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Undergraduates' share of people enrolled: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Undergraduates' share of people enrolled (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in School enrollment by level by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-14

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National value: 21.6 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 26.8 %
RI 28.8 %
DE 22.7 %
CT 23.9 %
NJ 20.1 %
MD 20.7 %
MA 25.4 %
VT 26.1 %
NH 23.4 %

Lowest: 15.3 to 19.5 %
Group 2: 19.5 to 20.6 %
Group 3: 20.6 to 21.4 %
Group 4: 21.4 to 22.7 %
Highest: 22.7 to 28.8 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Rhode Island	28.8
2	District of Columbia	26.8
3	Vermont	26.1
4	California	25.4
4	Massachusetts	25.4
6	Maine	24
7	Connecticut	23.9
8	New York	23.6
9	New Hampshire	23.4
9	Utah	23.4
11	Delaware	22.7
11	North Carolina	22.7
11	North Dakota	22.7
14	Florida	22.6
15	Oregon	22.4
16	Virginia	22.3
17	Colorado	21.8
17	Pennsylvania	21.8
19	Hawaii	21.5
20	Alabama	21.4
20	Arizona	21.4
22	Georgia	21.2
22	Wisconsin	21.2
24	New Mexico	21.1
25	Illinois	21
26	Iowa	20.9
26	Michigan	20.9
26	West Virginia	20.9
29	Maryland	20.7
30	Mississippi	20.6
30	South Carolina	20.6
32	Washington	20.2
33	Nebraska	20.1
33	New Jersey	20.1
35	Minnesota	19.9
36	Indiana	19.8
36	Wyoming	19.8
38	Idaho	19.7
38	Kansas	19.7
40	Texas	19.6
41	Ohio	19.5
42	Kentucky	19.4
43	Oklahoma	19.3
44	Tennessee	19.2
45	Louisiana	18.8
46	Nevada	18.5
47	Missouri	18.4
48	South Dakota	17.9
49	Arkansas	17.8
50	Montana	17.7
51	Alaska	15.3

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B14001: School enrollment by level of school for the population 3 years and over. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by undergraduates' share of people enrolled (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B14001: School enrollment by level of school for the population 3 years and over; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-14. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-undergraduates-share-of-people-enrolled/

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