Public colleges with the highest percentages of particular racial or ethnic groups tended to be concentrated in states with relatively high representations of those groups in their populations. Oklahoma, for example, had five colleges among the top 10 nontribal colleges in the United States for representation of American Indians, and Georgia had five colleges among the top 10 non-historically-black colleges and universities for representation of blacks. The 10 institutions with the highest percentages of white students were dispersed among nine states.
American Indian or Alaska Native
| 1. | Fort Lewis College (Colo.) | 859 | 24.5% |
| 2. | Northeastern State U. (Okla.) | 1,483 | 22.2% |
| 3. | U. of Alaska at Fairbanks | 711 | 18.8% |
| 4. | Southeastern Oklahoma State U. | 598 | 18.2% |
| 5. | East Central U. (Okla.) | 515 | 15.4% |
| 6. | Oklahoma State U. Institute of Technology | 354 | 15.4% |
| 7. | U. of North Carolina at Pembroke | 787 | 15.3% |
| 8. | U. of Alaska-Southeast | 147 | 13.4% |
| 9. | Montana State U.-Northern | 138 | 13.1% |
| 10. | Rogers State U. (Okla.) | 450 | 12.7% |
| Average for 639 institutions | 58 | 0.6% |
Asian
| 1. | U. of California at Irvine | 9,964 | 46.7% |
| 2. | U. of California at San Diego | 9,547 | 46.1% |
| 3. | U. of California at Berkeley | 9,519 | 41.9% |
| 4. | U. of Hawaii at Manoa | 5,449 | 41.0% |
| 5. | San Jose State U. (Calif.) | 9,463 | 39.2% |
| 6. | U. of California at Riverside | 6,753 | 37.9% |
| 7. | U. of California at Davis | 9,420 | 37.9% |
| 8. | U. of Hawaii-West Oahu | 907 | 37.6% |
| 9. | City U. of New York Bernard M. Baruch College | 4,735 | 37.2% |
| 10. | U. of California at Los Angeles | 8,879 | 35.1% |
| Average for 639 institutions | 663 | 7.2% |
Black or African-American
| 1. | Atlanta Metropolitan State College | 2,636 | 93.7% |
| 2. | Chicago State U. | 2,854 | 87.5% |
| 3. | City U. of New York Medgar Evers College | 4,962 | 82.0% |
| 4. | Clayton State U. (Ga.) | 3,960 | 68.9% |
| 5. | Bainbridge State College (Ga.) | 1,231 | 55.8% |
| 6. | Francis Marion U. (S.C.) | 1,577 | 49.7% |
| 7. | U. of Baltimore | 1,634 | 49.6% |
| 8. | Darton State College (Ga.) | 2,410 | 46.5% |
| 9. | U. of West Alabama | 777 | 45.7% |
| 10. | East Georgia State College | 1,270 | 45.1% |
| Average for 639 institutions | 960 | 10.5% |
Hispanic
| 1. | Texas A&M International U. | 6,359 | 96.6% |
| 2. | South Texas College | 16,650 | 95.9% |
| 3. | U. of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College | 8,987 | 94.3% |
| 4. | U. of Texas-Rio Grande Valley | 16,210 | 94.2% |
| 5. | U. of Texas at El Paso | 16,286 | 87.9% |
| 6. | Miami Dade College | 41,831 | 74.0% |
| 7. | Florida International U. | 26,236 | 71.5% |
| 8. | Texas A&M U. at Kingsville | 6,000 | 70.3% |
| 9. | Northern New Mexico College | 643 | 70.0% |
| 10. | California State U. at Los Angeles | 12,557 | 67.2% |
| Average for 639 institutions | 1,459 | 15.9% |
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander
| 1. | U. of Hawaii at Hilo | 366 | 11.7% |
| 2. | U. of Hawaii Maui College | 355 | 10.9% |
| 3. | U. of Hawaii-West Oahu | 168 | 7.0% |
| 4. | U. of Hawaii-Manoa | 477 | 3.6% |
| 5. | Western Oregon U. | 142 | 3.3% |
| 6. | Snow College (Utah) | 84 | 2.6% |
| 7. | College of Southern Nevada | 567 | 2.0% |
| 8. | U. of Alaska-Southeast | 21 | 1.9% |
| 9. | U. of Washington at Tacoma | 64 | 1.9% |
| 10. | Clover Park Technical College (Wash.) | 31 | 1.8% |
| Average for 639 institutions | 24 | 0.3% |
White
| 1. | Maine Maritime Academy | 978 | 97.4% |
| 2. | Pennsylvania State U. at DuBois | 450 | 94.5% |
| 3. | Montana Tech of the U. of Montana | 1,460 | 94.4% |
| 4. | West Virginia U. at Parkersburg | 2,398 | 94.3% |
| 5. | U. of Cincinnati-Clermont College | 2,266 | 92.9% |
| 6. | Castleton U. (Vt.) | 1,613 | 92.8% |
| 7. | Granite State College (N.H.) | 1,523 | 92.5% |
| 8. | U. of Wisconsin at Platteville | 7,194 | 92.4% |
| 9. | U. of Pittsburgh at Johnstown | 2,555 | 92.4% |
| 10. | Morehead State U. (Ky.) | 6,510 | 92.4% |
| Average for 639 institutions | 5,688 | 61.9% |
2 or more races
| 1. | U. of Hawaii at Hilo | 983 | 31.4% |
| 2. | U. of Hawaii-West Oahu | 745 | 30.8% |
| 3. | U. of Hawaii Maui College | 892 | 27.4% |
| 4. | U. of Hawaii-Manoa | 3,438 | 25.9% |
| 5. | Rogers State U. (Okla.) | 647 | 18.2% |
| 6. | Southeastern Oklahoma State U. | 478 | 14.6% |
| 7. | Northeastern State U. (Okla.) | 969 | 14.5% |
| 8. | U. of Minnesota at Morris | 203 | 12.5% |
| 9. | California Maritime Academy | 110 | 11.3% |
| 10. | Highline College (Wash.) | 338 | 11.3% |
| Average for 639 institutions | 334 | 3.6% |
Note: Full-time and part-time undergraduate students seeking either a degree or certificate at four-year public institutions in the United States in the fall of 2014 are represented in this table. Eight tribal colleges, all of which have an American Indian enrollment of at least 88 percent, and 39 historically black colleges and universities, nearly three-quarters of which have African-American enrollment of at least 80 percent, are excluded from the data. Percentages by race were calculated after students whose race was unknown and students who were nonresident aliens were excluded from the total number of students. Percentages are rounded, but institutions were ranked before rounding.
Source: Chronicle analysis of U.S. Department of Education data</p>