134 AANAPSI Colleges and Universities across the United States
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May is Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month, so we thought it would be a great idea to honor the 134 AANAPISIs in our nation. What’s an ANNAPISI? Well read on …
Currently, there are over 980,000 Asian – Pacific Islander Americans enrolled as undergraduates at colleges and universities within the United States.
In 2007, the federal government added Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Institutions (AANAPISI) to the definition of Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs). In order to receive this designation a college or university must Asian – Pacific Islander Americans must constitute at least 10% of the enrollment.
In 2020, there are a total of 134 colleges/universities who met this definition. Over 40% of Asian – Pacific Islander Americans attend an AANAPISI. The schools are as follows:
| AANAPISI Institution | City | State | Type |
| American Samoa Community College | PagoPago | AS | Pub 4yr |
| College of Alameda | Alameda | CA | Pub 2yr |
| Bethesda University | Anaheim | CA | Pri 4yr |
| Pacific Union College | Angwin | CA | Pri 4yr |
| Azusa Pacific University | Azusa | CA | Pri 4yr |
| Berkeley City College | Berkeley | CA | Pub 2yr |
| Orange Coast College | Costa Mesa | CA | Pub 2yr |
| Cypress College | Cypress | CA | Pub 4yr |
| University of California, Davis | Davis | CA | Pub 4yr |
| Solano Community College | Fairfield | CA | Pub 4yr |
| Folsom Lake College | Folsom | CA | Pub 2yr |
| Coastline Community College | Fountain Valley | CA | Pub 2yr |
| Clovis Community College | Fresno | CA | Pub 2yr |
| Grace Mission University | Fullerton | CA | Pri 4yr |
| California State University, East Bay | Hayward | CA | Pub 4yr |
| Golden West College | Huntington Beach | CA | Pub 2yr |
| Irvine Valley College | Irvine | CA | Pub 2yr |
| University of California, Irvine | Irvine | CA | Pub 4yr |
| National University | La Jolla | CA | Pri 4yr |
| Long Beach City College | Long Beach | CA | Pub 2yr |
| Otis College of Art & Design | Los Angeles | CA | Pri 4yr |
| California State University, Los Angeles | Los Angeles | CA | Pub 4yr |
| Los Angeles City College | Los Angeles | CA | Pub 2yr |
| Mount Saint Mary’s University | Los Angeles | CA | Pri 4yr |
| Yuba College | Marysville | CA | Pub 2yr |
| University of California, Merced | Merced | CA | Pub 4yr |
| Saint Mary’s College of California | Moraga | CA | Pri 4yr |
| Laney College | Oakland | CA | Pub 2yr |
| Holy Names University | Oakland | CA | Pri 4yr |
| Merritt College | Oakland | CA | Pub 2yr |
| Palo Alto University | Palo Alto | CA | Pri 4yr |
| Los Medanos College | Pittsburg | CA | Pub 2yr |
| California State Polytechnic University, Pomona | Pomona | CA | Pub 4yr |
| University of California, Riverside | Riverside | CA | Pub 4yr |
| American River College | Sacramento | CA | Pub 2yr |
| California State University – Sacramento | Sacramento | CA | Pub 4yr |
| Cosumnes River College | Sacramento | CA | Pub 2yr |
| Coleman University | San Diego | CA | Pri 4yr |
| California College San Diego | San Diego | CA | Pri 4yr |
| San Diego State University | San Diego | CA | Pub 4yr |
| City College of San Francisco | San Francisco | CA | Pub 2yr |
| University of San Francisco | San Francisco | CA | Pri 4yr |
| San Francisco State University | San Francisco | CA | Pub 4yr |
| Evergreen Valley College | San Jose | CA | Pub 2yr |
| San Jose State University | San Jose | CA | Pub 4yr |
| College of San Mateo | San Mateo | CA | Pub 2yr |
| Contra Costa College | San Pablo | CA | Pub 2yr |
| Mission College | Santa Clara | CA | Pub 2yr |
| Presbyterian Theological Seminary in America | Santa Fe Springs | CA | Pri 4yr |
| University of the Pacific | Stockton | CA | Pri 4yr |
| Humphreys University | Stockton | CA | Pri 4yr |
| San Joaquin Delta College | Stockton | CA | Pub 2yr |
| Homestead Schools | Torrance | CA | Pri 4yr |
| El Camino College | Torrance | CA | Pub 2yr |
| California State University, Stanislaus | Turlock | CA | Pub 4yr |
| Casa Loma College | Van Nuys | CA | Pri 2yr |
| Mount San Antonio College | Walnut | CA | Pub 2yr |
| Woodland Community College | Woodland | CA | Pub 2yr |
| University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus | Hartford | CT | Pub 4yr |
| College of Micronesia-FSM | Pohnpei | FM | Pub 2yr |
| Beulah Heights University | Atlanta | GA | Pri 4yr |
| Georgia State University | Atlanta | GA | Pub 4yr |
| Georgia Gwinnett College | Lawrenceville | GA | Pub 4yr |
| Pacific Islands University | Mangilao | GU | Pri 4yr |
| University of Guam | Mangilao | GU | Pub 4yr |
| Hawaii Community College | Hilo | HI | Pub 2yr |
| University of Hawaii at Hilo | Hilo | HI | Pub 4yr |
| Hawaii Pacific University | Honolulu | HI | Pri 4yr |
| Honolulu Community College | Honolulu | HI | Pub 2yr |
| Pacific Rim Christian University | Honolulu | HI | Pri 4yr |
| Remington College-Honolulu Campus | Honolulu | HI | Pri 4yr |
| Kauai Community College | Lihue | HI | Pub 2yr |
| Resurrection University | Chicago | IL | Pri 4yr |
| University of Illinois at Chicago | Chicago | IL | Pub 4yr |
| Oakton Community College | Des Plaines | IL | Pub 2yr |
| College of Du Page | Glen Ellyn | IL | Pub 2yr |
| National University of Health Sciences (The) | Lombard | IL | Pri 4yr |
| Middlesex Community College | Bedford | MA | Pub 2yr |
| Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology | Boston | MA | Pub 4yr |
| Bunker Hill Community College | Boston | MA | Pub 2yr |
| University of Massachusetts – Boston | Boston | MA | Pub 4yr |
| University of Maryland – Baltimore County | Baltimore | MD | Pub 4yr |
| Montgomery College | Rockville | MD | Pub 2yr |
| Andrews University | Berrien Springs | MI | Pri 4yr |
| North Hennepin Community College | Brooklyn Park | MN | Pub 2yr |
| Herzing University-Minneapolis | Minneapolis | MN | Pri 4yr |
| University of Minnesota – Twin Cities | Minneapolis | MN | Pub 4yr |
| Metropolitan State University | Saint Paul | MN | Pub 4yr |
| Saint Paul College – A Community & Technical College | Saint Paul | MN | Pub 2yr |
| St. Catherine University | Saint Paul | MN | Pri 4yr |
| Century College | White Bear Lake | MN | Pub 2yr |
| Northern Marianas College | Saipan | MP | Pub 4yr |
| Pamlico Community College | Grantsboro | NC | Pub 2yr |
| Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey | Newark | NJ | Pub 4yr |
| University of Nevada – Las Vegas | Las Vegas | NV | Pub 4yr |
| College of Southern Nevada | Las Vegas | NV | Pub 4yr |
| Queensborough Community College-CUNY | Bayside | NY | Pub 2yr |
| CUNY Brooklyn College | Brooklyn | NY | Pub 4yr |
| Kingsborough Commmunity College/CUNY | Brooklyn | NY | Pub 2yr |
| Long Island University | Brooklyn | NY | Pri 4yr |
| Adelphi University | Garden City | NY | Pri 4yr |
| CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College | New York | NY | Pub 4yr |
| City College of New York – CUNY | New York | NY | Pub 4yr |
| CUNY Hunter College | New York | NY | Pub 4yr |
| New York Institute of Technology | Old Westbury | NY | Pri 4yr |
| SUNY College at Old Westbury | Old Westbury | NY | Pub 4yr |
| Saint John’s University | Queens | NY | Pri 4yr |
| CUNY Queens College | Queens | NY | Pub 4yr |
| College of Staten Island/CUNY | Staten Island | NY | Pub 4yr |
| New York College of Health Professions | Syosset | NY | Pri 4yr |
| Pacific University | Forest Grove | OR | Pri 4yr |
| Portland State University | Portland | OR | Pub 4yr |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | Abington | PA | Pub 4yr |
| Richland College | Dallas | TX | Pub 2yr |
| Brookhaven College | Farmers Branch | TX | Pub 2yr |
| Houston Community College | Houston | TX | Pub 2yr |
| University of Houston | Houston | TX | Pub 4yr |
| University of Saint Thomas | Houston | TX | Pri 4yr |
| North Lake College | Irving | TX | Pub 2yr |
| Wharton County Junior College | Wharton | TX | Pub 2yr |
| Northern Virginia Community College | Annandale | VA | Pub 2yr |
| Green River College | Auburn | WA | Pub 4yr |
| Bellevue College | Bellevue | WA | Pub 4yr |
| University of Washington – Seattle | Bothell | WA | Pub 4yr |
| Highline College | Des Moines | WA | Pub 4yr |
| Bastyr University | Kenmore | WA | Pri 4yr |
| Lake Washington Institute of Technology | Kirkland | WA | Pub 4yr |
| Saint Martin’s University | Lacey | WA | Pri 4yr |
| Pierce College | Lakewood | WA | Pub 4yr |
| Edmonds Community College | Lynnwood | WA | Pub 4yr |
| Seattle Central College | Seattle | WA | Pub 4yr |
| Shoreline Community College | Shoreline | WA | Pub 2yr |
| University of Washington-Tacoma Campus | Tacoma | WA | Pub 4yr |