The diversity index, shown in the last column of the table, indicates on a scale of 1 to 100 the probability that any two students at an institution are from different racial or ethnic groups. Oklahoma State University of Technology appears for the first time since The Chronicle introduced the table, in the 2014 Almanac. It had the highest percentage of American Indian/Alaska Natives and one of the highest percentages of people of two or more races of the institutions cited here. The six colleges on the list with the highest percentages of African-Americans were for-profit institutions or two-year private nonprofit institutions. No institution with a diversity index of 75.0 or greater was more than 37.6 percent white.
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4-year public institutions
| 1. | U. of Hawaii at Hilo | 3,666 | 3.4% | 0.5% | 20.6% | 1.2% | 13.3% | 9.6% | 20.2% | 31.2% | 0.4% | 88.9 |
| 2. | Oklahoma State U. Institute of Technology at Okmulgee | 2,396 | 1.1% | 19.2% | 0.6% | 3.0% | 6.5% | 0.0% | 29.5% | 40.1% | 7.3% | 87.1 |
| 3. | U. of Hawaii Maui College | 3,342 | 1.4% | 0.2% | 27.9% | 0.7% | 12.5% | 7.1% | 19.1% | 31.1% | 0.9% | 86.5 |
| 4. | U. of Hawaii-West Oahu | 2,939 | 0.6% | 0.2% | 35.3% | 2.2% | 12.1% | 6.0% | 10.8% | 32.8% | 0.0% | 84.5 |
| 5. | Highline College | 6,750 | 9.4% | 0.5% | 17.1% | 12.1% | 14.3% | 1.4% | 32.7% | 12.3% | 9.9% | 81.9 |
| 6. | U. of Hawaii-Manoa | 18,056 | 6.4% | 0.2% | 36.0% | 1.4% | 9.6% | 3.4% | 19.9% | 23.2% | 0.4% | 81.6 |
| 7. | California State U.-East Bay | 15,855 | 9.6% | 0.2% | 23.7% | 10.8% | 31.4% | 0.9% | 17.8% | 5.6% | 5.6% | 79.3 |
| 8. | Rutgers U. at Newark | 12,321 | 9.9% | 0.1% | 18.9% | 16.8% | 22.5% | 0.4% | 29.4% | 2.1% | 4.9% | 78.9 |
| 9. | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 11,317 | 20.2% | 0.1% | 19.8% | 8.1% | 18.3% | 0.0% | 30.8% | 2.8% | 10.7% | 78.5 |
| 10. | Seattle Central College | 6,705 | 21.9% | 0.4% | 12.6% | 10.9% | 7.5% | 0.4% | 37.3% | 9.0% | 11.2% | 78.0 |
2-year public institutions
| 1. | U. of Hawaii Hawaii Community College | 2,956 | 1.6% | 0.3% | 18.0% | 0.5% | 15.3% | 8.0% | 13.8% | 42.6% | 0.4% | 91.9 |
| 2. | U. of Hawaii Windward Community College | 2,511 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 18.2% | 1.1% | 15.4% | 6.9% | 15.5% | 42.2% | 0.5% | 91.5 |
| 3. | U. of Hawaii Kauai Community College | 1,401 | 1.4% | 0.1% | 28.9% | 0.2% | 11.7% | 6.2% | 16.5% | 34.9% | 0.3% | 87.2 |
| 4. | U. of Hawaii Leeward Community College | 7,262 | 1.7% | 0.2% | 37.0% | 2.3% | 13.9% | 4.9% | 8.8% | 31.3% | 0.3% | 83.3 |
| 5. | U. of Hawaii Honolulu Community College | 3,903 | 1.3% | 0.2% | 42.5% | 1.8% | 10.7% | 6.5% | 8.1% | 29.0% | 0.9% | 79.6 |
| 6. | Kapiolani Community College | 7,382 | 9.5% | 0.2% | 42.7% | 1.2% | 8.9% | 2.7% | 10.0% | 24.9% | 0.2% | 79.0 |
| 7. | Montgomery College (Md.) | 23,916 | 9.3% | 0.2% | 11.3% | 28.3% | 23.6% | 0.2% | 24.1% | 2.9% | 0.1% | 78.4 |
| 8. | Berkeley City College | 6,811 | 0.5% | 0.2% | 23.6% | 16.0% | 26.2% | 0.4% | 26.0% | 7.2% | 4.1% | 78.3 |
| 9. | Bunker Hill Community College | 13,253 | 6.7% | 0.4% | 10.9% | 27.1% | 25.6% | 0.2% | 24.9% | 4.2% | 8.0% | 78.2 |
| 10. | Solano Community College | 9,736 | 0.5% | 0.4% | 15.1% | 14.1% | 29.4% | 0.8% | 29.9% | 10.0% | 1.2% | 78.2 |
4-year private nonprofit institutions
| 1. | Hawaii Pacific U. | 4,081 | 13.0% | 0.7% | 17.5% | 5.7% | 14.9% | 2.3% | 30.5% | 15.5% | 8.9% | 83.4 |
| 2. | Menlo College | 790 | 15.7% | 0.6% | 10.9% | 6.6% | 25.0% | 2.5% | 29.2% | 9.5% | 10.4% | 81.1 |
| 3. | U. of San Francisco | 11,003 | 16.6% | 0.2% | 20.5% | 5.2% | 20.1% | 0.8% | 30.6% | 6.1% | 4.2% | 79.4 |
| 4. | Pacific Union College | 1,438 | 3.2% | 0.4% | 20.6% | 10.4% | 28.1% | 1.6% | 27.2% | 8.6% | 15.6% | 79.3 |
| 5. | Chaminade U. of Honolulu | 2,277 | 1.2% | 0.8% | 33.5% | 7.9% | 7.9% | 22.2% | 18.6% | 8.0% | 8.1% | 79.1 |
| 6. | Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | 964 | 21.5% | 0.0% | 21.2% | 3.7% | 10.0% | 0.0% | 33.1% | 10.5% | 10.1% | 78.8 |
| 7. | Andrews U. | 3,317 | 19.2% | 0.3% | 10.1% | 20.4% | 16.4% | 0.3% | 31.3% | 2.2% | 2.4% | 78.7 |
| 8. | Long Island U. at Brooklyn | 7,609 | 9.8% | 0.3% | 15.3% | 28.9% | 16.3% | 0.2% | 26.9% | 2.4% | 16.3% | 78.5 |
| 9. | Golden Gate U. | 2,656 | 25.1% | 0.4% | 16.8% | 7.4% | 13.8% | 1.7% | 32.0% | 3.0% | 18.4% | 78.2 |
| 10. | Harvey Mudd College | 842 | 11.5% | 0.4% | 20.4% | 3.1% | 16.5% | 0.5% | 37.5% | 10.0% | 5.2% | 77.6 |
2-year private nonprofit institutions
| 1. | CBD College | 521 | 0.0% | 0.2% | 25.3% | 10.2% | 40.3% | 2.3% | 21.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 71.5 |
| 2. | Community Care College | 614 | 0.0% | 18.8% | 1.7% | 17.8% | 7.3% | 0.2% | 50.8% | 3.3% | 2.3% | 66.9 |
| 3. | Jacksonville College (Tex.) | 559 | 3.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 14.0% | 40.6% | 0.0% | 39.3% | 2.6% | 1.6% | 66.1 |
| 4. | Manor College | 619 | 0.2% | 1.2% | 3.4% | 37.6% | 10.0% | 0.0% | 44.5% | 3.2% | 4.5% | 65.0 |
| 5. | Harcum College | 1,530 | 5.2% | 0.2% | 1.4% | 49.6% | 10.0% | 0.1% | 31.6% | 1.8% | 2.4% | 64.1 |
| 6. | Latter-Day Saints Business College | 2,119 | 20.3% | 0.5% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 14.0% | 2.2% | 57.1% | 3.0% | 1.0% | 61.3 |
| 7. | Ultimate Medical Academy at Tampa | 16,411 | 0.0% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 54.1% | 8.3% | 0.4% | 33.5% | 2.2% | 1.0% | 58.8 |
| 8. | Spartanburg Methodist College | 737 | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.7% | 33.1% | 6.7% | 0.0% | 56.5% | 2.3% | 0.0% | 56.7 |
| 9. | Perry Technical Institute | 837 | 0.6% | 1.3% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 44.5% | 0.4% | 49.8% | 2.2% | 2.0% | 55.4 |
| 10. | Ancilla College | 582 | 4.1% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 12.2% | 9.5% | 0.0% | 66.2% | 7.2% | 0.0% | 53.7 |
4-year for-profit institutions
| 1. | New England College of Business and Finance | 1,131 | 1.3% | 0.6% | 2.5% | 10.0% | 13.1% | 0.3% | 37.6% | 34.5% | 19.6% | 83.0 |
| 2. | Art Institute of California at San Francisco | 630 | 8.1% | 0.8% | 11.8% | 13.2% | 35.2% | 2.3% | 20.1% | 8.5% | 17.9% | 79.7 |
| 3. | Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts | 1,147 | 0.0% | 0.8% | 28.4% | 8.2% | 30.1% | 4.0% | 20.5% | 8.0% | 2.5% | 77.8 |
| 4. | Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising at Los Angeles | 2,624 | 18.8% | 0.7% | 11.3% | 6.0% | 22.0% | 1.3% | 36.5% | 3.4% | 6.0% | 76.6 |
| 5. | DeVry College of New York | 1,734 | 13.4% | 0.5% | 9.9% | 34.1% | 27.6% | 0.4% | 13.5% | 0.7% | 4.2% | 76.2 |
| 6. | West Coast U. at Dallas | 555 | 0.0% | 0.5% | 20.2% | 22.7% | 19.1% | 0.5% | 33.2% | 3.8% | 0.0% | 76.1 |
| 7. | Plaza College | 712 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 11.7% | 31.7% | 33.4% | 0.0% | 12.2% | 11.0% | 0.0% | 75.9 |
| 8. | Stanbridge College | 1,114 | 0.0% | 0.3% | 20.0% | 8.1% | 31.8% | 11.0% | 28.8% | 0.0% | 17.8% | 75.7 |
| 9. | DeVry U. of California | 4,636 | 4.5% | 0.4% | 15.7% | 11.6% | 35.8% | 2.4% | 27.5% | 2.1% | 7.4% | 75.5 |
| 10. | Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (N.Y.) | 519 | 2.1% | 0.4% | 31.6% | 9.3% | 11.8% | 0.4% | 35.1% | 9.3% | 6.7% | 75.4 |
2-year for-profit institutions
| 1. | Hawaii Medical College | 517 | 0.0% | 0.2% | 33.3% | 1.4% | 3.5% | 25.8% | 3.5% | 32.4% | 0.2% | 82.0 |
| 2. | Saint Paul’s School of Nursing | 550 | 0.0% | 0.2% | 14.5% | 40.3% | 23.5% | 1.6% | 14.3% | 5.7% | 19.6% | 74.1 |
| 3. | Asher College | 570 | 0.0% | 0.9% | 13.6% | 34.2% | 14.7% | 1.6% | 33.6% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 73.0 |
| 4. | ASA Institute of Business and Computer Technology | 4,480 | 25.3% | 0.1% | 5.1% | 28.4% | 35.3% | 0.1% | 3.9% | 1.8% | 0.2% | 72.7 |
| 5. | Carrington College California at Sacramento | 1,186 | 0.3% | 1.4% | 12.5% | 9.2% | 32.7% | 2.2% | 38.4% | 3.3% | 5.4% | 72.1 |
| 6. | Concorde Career College (Colo.) | 521 | 0.0% | 2.9% | 5.6% | 28.0% | 39.8% | 0.6% | 19.9% | 3.1% | 7.5% | 71.9 |
| 7. | Kaplan College at San Diego | 654 | 0.2% | 0.3% | 20.6% | 9.6% | 39.9% | 2.3% | 26.4% | 0.7% | 8.0% | 71.9 |
| 8. | Laurus College | 1,089 | 1.5% | 2.5% | 5.8% | 13.6% | 39.2% | 3.2% | 32.8% | 1.5% | 17.7% | 71.5 |
| 9. | Pima Medical Institute-Las Vegas | 755 | 0.0% | 0.9% | 13.2% | 9.2% | 41.2% | 1.2% | 30.2% | 4.1% | 1.9% | 71.3 |
| 10. | American Career College at Anaheim (Calif.) | 1,067 | 0.0% | 0.5% | 21.4% | 4.3% | 47.0% | 3.2% | 13.8% | 9.8% | 1.1% | 71.1 |
Note: Percentages for nonresident aliens — the U.S. government’s term for non-U.S. citizens, or foreign nationals, without permanent-resident status in the United States — and the various racial and ethnic categories are based on the total number of students in those respective categories out of all students whose race is known. The U.S. Department of Education counts Hispanic and nonresident-alien students as part of distinct racial or ethnic categories, so they are considered as such when calculating the diversity index. The index measures the probability that two people chosen at random from the student body are of different racial or ethnic groups. Students who identify as two or more races are considered as automatically diverse in calculating the index. Figures in the diversity-index column are rounded, but institutions were ranked before rounding. Institutions with fewer than 500 total students were excluded. Questions or comments on the Almanac should be sent to the Almanac editor.
Source: Chronicle analysis of U.S. Department of Education data