The analysis is based on data reported annually to the U.S. Department of Education.
U.S. 4-year schools attracting the fewest in-state students
Rank
State
School
Enrollment
In-state students (%)
Out-of-state students (%)
Foreign countries (%)
Unknown (%)
1
Alabama
Heritage Christian University
59
0%
50%
0%
50%
2
California
Bethesda University
257
0%
0%
0%
100%
3
California
Beverly Hills Design Institute
18
0%
100%
0%
0%
4
California
California Christian College
16
0%
0%
0%
100%
5
California
Epic Bible College
145
0%
80%
0%
20%
6
California
Golden Gate University-San Francisco
429
0%
0%
0%
100%
7
Colorado
Aspen University
3,130
0%
100%
0%
0%
8
District of Columbia
Strayer University-Global Region
5,569
0%
100%
0%
0%
9
Florida
Chamberlain University-Florida
1,021
0%
100%
0%
0%
10
Kansas
Ottawa University-Online
157
0%
100%
0%
0%
11
Massachusetts
Hult International Business School
512
0%
11%
86%
3%
12
Missouri
City Vision University
102
0%
100%
0%
0%
13
New York
Manhattan School of Music
488
0%
0%
0%
100%
14
New York
Sh'or Yoshuv Rabbinical College
130
0%
100%
0%
0%
15
New York
Yeshiva of Far Rockaway Derech Ayson Rabbinical Seminary
33
0%
100%
0%
0%
16
North Carolina
Chamberlain University-North Carolina
135
0%
100%
0%
0%
17
North Carolina
Grace College of Divinity
130
0%
80%
0%
20%
18
Oregon
Mount Angel Seminary
53
0%
100%
0%
0%
19
Tennessee
Huntington College of Health Sciences
144
0%
89%
11%
0%
20
Texas
Grace School of Theology
151
0%
0%
0%
100%
21
Utah
Midwives College of Utah
242
0%
100%
0%
0%
22
Virginia
University of Phoenix-Virginia
191
0%
100%
0%
0%
23
Arizona
Argosy University-Phoenix Online Division
4,534
1%
99%
0%
0%
24
District of Columbia
American University
8,123
1%
93%
4%
2%
25
District of Columbia
Gallaudet University
1,129
1%
92%
7%
0%
26
District of Columbia
Georgetown University
7,463
1%
89%
10%
0%
27
Iowa
Kaplan University-Davenport Campus
25,488
1%
99%
0%
0%
28
Kansas
Grantham University
7,816
1%
98%
0%
1%
29
Minnesota
Walden University
7,442
1%
89%
11%
0%
30
Utah
Independence University
8,278
1%
96%
0%
2%
31
District of Columbia
Catholic University of America
3,315
2%
97%
0%
1%
32
District of Columbia
Howard University
6,354
2%
89%
9%
0%
33
Minnesota
Capella University
9,210
2%
95%
0%
2%
34
New Hampshire
Dartmouth College
4,410
2%
88%
9%
1%
35
Arizona
University of Phoenix-Arizona
80,898
3%
97%
0%
0%
36
Missouri
American Business and Technology University
867
3%
97%
0%
0%
37
Vermont
Landmark College
461
3%
94%
3%
0%
38
Arizona
National Paralegal College
754
4%
93%
0%
4%
39
California
Minerva Schools at Keck Graduate Institute
468
4%
20%
77%
0%
40
Rhode Island
Brown University
6,988
4%
82%
14%
0%
41
Rhode Island
Rhode Island School of Design
1,976
4%
65%
29%
2%
42
Vermont
Bennington College
775
4%
78%
16%
2%
43
Vermont
Marlboro College
185
4%
95%
2%
0%
44
Connecticut
United States Coast Guard Academy
1,044
5%
91%
2%
2%
45
New York
United States Military Academy
4,491
5%
92%
1%
1%
46
Ohio
Cleveland Institute of Music
212
5%
65%
28%
2%
47
California
Ashford University
31,546
6%
94%
0%
0%
48
Connecticut
Yale University
5,746
6%
81%
13%
0%
49
Georgia
Georgia Christian University
21
6%
0%
0%
94%
50
Indiana
University of Notre Dame
8,576
6%
88%
7%
0%
51
Oregon
Reed College
1,447
6%
83%
11%
0%
52
Virginia
University of Management and Technology
917
6%
74%
0%
21%
53
Colorado
United States Air Force Academy
4,276
7%
90%
1%
2%
54
Connecticut
Wesleyan University
2,976
7%
77%
16%
0%
55
Nebraska
Union College
781
7%
85%
8%
0%
56
Ohio
Oberlin College
2,827
7%
81%
12%
0%
57
Maine
Colby College
1,917
8%
80%
12%
0%
58
Massachusetts
Berklee College of Music
6,282
8%
64%
28%
0%
59
Massachusetts
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
78
8%
77%
15%
0%
60
Massachusetts
Longy School of Music of Bard College
46
8%
42%
50%
0%
61
Oregon
American College of Healthcare Sciences
418
8%
80%
4%
8%
62
Tennessee
Vanderbilt University
6,885
8%
83%
8%
0%
63
Alabama
Columbia Southern University
15,050
9%
89%
0%
2%
64
Arizona
Prescott College
390
9%
87%
0%
4%
65
Maine
Bates College
1,787
9%
83%
8%
0%
66
Maine
Bowdoin College
1,816
9%
84%
7%
0%
67
Massachusetts
Bard College at Simon's Rock
401
9%
79%
0%
12%
68
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4,547
9%
80%
11%
0%
69
Pennsylvania
Haverford College
1,296
9%
78%
13%
0%
70
Rhode Island
Providence College
4,079
9%
89%
2%
0%
71
Colorado
Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs
22,306
10%
89%
0%
1%
72
Massachusetts
Amherst College
1,836
10%
82%
8%
0%
73
Massachusetts
Wellesley College
2,508
10%
73%
16%
0%
74
Missouri
Washington University in St Louis
7,675
10%
83%
7%
0%
75
New Jersey
Rabbinical College of America
227
10%
55%
35%
0%
76
Tennessee
Fountainhead College of Technology
88
10%
0%
0%
90%
77
Vermont
Norwich University
3,225
10%
88%
2%
1%
78
Massachusetts
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering
380
11%
82%
5%
1%
79
Oregon
Lewis & Clark College
2,106
11%
82%
6%
0%
80
Rhode Island
Bryant University
3,477
11%
81%
8%
0%
81
Illinois
Principia College
455
12%
77%
12%
0%
82
Louisiana
Tulane University of Louisiana
7,871
12%
83%
0%
4%
83
North Carolina
Duke University
6,696
12%
75%
10%
3%
84
Rhode Island
Roger Williams University
4,703
12%
87%
1%
0%
85
Wisconsin
Beloit College
1,402
12%
68%
20%
0%
86
Connecticut
Connecticut College
1,817
13%
79%
8%
0%
87
Connecticut
Trinity College
2,221
13%
75%
12%
0%
88
Massachusetts
Smith College
2,521
13%
71%
16%
0%
89
Massachusetts
The New England Conservatory of Music
436
13%
47%
39%
1%
90
Texas
Messenger College
51
13%
88%
0%
0%
91
Alabama
Oakwood University
1,650
14%
79%
6%
1%
92
Iowa
Maharishi University of Management
324
14%
76%
10%
0%
93
Kansas
Central Christian College of Kansas
865
14%
84%
0%
2%
94
Minnesota
Carleton College
2,078
14%
77%
9%
0%
95
Minnesota
Macalester College
2,136
14%
70%
16%
0%
96
Minnesota
Martin Luther College
899
14%
84%
2%
0%
97
New York
United States Merchant Marine Academy
954
14%
85%
1%
0%
98
Rhode Island
Salve Regina University
2,180
14%
84%
2%
0%
99
Vermont
Saint Michael's College
1,792
14%
83%
2%
0%
100
Arizona
Bryan University
1,242
15%
85%
0%
0%
101
Georgia
Emory University
6,937
15%
67%
18%
0%
102
Georgia
South University-Savannah Online
4,056
15%
85%
0%
0%
103
Maryland
St. John's College
458
15%
56%
29%
0%
104
New Jersey
Bais Medrash Toras Chesed
105
15%
81%
4%
0%
105
New Jersey
Princeton University
5,394
15%
71%
13%
0%
106
New York
The New School
7,125
15%
50%
29%
6%
107
Rhode Island
Johnson & Wales University-Providence
7,710
15%
81%
4%
0%
108
Iowa
Waldorf University
2,126
16%
76%
7%
1%
109
Maine
College of the Atlantic
349
16%
58%
25%
0%
110
Maine
Maine College of Art
459
16%
82%
0%
2%
111
Maryland
Maryland Institute College of Art
1,749
16%
58%
26%
0%
112
Massachusetts
Boston University
18,080
16%
59%
25%
0%
113
North Carolina
Elon University
6,045
16%
80%
2%
1%
114
Virginia
University of Richmond
3,265
16%
74%
10%
0%
115
Arizona
Western International University
597
17%
75%
0%
8%
116
Illinois
Moody Bible Institute
2,714
17%
63%
14%
7%
117
Iowa
Cornell College
1,009
17%
74%
0%
9%
118
Nebraska
Creighton University
4,255
17%
79%
3%
0%
119
New Hampshire
Franklin Pierce University
1,713
17%
81%
2%
0%
120
New York
Culinary Institute of America
3,116
17%
73%
9%
0%
121
Tennessee
Sewanee-The University of the South
1,702
17%
79%
4%
1%
122
Massachusetts
Mount Holyoke College
2,210
18%
56%
26%
0%
123
Missouri
Conception Seminary College
75
18%
82%
0%
0%
124
Tennessee
Visible Music College
124
18%
71%
0%
11%
125
Connecticut
Holy Apostles College and Seminary
164
19%
50%
31%
0%
126
Connecticut
Post University
7,844
19%
74%
2%
5%
127
Massachusetts
Babson College
2,342
19%
54%
27%
0%
128
North Carolina
Davidson College
1,810
19%
73%
8%
0%
129
Vermont
Sterling College
154
19%
78%
0%
4%
130
Florida
Key College
60
20%
80%
0%
0%
131
Kansas
Haskell Indian Nations University
806
20%
80%
0%
0%
132
Massachusetts
Tufts University
5,541
20%
69%
12%
0%
133
Minnesota
Bethany Global University
298
20%
78%
1%
0%
134
New Jersey
Yeshivas Be'er Yitzchok
43
20%
80%
0%
0%
135
New Mexico
Santa Fe University of Art and Design
161
20%
77%
3%
0%
136
Idaho
Brigham Young University-Idaho
51,881
21%
76%
3%
0%
137
Massachusetts
Hampshire College
1,268
21%
73%
6%
0%
138
Missouri
Cottey College
270
21%
70%
9%
0%
139
New York
Vassar College
2,353
21%
68%
11%
0%
140
North Carolina
High Point University
4,467
21%
76%
2%
1%
141
Oregon
Willamette University
1,948
21%
78%
1%
0%
142
Arizona
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott
2,606
22%
74%
3%
1%
143
California
New York Film Academy
1,080
22%
0%
0%
78%
144
Florida
Hobe Sound Bible College
233
22%
73%
2%
2%
145
Indiana
Earlham College
1,060
22%
58%
19%
1%
146
Ohio
Denison University
2,341
22%
69%
9%
0%
147
Oregon
New Hope Christian College-Eugene
86
22%
30%
0%
48%
148
Oregon
Oregon College of Art and Craft
109
22%
78%
0%
0%
149
Pennsylvania
Lehigh University
5,075
22%
68%
8%
2%
150
Alabama
Talladega College
782
23%
69%
0%
8%
151
California
California Institute of Technology
961
23%
64%
9%
3%
152
Kansas
Benedictine College
2,085
23%
76%
1%
0%
153
Maine
University of New England
4,423
23%
76%
1%
0%
154
Massachusetts
Boston College
9,921
23%
70%
6%
0%
155
Minnesota
Bethlehem College & Seminary
121
23%
73%
3%
0%
156
Missouri
Central Christian College of the Bible
239
23%
70%
0%
7%
157
Oregon
University of Portland
3,883
23%
75%
1%
0%
158
Tennessee
Belmont University
6,497
23%
76%
1%
1%
159
Tennessee
Southern Adventist University
2,600
23%
72%
1%
4%
160
Texas
Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary
67
23%
12%
65%
0%
161
Iowa
University of Dubuque
1,958
24%
69%
3%
3%
162
Massachusetts
Brandeis University
3,635
24%
57%
19%
0%
163
Michigan
Andrews University
1,704
24%
68%
8%
0%
164
Missouri
Park University
9,861
24%
74%
0%
2%
165
California
Lincoln University
107
25%
0%
75%
0%
166
Georgia
Spelman College
2,137
25%
74%
0%
1%
167
Iowa
Divine Word College
71
25%
25%
50%
0%
168
Maryland
Yeshiva College of the Nations Capital
25
25%
75%
0%
0%
169
New York
Marymount Manhattan College
2,150
25%
67%
4%
4%
170
Tennessee
Fisk University
664
25%
74%
0%
1%
171
Wisconsin
Lawrence University
1,467
25%
63%
12%
0%
172
Connecticut
Quinnipiac University
7,305
26%
73%
1%
0%
173
Maine
Unity College
704
26%
74%
0%
0%
174
New York
Excelsior College
31,039
26%
66%
6%
1%
175
New York
University of Rochester
6,546
26%
43%
30%
0%
176
Connecticut
Fairfield University
4,113
27%
71%
2%
0%
177
Hawaii
Hawaii Pacific University
3,560
27%
66%
6%
1%
178
Maryland
Goucher College
1,538
27%
68%
3%
2%
179
New York
Hamilton College
1,901
27%
64%
9%
0%
180
New York
Yeshiva Derech Chaim
83
27%
45%
27%
0%
181
South Carolina
Furman
2,734
27%
72%
1%
0%
182
Vermont
New England Culinary Institute
144
27%
71%
2%
0%
183
Alabama
Samford University
3,373
28%
71%
1%
0%
184
Georgia
Clark Atlanta University
3,302
28%
71%
0%
1%
185
Indiana
Saint Mary's College
1,531
28%
70%
2%
0%
186
Iowa
Drake University
3,098
28%
70%
2%
0%
187
Missouri
Bryan University
291
28%
72%
0%
0%
188
Nebraska
York College
431
28%
69%
0%
3%
189
New York
Bard College
1,938
28%
58%
12%
2%
190
New York
New York University
26,417
28%
56%
17%
0%
191
California
Hussian College-Relativity Campus California
199
29%
42%
0%
28%
192
Mississippi
Rust College
860
29%
58%
0%
13%
193
New York
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
6,366
29%
60%
11%
0%
194
Tennessee
Rhodes College
1,988
29%
68%
3%
0%
195
Washington
Walla Walla University
1,649
29%
65%
2%
3%
196
Wisconsin
Marquette University
8,335
29%
69%
3%
0%
197
Indiana
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
2,168
30%
58%
13%
0%
198
Kansas
Southwestern College
1,147
30%
64%
6%
0%
199
Kentucky
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
1,066
30%
62%
0%
8%
200
New Jersey
Talmudical Academy-New Jersey
60
30%
70%
0%
0%