A total of 161,797 students are enrolled in Connecticut colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.
By race, there are 375 native american or Alaska native students (0.23%), 10,014 asian students (6.19%), 20,474 african-american students (12.65%), 24,679 hispanic students (15.25%), 168 native hawaiian or other pacific islander students (0.10%), and 80,551 white students (49.79%).
For Connecticut colleges, CT Aerotech has the highest rate of white students (0.00% and New England Tractor Trailer Training School of CT-Bridgeport has the lowest rate of white students (0.08%.
For Afraican-american students, Branford Academy of Hair & Cosmetology-Bridgeport has the highest rate of black students (0.66% and Holy Apostles College and Seminary has the lowest rate of black students (0.02% among Connecticut colleges.
For Asian students, Yale University has the highest rate of asian students (0.17% and New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Connecticut has the lowest rate of asian students (0.00% among Connecticut colleges.
In Connecticut 4-year colleges and universites, there are 9,784 asian students (6.44%), 17,614 african-american students (11.60%), 21,760 hispanic students (14.33%), and 77,883 white students (51.30%).
In Connecticut community colleges, there are 1,483 african-american students (28.16%), 1,513 hispanic students (28.73%), and 1,377 white students (26.15%).
In Connecticut trade schools, there are 1,377 african-american students (29.31%), 1,406 hispanic students (29.93%), and 1,291 white students (27.48%).
| School Level | Total Enrollment | American Indian / Native American | Asian | African-American | Hispanic | Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander | White | Two or More Race | Race Unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Levels | 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%) |
| 4-year Colleges | 151,833 | 354 (0.23%) |
9,784 (6.44%) |
17,614 (11.60%) |
21,760 (14.33%) |
155 (0.10%) |
77,883 (51.30%) |
5,812 (3.83%) |
4,378 (2.88%) |
| Community Colleges | 5,266 | 10 (0.19%) |
166 (3.15%) |
1,483 (28.16%) |
1,513 (28.73%) |
7 (0.13%) |
1,377 (26.15%) |
191 (3.63%) |
506 (9.61%) |
| Trade Schools | 4,698 | 11 (0.23%) |
64 (1.36%) |
1,377 (29.31%) |
1,406 (29.93%) |
6 (0.13%) |
1,291 (27.48%) |
144 (3.07%) |
398 (8.47%) |
The following table compares student population by race between Connecticut colleges. A total of 161,797 students have enrolled in Connecticut colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.
| School | Total Enrollment | American Indian / Native American | Asian | African-American | Hispanic | Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander | White | Two or More Race | Race Unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albertus Magnus CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,275 | 2 (0.2%) |
19 (1.5%) |
385 (30.2%) |
283 (22.2%) |
2 (0.2%) |
464 (36.4%) |
46 (3.6%) |
36 (2.8%) |
| University of BridgeportPrivate, 4-year | 3,988 | 21 (0.5%) |
143 (3.6%) |
871 (21.8%) |
661 (16.6%) |
- | 1,091 (27.4%) |
26 (0.7%) |
106 (2.7%) |
| Central Connecticut State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 9,468 | 9 (0.1%) |
491 (5.2%) |
1,174 (12.4%) |
1,602 (16.9%) |
8 (0.1%) |
5,514 (58.2%) |
319 (3.4%) |
185 (2.0%) |
| Charter Oak State CollegePublic, 4-year | 1,602 | 1 (0.1%) |
48 (3.0%) |
284 (17.7%) |
312 (19.5%) |
4 (0.2%) |
843 (52.6%) |
41 (2.6%) |
61 (3.8%) |
| Cortiva InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year | 202 | - | 4 (2.0%) |
57 (28.2%) |
58 (28.7%) |
1 (0.5%) |
58 (28.7%) |
7 (3.5%) |
17 (8.4%) |
| Connecticut CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,948 | - | 67 (3.4%) |
85 (4.4%) |
228 (11.7%) |
1 (0.1%) |
1,311 (67.3%) |
64 (3.3%) |
42 (2.2%) |
| Porter & Chester Institute of HamdenPrivate, Less than 2-year | 426 | - | 10 (2.3%) |
131 (30.8%) |
92 (21.6%) |
- | 105 (24.6%) |
21 (4.9%) |
67 (15.7%) |
| University of ConnecticutPublic, 4-year | 27,003 | 28 (0.1%) |
3,074 (11.4%) |
1,790 (6.6%) |
3,512 (13.0%) |
8 (0.0%) |
13,721 (50.8%) |
1,014 (3.8%) |
392 (1.5%) |
| Goodwin UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 3,158 | 12 (0.4%) |
78 (2.5%) |
767 (24.3%) |
797 (25.2%) |
6 (0.2%) |
1,306 (41.4%) |
113 (3.6%) |
70 (2.2%) |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-East WindsorPrivate, 2-4 year | 973 | 1 (0.1%) |
14 (1.4%) |
100 (10.3%) |
157 (16.1%) |
- | 355 (36.5%) |
31 (3.2%) |
315 (32.4%) |
| Eastern Connecticut State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 4,082 | 8 (0.2%) |
139 (3.4%) |
341 (8.4%) |
504 (12.3%) |
3 (0.1%) |
2,705 (66.3%) |
130 (3.2%) |
232 (5.7%) |
| Fairfield UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 6,019 | 2 (0.0%) |
141 (2.3%) |
128 (2.1%) |
448 (7.4%) |
1 (0.0%) |
4,637 (77.0%) |
110 (1.8%) |
397 (6.6%) |
| Paul Mitchell the School-North HavenPrivate, Less than 2-year | 161 | 1 (0.6%) |
1 (0.6%) |
38 (23.6%) |
56 (34.8%) |
- | 57 (35.4%) |
3 (1.9%) |
5 (3.1%) |
| Connecticut State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,395 | 4 (0.2%) |
119 (5.0%) |
878 (36.7%) |
779 (32.5%) |
6 (0.3%) |
466 (19.5%) |
65 (2.7%) |
65 (2.7%) |
| American Institute-West HartfordPrivate, 2-4 year | 369 | 2 (0.5%) |
5 (1.4%) |
111 (30.1%) |
126 (34.1%) |
- | 72 (19.5%) |
22 (6.0%) |
31 (8.4%) |
| Hartford International University for Religion and PeacePrivate, 4-year | 92 | - | 12 (13.0%) |
18 (19.6%) |
1 (1.1%) |
- | 47 (51.1%) |
- | 5 (5.4%) |
| University of HartfordPrivate, 4-year | 5,732 | 18 (0.3%) |
271 (4.7%) |
830 (14.5%) |
756 (13.2%) |
6 (0.1%) |
3,050 (53.2%) |
116 (2.0%) |
286 (5.0%) |
| Holy Apostles College and SeminaryPrivate, 4-year | 719 | - | 46 (6.4%) |
11 (1.5%) |
98 (13.6%) |
- | 455 (63.3%) |
20 (2.8%) |
26 (3.6%) |
| Mitchell CollegePrivate, 4-year | 539 | 1 (0.2%) |
11 (2.0%) |
77 (14.3%) |
93 (17.3%) |
1 (0.2%) |
277 (51.4%) |
26 (4.8%) |
52 (9.6%) |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-New BritainPrivate, 2-4 year | 638 | 1 (0.2%) |
10 (1.6%) |
169 (26.5%) |
199 (31.2%) |
1 (0.2%) |
197 (30.9%) |
37 (5.8%) |
24 (3.8%) |
| New England Tractor Trailer Training School of ConnecticutPrivate, Less than 2-year | 314 | - | 1 (0.3%) |
112 (35.7%) |
84 (26.8%) |
1 (0.3%) |
116 (36.9%) |
- | - |
| University of New HavenPrivate, 4-year | 8,819 | 22 (0.2%) |
242 (2.7%) |
770 (8.7%) |
1,118 (12.7%) |
1 (0.0%) |
3,632 (41.2%) |
90 (1.0%) |
255 (2.9%) |
| Paier CollegePrivate, 4-year | 221 | 1 (0.5%) |
9 (4.1%) |
46 (20.8%) |
48 (21.7%) |
3 (1.4%) |
104 (47.1%) |
7 (3.2%) |
2 (0.9%) |
| Porter & Chester InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year | 2,146 | 7 (0.3%) |
30 (1.4%) |
598 (27.9%) |
654 (30.5%) |
3 (0.1%) |
475 (22.1%) |
85 (4.0%) |
294 (13.7%) |
| Post UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 17,034 | 141 (0.8%) |
323 (1.9%) |
5,088 (29.9%) |
2,475 (14.5%) |
75 (0.4%) |
7,084 (41.6%) |
1,274 (7.5%) |
565 (3.3%) |
| Quinnipiac UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 8,788 | 7 (0.1%) |
396 (4.5%) |
395 (4.5%) |
864 (9.8%) |
3 (0.0%) |
6,357 (72.3%) |
215 (2.4%) |
399 (4.5%) |
| Sacred Heart UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 10,721 | 5 (0.0%) |
199 (1.9%) |
442 (4.1%) |
1,104 (10.3%) |
3 (0.0%) |
6,932 (64.7%) |
223 (2.1%) |
345 (3.2%) |
| University of Saint JosephPrivate, 4-year | 1,992 | 2 (0.1%) |
110 (5.5%) |
238 (11.9%) |
303 (15.2%) |
- | 1,232 (61.8%) |
55 (2.8%) |
31 (1.6%) |
| Southern Connecticut State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 8,889 | 11 (0.1%) |
304 (3.4%) |
1,519 (17.1%) |
1,841 (20.7%) |
4 (0.0%) |
4,389 (49.4%) |
374 (4.2%) |
374 (4.2%) |
| Trinity CollegePrivate, 4-year | 2,205 | 4 (0.2%) |
91 (4.1%) |
136 (6.2%) |
191 (8.7%) |
1 (0.0%) |
1,328 (60.2%) |
93 (4.2%) |
61 (2.8%) |
| Wesleyan UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 3,253 | 1 (0.0%) |
286 (8.8%) |
183 (5.6%) |
351 (10.8%) |
2 (0.1%) |
1,745 (53.6%) |
229 (7.0%) |
90 (2.8%) |
| Western Connecticut State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 4,417 | 14 (0.3%) |
202 (4.6%) |
385 (8.7%) |
1,104 (25.0%) |
- | 2,369 (53.6%) |
211 (4.8%) |
115 (2.6%) |
| Yale UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 14,776 | 42 (0.3%) |
2,482 (16.8%) |
1,016 (6.9%) |
1,694 (11.5%) |
21 (0.1%) |
5,265 (35.6%) |
795 (5.4%) |
181 (1.2%) |
| Industrial Management Training InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year | 20 | - | - | 3 (15.0%) |
3 (15.0%) |
- | 14 (70.0%) |
- | - |
| CT AerotechPublic, 2-4 year | 51 | - | 3 (5.9%) |
3 (5.9%) |
4 (7.8%) |
- | 40 (78.4%) |
- | 1 (2.0%) |
| Stratford School for Aviation Maintenance TechniciansPublic, 2-4 year | 27 | - | - | 2 (7.4%) |
5 (18.5%) |
- | 20 (74.1%) |
- | - |
| Bristol Technical Education CenterPublic, Less than 2-year | 152 | 1 (0.7%) |
1 (0.7%) |
10 (6.6%) |
34 (22.4%) |
- | 94 (61.8%) |
9 (5.9%) |
3 (2.0%) |
| University of Connecticut-Waterbury CampusPublic, 4-year | 768 | 2 (0.3%) |
82 (10.7%) |
68 (8.9%) |
209 (27.2%) |
- | 344 (44.8%) |
37 (4.8%) |
7 (0.9%) |
| University of Connecticut-Avery PointPublic, 4-year | 493 | - | 44 (8.9%) |
16 (3.2%) |
88 (17.8%) |
- | 303 (61.5%) |
29 (5.9%) |
7 (1.4%) |
| University of Connecticut-StamfordPublic, 4-year | 2,297 | - | 231 (10.1%) |
334 (14.5%) |
783 (34.1%) |
2 (0.1%) |
701 (30.5%) |
88 (3.8%) |
45 (2.0%) |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-SheltonPrivate, 2-4 year | 737 | 2 (0.3%) |
11 (1.5%) |
210 (28.5%) |
224 (30.4%) |
- | 189 (25.6%) |
35 (4.7%) |
66 (9.0%) |
| Academy Di Capelli-School of CosmetologyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 181 | - | 1 (0.6%) |
46 (25.4%) |
86 (47.5%) |
- | 48 (26.5%) |
- | - |
| Branford Academy of Hair and CosmetologyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 15 | - | - | 2 (13.3%) |
13 (86.7%) |
- | - | - | - |
| Oxford Academy of Hair Design IncPrivate, Less than 2-year | 101 | - | 1 (1.0%) |
20 (19.8%) |
29 (28.7%) |
1 (1.0%) |
42 (41.6%) |
- | 8 (7.9%) |
| TIGI Hairdressing Academy GuilfordPrivate, Less than 2-year | 41 | 1 (2.4%) |
1 (2.4%) |
- | 8 (19.5%) |
- | 31 (75.6%) |
- | - |
| International Institute of CosmetologyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 175 | - | 3 (1.7%) |
9 (5.1%) |
31 (17.7%) |
- | 117 (66.9%) |
13 (7.4%) |
2 (1.1%) |
| University of Connecticut-Hartford CampusPublic, 4-year | 1,535 | - | 243 (15.8%) |
217 (14.1%) |
292 (19.0%) |
- | 677 (44.1%) |
67 (4.4%) |
11 (0.7%) |
| New England Tractor Trailer Training School of CT-BridgeportPrivate, Less than 2-year | 566 | 1 (0.2%) |
4 (0.7%) |
317 (56.0%) |
193 (34.1%) |
- | 45 (8.0%) |
4 (0.7%) |
2 (0.4%) |
| Belle Academy of Cosmetology LLCPrivate, Less than 2-year | 12 | - | - | 1 (8.3%) |
6 (50.0%) |
- | 5 (41.7%) |
- | - |
| TIGI Hairdressing Academy NewtownPrivate, Less than 2-year | 109 | - | 6 (5.5%) |
- | 23 (21.1%) |
- | 79 (72.5%) |
- | - |
| Dolce The AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 42 | - | - | 10 (23.8%) |
25 (59.5%) |
- | 5 (11.9%) |
2 (4.8%) |
- |
| American Institute of Healthcare & TechnologyPrivate, 2-4 year | 76 | - | 4 (5.3%) |
10 (13.2%) |
19 (25.0%) |
- | 38 (50.0%) |
1 (1.3%) |
4 (5.3%) |
| Branford Academy of Hair & Cosmetology-BridgeportPrivate, Less than 2-year | 35 | - | 1 (2.9%) |
23 (65.7%) |
11 (31.4%) |
- | - | - | - |