College Index · Class of 2026
Most Diverse
Most racially and ethnically diverse campuses
Academy of Art University
San Francisco, CA · Private For-Profit
Index
100.0
Pell Rate
41%
Art Center College of Design
Pasadena, CA · Private Nonprofit
Index
100.0
Pell Rate
22%
Claremont McKenna College
Claremont, CA · Private Nonprofit
Index
100.0
Pell Rate
18%
How this ranking is calculated
Measures racial and ethnic diversity in the undergraduate student body, rewarding schools where no single group makes up an outsized majority.
What drives the score
- Distribution of enrollment across racial and ethnic groups
- Evenness of representation (schools are penalized for extreme concentration in any single group)
Data sources
- Federal government enrollment demographic data reported by institutions
This ranking uses an entropy-based diversity index, meaning a school where students are spread evenly across many groups scores higher than one dominated by a single group — even a historically underrepresented one.
Sorted by College Index's composite diversity score, normalized 0–100 across all ranked schools.
Academy of Art University
San Francisco, CA
Art Center College of Design
Pasadena, CA
Claremont McKenna College
Claremont, CA
Otis College of Art and Design
Los Angeles, CA
Pomona College
Claremont, CA
University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Chaminade University of Honolulu
Honolulu, HI
University of Hawaii at Hilo
Hilo, HI
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI
Hawaii Pacific University
Honolulu, HI
University of Hawaii-West Oahu
Kapolei, HI
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Maryland Institute College of Art
Baltimore, MD
Amherst College
Amherst, MA
Babson College
Wellesley, MA
Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA
Boston University
Boston, MA
Fisher College
Boston, MA
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
University of Massachusetts-Boston
Boston, MA
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Boston, MA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA
Andrews University
Berrien Springs, MI
Missouri Valley College
Marshall, MO
Caldwell University
Caldwell, NJ
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus
Teaneck, NJ
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Barnard College
New York, NY
Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
The New School
New York, NY
New York University
New York, NY
New York Institute of Technology
Old Westbury, NY
Pratt Institute-Main
Brooklyn, NY
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
School of Visual Arts
New York, NY
Duke University
Durham, NC
University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Pembroke, NC
Northeastern State University
Tahlequah, OK
Oral Roberts University
Tulsa, OK
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA
Brown University
Providence, RI
Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI
Rice University
Houston, TX
Brigham Young University-Hawaii
Laie, HI
Marymount University
Arlington, VA
Seattle Pacific University
Seattle, WA
Seattle University
Seattle, WA
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Northeastern University Professional Programs
Boston, MA
University of California-Davis
Davis, CA
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus
Tacoma, WA
Knox College
Galesburg, IL
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL
Nightingale College
Salt Lake City, UT
University of California-Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
St. Francis College
Brooklyn, NY
University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD
Fort Lewis College
Durango, CO
Tufts University
Medford, MA
Augsburg University
Minneapolis, MN
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Wayland Baptist University
Plainview, TX
University of Maryland Global Campus
Adelphi, MD
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
Saint Martin's University
Lacey, WA
North Carolina Wesleyan University
Rocky Mount, NC
Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale, FL
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
CUNY Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, NY
Ringling College of Art and Design
Sarasota, FL
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ
Long Island University
Brookville, NY
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA
University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA
North Park University
Chicago, IL
University of the Pacific
Stockton, CA
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
Wingate University
Wingate, NC
Northeastern University
Boston, MA
Lynn University
Boca Raton, FL
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
Oglethorpe University
Atlanta, GA
University of Washington-Bothell Campus
Bothell, WA
Arizona College of Nursing-Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, CO
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV