Big Colleges Where Most Students Are In-State

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Big Colleges Where Most Students Are In-State

Big Colleges Where Most Students Are In-State - Complete List

Rank College % In-State Students # Students
1 Miami Dade College 98.3% 21,075
2 California State University-Sacramento 98.2% 23,234
2 California State University-Los Angeles 98.2% 20,022
4 Texas State University 98.0% 28,180
5 California State University-Northridge 96.5% 29,104
5 San Francisco State University 96.5% 21,515
5 The University of Texas at San Antonio 96.5% 20,222
8 California State Polytechnic University-Pomona 96.0% 21,148
9 California State University-Long Beach 95.7% 27,953
10 California State University-Fullerton 94.9% 27,994
11 San Jose State University 94.4% 21,613
12 Texas A & M University-College Station 93.8% 45,091
13 University of Houston 93.4% 25,818
14 University of North Texas 92.6% 25,486
15 University of North Carolina at Charlotte 92.3% 20,263
16 Texas Tech University 91.7% 26,627
17 Virginia Commonwealth University 90.2% 20,264
18 University of Central Florida 88.6% 38,508
19 The University of Texas at Austin 87.8% 37,234
20 University of Georgia 87.7% 26,328
21 Florida State University 85.5% 29,281
22 University of California-Santa Barbara 85.0% 21,199
23 North Carolina State University at Raleigh 83.8% 20,951
24 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus 83.3% 21,558
25 University of Florida 83.1% 31,014
25 University of South Florida-Main Campus 83.1% 24,013
27 Rutgers University-New Brunswick 82.2% 34,020
28 Florida International University 82.1% 26,312
29 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville 82.0% 20,778
30 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College 80.9% 23,212
31 University of California-Davis 80.6% 28,564
32 Washington State University 79.7% 21,652
33 Kennesaw State University 79.6% 24,412
33 San Diego State University 79.6% 26,790
35 Colorado State University-Fort Collins 76.6% 21,977
36 University of California-Berkeley 75.8% 28,108
37 University of California-Los Angeles 75.0% 30,343
38 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 74.3% 32,540
39 University of California-Irvine 74.2% 26,889
40 University of California-San Diego 73.5% 27,386
41 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 73.3% 25,213
42 University of Massachusetts-Amherst 73.1% 21,460
43 Michigan State University 70.2% 35,447
44 University of Maryland-College Park 69.5% 26,350
45 Temple University 69.3% 26,277
46 University of Washington-Seattle Campus 68.3% 28,380
47 Ohio State University-Main Campus 66.6% 41,862
48 University of Missouri-Columbia 65.8% 24,124
49 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 64.3% 29,566
50 Northern Arizona University 61.6% 21,494
51 University of Kentucky 61.1% 20,833
52 Auburn University 59.3% 20,396
52 Arizona State University-Tempe 59.3% 38,946
54 University of Wisconsin-Madison 56.9% 28,577
55 Indiana University-Bloomington 56.6% 32,005
56 University of Arizona 54.6% 29,149
57 Purdue University-Main Campus 53.6% 29,309
58 Iowa State University 53.4% 28,872
59 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus 53.2% 40,139
60 University of Colorado Boulder 52.8% 25,802
61 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 50.9% 27,969
62 University of Iowa 50.5% 20,868
63 University of South Carolina-Columbia 46.8% 24,382
64 West Virginia University 44.8% 20,524
65 Brigham Young University-Provo 33.5% 28,012
66 The University of Alabama 31.9% 29,220
67 New York University 27.5% 24,888
68 Liberty University 26.5% 27,112
69 Southern New Hampshire University 13.7% 21,868
70 Ashford University 5.7% 35,868
71 University of Phoenix-Arizona 3.1% 103,711