List of U.S. Colleges & Universities with Significant Asian American & Pacific Islander Student Populations (5-50%)* Compiled by the US Environmental Protection Agency s Asian American & Pacific Islander Initiative from the US News & World Reports annual survey and ranking of colleges and universities 2001 (Used for recruitment outreach purposes only) For more information, visit www.epa.gov/aapi or contact Marla Hendriksson at 202-564-1897 or hendriksson.marla@epa.gov Colleges and universities with 5-10% AAPI student populations: ALASKA University of Alaska--Anchorage (5%) ARIZONA Arizona State University (5%) University of Arizona (5%) CALIFORNIA Azusa Pacific University (6%) Biola University (10%) California Institute of the Arts (9%) Cal State Univ--Dominguez Hills (10%) California State University--Stanislaus (8%) Chapman University (9%) Concordia University (5%) Holy Names College (9%) Mills College (8%) National University (9%) Pepperdine University (6%) San Francisco Art Institute (6%) Sonoma State University (5%) St. Mary's College of California (8%) United States International University (7%) University of La Verne (7%) University of Redlands (6%) University of San Diego (7%) Whittier College (8%) COLORADO Colorado School of Mines (5%) Univ of Colorado--Boulder (6%) Univ of Colorado--Colorado Springs (6%) Univ of Colorado--Denver (10%) University of Denver (5%) University of Northern Colorado (5%) CONNECTICUT Trinity College (5%) United States Coast Guard Academy (5%) University of Bridgeport (5%) University of Connecticut (6%) Wesleyan University (7%) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Catholic University of America (5%) Corcoran College of Art and Design (8%) George Washington University (10%) Georgetown University (9%) FLORIDA University of Central Florida (5%) University of Florida (6%) University of Miami (5%) University of North Florida (5%) University of South Florida (5%) University of West Florida (5%) GEORGIA Agnes Scott College (5%) Georgia State University (8%) Southern Polytechnic State Univ (6%) IOWA Grinnell College (5%) Upper Iowa University (6%) * According to the 2000 Census, Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders comprise approximately 5% of the total US population; colleges and universities are designated as significant if they have a >5% AAPI student population. Page 1
ILLINOIS DePaul University (9%) Knox College (5%) Lake Forest College (5%) North Park University (6%) Northern Illinois University (6%) School of the Art Institute of Chicago (9%) KANSAS Wichita State University (7%) LOUISIANA Tulane University (7%) University of New Orleans (5%) MASSACHUSETTS Babson College (7%) Bentley College (7%) Boston Architectural Center (5%) Boston College (8%) Lesley College (5%) Mount Holyoke College (9%) New England Conservatory of Music (8%) Northeastern University (7%) Simmons College (6%) Smith College (9%) Suffolk University (6%) University of Massachusetts--Amherst (6%) University of Massachusetts--Lowell (7%) Wentworth Institute of Technology (6%) Williams College (9%) Worcester Polytechnic Institute (7%) MARYLAND Capitol College (5%) Columbia Union College (7%) Maryland Institute College of Art (6%) MINNESOTA Carleton College (9%) Concordia University--St. Paul (6%) Macalester College (5%) Metropolitan State University (5%) Minneapolis College of Art and Design (6%) University of Minnesota--Twin Cities (8%) MISSOURI St. Louis University (5%) University of Missouri--Kansas City (7%) NORTH CAROLINA North Carolina State University--Raleigh (5%) University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill (5%) University of North Carolina--Charlotte (5%) NEBRASKA Dana College (5%) NEW HAMPSHIRE Dartmouth College (10%) NEW JERSEY College of New Jersey (5%) Drew University (6%) Fairleigh Dickinson University (5%) Kean University (7%) Montclair State University (5%) New Jersey City University (10%) Rutgers--Camden (8%) Seton Hall University (6%) St. Peter's College (8%) NEVADA University of Nevada--Reno (6%) MAINE Bowdoin College (7%) Colby College (5%) MICHIGAN Andrews University (8%) Center for Creative Studies (5%) Lawrence Technological University (5%) University of Michigan--Dearborn (6%) Wayne State University (5%) * According to the 2000 Census, Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders comprise approximately 5% of the total US population; colleges and universities are designated as significant if they have a >5% AAPI student population. Page 2
NEW YORK Colgate University (5%) College of Insurance (10%) College of Mount St. Vincent (9%) CUNY--Brooklyn College (8%) CUNY--College of Staten Island (9%) CUNY--York College (7%) Dominican College of Blauvelt (5%) Hofstra University (5%) Manhattan College (6%) Marymount College--Tarrytown (6%) Nyack College (7%) Pratt Institute (10%) Regents College (5%) Rochester Institute of Technology (5%) Sarah Lawrence College (5%) SUNY College--Old Westbury (8%) SUNY--Albany (8%) Union College (5%) United States Merchant Marine Academy (6%) United States Military Academy (5%) Vassar College (9%) Wells College (6%) OHIO Oberlin College (7%) Ohio State University--Columbus (5%) Tiffin University (6%) OKLAHOMA University of Oklahoma (6%) OREGON Lewis and Clark College (7%) Linfield College (6%) Oregon Institute of Technology (6%) Oregon State University (8%) Portland State University (10%) University of Oregon (6%) University of Portland (8%) Willamette University (6%) TENNESSEE Vanderbilt University (6%) TEXAS Austin College (8%) Baylor University (5%) Southern Methodist University (6%) Texas Woman's University (6%) Trinity University (8%) University of Dallas (6%) VIRGINIA College of William and Mary (7%) Marymount University (7%) Old Dominion University (6%) University of Virginia (10%) Virginia Commonwealth University (8%) Virginia Military Institute (5%) Virginia Tech (7%) WASHINGTON Evergreen State College (5%) Gonzaga University (5%) Northwest College (6%) Pacific Lutheran University (5%) Seattle Pacific University (5%) St. Martin's College (6%) Walla Walla College (5%) Washington State University (5%) Western Washington University (7%) Whitman College (7%) Whitworth College (6%) PENNSYLVANIA Haverford College (9%) Lehigh University (5%) MCP Hahnemann University (9%) Moore College of Art and Design (5%) Pennsylvania State Univ--Univ Park (5%) Rosemont College (5%) Temple University (10%) * According to the 2000 Census, Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders comprise approximately 5% of the total US population; colleges and universities are designated as significant if they have a >5% AAPI student population. Page 3
US Colleges & Universities with Significant Asian Pacific Student Populations (11-20%) Seattle Univ, WA (20%) Univ of Puget Sound, WA (11%) Benedictine University, IL (14%) Illinois Institute of Technology, IL (14%) Loyola University Chicago, IL (13%) Northeastern Illinois Uniivy, IL (14%) Northwestern Univ, IL (17%) Univ of Chicago, IL (20%) Univ of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign, IL (13%) Dartmouth College, NH (10%) Amherst College, MA (12%) Boston Univ, MA (12%) Brandeis Univ, MA (10%) Harvard, MA (17%) Tufts, MA (13%) U- Mass--Boston, MA (11%) Pacific Univ, OR (18%) Creighton Univ, NE (12%) Univ of Michigan--Ann Arbor, MI (12%) Case Western, OH (13%) Brown, RI (15%) RI School of Design, RI (11%) New Jersey City Univ, NJ (10%) Princeton, NJ (12%) Rutgers--New Brunswick, NJ (18%) Rutgers--Newark, NJ (17%) Brigham Young Univ --Hawaii, HI (18%) Cal Poly--San Luis Obispo, CA (11%) CA College of Arts and Crafts, CA (13%)%) California State Univ--Fresno, CA (12%) California State Univ--Northridge, CA (14%) Claremont McKenna College, CA (17%) College of Notre Dame, CA (12%) Dominican Univ of California, CA (11%) La Sierra Univ, CA (20%) Occidental College, CA (20%) Pacific Union College, CA (15%) Pitzer College, CA (11%) Pomona College, CA,18%) San Diego State Univ (CA (15%) Santa Clara Univ,CA (19%) Scripps College,CA (15%) Univ of CA--Santa Barbara,CA (15%) Univ of CA--Santa Cruz,CA (14%) Univ of Nevada Las Vegas, NV (12%) Houston Baptist Univ, TX (16%) Rice University, TX (15%) Univ of Houston, TX (20%) Univ of Houston--Downtown, TX (12%) Univ of St. Thomas, TX (12%) Univ of Texas--Arlington, TX (12%) Univ of Texas--Austin, TX (15%) Univ of Texas--Dallas, TX (20%) Washington Univ, St. Louis, MO (12%) Yale, CT (15%) Bryn Mawr College, PA (17%) Carnegie Mellon, PA (20%) Drexel, PA (12%) Swarthmore College, PA (13%) U-Penn, PA (19%) Johns Hopkins Univ, MD (19%) U-Maryland--Balt County, MD (17%) U-Maryland--College Park, MD (14%) George Mason, VA (16%) Duke, NC (13%) Emory Univ, GA (15%) Georgia Tech, GA (13%) College of Aeronautics, NY (14%) Columbia Univ, NY (12%) Cornell Univ, NY (16%) CUNY--City College, NY (11%) CUNY--Hunter College, NY (14%) CUNY--Queens College, NY (16%) Fashion Institute of Tech, NY (12%) Juilliard School, NY (12%) Manhattan School of Music, NY (11%) New School University, NY (12%) New York Institute of Tech, NY (11%) New York University, NY (16%) Pace University, NY (11%) Rensselaer Polytechnic, NY (11%) St. John's University, NY (13%) SUNY--Binghamton, NY (17%) SUNY--Buffalo, NY (11%) University of Rochester, NY (12%)
US Colleges & Universities with Significant Asian Pacific Student Populations (21-30%) University of Washington, WA (22%) Mass Institute of Technology, MA (28%) Wellesley College, MA (23%) University of Illinois--Chicago, IL (23%) Hawaii Pacific University, HI (26%) Art Center College of Design, CA (28%) California Institute of Technology, CA (24%) California State University--Fullerton, CA (25%) California State University--Long Beach, CA (23%) California State University--Los Angeles, CA (21%) Harvey Mudd College, CA (23%) La Sierra University, CA (20%) Occidental College, CA (20%) Otis College of Art and Design, CA (26%) Stanford University, CA (24%) University of San Francisco, CA (22%) University of Southern California, CA (23%) University of the Pacific, CA (25%) New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ (23%) Stevens Institute of Technology, NJ (22%) Barnard College, NY (23%) Cooper Union, NY (25%) CUNY--Baruch College, NY (23%) SUNY--Stony Brook, NY (22%)
US Colleges & Universities with Significant Asian Pacific Student Populations (31-40%) Chaminade University of Honolulu, HI (31%) California State Polytechnic University--Pomona, CA (35%) San Francisco State University, CA (33%) San Jose State University, CA (39%) University of California--Berkeley, CA (39%) University of California--Davis, CA (35%) University of California--Los Angeles, CA (37%) University of California--San Diego, CA (34%) Polytechnic University, NY (37%)
US Colleges & Universities with Significant Asian Pacific Student Populations (41-50%) University of California--Irvine, CA (56%) University of California--Riverside, CA (41%) University of Hawaii--Hilo, HI (53%) University of Hawaii--Manoa, HI (76%)