Diversity in US Community Colleges
- Diversity in US community colleges varies greatly by state and between schools.
- US community colleges have an average diversity score of 0.51 (2018-19).
- The most diverse state is Hawaii, with a diversity score of 0.76.
US Community College Diversity Scores (2018-19)
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StateDiversity Score Most Diverse Community College
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Alabama
0.56
Herzing University-Birmingham (0.78)Chattahoochee Valley Community College (0.57)Jefferson Davis Community College (0.57)J F Drake State Community and Technical College (0.56)Marion Military Institute (0.54)Top AL Schools
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Arizona
0.65
The Refrigeration School (0.81)Brookline College-Tempe (0.76)Fortis College-Phoenix (0.75)South Mountain Community College (0.74)Brookline College-Phoenix (0.74)Top AZ Schools
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Arkansas
0.48
Remington College-Little Rock Campus (0.61)Pulaski Technical College (0.59)Arkansas State University Mid-South (0.56)East Arkansas Community College (0.56)University of Arkansas Community College-Hope (0.55)Top AR Schools
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California
0.73
Berkeley City College (0.82)Los Angeles Film School (0.82)College of Alameda (0.80)Laney College (0.80)Cosumnes River College (0.79)Top CA Schools
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Colorado
0.55
Everest College-Aurora (0.75)Concorde Career College-Aurora (0.73)Community College of Denver (0.73)Everest College-Colorado Springs (0.71)Westwood College-Denver South (0.71)Top CO Schools
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Connecticut
0.66
Capital Community College (0.75)Norwalk Community College (0.73)Gateway Community College (New Haven) (0.71)Housatonic Community College (0.70)Lincoln College of New England-Southington (0.61)Top CT Schools
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Florida
0.60
Johnson & Wales University-North Miami (0.81)Herzing University-Winter Park (0.77)Sanford-Brown College-Orlando (0.77)Concorde Career Institute-Jacksonville (0.76)Fortis Institute (0.75)Top FL Schools
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Georgia
0.65
Georgia Perimeter College (0.70)Gwinnett Technical College (0.69)Gwinnett College-Lilburn (0.68)Interactive College of Technology-Chamblee (0.65)Andrew College (0.64)Top GA Schools
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Hawaii
0.76
Hawaii Community College (0.79)University of Hawaii Maui College (0.76)Remington College-Honolulu Campus (0.75)Windward Community College (0.74)Kauai Community College (0.74)Top HI Schools
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Idaho
0.34
College of Western Idaho (0.51)College of Southern Idaho (0.44)Carrington College-Boise (0.37)North Idaho College (0.32)Brown Mackie College-Boise (0.31)Top ID Schools
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Illinois
0.59
Kendall College (0.76)City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College (0.76)City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College (0.73)East-West University (0.73)Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts-Chicago (0.72)Top IL Schools
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Indiana
0.58
Kaplan College-Hammond (0.68)MedTech College (0.68)Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Indianapolis (0.67)Brown Mackie College-Merrillville (0.60)Brown Mackie College-Indianapolis (0.49)Top IN Schools
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Iowa
0.50
Kaplan University-Davenport Campus (0.70)Western Iowa Tech Community College (0.56)Vatterott College-Des Moines (0.53)Brown Mackie College-Quad Cities (0.51)Eastern Iowa Community College District (0.41)Top IA Schools
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Kansas
0.46
Donnelly College (0.71)Wichita Area Technical College (0.64)National American University-Wichita (0.64)Seward County Community College and Area Technical School (0.64)Kansas City Kansas Community College (0.62)Top KS Schools
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Kentucky
0.29
Sullivan University (0.68)ATA College (0.57)National College-Lexington (0.56)MedTech College-Lexington Campus (0.52)Brown Mackie College-Louisville (0.52)Top KY Schools
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Louisiana
0.66
Delgado Community College (0.67)Nunez Community College (0.65)South Central Louisiana Technical College-River Parishes Campus (0.65)Delta School of Business and Technology (0.64)Bossier Parish Community College (0.64)Top LA Schools
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Maine
0.26
Washington County Community College (0.39)Central Maine Community College (0.37)Southern Maine Community College (0.35)University of Maine at Augusta (0.24)Beal College (0.23)Top ME Schools
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Maryland
0.65
Montgomery College (0.78)Howard Community College (0.71)Lincoln College of Technology-Columbia (0.68)The Community College of Baltimore County (0.60)Anne Arundel Community College (0.55)Top MD Schools
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Massachusetts
0.59
Bunker Hill Community College (0.79)Dean College (0.72)Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts-Cambridge (0.70)Fisher College (0.70)Newbury College (0.69)Top MA Schools
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Michigan
0.50
Henry Ford Community College (0.64)Oakland Community College (0.61)Rochester College (0.57)Mott Community College (0.54)Schoolcraft College (0.54)Top MI Schools
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Minnesota
0.45
Minnesota School of Business-Brooklyn Center (0.79)Globe University-Minneapolis (0.76)Saint Paul College A Community & Technical College (0.74)Minneapolis Community and Technical College (0.68)Hennepin Technical College (0.65)Top MN Schools
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Mississippi
0.53
Meridian Community College (0.57)Hinds Community College (0.55)Blue Cliff College-Gulfport (0.54)Antonelli College-Hattiesburg (0.54)East Mississippi Community College (0.53)Top MS Schools
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Missouri
0.51
Concorde Career College-Kansas City (0.66)Missouri College (0.64)Bryan University (Springfield) (0.58)Cottey College (0.54)Pinnacle Career Institute-South Kansas City (0.53)Top MO Schools
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Montana
0.48
Dawson Community College (0.49)Flathead Valley Community College (0.33)Great Falls College Montana State University (0.32)Helena College University of Montana (0.27)Highlands College of Montana Tech (0.25)Top MT Schools
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Nebraska
0.33
Vatterott College-Spring Valley (0.59)Universal College of Healing Arts (0.51)Kaplan University-Omaha Campus (0.49)Metropolitan Community College Area (0.43)Western Nebraska Community College (0.41)Top NE Schools
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Nevada
0.70
Kaplan College-Las Vegas (0.77)College of Southern Nevada (0.76)Everest College-Henderson (0.76)Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts-Las Vegas (0.75)Pima Medical Institute-Las Vegas (0.72)Top NV Schools
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New Hampshire
0.30
Lakes Region Community College (0.39)Nashua Community College (0.32)White Mountains Community College (0.31)Manchester Community College (Manchester - 03102) (0.31)NHTI-Concord's Community College (0.30)Top NH Schools
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New Jersey
0.70
Union County College (0.81)Middlesex County College (0.77)Berkeley College-Woodland Park (0.74)Bergen Community College (0.74)Essex County College (0.71)Top NJ Schools
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New Mexico
0.67
New Mexico Military Institute (0.78)New Mexico State University-Grants (0.73)New Mexico State University-Alamogordo (0.69)San Juan College (0.68)Central New Mexico Community College (0.67)Top NM Schools
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New York
0.69
St Paul's School of Nursing-Queens (0.80)Berkeley College-New York (0.79)CUNY Queensborough Community College (0.79)Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology (0.78)New York Career Institute (0.77)Top NY Schools
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North Carolina
0.56
Fayetteville Technical Community College (0.70)Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte (0.69)Durham Technical Community College (0.69)The Art Institute of Charlotte (0.68)Pitt Community College (0.68)Top NC Schools
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North Dakota
0.35
Williston State College (0.48)Lake Region State College (0.29)Rasmussen College-North Dakota (0.29)Bismarck State College (0.21)North Dakota State College of Science (0.15)Top ND Schools
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Ohio
0.44
Herzing University Toledo (0.76)Fortis College-Columbus (0.65)Miami-Jacobs Career College-Columbus (0.61)Davis College (0.61)Herzing University-Toledo (0.58)Top OH Schools
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Oklahoma
0.60
Bacone College (0.79)Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology (0.70)Platt College-Central OKC (0.70)Tulsa Welding School-Tulsa (0.69)St. Gregory's University (0.66)Top OK Schools
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Oregon
0.53
Chemeketa Community College (0.71)Mt Hood Community College (0.69)Everest College-Portland (0.61)Concorde Career College-Portland (0.60)Carrington College-Portland (0.57)Top OR Schools
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Pennsylvania
0.57
Community College of Philadelphia (0.75)The Art Institute of Philadelphia (0.74)Kaplan Career Institute-Franklin Mills (0.72)Lincoln Technical Institute-Philadelphia (0.71)DeVry University-Pennsylvania (0.71)Top PA Schools
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South Carolina
0.54
University of South Carolina-Salkehatchie (0.62)University of South Carolina-Sumter (0.60)South University, Columbia (0.59)Central Carolina Technical College (0.57)University of South Carolina-Union (0.57)Top SC Schools
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South Dakota
0.29
National American University-Rapid City (0.48)Globe University-Sioux Falls (0.41)Western Dakota Technical Institute (0.36)National American University-Sioux Falls (0.27)Southeast Technical Institute (0.27)Top SD Schools
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Tennessee
0.42
Fortis Institute-Nashville (0.63)Southwest Tennessee Community College (0.60)Kaplan College-Nashville (0.59)Daymar Institute-Nashville (0.58)Miller-Motte Technical College-Madison (0.57)Top TN Schools
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Texas
0.69
Houston Community College (0.79)Richland College (0.77)North Lake College (0.77)South University-The Art Institute Of Dallas (0.75)The Art Institute of Houston (0.75)Top TX Schools
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Utah
0.37
Eagle Gate College-Murray (0.69)Everest College-Salt Lake City (0.69)Stevens-Henager College (Murray) (0.61)Ameritech College of Healthcare (0.58)Provo College (0.55)Top UT Schools
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Vermont
0.38
Sterling College (0.54)Champlain College (0.52)Landmark College (0.48)New England Culinary Institute (0.42)Community College of Vermont (0.22)Top VT Schools
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Virginia
0.62
Northern Virginia Community College (0.75)Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Chesapeake (0.68)ECPI University (0.66)Columbia College (Fairfax) (0.66)ECPI University (0.65)Top VA Schools
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Washington
0.62
South Seattle College (0.79)Highline College (0.77)Seattle Central College (0.76)North Seattle College (0.74)Everest College-Tacoma (0.74)Top WA Schools
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West Virginia
0.24
Bridgemont Community and Technical College (0.44)Valley College-Martinsburg (0.39)Huntington Junior College (0.36)Valley College-Beckley (0.33)Blue Ridge Community and Technical College (0.33)Top WV Schools
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Wisconsin
0.40
Herzing University-Madison (0.67)Milwaukee Area Technical College (0.63)Bryant & Stratton College-Wauwatosa (0.46)Gateway Technical College (0.44)Madison Media Institute (0.41)Top WI Schools
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Wyoming
0.29
Wyotech-Laramie (0.47)Central Wyoming College (0.40)Northwest College (0.30)Western Wyoming Community College (0.30)Eastern Wyoming College (0.29)Top WY Schools
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