A total of 19,062,680 students are enrolled in U.S. colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.
By gender, there are 7,997,239 men students and 11,065,441 students. The men to woman students ratio is 0.72 to 1.
In 4-year colleges, 57.98% of total enrollment is women students and 42.02% is men students. In community colleges, the women students' proportion is 57.67%.
West Virginia colleges have the highest rate of men students of 49.54%. Minnesota colleges have the highest rate of women students of 63.64%.
The following table compares the student population by gender for each U.S. state. By gender, 41.95% of total students is men students (7,997,239) and 58.05% is women students (11,065,441).
In 2,990 4-year colleges in United States, there are 5,970,756 men students which is 42.02% of total students. The proportion of women students at 4-year colleges is 57.98% (8,239,894).
Of the 4,568,716 students attending community colleges (2-4 years colleges), 42.33% are men (2,634,559) and 57.67% are women students (2,634,559).
In trade schools (less than 2-years schools), there are 92,326 men and 190,988 women students, accounting for 32.59% and 67.41% of total students.
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| State | Total Number of Schools | Total Enrollment | 4-Year Colleges | Community Colleges | Trade Schools | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |||
| Alaska | 10 | 22,471 | 21,924 | 8,128 (37.07%) |
13,796 (62.93%) |
345 | 65 (18.84%) |
280 (81.16%) |
202 | 140 (69.31%) |
62 (30.69%) |
| Alabama | 84 | 295,411 | 214,910 | 90,349 (42.04%) |
124,561 (57.96%) |
78,432 | 31,272 (39.87%) |
47,160 (60.13%) |
2,069 | 846 (40.89%) |
1,223 (59.11%) |
| Arkansas | 85 | 156,935 | 113,722 | 46,472 (40.86%) |
67,250 (59.14%) |
41,059 | 15,549 (37.87%) |
25,510 (62.13%) |
2,154 | 477 (22.14%) |
1,677 (77.86%) |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1,051 | 1,051 | 296 (28.16%) |
755 (71.84%) |
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| Arizona | 120 | 633,112 | 504,307 | 184,742 (36.63%) |
319,565 (63.37%) |
120,385 | 53,284 (44.26%) |
67,101 (55.74%) |
8,420 | 2,359 (28.02%) |
6,061 (71.98%) |
| California | 663 | 2,552,896 | 1,425,951 | 610,524 (42.82%) |
815,427 (57.18%) |
1,085,840 | 490,995 (45.22%) |
594,845 (54.78%) |
41,105 | 14,207 (34.56%) |
26,898 (65.44%) |
| Colorado | 87 | 355,652 | 319,751 | 137,989 (43.16%) |
181,762 (56.84%) |
27,945 | 10,729 (38.39%) |
17,216 (61.61%) |
7,956 | 4,993 (62.76%) |
2,963 (37.24%) |
| Connecticut | 61 | 161,797 | 151,833 | 61,621 (40.58%) |
90,212 (59.42%) |
5,266 | 2,274 (43.18%) |
2,992 (56.82%) |
4,698 | 2,528 (53.81%) |
2,170 (46.19%) |
| District of Columbia | 24 | 99,595 | 98,761 | 37,149 (37.62%) |
61,612 (62.38%) |
604 | 174 (28.81%) |
430 (71.19%) |
230 | 65 (28.26%) |
165 (71.74%) |
| Delaware | 18 | 58,629 | 56,893 | 21,764 (38.25%) |
35,129 (61.75%) |
129 | 43 (33.33%) |
86 (66.67%) |
1,607 | 570 (35.47%) |
1,037 (64.53%) |
| Florida | 390 | 1,049,672 | 975,982 | 405,309 (41.53%) |
570,673 (58.47%) |
44,719 | 20,490 (45.82%) |
24,229 (54.18%) |
28,971 | 10,718 (37.00%) |
18,253 (63.00%) |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 1 | 1,996 | 1,996 | 811 (40.63%) |
1,185 (59.37%) |
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| Georgia | 164 | 546,900 | 424,011 | 175,807 (41.46%) |
248,204 (58.54%) |
116,704 | 44,001 (37.70%) |
72,703 (62.30%) |
6,185 | 877 (14.18%) |
5,308 (85.82%) |
| Guam | 3 | 4,733 | 4,733 | 2,050 (43.31%) |
2,683 (56.69%) |
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| Hawaii | 23 | 59,016 | 37,631 | 13,875 (36.87%) |
23,756 (63.13%) |
21,273 | 8,107 (38.11%) |
13,166 (61.89%) |
112 | 48 (42.86%) |
64 (57.14%) |
| Iowa | 75 | 202,899 | 119,415 | 55,531 (46.50%) |
63,884 (53.50%) |
82,833 | 35,783 (43.20%) |
47,050 (56.80%) |
651 | 95 (14.59%) |
556 (85.41%) |
| Idaho | 35 | 127,090 | 108,591 | 46,392 (42.72%) |
62,199 (57.28%) |
17,030 | 6,982 (41.00%) |
10,048 (59.00%) |
1,469 | 163 (11.10%) |
1,306 (88.90%) |
| Illinois | 243 | 684,494 | 433,353 | 178,670 (41.23%) |
254,683 (58.77%) |
241,057 | 103,070 (42.76%) |
137,987 (57.24%) |
10,084 | 1,895 (18.79%) |
8,189 (81.21%) |
| Indiana | 141 | 450,045 | 354,448 | 157,898 (44.55%) |
196,550 (55.45%) |
91,933 | 41,618 (45.27%) |
50,315 (54.73%) |
3,664 | 365 (9.96%) |
3,299 (90.04%) |
| Kansas | 77 | 188,680 | 114,911 | 50,718 (44.14%) |
64,193 (55.86%) |
70,167 | 31,607 (45.05%) |
38,560 (54.95%) |
3,602 | 1,421 (39.45%) |
2,181 (60.55%) |
| Kentucky | 87 | 267,953 | 190,807 | 77,948 (40.85%) |
112,859 (59.15%) |
75,210 | 30,879 (41.06%) |
44,331 (58.94%) |
1,936 | 159 (8.21%) |
1,777 (91.79%) |
| Louisiana | 114 | 249,991 | 177,175 | 69,437 (39.19%) |
107,738 (60.81%) |
64,942 | 23,343 (35.94%) |
41,599 (64.06%) |
7,874 | 1,145 (14.54%) |
6,729 (85.46%) |
| Massachusetts | 146 | 460,347 | 392,383 | 167,217 (42.62%) |
225,166 (57.38%) |
63,691 | 23,668 (37.16%) |
40,023 (62.84%) |
4,273 | 1,285 (30.07%) |
2,988 (69.93%) |
| Maryland | 78 | 334,155 | 233,082 | 107,851 (46.27%) |
125,231 (53.73%) |
96,979 | 38,362 (39.56%) |
58,617 (60.44%) |
4,094 | 1,369 (33.44%) |
2,725 (66.56%) |
| Maine | 39 | 72,446 | 54,638 | 21,000 (38.43%) |
33,638 (61.57%) |
16,837 | 7,122 (42.30%) |
9,715 (57.70%) |
971 | 348 (35.84%) |
623 (64.16%) |
| Marshall Islands | 2 | 1,384 | 1,384 | 616 (44.51%) |
768 (55.49%) |
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| Michigan | 172 | 476,119 | 342,727 | 152,836 (44.59%) |
189,891 (55.41%) |
126,922 | 51,185 (40.33%) |
75,737 (59.67%) |
6,470 | 1,494 (23.09%) |
4,976 (76.91%) |
| Minnesota | 108 | 375,125 | 273,331 | 93,021 (34.03%) |
180,310 (65.97%) |
100,065 | 43,019 (42.99%) |
57,046 (57.01%) |
1,729 | 343 (19.84%) |
1,386 (80.16%) |
| Missouri | 153 | 329,806 | 276,344 | 115,074 (41.64%) |
161,270 (58.36%) |
49,872 | 20,036 (40.17%) |
29,836 (59.83%) |
3,590 | 573 (15.96%) |
3,017 (84.04%) |
| Northern Marianas | 1 | 1,297 | 1,297 | 490 (37.78%) |
807 (62.22%) |
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| Mississippi | 55 | 159,067 | 91,917 | 36,666 (39.89%) |
55,251 (60.11%) |
64,033 | 24,030 (37.53%) |
40,003 (62.47%) |
3,117 | 1,007 (32.31%) |
2,110 (67.69%) |
| Montana | 30 | 47,374 | 39,420 | 17,801 (45.16%) |
21,619 (54.84%) |
7,714 | 3,040 (39.41%) |
4,674 (60.59%) |
240 | 8 (3.33%) |
232 (96.67%) |
| North Carolina | 175 | 556,719 | 334,369 | 137,671 (41.17%) |
196,698 (58.83%) |
220,264 | 86,966 (39.48%) |
133,298 (60.52%) |
2,086 | 231 (11.07%) |
1,855 (88.93%) |
| North Dakota | 26 | 51,398 | 44,133 | 20,600 (46.68%) |
23,533 (53.32%) |
7,117 | 3,178 (44.65%) |
3,939 (55.35%) |
148 | 29 (19.59%) |
119 (80.41%) |
| Nebraska | 40 | 135,452 | 94,500 | 39,466 (41.76%) |
55,034 (58.24%) |
40,952 | 19,090 (46.62%) |
21,862 (53.38%) |
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| New Hampshire | 32 | 215,280 | 205,355 | 77,105 (37.55%) |
128,250 (62.45%) |
9,216 | 3,730 (40.47%) |
5,486 (59.53%) |
709 | 45 (6.35%) |
664 (93.65%) |
| New Jersey | 152 | 394,525 | 259,482 | 121,379 (46.78%) |
138,103 (53.22%) |
125,241 | 53,747 (42.91%) |
71,494 (57.09%) |
9,802 | 3,527 (35.98%) |
6,275 (64.02%) |
| New Mexico | 42 | 110,801 | 54,673 | 22,215 (40.63%) |
32,458 (59.37%) |
54,740 | 20,698 (37.81%) |
34,042 (62.19%) |
1,388 | 232 (16.71%) |
1,156 (83.29%) |
| Nevada | 37 | 118,249 | 109,507 | 45,809 (41.83%) |
63,698 (58.17%) |
4,345 | 1,166 (26.84%) |
3,179 (73.16%) |
4,397 | 1,052 (23.93%) |
3,345 (76.07%) |
| New York | 419 | 1,108,749 | 862,939 | 364,818 (42.28%) |
498,121 (57.72%) |
232,974 | 100,519 (43.15%) |
132,455 (56.85%) |
12,836 | 3,419 (26.64%) |
9,417 (73.36%) |
| Ohio | 286 | 627,882 | 493,936 | 213,027 (43.13%) |
280,909 (56.87%) |
124,514 | 46,796 (37.58%) |
77,718 (62.42%) |
9,432 | 3,410 (36.15%) |
6,022 (63.85%) |
| Oklahoma | 103 | 210,254 | 132,295 | 57,072 (43.14%) |
75,223 (56.86%) |
64,848 | 25,564 (39.42%) |
39,284 (60.58%) |
13,111 | 6,643 (50.67%) |
6,468 (49.33%) |
| Oregon | 74 | 197,086 | 141,304 | 61,600 (43.59%) |
79,704 (56.41%) |
55,074 | 23,502 (42.67%) |
31,572 (57.33%) |
708 | 155 (21.89%) |
553 (78.11%) |
| Pennsylvania | 325 | 647,469 | 530,656 | 229,270 (43.21%) |
301,386 (56.79%) |
108,690 | 43,089 (39.64%) |
65,601 (60.36%) |
8,123 | 1,836 (22.60%) |
6,287 (77.40%) |
| Puerto Rico | 143 | 169,409 | 154,323 | 59,936 (38.84%) |
94,387 (61.16%) |
7,226 | 4,666 (64.57%) |
2,560 (35.43%) |
7,860 | 3,657 (46.53%) |
4,203 (53.47%) |
| Palau | 1 | 454 | - | - | - | 454 | 206 (45.37%) |
248 (54.63%) |
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| Rhode Island | 23 | 75,952 | 62,150 | 26,447 (42.55%) |
35,703 (57.45%) |
12,346 | 4,870 (39.45%) |
7,476 (60.55%) |
1,456 | 470 (32.28%) |
986 (67.72%) |
| South Carolina | 93 | 245,502 | 169,549 | 69,791 (41.16%) |
99,758 (58.84%) |
72,748 | 26,703 (36.71%) |
46,045 (63.29%) |
3,205 | 619 (19.31%) |
2,586 (80.69%) |
| South Dakota | 26 | 51,460 | 43,986 | 19,318 (43.92%) |
24,668 (56.08%) |
7,211 | 3,598 (49.90%) |
3,613 (50.10%) |
263 | 6 (2.28%) |
257 (97.72%) |
| Tennessee | 151 | 328,847 | 232,056 | 93,846 (40.44%) |
138,210 (59.56%) |
92,730 | 40,606 (43.79%) |
52,124 (56.21%) |
4,061 | 379 (9.33%) |
3,682 (90.67%) |
| Texas | 410 | 1,591,715 | 1,267,185 | 530,969 (41.90%) |
736,216 (58.10%) |
305,283 | 128,771 (42.18%) |
176,512 (57.82%) |
19,247 | 5,533 (28.75%) |
13,714 (71.25%) |
| Utah | 63 | 419,574 | 374,480 | 157,219 (41.98%) |
217,261 (58.02%) |
26,873 | 12,113 (45.07%) |
14,760 (54.93%) |
18,221 | 9,587 (52.62%) |
8,634 (47.38%) |
| Virginia | 158 | 548,397 | 393,039 | 168,262 (42.81%) |
224,777 (57.19%) |
152,088 | 65,218 (42.88%) |
86,870 (57.12%) |
3,270 | 892 (27.28%) |
2,378 (72.72%) |
| Virgin Islands | 2 | 1,636 | 1,636 | 438 (26.77%) |
1,198 (73.23%) |
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| Vermont | 16 | 35,910 | 30,150 | 13,437 (44.57%) |
16,713 (55.43%) |
5,596 | 1,622 (28.98%) |
3,974 (71.02%) |
164 | 91 (55.49%) |
73 (44.51%) |
| Washington | 106 | 312,468 | 294,324 | 129,066 (43.85%) |
165,258 (56.15%) |
14,799 | 6,856 (46.33%) |
7,943 (53.67%) |
3,345 | 613 (18.33%) |
2,732 (81.67%) |
| Wisconsin | 89 | 316,537 | 227,342 | 96,331 (42.37%) |
131,011 (57.63%) |
87,944 | 40,527 (46.08%) |
47,417 (53.92%) |
1,251 | 135 (10.79%) |
1,116 (89.21%) |
| West Virginia | 68 | 132,801 | 117,995 | 60,566 (51.33%) |
57,429 (48.67%) |
14,093 | 4,967 (35.24%) |
9,126 (64.76%) |
713 | 262 (36.75%) |
451 (63.25%) |
| Wyoming | 10 | 30,016 | 20,607 | 9,046 (43.90%) |
11,561 (56.10%) |
9,364 | 4,662 (49.79%) |
4,702 (50.21%) |
45 | 5 (11.11%) |
40 (88.89%) |