A total of 19,062,461 students are enrolled in U.S. colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.
By race, there are 121,117 native american or Alaska native students (0.64%), 1,322,241 asian students (6.94%), 2,262,542 african-american students (11.87%), 3,859,420 hispanic students (20.25%), 50,817 native hawaiian or other pacific islander students (0.27%), and 8,854,512 white students (46.45%).
South Dakota colleges have the highest rate of white students of 77.20% and Hawaii colleges have the lowest rate of white students of 16.21%.
Mississippi colleges have the highest rate of black students of 34.46% and Montana colleges have the lowest rate of black students of 0.94%.
Hawaii colleges have the highest rate of asian students of 27.96% and Wyoming colleges have the lowest rate of asian students of 0.98%.
New Mexico colleges have the highest rate of hispanic students of 48.96% and Mississippi colleges have the lowest rate of hispanic students of 3.38%.
The following table compares the student population by race for each U.S. state. You can sort the table by each column by touching/clicking the column title.
| State | Total Enrollment | American Indian / Native American | Asian | African-American | Hispanic | Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander | White | Two or More Race | Race Unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 22,471 | 2,305 (10.26%) |
1,137 (5.06%) |
744 (3.31%) | 2,127 (9.47%) |
403 (1.79%) |
10,922 (48.60%) |
2,186 (9.73%) | 2,266 (10.08%) |
| Alabama | 295,411 | 1,436 (0.49%) |
6,182 (2.09%) |
70,087 (23.73%) | 14,188 (4.80%) |
406 (0.14%) |
174,640 (59.12%) |
9,568 (3.24%) | 10,416 (3.53%) |
| Arkansas | 156,935 | 1,195 (0.76%) |
3,311 (2.11%) |
24,067 (15.34%) | 13,634 (8.69%) |
252 (0.16%) |
100,092 (63.78%) |
6,775 (4.32%) | 2,301 (1.47%) |
| American Samoa | 1,051 | - | 7 (0.67%) |
- | - | 923 (87.82%) |
1 (0.10%) |
- | 4 (0.38%) |
| Arizona | 633,103 | 12,652 (2.00%) |
25,457 (4.02%) |
64,216 (10.14%) | 154,792 (24.45%) |
2,482 (0.39%) |
262,037 (41.39%) |
26,228 (4.14%) | 65,684 (10.37%) |
| California | 2,552,896 | 8,164 (0.32%) |
376,917 (14.76%) |
144,731 (5.67%) | 1,049,781 (41.12%) |
10,360 (0.41%) |
596,916 (23.38%) |
120,079 (4.70%) | 129,071 (5.06%) |
| Colorado | 355,652 | 3,473 (0.98%) |
13,761 (3.87%) |
22,595 (6.35%) | 68,429 (19.24%) |
785 (0.22%) |
195,012 (54.83%) |
16,535 (4.65%) | 23,909 (6.72%) |
| Connecticut | 161,797 | 375 (0.23%) |
10,014 (6.19%) |
20,474 (12.65%) | 24,679 (15.25%) |
168 (0.10%) |
80,551 (49.79%) |
6,147 (3.80%) | 5,282 (3.26%) |
| District of Columbia | 99,595 | 312 (0.31%) |
7,935 (7.97%) |
22,583 (22.67%) | 10,489 (10.53%) |
148 (0.15%) |
37,805 (37.96%) |
4,044 (4.06%) | 6,449 (6.48%) |
| Delaware | 58,629 | 136 (0.23%) |
2,278 (3.89%) |
12,402 (21.15%) | 6,416 (10.94%) |
50 (0.09%) |
28,900 (49.29%) |
2,325 (3.97%) | 1,801 (3.07%) |
| Florida | 1,049,672 | 2,386 (0.23%) |
40,708 (3.88%) |
166,077 (15.82%) | 310,584 (29.59%) |
1,706 (0.16%) |
401,645 (38.26%) |
37,317 (3.56%) | 40,703 (3.88%) |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 1,996 | - | 4 (0.20%) |
- | - | 1,992 (99.80%) |
- | - | - |
| Georgia | 546,900 | 1,306 (0.24%) |
37,703 (6.89%) |
157,712 (28.84%) | 56,326 (10.30%) |
618 (0.11%) |
232,219 (42.46%) |
18,715 (3.42%) | 12,053 (2.20%) |
| Guam | 4,733 | 3 (0.06%) |
2,112 (44.62%) |
28 (0.59%) | 38 (0.80%) |
2,305 (48.70%) |
115 (2.43%) |
10 (0.21%) | 89 (1.88%) |
| Hawaii | 59,016 | 139 (0.24%) |
16,500 (27.96%) |
980 (1.66%) | 7,862 (13.32%) |
3,284 (5.56%) |
9,568 (16.21%) |
15,518 (26.29%) | 1,117 (1.89%) |
| Iowa | 202,899 | 752 (0.37%) |
6,387 (3.15%) |
10,964 (5.40%) | 16,302 (8.03%) |
325 (0.16%) |
142,430 (70.20%) |
5,925 (2.92%) | 11,247 (5.54%) |
| Idaho | 127,090 | 799 (0.63%) |
2,154 (1.69%) |
2,378 (1.87%) | 19,617 (15.44%) |
561 (0.44%) |
86,955 (68.42%) |
4,190 (3.30%) | 7,239 (5.70%) |
| Illinois | 684,490 | 1,554 (0.23%) |
53,605 (7.83%) |
84,657 (12.37%) | 141,611 (20.69%) |
915 (0.13%) |
307,674 (44.95%) |
20,351 (2.97%) | 25,426 (3.71%) |
| Indiana | 450,045 | 1,277 (0.28%) |
20,552 (4.57%) |
41,190 (9.15%) | 37,311 (8.29%) |
635 (0.14%) |
282,996 (62.88%) |
17,656 (3.92%) | 20,684 (4.60%) |
| Kansas | 188,680 | 2,221 (1.18%) |
5,981 (3.17%) |
11,865 (6.29%) | 22,862 (12.12%) |
415 (0.22%) |
117,642 (62.35%) |
8,064 (4.27%) | 10,359 (5.49%) |
| Kentucky | 267,953 | 593 (0.22%) |
7,470 (2.79%) |
23,399 (8.73%) | 13,249 (4.94%) |
258 (0.10%) |
184,512 (68.86%) |
8,853 (3.30%) | 15,587 (5.82%) |
| Louisiana | 249,991 | 1,568 (0.63%) |
6,797 (2.72%) |
78,400 (31.36%) | 14,952 (5.98%) |
471 (0.19%) |
124,517 (49.81%) |
7,391 (2.96%) | 9,269 (3.71%) |
| Massachusetts | 460,347 | 671 (0.15%) |
41,697 (9.06%) |
37,387 (8.12%) | 56,650 (12.31%) |
331 (0.07%) |
217,495 (47.25%) |
16,147 (3.51%) | 26,700 (5.80%) |
| Maryland | 334,155 | 802 (0.24%) |
28,866 (8.64%) |
87,039 (26.05%) | 37,268 (11.15%) |
686 (0.21%) |
125,826 (37.65%) |
14,564 (4.36%) | 14,463 (4.33%) |
| Maine | 72,446 | 520 (0.72%) |
1,908 (2.63%) |
3,249 (4.48%) | 3,221 (4.45%) |
69 (0.10%) |
55,479 (76.58%) |
2,515 (3.47%) | 3,774 (5.21%) |
| Marshall Islands | 1,384 | - | 7 (0.51%) |
- | 1 (0.07%) |
1,376 (99.42%) |
- | - | - |
| Michigan | 476,119 | 2,588 (0.54%) |
25,271 (5.31%) |
52,698 (11.07%) | 31,631 (6.64%) |
423 (0.09%) |
293,001 (61.54%) |
18,245 (3.83%) | 24,562 (5.16%) |
| Minnesota | 375,125 | 2,603 (0.69%) |
22,529 (6.01%) |
56,162 (14.97%) | 27,815 (7.41%) |
575 (0.15%) |
218,850 (58.34%) |
13,643 (3.64%) | 19,261 (5.13%) |
| Missouri | 329,806 | 1,482 (0.45%) |
12,476 (3.78%) |
32,529 (9.86%) | 21,622 (6.56%) |
556 (0.17%) |
213,476 (64.73%) |
12,768 (3.87%) | 14,535 (4.41%) |
| Northern Marianas | 1,297 | - | 576 (44.41%) |
1 (0.08%) | 20 (1.54%) |
473 (36.47%) |
9 (0.69%) |
113 (8.71%) | - |
| Mississippi | 159,067 | 755 (0.47%) |
2,343 (1.47%) |
54,822 (34.46%) | 5,371 (3.38%) |
108 (0.07%) |
84,823 (53.33%) |
3,400 (2.14%) | 4,499 (2.83%) |
| Montana | 47,374 | 3,438 (7.26%) |
1,013 (2.14%) |
443 (0.94%) | 2,426 (5.12%) |
76 (0.16%) |
35,238 (74.38%) |
2,309 (4.87%) | 1,577 (3.33%) |
| North Carolina | 556,719 | 5,342 (0.96%) |
23,131 (4.15%) |
113,883 (20.46%) | 58,542 (10.52%) |
638 (0.11%) |
294,428 (52.89%) |
20,282 (3.64%) | 19,540 (3.51%) |
| North Dakota | 51,398 | 2,316 (4.51%) |
797 (1.55%) |
1,610 (3.13%) | 2,149 (4.18%) |
56 (0.11%) |
37,494 (72.95%) |
2,120 (4.12%) | 2,521 (4.90%) |
| Nebraska | 135,452 | 1,111 (0.82%) |
4,414 (3.26%) |
7,541 (5.57%) | 16,919 (12.49%) |
190 (0.14%) |
91,173 (67.31%) |
4,900 (3.62%) | 5,178 (3.82%) |
| New Hampshire | 215,280 | 1,045 (0.49%) |
5,920 (2.75%) |
27,508 (12.78%) | 23,292 (10.82%) |
601 (0.28%) |
118,880 (55.22%) |
6,663 (3.10%) | 26,679 (12.39%) |
| New Jersey | 394,525 | 625 (0.16%) |
39,684 (10.06%) |
51,735 (13.11%) | 90,691 (22.99%) |
530 (0.13%) |
155,325 (39.37%) |
10,964 (2.78%) | 22,100 (5.60%) |
| New Mexico | 110,801 | 9,835 (8.88%) |
2,280 (2.06%) |
3,213 (2.90%) | 54,247 (48.96%) |
266 (0.24%) |
30,480 (27.51%) |
3,184 (2.87%) | 4,327 (3.91%) |
| Nevada | 118,166 | 669 (0.57%) |
13,086 (11.07%) |
9,608 (8.13%) | 37,884 (32.06%) |
987 (0.84%) |
39,730 (33.62%) |
9,972 (8.44%) | 4,509 (3.82%) |
| New York | 1,108,749 | 3,136 (0.28%) |
124,311 (11.21%) |
132,841 (11.98%) | 201,753 (18.20%) |
1,349 (0.12%) |
458,684 (41.37%) |
33,385 (3.01%) | 43,546 (3.93%) |
| Ohio | 627,882 | 1,647 (0.26%) |
22,806 (3.63%) |
71,520 (11.39%) | 35,401 (5.64%) |
621 (0.10%) |
410,728 (65.41%) |
23,840 (3.80%) | 31,265 (4.98%) |
| Oklahoma | 210,254 | 15,803 (7.52%) |
7,355 (3.50%) |
16,428 (7.81%) | 25,447 (12.10%) |
331 (0.16%) |
111,592 (53.07%) |
19,644 (9.34%) | 6,506 (3.09%) |
| Oregon | 197,086 | 1,746 (0.89%) |
12,636 (6.41%) |
5,655 (2.87%) | 32,220 (16.35%) |
1,099 (0.56%) |
113,944 (57.81%) |
12,584 (6.39%) | 10,763 (5.46%) |
| Pennsylvania | 647,469 | 1,167 (0.18%) |
45,663 (7.05%) |
68,066 (10.51%) | 56,019 (8.65%) |
560 (0.09%) |
382,669 (59.10%) |
21,809 (3.37%) | 26,782 (4.14%) |
| Puerto Rico | 169,397 | 291 (0.17%) |
126 (0.07%) |
1,964 (1.16%) | 161,764 (95.49%) |
32 (0.02%) |
1,152 (0.68%) |
171 (0.10%) | 3,594 (2.12%) |
| Palau | 454 | - | 13 (2.86%) |
1 (0.22%) | - | 440 (96.92%) |
- | - | - |
| Rhode Island | 75,952 | 224 (0.29%) |
4,104 (5.40%) |
5,999 (7.90%) | 11,197 (14.74%) |
57 (0.08%) |
43,370 (57.10%) |
2,982 (3.93%) | 3,656 (4.81%) |
| South Carolina | 245,502 | 775 (0.32%) |
5,600 (2.28%) |
52,888 (21.54%) | 16,585 (6.76%) |
304 (0.12%) |
146,414 (59.64%) |
9,138 (3.72%) | 7,817 (3.18%) |
| South Dakota | 51,460 | 2,651 (5.15%) |
784 (1.52%) |
1,723 (3.35%) | 1,951 (3.79%) |
86 (0.17%) |
39,726 (77.20%) |
1,362 (2.65%) | 1,341 (2.61%) |
| Tennessee | 328,847 | 910 (0.28%) |
10,025 (3.05%) |
57,815 (17.58%) | 22,355 (6.80%) |
327 (0.10%) |
204,768 (62.27%) |
11,745 (3.57%) | 11,085 (3.37%) |
| Texas | 1,591,715 | 5,160 (0.32%) |
107,829 (6.77%) |
181,938 (11.43%) | 642,277 (40.35%) |
1,725 (0.11%) |
492,791 (30.96%) |
44,504 (2.80%) | 40,526 (2.55%) |
| Utah | 419,574 | 3,354 (0.80%) |
13,172 (3.14%) |
21,386 (5.10%) | 51,197 (12.20%) |
2,599 (0.62%) |
282,568 (67.35%) |
14,222 (3.39%) | 23,321 (5.56%) |
| Virginia | 548,397 | 1,585 (0.29%) |
40,692 (7.42%) |
97,402 (17.76%) | 53,779 (9.81%) |
1,059 (0.19%) |
270,117 (49.26%) |
25,434 (4.64%) | 38,682 (7.05%) |
| Virgin Islands | 1,636 | 1 (0.06%) |
7 (0.43%) |
1,115 (68.15%) | 196 (11.98%) |
8 (0.49%) |
114 (6.97%) |
37 (2.26%) | 57 (3.48%) |
| Vermont | 35,910 | 96 (0.27%) |
1,270 (3.54%) |
1,250 (3.48%) | 2,087 (5.81%) |
17 (0.05%) |
26,917 (74.96%) |
1,739 (4.84%) | 1,280 (3.56%) |
| Washington | 312,468 | 2,594 (0.83%) |
35,444 (11.34%) |
15,590 (4.99%) | 46,545 (14.90%) |
1,902 (0.61%) |
147,080 (47.07%) |
22,557 (7.22%) | 23,071 (7.38%) |
| Wisconsin | 316,426 | 2,498 (0.79%) |
14,572 (4.61%) |
16,706 (5.28%) | 28,960 (9.15%) |
284 (0.09%) |
221,276 (69.93%) |
10,508 (3.32%) | 9,472 (2.99%) |
| West Virginia | 132,801 | 611 (0.46%) |
2,568 (1.93%) |
12,975 (9.77%) | 11,387 (8.57%) |
568 (0.43%) |
89,559 (67.44%) |
5,312 (4.00%) | 6,852 (5.16%) |
| Wyoming | 30,016 | 420 (1.40%) |
294 (0.98%) |
303 (1.01%) | 3,302 (11.00%) |
46 (0.15%) |
22,187 (73.92%) |
998 (3.32%) | 1,731 (5.77%) |