Most-Diverse Campuses, Fall 2012

Among states, California had by far the highest number of most-diverse campuses appearing on this list: 36. It was followed by Hawaii, with 14, and New York, with 10. The diversity index measures, on a scale of 0 to 100, the probability that any two students at an institution are from different racial or ethnic groups.

4-year public
Rank	Institution	Total enrollment	Nonresident alien	American Indian/Alaska Native	Asian	African-American	Hispanic	Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	White	2 or more races	Race unknown	Diversity index
1.	U. of Hawaii at Hilo	4,157	4.4%	0.4%	22.1%	1.2%	9.1%	11.3%	23.4%	28.2%	0.5%	87.32
2.	U. of Hawaii Maui College	4,382	0.8%	0.6%	24.6%	1.0%	10.9%	15.5%	22.3%	24.4%	0.1%	85.36
3.	U. of Hawaii-West Oahu	1,997	0.3%	0.2%	39.0%	1.4%	11.0%	8.2%	12.3%	27.7%	0.1%	81.37
4.	U. of Hawaii-Manoa	20,426	6.4%	0.2%	35.7%	1.2%	7.4%	5.2%	22.3%	21.6%	0.3%	81.04
5.	California State U.-East Bay	13,851	9.6%	0.2%	26.1%	11.9%	23.3%	1.1%	22.4%	5.4%	8.7%	80.39

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4-year public
Rank	Institution	Total enrollment	Nonresident alien	American Indian/Alaska Native	Asian	African-American	Hispanic	Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	White	2 or more races	Race unknown	Diversity index
1.	U. of Hawaii at Hilo	4,157	4.4%	0.4%	22.1%	1.2%	9.1%	11.3%	23.4%	28.2%	0.5%	87.32
2.	U. of Hawaii Maui College	4,382	0.8%	0.6%	24.6%	1.0%	10.9%	15.5%	22.3%	24.4%	0.1%	85.36
3.	U. of Hawaii-West Oahu	1,997	0.3%	0.2%	39.0%	1.4%	11.0%	8.2%	12.3%	27.7%	0.1%	81.37
4.	U. of Hawaii-Manoa	20,426	6.4%	0.2%	35.7%	1.2%	7.4%	5.2%	22.3%	21.6%	0.3%	81.04
5.	California State U.-East Bay	13,851	9.6%	0.2%	26.1%	11.9%	23.3%	1.1%	22.4%	5.4%	8.7%	80.39
6.	New Jersey Institute of Technology	9,944	16.6%	0.1%	20.0%	9.6%	18.3%	0.1%	33.0%	2.3%	7.7%	78.08
7.	City College of City U. of New York	16,023	9.0%	0.1%	19.2%	18.9%	31.8%	0.3%	20.0%	0.8%	0.0%	77.83
8.	Rutgers U. at Newark	12,011	7.1%	0.1%	19.4%	16.6%	17.8%	1.9%	34.7%	2.4%	5.4%	77.75
9.	U. of Houston	40,747	8.9%	0.2%	19.2%	11.4%	25.1%	0.2%	32.4%	2.7%	0.7%	77.47
10.	San Francisco State U.	30,500	7.9%	0.3%	27.8%	5.1%	22.5%	0.6%	30.3%	5.5%	6.1%	77.12
11.	San Jose State U.	30,448	7.4%	0.2%	33.6%	3.6%	22.4%	0.9%	26.8%	5.0%	4.7%	75.80
12.	City U. of New York Bernard M. Baruch College	17,373	12.1%	0.1%	30.8%	9.6%	14.0%	0.2%	32.6%	0.7%	0.0%	75.59
13.	U. of California at Los Angeles	39,945	13.6%	0.2%	29.6%	3.1%	15.7%	0.3%	33.7%	3.8%	3.8%	75.47
14.	Seattle Central Community College	7,068	19.8%	0.6%	11.7%	11.5%	6.8%	0.4%	42.6%	6.8%	8.6%	74.84
15.	City U. of New York, New York City College of Technology	16,207	4.3%	0.4%	16.7%	34.8%	28.5%	0.4%	14.4%	0.6%	0.0%	74.76
4-year private nonprofit
Rank	Institution	Total enrollment	Nonresident alien	American Indian/Alaska Native	Asian	African-American	Hispanic	Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	White	2 or more races	Race unknown	Diversity index
1.	Hawaii Pacific U.	7,463	13.2%	0.6%	20.5%	5.7%	13.6%	3.1%	30.7%	12.8%	5.0%	82.41
2.	Chaminade U. of Honolulu	2,912	1.9%	0.9%	28.7%	7.8%	8.7%	17.0%	22.8%	12.3%	15.9%	82.28
3.	Holy Names U.	1,353	3.8%	0.6%	14.0%	24.5%	24.0%	3.1%	26.0%	4.1%	8.0%	79.27
4.	La Sierra U.	2,393	17.0%	0.1%	13.6%	8.3%	36.1%	2.2%	18.3%	4.4%	0.4%	78.18
5.	Houston Baptist U.	2,589	3.5%	0.2%	11.0%	21.7%	26.1%	0.3%	30.0%	7.3%	1.5%	78.15
6.	Andrews U.	3,551	18.7%	0.3%	8.3%	22.2%	13.9%	0.8%	33.7%	2.1%	1.4%	77.57
7.	Pacific Union College	1,564	3.4%	1.1%	20.5%	7.8%	25.9%	2.2%	32.9%	6.1%	10.9%	77.45
8.	Otis College of Art and Design	1,165	17.5%	0.5%	33.4%	4.3%	14.5%	0.4%	25.3%	4.2%	5.8%	77.10
9.	Remington College at Honolulu	537	0.0%	0.2%	33.4%	5.6%	6.8%	33.0%	7.1%	13.9%	0.7%	76.66
10.	U. of San Francisco	10,040	14.2%	0.3%	18.3%	4.3%	17.8%	0.4%	38.6%	6.2%	5.1%	76.38
11.	Southwestern Adventist U.	806	16.1%	0.0%	4.2%	15.2%	34.5%	0.8%	26.1%	3.1%	5.1%	76.19
12.	Menlo College	714	11.3%	0.5%	6.9%	6.5%	23.3%	4.1%	40.5%	6.9%	11.1%	75.84
13.	Nyack College	3,318	5.4%	0.2%	12.3%	35.4%	24.7%	0.2%	19.4%	2.4%	1.5%	75.79
14.	New York Institute of Technology at Old Westbury	7,883	18.3%	0.4%	20.2%	10.4%	11.5%	0.2%	38.1%	1.0%	22.5%	75.67
15.	U. of Southern California	39,958	20.7%	0.2%	19.7%	5.3%	12.8%	0.2%	37.9%	3.2%	4.5%	75.55
4-year private for-profit
Rank	Institution	Total enrollment	Nonresident alien	American Indian/Alaska Native	Asian	African-American	Hispanic	Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	White	2 or more races	Race unknown	Diversity index
1.	Los Angeles Film School	2,464	2.4%	0.6%	3.1%	28.2%	28.3%	0.2%	18.1%	19.2%	21.5%	80.59
2.	DeVry U. Keller Graduate School of Management (Calif.)	2,033	11.2%	0.6%	22.1%	17.8%	17.7%	1.6%	27.4%	1.6%	13.2%	80.02
3.	Plaza College (N.Y.)	766	0.5%	0.0%	11.9%	30.8%	29.6%	0.0%	15.9%	11.2%	0.0%	77.78
4.	DeVry U. Keller Graduate School of Management (N.Y.)	846	23.7%	0.3%	15.8%	32.5%	14.6%	0.3%	12.3%	0.7%	12.3%	77.71
5.	Argosy U. at Honolulu	605	0.2%	1.2%	27.2%	10.0%	10.2%	24.8%	26.4%	0.0%	2.8%	77.42
6.	Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising at Los Angeles	3,743	13.3%	0.3%	12.9%	6.4%	25.2%	1.3%	37.0%	3.7%	8.9%	76.11
7.	International Academy of Design and Technology at Henderson (Nev.)	514	0.0%	0.8%	9.9%	23.0%	18.9%	2.8%	37.4%	7.3%	23.0%	76.11
8.	California College San Diego	1,139	0.0%	0.8%	12.6%	20.6%	32.9%	4.8%	26.8%	1.5%	2.1%	75.91
9.	ITT Technical Institute at San Diego	1,385	0.0%	0.8%	13.9%	17.6%	32.9%	1.7%	28.8%	4.4%	5.1%	75.87
10.	ITT Technical Institute at North Las Vegas (Nev.)	552	0.0%	1.3%	7.1%	28.1%	24.3%	0.4%	33.8%	5.0%	5.3%	74.23
11.	Berkeley College at New York	4,864	20.9%	0.5%	3.9%	35.0%	28.2%	0.0%	11.5%	0.0%	21.1%	73.95
12.	Musicians Institute	1,288	31.4%	0.7%	4.0%	7.5%	12.4%	0.2%	37.5%	6.5%	4.7%	73.88
13.	Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising at San Francisco	750	3.9%	0.4%	19.3%	7.0%	24.1%	1.0%	40.3%	4.0%	6.9%	73.60
14.	West Coast U. at Ontario	1,082	0.0%	1.3%	38.6%	3.5%	17.2%	4.1%	29.2%	6.1%	6.8%	73.31
15.	Academy of Art U.	17,871	36.2%	0.7%	9.3%	8.1%	9.8%	0.4%	33.5%	2.1%	23.1%	73.21
2-year public
Rank	Institution	Total enrollment	Nonresident alien	American Indian/Alaska Native	Asian	African-American	Hispanic	Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	White	2 or more races	Race unknown	Diversity index
1.	U. of Hawaii Windward Community College	2,741	0.3%	0.3%	16.6%	0.9%	12.1%	13.3%	17.6%	39.1%	1.1%	90.94
2.	U. of Hawaii Hawaii Community College	3,663	1.7%	0.5%	16.2%	0.7%	14.4%	15.0%	17.0%	34.6%	0.9%	90.15
3.	U. of Hawaii Kauai Community College	1,495	0.6%	0.2%	28.8%	0.3%	12.9%	10.3%	19.0%	27.9%	0.8%	85.38
4.	U. of Hawaii Leeward Community College	7,960	1.1%	0.2%	38.1%	1.9%	12.3%	8.3%	9.6%	28.5%	1.1%	82.31
5.	Berkeley City College	5,739	5.2%	0.3%	16.3%	20.1%	23.2%	0.5%	28.2%	6.1%	8.1%	79.68
6.	U. of Hawaii Honolulu Community College	4,582	1.5%	0.3%	42.3%	1.5%	8.6%	10.3%	8.9%	26.6%	0.8%	79.46
7.	Kapiolani Community College	8,892	7.5%	0.2%	43.0%	1.0%	8.0%	4.9%	11.6%	23.9%	0.4%	78.72
8.	Laney College	11,387	4.0%	0.3%	28.8%	25.9%	18.8%	0.6%	17.0%	4.6%	7.1%	78.42
9.	Cosumnes River College	14,143	0.7%	0.5%	28.2%	14.1%	23.2%	1.9%	25.8%	5.7%	3.0%	78.01
10.	Montgomery College	27,453	10.3%	0.3%	11.7%	27.0%	19.4%	0.3%	29.3%	1.7%	0.1%	77.91
11.	Bunker Hill Community College	13,504	6.6%	0.0%	10.8%	25.9%	21.0%	0.1%	30.7%	4.9%	5.4%	77.88
12.	City U. of New York-Queensborough Community College	15,711	6.1%	0.6%	21.6%	22.2%	29.0%	0.6%	19.6%	0.4%	0.0%	77.81
13.	College of Alameda	5,682	3.8%	0.3%	32.5%	22.6%	19.6%	0.5%	15.8%	4.8%	8.2%	77.81
14.	Sacramento City College	24,381	0.7%	0.7%	22.4%	12.8%	26.8%	1.3%	29.5%	5.8%	3.0%	77.44
15.	Solano Community College	9,772	0.2%	0.4%	14.8%	16.9%	25.0%	0.8%	33.9%	8.1%	6.9%	77.23
2-year private for-profit
Rank	Institution	Total enrollment	Nonresident alien	American Indian/Alaska Native	Asian	African-American	Hispanic	Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	White	2 or more races	Race unknown	Diversity index
1.	Everest College at Henderson (Nev.)	934	0.0%	1.1%	6.1%	19.7%	32.4%	4.3%	27.7%	8.9%	0.9%	77.43
2.	Kaplan College at Las Vegas	871	0.1%	1.4%	14.9%	21.5%	28.0%	4.9%	28.9%	0.2%	1.6%	76.68
3.	WyoTech at Fremont (Calif.)	1,452	0.0%	0.8%	12.2%	13.4%	36.6%	4.7%	25.8%	6.6%	1.1%	76.45
4.	Asher College	726	0.0%	0.7%	16.3%	24.1%	19.3%	1.0%	36.0%	2.6%	0.6%	74.83
5.	Concorde Career College at San Diego	649	0.0%	1.6%	11.8%	14.2%	42.2%	5.9%	19.0%	5.2%	5.9%	74.78
6.	Kaplan College at Sacramento (Calif.)	558	0.2%	1.9%	10.8%	24.1%	29.6%	2.7%	30.9%	0.0%	5.4%	74.68
7.	Heald College at San Francisco	1,228	0.0%	1.3%	27.5%	23.4%	33.3%	2.0%	11.5%	1.1%	2.0%	74.51
8.	Kaplan College at San Diego	1,363	0.0%	0.8%	22.3%	11.0%	27.7%	3.5%	34.7%	0.0%	4.3%	73.96
9.	Concorde Career Institute at Tampa (Fla.)	614	0.0%	0.2%	1.0%	22.7%	32.3%	0.3%	32.3%	11.2%	3.8%	73.96
10.	Pima Medical Institute at Las Vegas	1,089	0.0%	1.1%	12.3%	15.3%	30.3%	0.9%	36.5%	3.6%	1.9%	73.61
11.	Heald College at Hayward (Calif.)	1,419	0.0%	0.8%	18.1%	22.5%	41.1%	3.4%	12.8%	1.4%	16.6%	73.09
12.	Carrington College California at Sacramento	1,392	0.2%	1.3%	9.2%	17.9%	20.4%	2.0%	43.2%	5.8%	3.6%	73.04
13.	Concorde Career College at North Hollywood (Calif.)	1,050	0.0%	0.3%	26.3%	3.6%	41.2%	7.2%	17.6%	3.8%	16.3%	72.38
14.	Concorde Career College at Garden Grove (Calif.)	1,006	0.0%	0.3%	24.5%	4.0%	42.7%	6.0%	18.3%	4.2%	5.7%	71.93
15.	Long Island Business Institute	515	4.9%	0.0%	41.6%	9.1%	22.2%	0.0%	21.8%	0.4%	0.2%	71.93
Note: Percentages are based on the total number of students of a particular race or ethnicity out of all students whose race is known. The 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. Institutions with fewer than 500 total students were excluded.
Source: Chronicle analysis of U.S. Department of Education data