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Highest Representation of Racial and Ethnic Groups at 4-Year Public Institutions, Fall 2014

Data analysis by Ruth Hammond
January 29, 2017

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.

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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

RankInstitutionStudentsPercentage
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

Rank
InstitutionStudents
Percentage
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

Rank
InstitutionStudents
Percentage
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

Rank
InstitutionStudents
Percentage
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

Rank
InstitutionStudents
Percentage
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

Rank
InstitutionStudents
Percentage
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

Rank
InstitutionStudents
Percentage
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>

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A version of this article appeared in the February 3, 2017, issue.
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