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Medium-Sized Colleges Where Most Students Are In-State

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Medium-Sized Colleges Where Most Students Are In-State — Complete List

156 colleges ranked.

RankCollege% In-State Students# Students
1 Bakersfield College Bakersfield, CA 100.0%17,280
1 Florida SouthWestern State College Fort Myers, FL 100.0%11,052
1 Rio Hondo College Whittier, CA 100.0%15,684
4 Cypress College Cypress, CA 99.9%13,354
4 South Texas College McAllen, TX 99.9%15,856
6 Moorpark College Moorpark, CA 99.7%12,082
6 San Diego Miramar College San Diego, CA 99.7%11,271
8 University of Houston-Downtown Houston, TX 99.5%12,555
9 Antelope Valley Community College District Lancaster, CA 99.4%11,534
9 California State University-Dominguez Hills Carson, CA 99.4%12,538
9 California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA 99.4%15,023
9 Cerritos College Norwalk, CA 99.4%18,870
9 Glendale Community College Glendale, AZ 99.4%11,975
9 Indian River State College Fort Pierce, FL 99.4%11,822
9 San Diego Mesa College San Diego, CA 99.4%16,098
16 St Philip's College San Antonio, TX 99.3%12,914
17 San Diego City College San Diego, CA 99.2%10,441
18 Cuyahoga Community College District Cleveland, OH 99.1%13,382
18 Northwest Vista College San Antonio, TX 99.1%13,993
18 San Antonio College San Antonio, TX 99.1%16,416
21 California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 99.0%19,562
22 Seminole State College of Florida Sanford, FL 98.9%12,864
23 California State University-San Marcos San Marcos, CA 98.5%14,877
23 College of the Canyons Santa Clarita, CA 98.5%15,832
23 Georgia Gwinnett College Lawrenceville, GA 98.5%11,344
26 De Anza College Cupertino, CA 98.4%15,264
27 Front Range Community College Westminster, CO 98.2%11,476
27 St Petersburg College St. Petersburg, FL 98.2%18,950
29 Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX 98.1%17,743
30 Modesto Junior College Modesto, CA 97.8%15,109
31 California State University-Chico Chico, CA 97.6%13,631
31 Los Angeles Valley College Valley Glen, CA 97.6%12,601
31 MiraCosta College Oceanside, CA 97.6%10,278
34 Columbus State Community College Columbus, OH 97.4%17,549
34 Delaware Technical Community College-Terry Dover, DE 97.4%10,867
34 Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver, CO 97.4%15,002
34 Saint Louis Community College Bridgeton, MO 97.4%11,788
34 San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 97.4%18,639
39 Daytona State College Daytona Beach, FL 97.0%10,176
40 Foothill College Los Altos Hills, CA 96.8%11,137
40 Mesa Community College Mesa, AZ 96.8%14,460
40 Tarleton State University Stephenville, TX 96.8%12,673
43 Eastern Florida State College Melbourne, FL 96.6%10,490
43 Florida State College at Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL 96.6%19,648
43 University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, LA 96.6%12,428
46 University of North Georgia Dahlonega, GA 96.5%16,146
47 Sinclair Community College Dayton, OH 96.4%13,308
48 Illinois State University Normal, IL 95.9%19,057
49 Oakland University Rochester Hills, MI 95.7%12,351
50 Montclair State University Montclair, NJ 95.3%18,376
51 Santa Fe College Gainesville, FL 95.2%11,122
52 Tallahassee State College Tallahassee, FL 94.8%11,053
53 Rowan University Glassboro, NJ 94.6%15,841
54 CUNY New York City College of Technology Brooklyn, NY 94.2%13,580
54 University of Central Oklahoma Edmond, OK 94.2%10,170
56 Wayne State University Detroit, MI 94.0%15,587
57 University at Albany Albany, NY 93.7%12,564
58 Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL 93.5%11,301
59 University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV 93.0%15,599
60 Kean University Union, NJ 92.8%11,433
61 CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY 92.6%10,543
61 University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC 92.6%14,062
63 CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY 92.3%11,590
64 Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, KY 92.0%12,318
65 Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN 91.7%13,830
66 CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NY 91.6%10,696
67 Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI 91.0%10,035
68 CUNY Hunter College New York, NY 90.9%16,289
68 University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD 90.9%10,701
70 Ball State University Muncie, IN 90.7%13,988
70 Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI 90.7%18,854
70 Towson University Towson, MD 90.7%16,136
70 University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL 90.7%13,359
74 CUNY City College New York, NY 90.5%12,505
74 University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE 90.5%11,488
76 Rio Salado College Tempe, AZ 90.4%11,668
76 University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA 90.4%17,940
78 Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA 90.2%17,514
79 Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 89.6%16,301
79 The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN 89.6%10,074
81 University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA 88.9%11,434
81 Weber State University Ogden, UT 88.9%16,360
83 Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Bowling Green, OH 88.5%12,812
84 Binghamton University Vestal, NY 88.0%14,655
85 Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH 87.6%19,633
86 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI 87.5%16,758
87 West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA 87.2%14,164
88 Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI 87.1%10,055
89 Appalachian State University Boone, NC 86.9%19,444
90 CUNY Queens College Queens, NY 86.8%12,550
91 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY 84.7%16,154
92 Chamberlain University-Illinois Addison, IL 83.9%14,027
93 Western Washington University Bellingham, WA 83.6%13,544
94 East Carolina University Greenville, NC 83.5%19,896
94 University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO 83.5%10,519
96 Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 83.3%18,101
97 Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MN 83.0%11,703
98 Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO 82.3%13,313
99 University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL 82.2%11,635
100 University of Memphis Memphis, TN 81.7%12,701
101 Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH 81.3%19,320
102 University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA 80.8%11,512
103 University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM 80.3%17,244
104 University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC 79.8%14,922
104 Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC 79.8%10,024
104 Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI 79.8%12,568
107 Portland State University Portland, OR 79.3%13,182
108 Wichita State University Wichita, KS 77.6%10,780
109 Bellevue University Bellevue, NE 76.2%10,220
110 East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN 75.4%10,004
111 Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 75.1%15,142
112 Florida Gulf Coast University Fort Myers, FL 74.6%13,874
113 ECPI University Virginia Beach, VA 74.1%12,090
114 University of Louisville Louisville, KY 73.0%14,727
114 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 73.0%19,178
116 New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces, NM 72.5%11,946
117 Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale, FL 72.0%17,678
118 University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS 71.1%10,075
119 Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY 70.7%12,155
120 DePaul University Chicago, IL 63.4%14,090
121 Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH 63.0%16,656
122 University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA 62.2%17,597
123 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 60.2%19,835
124 Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS 58.4%18,397
125 Boise State University Boise, ID 57.3%17,674
126 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA 57.1%18,785
127 North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro, NC 57.0%12,182
128 National University San Diego, CA 55.6%10,794
129 Baylor University Waco, TX 54.6%14,785
130 University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI 54.4%15,029
131 Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL 50.8%11,737
132 Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 48.0%13,233
132 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 48.0%13,215
134 College of Charleston Charleston, SC 44.1%10,558
135 Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX 41.6%11,026
136 West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 41.5%17,385
137 University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 39.4%13,381
138 University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH 36.6%11,261
139 Fordham University Bronx, NY 34.7%10,512
140 Montana State University Bozeman, MT 33.8%14,451
141 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 32.8%15,995
141 Post University Waterbury, CT 32.8%13,603
143 Coastal Carolina University Conway, SC 30.7%10,377
144 Syracuse University Syracuse, NY 28.3%15,477
145 University of Delaware Newark, DE 27.8%19,071
146 University of Miami Coral Gables, FL 23.8%12,913
147 Northeastern University Boston, MA 21.4%17,326
148 Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA 21.2%10,085
149 Columbia Southern University Orange Beach, AL 18.4%12,176
150 The University of Tampa Tampa, FL 18.1%10,572
151 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 16.0%10,650
152 Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah, GA 15.7%15,243
153 University of Vermont Burlington, VT 15.6%11,743
154 Boston University Boston, MA 14.1%18,248
155 George Washington University Washington, DC 1.5%11,182
156 Howard University Washington, DC 1.1%10,108

College rankings use publicly available data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and the IPEDS surveys (admissions, fall-enrollment residence & migration, and institutional characteristics). Editorial descriptions are illustrative. Figures reflect the most recent reporting year.

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