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 |
|---|---|---|
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Warren Wilson College
Asheville, NC |
0.22 | |
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Wartburg College
Waverly, IA |
0.22 | |
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Wisconsin Lutheran College
Milwaukee, WI |
0.22 | |
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American Jewish University
Bel-Air, CA |
0.21 | |
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St. John's University
Collegeville, MN |
0.21 | |
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Bennington College
Bennington, VT |
0.20 | |
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Carthage College
Kenosha, WI |
0.20 | |
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Centre College
Danville, KY |
0.20 | |
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Coe College
Cedar Rapids, IA |
0.20 | |
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Doane College
Crete, NE |
0.20 | |
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Hanover College
Hanover, IN |
0.20 | |
|
Lycoming College
Williamsport, PA |
0.20 | |
|
Lyon College
Batesville, AR |
0.20 | |
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Maryville College
Maryville, TN |
0.20 | |
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Muhlenberg College
Allentown, PA |
0.20 | |
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Ouachita Baptist University
Arkadelphia, AR |
0.20 | |
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Roanoke College
Salem, VA |
0.20 | |
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St. Lawrence University
Canton, NY |
0.20 | |
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St. Vincent College
Latrobe, PA |
0.20 | |
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Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove, PA |
0.20 | |
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Virginia Intermont College
Bristol, VA |
0.20 | |
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Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA |
0.20 | |
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Washington College
Chestertown, MD |
0.20 | |
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Western State Colorado University
Gunnison, CO |
0.20 | |
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Bard College
Annandale on Hudson, NY |
0.19 |
