8,596,425 Men and 11,745,173 Women Students Enrolled in U.S. Colleges

20,341,598

Total

8,596,425

Men (42.26%)

11,745,173

Women (57.74%)

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

By gender, there are 8,596,425 men students and 11,745,173 students. The men to woman students ratio is 0.73 to 1.

In 4-year colleges, 57.69% of total enrollment is women students and 42.31% is men students. In community colleges, the women students' proportion is 57.45%.

West Virginia colleges have the highest rate of men students of 50.09%. Minnesota colleges have the highest rate of women students of 64.96%.

Student Population Comparison Table by Gender

Student Population Comparison Table by Gender

The following table compares the student population by gender for each U.S. state. By gender, 42.26% of total students is men students (8,596,425) and 57.74% is women students (11,745,173).

In 3,064 4-year colleges in United States, there are 6,506,628 men students which is 42.31% of total students. The proportion of women students at 4-year colleges is 57.69% (8,872,566).

Of the 4,651,632 students attending community colleges (2-4 years colleges), 42.55% are men (2,672,485) and 57.45% are women students (2,672,485).

In trade schools (less than 2-years schools), there are 110,650 men and 200,122 women students, accounting for 35.60% and 64.40% of total students.

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Enrollment Comparison by Gender
StateTotal Number of SchoolsTotal Enrollment4-Year CollegesCommunity CollegesTrade Schools
TotalMenWomenTotalMenWomen TotalMenWomen
Alaska1022,99522,430 8,485
(37.83%)
13,945
(62.17%)
296 52
(17.57%)
244
(82.43%)
269 222
(82.53%)
47
(17.47%)
Alabama84316,144224,049 95,349
(42.56%)
128,700
(57.44%)
89,400 35,355
(39.55%)
54,045
(60.45%)
2,695 1,179
(43.75%)
1,516
(56.25%)
Arkansas85164,597118,438 47,791
(40.35%)
70,647
(59.65%)
44,003 17,230
(39.16%)
26,773
(60.84%)
2,156 505
(23.42%)
1,651
(76.58%)
American Samoa1843843 251
(29.77%)
592
(70.23%)
- - - - - -
Arizona124720,417652,879 246,680
(37.78%)
406,199
(62.22%)
59,602 29,009
(48.67%)
30,593
(51.33%)
7,936 2,504
(31.55%)
5,432
(68.45%)
California6692,733,3011,660,826 732,424
(44.10%)
928,402
(55.90%)
1,031,785 468,195
(45.38%)
563,590
(54.62%)
40,690 16,825
(41.35%)
23,865
(58.65%)
Colorado88376,876350,879 152,167
(43.37%)
198,712
(56.63%)
17,378 6,633
(38.17%)
10,745
(61.83%)
8,619 5,645
(65.49%)
2,974
(34.51%)
Connecticut61201,284157,471 64,112
(40.71%)
93,359
(59.29%)
38,653 15,388
(39.81%)
23,265
(60.19%)
5,160 2,769
(53.66%)
2,391
(46.34%)
District of Columbia24100,832100,155 37,293
(37.24%)
62,862
(62.76%)
384 74
(19.27%)
310
(80.73%)
293 62
(21.16%)
231
(78.84%)
Delaware1959,62658,010 22,135
(38.16%)
35,875
(61.84%)
104 34
(32.69%)
70
(67.31%)
1,512 539
(35.65%)
973
(64.35%)
Florida3941,115,2011,026,576 429,398
(41.83%)
597,178
(58.17%)
52,537 26,423
(50.29%)
26,114
(49.71%)
36,088 14,913
(41.32%)
21,175
(58.68%)
Federated States of Micronesia11,7291,729 642
(37.13%)
1,087
(62.87%)
- - - - - -
Georgia168600,125458,099 191,442
(41.79%)
266,657
(58.21%)
135,846 52,220
(38.44%)
83,626
(61.56%)
6,180 1,330
(21.52%)
4,850
(78.48%)
Guam34,3884,388 1,843
(42.00%)
2,545
(58.00%)
- - - - - -
Hawaii2361,62439,096 14,696
(37.59%)
24,400
(62.41%)
22,466 8,761
(39.00%)
13,705
(61.00%)
62 10
(16.13%)
52
(83.87%)
Iowa75208,398119,909 55,714
(46.46%)
64,195
(53.54%)
86,961 37,145
(42.71%)
49,816
(57.29%)
1,528 112
(7.33%)
1,416
(92.67%)
Idaho36137,069130,314 57,031
(43.76%)
73,283
(56.24%)
5,139 1,972
(38.37%)
3,167
(61.63%)
1,616 165
(10.21%)
1,451
(89.79%)
Illinois245740,314453,906 184,148
(40.57%)
269,758
(59.43%)
275,495 120,175
(43.62%)
155,320
(56.38%)
10,913 2,315
(21.21%)
8,598
(78.79%)
Indiana143496,815378,657 170,396
(45.00%)
208,261
(55.00%)
114,289 52,185
(45.66%)
62,104
(54.34%)
3,869 451
(11.66%)
3,418
(88.34%)
Kansas80199,800119,944 52,474
(43.75%)
67,470
(56.25%)
77,408 34,827
(44.99%)
42,581
(55.01%)
2,448 590
(24.10%)
1,858
(75.90%)
Kentucky87292,658204,508 82,957
(40.56%)
121,551
(59.44%)
85,693 34,451
(40.20%)
51,242
(59.80%)
2,457 225
(9.16%)
2,232
(90.84%)
Louisiana114263,493187,407 73,765
(39.36%)
113,642
(60.64%)
68,079 24,341
(35.75%)
43,738
(64.25%)
8,007 1,106
(13.81%)
6,901
(86.19%)
Massachusetts147484,623402,446 175,289
(43.56%)
227,157
(56.44%)
78,424 28,783
(36.70%)
49,641
(63.30%)
3,753 1,102
(29.36%)
2,651
(70.64%)
Maryland79354,963241,940 113,173
(46.78%)
128,767
(53.22%)
109,152 43,071
(39.46%)
66,081
(60.54%)
3,871 1,411
(36.45%)
2,460
(63.55%)
Maine3981,54259,515 22,568
(37.92%)
36,947
(62.08%)
21,417 9,049
(42.25%)
12,368
(57.75%)
610 80
(13.11%)
530
(86.89%)
Marshall Islands21,0111,011 454
(44.91%)
557
(55.09%)
- - - - - -
Michigan174491,323343,663 152,649
(44.42%)
191,014
(55.58%)
141,385 58,900
(41.66%)
82,485
(58.34%)
6,275 1,231
(19.62%)
5,044
(80.38%)
Minnesota109413,411300,097 97,797
(32.59%)
202,300
(67.41%)
111,310 46,780
(42.03%)
64,530
(57.97%)
2,004 295
(14.72%)
1,709
(85.28%)
Missouri155345,867289,693 124,611
(43.01%)
165,082
(56.99%)
52,196 20,918
(40.08%)
31,278
(59.92%)
3,978 833
(20.94%)
3,145
(79.06%)
Northern Marianas11,2391,239 465
(37.53%)
774
(62.47%)
- - - - - -
Mississippi56168,33297,415 39,811
(40.87%)
57,604
(59.13%)
67,826 25,274
(37.26%)
42,552
(62.74%)
3,091 1,313
(42.48%)
1,778
(57.52%)
Montana3148,71540,489 18,485
(45.65%)
22,004
(54.35%)
7,889 3,159
(40.04%)
4,730
(59.96%)
337 16
(4.75%)
321
(95.25%)
North Carolina176588,109342,151 141,222
(41.27%)
200,929
(58.73%)
244,095 96,570
(39.56%)
147,525
(60.44%)
1,863 235
(12.61%)
1,628
(87.39%)
North Dakota2653,82145,832 21,473
(46.85%)
24,359
(53.15%)
7,641 3,359
(43.96%)
4,282
(56.04%)
348 52
(14.94%)
296
(85.06%)
Nebraska40141,11496,051 40,667
(42.34%)
55,384
(57.66%)
45,063 20,750
(46.05%)
24,313
(53.95%)
- - -
New Hampshire32241,932231,424 87,064
(37.62%)
144,360
(62.38%)
9,626 3,781
(39.28%)
5,845
(60.72%)
882 77
(8.73%)
805
(91.27%)
New Jersey153411,702268,558 125,728
(46.82%)
142,830
(53.18%)
128,247 53,774
(41.93%)
74,473
(58.07%)
14,897 6,226
(41.79%)
8,671
(58.21%)
New Mexico42114,58058,636 23,801
(40.59%)
34,835
(59.41%)
54,988 20,718
(37.68%)
34,270
(62.32%)
956 179
(18.72%)
777
(81.28%)
Nevada38126,085115,986 48,462
(41.78%)
67,524
(58.22%)
5,744 1,661
(28.92%)
4,083
(71.08%)
4,355 1,257
(28.86%)
3,098
(71.14%)
New York4251,154,005891,166 379,184
(42.55%)
511,982
(57.45%)
248,648 108,168
(43.50%)
140,480
(56.50%)
14,191 4,457
(31.41%)
9,734
(68.59%)
Ohio289644,097574,770 247,044
(42.98%)
327,726
(57.02%)
58,116 20,540
(35.34%)
37,576
(64.66%)
11,211 4,030
(35.95%)
7,181
(64.05%)
Oklahoma105225,834152,655 64,342
(42.15%)
88,313
(57.85%)
59,170 23,025
(38.91%)
36,145
(61.09%)
14,009 6,898
(49.24%)
7,111
(50.76%)
Oregon74205,890152,020 66,385
(43.67%)
85,635
(56.33%)
53,389 22,542
(42.22%)
30,847
(57.78%)
481 143
(29.73%)
338
(70.27%)
Pennsylvania329654,930531,527 230,871
(43.44%)
300,656
(56.56%)
112,840 45,167
(40.03%)
67,673
(59.97%)
10,563 2,733
(25.87%)
7,830
(74.13%)
Puerto Rico145172,188157,656 60,937
(38.65%)
96,719
(61.35%)
5,897 3,585
(60.79%)
2,312
(39.21%)
8,635 4,334
(50.19%)
4,301
(49.81%)
Palau1393- - - 393 151
(38.42%)
242
(61.58%)
- - -
Rhode Island2377,48863,326 26,482
(41.82%)
36,844
(58.18%)
13,002 4,513
(34.71%)
8,489
(65.29%)
1,160 738
(63.62%)
422
(36.38%)
South Carolina94260,683179,545 72,902
(40.60%)
106,643
(59.40%)
77,713 28,566
(36.76%)
49,147
(63.24%)
3,425 816
(23.82%)
2,609
(76.18%)
South Dakota2654,49746,846 20,900
(44.61%)
25,946
(55.39%)
7,372 3,625
(49.17%)
3,747
(50.83%)
279 6
(2.15%)
273
(97.85%)
Tennessee152355,417243,154 97,607
(40.14%)
145,547
(59.86%)
108,179 48,642
(44.96%)
59,537
(55.04%)
4,084 398
(9.75%)
3,686
(90.25%)
Texas4171,700,5341,394,055 587,111
(42.12%)
806,944
(57.88%)
285,203 124,289
(43.58%)
160,914
(56.42%)
21,276 6,165
(28.98%)
15,111
(71.02%)
Utah64496,681446,563 193,744
(43.39%)
252,819
(56.61%)
28,008 12,445
(44.43%)
15,563
(55.57%)
22,110 12,050
(54.50%)
10,060
(45.50%)
Virginia162576,084408,201 176,095
(43.14%)
232,106
(56.86%)
164,686 72,045
(43.75%)
92,641
(56.25%)
3,197 703
(21.99%)
2,494
(78.01%)
Virgin Islands21,7921,792 545
(30.41%)
1,247
(69.59%)
- - - - - -
Vermont1638,79033,578 14,583
(43.43%)
18,995
(56.57%)
5,028 1,550
(30.83%)
3,478
(69.17%)
184 98
(53.26%)
86
(46.74%)
Washington106335,677328,843 146,210
(44.46%)
182,633
(55.54%)
2,717 1,402
(51.60%)
1,315
(48.40%)
4,117 837
(20.33%)
3,280
(79.67%)
Wisconsin89329,840220,340 94,001
(42.66%)
126,339
(57.34%)
108,174 48,886
(45.19%)
59,288
(54.81%)
1,326 158
(11.92%)
1,168
(88.08%)
West Virginia68135,942118,802 62,117
(52.29%)
56,685
(47.71%)
16,381 5,672
(34.63%)
10,709
(65.37%)
759 308
(40.58%)
451
(59.42%)
Wyoming1133,93827,696 10,656
(38.47%)
17,040
(61.53%)
6,195 3,317
(53.54%)
2,878
(46.46%)
47 4
(8.51%)
43
(91.49%)