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%.

Student Population Comparison Table by Gender

The following geographic chart illustrates the student population by state. Darker colored states have larger number of students, while lighter colored states have smaller number of students. You may want to click on a state to see teh details of student populations for all colleges in that state.


Student Population Comparison Table by Gender

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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Enrollment Comparison by Gender
StateTotal Number of SchoolsTotal Enrollment4-Year CollegesCommunity CollegesTrade Schools
TotalMenWomenTotalMenWomen TotalMenWomen
Alaska1022,47121,924 8,128
(37.07%)
13,796
(62.93%)
345 65
(18.84%)
280
(81.16%)
202 140
(69.31%)
62
(30.69%)
Alabama84295,411214,910 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%)
Arkansas85156,935113,722 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 Samoa11,0511,051 296
(28.16%)
755
(71.84%)
- - - - - -
Arizona120633,112504,307 184,742
(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%)
California6632,552,8961,425,951 610,524
(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%)
Colorado87355,652319,751 137,989
(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%)
Connecticut61161,797151,833 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 Columbia2499,59598,761 37,149
(37.62%)
61,612
(62.38%)
604 174
(28.81%)
430
(71.19%)
230 65
(28.26%)
165
(71.74%)
Delaware1858,62956,893 21,764
(38.25%)
35,129
(61.75%)
129 43
(33.33%)
86
(66.67%)
1,607 570
(35.47%)
1,037
(64.53%)
Florida3901,049,672975,982 405,309
(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 Micronesia11,9961,996 811
(40.63%)
1,185
(59.37%)
- - - - - -
Georgia164546,900424,011 175,807
(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%)
Guam34,7334,733 2,050
(43.31%)
2,683
(56.69%)
- - - - - -
Hawaii2359,01637,631 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%)
Iowa75202,899119,415 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%)
Idaho35127,090108,591 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%)
Illinois243684,494433,353 178,670
(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%)
Indiana141450,045354,448 157,898
(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%)
Kansas77188,680114,911 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%)
Kentucky87267,953190,807 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%)
Louisiana114249,991177,175 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%)
Massachusetts146460,347392,383 167,217
(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%)
Maryland78334,155233,082 107,851
(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%)
Maine3972,44654,638 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 Islands21,3841,384 616
(44.51%)
768
(55.49%)
- - - - - -
Michigan172476,119342,727 152,836
(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%)
Minnesota108375,125273,331 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%)
Missouri153329,806276,344 115,074
(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 Marianas11,2971,297 490
(37.78%)
807
(62.22%)
- - - - - -
Mississippi55159,06791,917 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%)
Montana3047,37439,420 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 Carolina175556,719334,369 137,671
(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 Dakota2651,39844,133 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%)
Nebraska40135,45294,500 39,466
(41.76%)
55,034
(58.24%)
40,952 19,090
(46.62%)
21,862
(53.38%)
- - -
New Hampshire32215,280205,355 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 Jersey152394,525259,482 121,379
(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 Mexico42110,80154,673 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%)
Nevada37118,249109,507 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 York4191,108,749862,939 364,818
(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%)
Ohio286627,882493,936 213,027
(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%)
Oklahoma103210,254132,295 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%)
Oregon74197,086141,304 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%)
Pennsylvania325647,469530,656 229,270
(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 Rico143169,409154,323 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%)
Palau1454- - - 454 206
(45.37%)
248
(54.63%)
- - -
Rhode Island2375,95262,150 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 Carolina93245,502169,549 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 Dakota2651,46043,986 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%)
Tennessee151328,847232,056 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%)
Texas4101,591,7151,267,185 530,969
(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%)
Utah63419,574374,480 157,219
(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%)
Virginia158548,397393,039 168,262
(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 Islands21,6361,636 438
(26.77%)
1,198
(73.23%)
- - - - - -
Vermont1635,91030,150 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%)
Washington106312,468294,324 129,066
(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%)
Wisconsin89316,537227,342 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 Virginia68132,801117,995 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%)
Wyoming1030,01620,607 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%)