Alaska had the fewest number of students attending college in spring 2020, according to estimates from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
Statistics from the center estimate that 20,643 students were enrolled in higher education institutions in Alaska—less than 1% of the 2.3 million enrolled in California.
Nationwide, 17,458,306 students were enrolled in U.S. higher education institutions in spring 2020. That's a 0.5% decrease compared with the 17,542,109 who were enrolled in spring 2019.
Here are the 10 states estimated to have the fewest college students enrolled in spring 2020.
Alaska 20,643
Wyoming 27,816
Vermont 38,134
Montana 42,702
South Dakota 43,899
North Dakota 45,808
Hawaii 47,315
Delaware 54,157
Maine 60,478
Rhode Island 65,376
