Campus Ethnic Diversity Regional Colleges (Midwest)

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 2010-2011 school year student body.

The categories we use in our calculations are African-Americans who are non-Hispanic, Hispanic, American Indian, Pacific Islander, whites who are 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.

These rankings are split into 4 regions: North, South, Midwest, and West.

Save	School	Diversity index
	Kendall College Chicago, IL	0.59
	Lincoln College Lincoln, IL	0.54
	Central Christian College McPherson, KS	0.42
	Rochester College Rochester Hills, MI	0.40
	McPherson College McPherson, KS	0.39
	Notre Dame College of Ohio Cleveland, OH	0.39
	Union College Lincoln, NE	0.39
	Briar Cliff University Sioux City, IA	0.38
	MacMurray College Jacksonville, IL	0.37
	Stephens College Columbia, MO	0.37
	Tabor College Hillsboro, KS	0.37
	York College York, NE	0.37
	Trinity Christian College Palos Heights, IL	0.35
	Marian University Indianapolis, IN	0.34
	Bethel College Mishawaka, IN	0.33
	Millikin University Decatur, IL	0.33
	Sterling College Sterling, KS	0.33
	Concordia University Ann Arbor, MI	0.31
	St. Joseph's College Rensselaer, IN	0.31
	Bethany College Lindsborg, KS	0.30
	Culver-Stockton College Canton, MO	0.30
	Grace College and Seminary Winona Lake, IN	0.30
	Bethel College North Newton, KS	0.29
	Missouri Western State University St. Joseph, MO	0.28
	Olivet College Olivet, MI	0.28

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School

Diversity index

Kendall College

Chicago, IL

0.59

Lincoln College

Lincoln, IL

0.54

Central Christian College

McPherson, KS

0.42

Rochester College

Rochester Hills, MI

0.40

McPherson College

McPherson, KS

0.39

Notre Dame College of Ohio

Cleveland, OH

0.39

Union College

Lincoln, NE

0.39

Briar Cliff University

Sioux City, IA

0.38

MacMurray College

Jacksonville, IL

0.37

Stephens College

Columbia, MO

0.37

Tabor College

Hillsboro, KS

0.37

York College

York, NE

0.37

Trinity Christian College

Palos Heights, IL

0.35

Marian University

Indianapolis, IN

0.34

Bethel College

Mishawaka, IN

0.33

Millikin University

Decatur, IL

0.33

Sterling College

Sterling, KS

0.33

Concordia University

Ann Arbor, MI

0.31

St. Joseph's College

Rensselaer, IN

0.31

Bethany College

Lindsborg, KS

0.30

Culver-Stockton College

Canton, MO

0.30

Grace College and Seminary

Winona Lake, IN

0.30

Bethel College

North Newton, KS

0.29

Missouri Western State University

St. Joseph, MO

0.28

Olivet College

Olivet, MI

0.28