The answer to the headline, of course, is "no." Race is not determinant of where you go to college, but race--or more probably the factors that vary with race and ethnicity--may influence your college choice set, which can, of course, influence where you go to college. I've written before about how all these variables are at play with each other: In America, race, income, parental attainment, and presumably, opportunity, all cluster together. And, after you look at this, you'll see how opportunity gets distributed by race, provided you're willing to click a button or two. The visualization starts off showing all undergraduate enrollment in almost 7,000 post-secondary institutions who report to IPEDS. (And before you object, I've believe strongly that the college you attend is not your destiny, and that education is what you make of it, as I've written before on my other blog . But it's also clear that many people believe talent congregates at th