	152	21,276
Utah	64	496,681	23	446,563	5	28,008	36	22,110
Virginia	162	576,084	86	408,201	40	164,686	36	3,197
Virgin Islands	2	1,792	2	1,792	0	-	0	-
Vermont	16	38,790	13	33,578	1	5,028	2	184
Washington	106	335,677	75	328,843	10	2,717	21	4,117
Wisconsin	89	329,840	51	220,340	22	108,174	16	1,326
West Virginia	68	135,942	27	118,802	23	16,381	18	759
Wyoming	11	33,938	7	27,696	3	6,195	1	47

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