Campus Ethnic Diversity National Liberal Arts Colleges

Campus Ethnic Diversity Methodology

College-bound students who believe that studying with people of different racial and ethnic backgrounds is important will want to consider student-body diversity when choosing a school. To identify colleges where students are most likely to encounter undergraduates from racial or ethnic groups different from their own, U.S. News factors in the total proportion of minority students, leaving out international students, and the overall mix of groups. The data are drawn from each institution's 2011-2012 school year student body.

The categories we use in our calculations are Black or African-American, Hispanic, American Indian, Asian, Pacific Islander, White (non-Hispanic), and multiracial. Students who did not identify themselves as members of any of those demographic groups were classified as whites who are non-Hispanic for the purpose of these calculations. Our formula produces a diversity index that ranges from 0.0 to 1.0. The closer a school's number is to 1.0, the more diverse is the student population.

Save	School	Diversity index
	Beloit College Beloit, WI	0.35
	Bryn Athyn College of the New Church Bryn Athyn, PA	0.35
	Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO	0.35
	Cornell College Mount Vernon, IA	0.35
	Davidson College Davidson, NC	0.35
	DePauw University Greencastle, IN	0.35
	Hamilton College Clinton, NY	0.35
	Hampshire College Amherst, MA	0.35
	King's College New York, NY	0.35
	Lewis & Clark College Portland, OR	0.35
	McDaniel College Westminster, MD	0.35
	University of Puget Sound Tacoma, WA	0.35
	Whitman College Walla Walla, WA	0.35
	Amridge University Montgomery, AL	0.34
	College of Idaho Caldwell, ID	0.34
	Holy Cross College Notre Dame, IN	0.34
	Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo, MI	0.33
	Millsaps College Jackson, MS	0.33
	Union College Schenectady, NY	0.33
	Wheaton College Norton, MA	0.33
	Connecticut College New London, CT	0.32
	Rhodes College Memphis, TN	0.32
	St. Mary's College of Maryland St. Mary's City, MD	0.32
	Westminster College Fulton, MO	0.32
	Monmouth College Monmouth, IL	0.31

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School

Diversity index

Beloit College

Beloit, WI

0.35

Bryn Athyn College of the New Church

Bryn Athyn, PA

0.35

Colorado College

Colorado Springs, CO

0.35

Cornell College

Mount Vernon, IA

0.35

Davidson College

Davidson, NC

0.35

DePauw University

Greencastle, IN

0.35

Hamilton College

Clinton, NY

0.35

Hampshire College

Amherst, MA

0.35

King's College

New York, NY

0.35

Lewis & Clark College

Portland, OR

0.35

McDaniel College

Westminster, MD

0.35

University of Puget Sound

Tacoma, WA

0.35

Whitman College

Walla Walla, WA

0.35

Amridge University

Montgomery, AL

0.34

College of Idaho

Caldwell, ID

0.34

Holy Cross College

Notre Dame, IN

0.34

Kalamazoo College

Kalamazoo, MI

0.33

Millsaps College

Jackson, MS

0.33

Union College

Schenectady, NY

0.33

Wheaton College

Norton, MA

0.33

Connecticut College

New London, CT

0.32

Rhodes College

Memphis, TN

0.32

St. Mary's College of Maryland

St. Mary's City, MD

0.32

Westminster College

Fulton, MO

0.32

Monmouth College

Monmouth, IL

0.31

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