There are just under two hundred independent countries in the world, and one can find many of them being represented while strolling through the campus of LaGuardia Community College.

According to its Student Demographics report for the Spring 2015 semester, the student populace is racially comprised of Hispanics (43 percent), Asians (23 percent), African-Americans (22 percent), Caucasians (11 percent) and American Indians, who make up less than 1 percent. Additionally, the student body accounts for 152 countries, including the 60 percent of students that are foreign born, according to LaGuardia’s institutional profile of 2015.

A basic explanation for this well-balanced diversity lies in the institution’s location of Queens. In fact, Queens was ranked as the third-most diverse county in America, according to a 2014 U.S. Data Census by Randal Olson. Therefore, it comes as no surprise to learn that 64 percent of an ethnically diverse school’s 19,285 enrollees hail from Brooklyn’s neighbor.

However, LaGuardia is not the only college located in this borough.

For total simplicity and fairness, LaGuardia will only be compared to the three other CUNY (City University of New York) schools located in Queens: Queensborough Community College, York College and Queens College.

With 26,000 students, Queensborough Community College represents 140 countries and minorities make up less than 50 percent of the student body, according to the school’s website. The additional number of students does not improve its diversity, as compared to LaGuardia.

York College represents 125 countries, less than half of its students were born in other countries and 82 percent of the student body is made up by minorities, according to the school’s website. While that last number is fairly high, it pales in comparison to LaGuardia’s aforementioned 89 percent and may be attributed to the low number of 8,000 students enrolled at the college.

Out of the three schools, Queens College has the best claim to the number one diversity spot. According to the school’s website, more than half of its 19,000 students are born overseas and its race percentages among the student body are listed as follows: 32 percent for Caucasians, 28 percent for Hispanics, 26 percent for Asian-Pacific students and only 8 percent for African-Americans. The significant discrepancy between white and black students (24 percentage points) is the biggest reason why the school cannot compare with LaGuardia in a discussion of diversity.

Based on this research, LaGuardia is clearly the most diverse school in Queens and since the borough is considered to be the third-most diverse in the United States, it’s not unfathomable to think that LaGuardia Community College is the most diverse school in the country.