Total 19,062,680 Students Enrolled in U.S. Colleges

A total of 19,062,680 students are enrolled in U.S. colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.

There are 15,869,077 undergraduate and 3,193,603 graduate students. The proportion of undergraduate students is 83.25% and the proportion of graduate students is 16.75%.

By school level, 14,210,650 students enrolled in 4-year colleges, 4,568,716 students enrolled in community colleges, and 283,314 students enrolled in trade schools.

California colleges have the most number of students of 1,425,951. Wyoming colleges have the least number of students of 20,607.

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	22,471	7	21,924	2	345	1	202
Alabama	84	295,411	42	214,910	26	78,432	16	2,069
Arkansas	85	156,935	28	113,722	26	41,059	31	2,154
American Samoa	1	1,051	1	1,051	0	-	0	-
Arizona	120	633,112	54	504,307	31	120,385	35	8,420
California	663	2,552,896	287	1,425,951	186	1,085,840	190	41,105
Colorado	87	355,652	44	319,751	21	27,945	22	7,956
Connecticut	61	161,797	30	151,833	9	5,266	22	4,698
District of Columbia	24	99,595	19	98,761	3	604	2	230
Delaware	18	58,629	9	56,893	1	129	8	1,607
Florida	390	1,049,672	178	975,982	81	44,719	131	28,971
Federated States of Micronesia	1	1,996	1	1,996	0	-	0	-
Georgia	164	546,900	82	424,011	56	116,704	26	6,185
Guam	3	4,733	3	4,733	0	-	0	-
Hawaii	23	59,016	11	37,631	9	21,273	3	112
Iowa	75	202,899	37	119,415	31	82,833	7	651
Idaho	35	127,090	12	108,591	5	17,030	18	1,469
Illinois	243	684,494	99	433,353	66	241,057	78	10,084
Indiana	141	450,045	72	354,448	30	91,933	39	3,664
Kansas	77	188,680	35	114,911	27	70,167	15	3,602
Kentucky	87	267,953	38	190,807	22	75,210	27	1,936
Louisiana	114	249,991	37	177,175	30	64,942	47	7,874
Massachusetts	146	460,347	84	392,383	22	63,691	40	4,273
Maryland	78	334,155	37	233,082	18	96,979	23	4,094
Maine	39	72,446	25	54,638	8	16,837	6	971
Marshall Islands	2	1,384	2	1,384	0	-	0	-
Michigan	172	476,119	74	342,727	38	126,922	60	6,470
Minnesota	108	375,125	53	273,331	45	100,065	10	1,729
Missouri	153	329,806	88	276,344	22	49,872	43	3,590
Northern Marianas	1	1,297	1	1,297	0	-	0	-
Mississippi	55	159,067	19	91,917	20	64,033	16	3,117
Montana	30	47,374	14	39,420	12	7,714	4	240
North Carolina	175	556,719	83	334,369	69	220,264	23	2,086
North Dakota	26	51,398	15	44,133	7	7,117	4	148
Nebraska	40	135,452	24	94,500	16	40,952	0	-
New Hampshire	32	215,280	17	205,355	8	9,216	7	709
New Jersey	152	394,525	65	259,482	42	125,241	45	9,802
New Mexico	42	110,801	13	54,673	21	54,740	8	1,388
Nevada	37	118,249	14	109,507	7	4,345	16	4,397
New York	419	1,108,749	240	862,939	86	232,974	93	12,836
Ohio	286	627,882	131	493,936	68	124,514	87	9,432
Oklahoma	103	210,254	32	132,295	28	64,848	43	13,111
Oregon	74	197,086	34	141,304	33	55,074	7	708
Pennsylvania	325	647,469	149	530,656	88	108,690	88	8,123
Puerto Rico	143	169,409	75	154,323	20	7,226	48	7,860
Palau	1	454	0	-	1	454	0	-
Rhode Island	23	75,952	14	62,150	2	12,346	7	1,456
South Carolina	93	245,502	45	169,549	25	72,748	23	3,205
South Dakota	26	51,460	17	43,986	6	7,211	3	263
Tennessee	151	328,847	62	232,056	50	92,730	39	4,061
Texas	410	1,591,715	159	1,267,185	101	305,283	150	19,247
Utah	63	419,574	23	374,480	5	26,873	35	18,221
Virginia	158	548,397	84	393,039	40	152,088	34	3,270
Virgin Islands	2	1,636	2	1,636	0	-	0	-
Vermont	16	35,910	13	30,150	1	5,596	2	164
Washington	106	312,468	72	294,324	13	14,799	21	3,345
Wisconsin	89	316,537	52	227,342	21	87,944	16	1,251
West Virginia	68	132,801	27	117,995	23	14,093	18	713
Wyoming	10	30,016	5	20,607	4	9,364	1	45

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