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 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.
These rankings are split into 4 regions: North, South, Midwest, and West.
| Save | School | Diversity index |
|---|---|---|
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Kendall College
Chicago, IL |
0.59 | |
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Lincoln College
Lincoln, IL |
0.56 | |
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Union College
Lincoln, NE |
0.46 | |
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Urbana University
Urbana, OH |
0.45 | |
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Waldorf College
Forest City, IA |
0.43 | |
|
Notre Dame College of Ohio
Cleveland, OH |
0.42 | |
|
McPherson College
McPherson, KS |
0.40 | |
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Ottawa University
Ottawa, KS |
0.40 | |
|
Stephens College
Columbia, MO |
0.40 | |
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Rochester College
Rochester Hills, MI |
0.39 | |
|
Briar Cliff University
Sioux City, IA |
0.38 | |
|
Dunwoody College of Technology
Minneapolis, MN |
0.38 | |
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Millikin University
Decatur, IL |
0.37 | |
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Concordia University
Ann Arbor, MI |
0.36 | |
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Marian University
Indianapolis, IN |
0.36 | |
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Tabor College
Hillsboro, KS |
0.36 | |
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Trinity Christian College
Palos Heights, IL |
0.36 | |
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Bethel College
North Newton, KS |
0.35 | |
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MacMurray College
Jacksonville, IL |
0.35 | |
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Sterling College
Sterling, KS |
0.35 | |
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York College
York, NE |
0.35 | |
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Bethel College
Mishawaka, IN |
0.34 | |
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Bethany College
Lindsborg, KS |
0.32 | |
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St. Joseph's College
Rensselaer, IN |
0.31 | |
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Defiance College
Defiance, OH |
0.30 | |
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Benedictine College
Atchison, KS |
0.29 | |
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Culver-Stockton College
Canton, MO |
0.28 | |
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Greenville College
Greenville, IL |
0.28 | |
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Wilmington College
Wilmington, OH |
0.28 | |
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Grand View University
Des Moines, IA |
0.27 | |
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Missouri Western State University
St. Joseph, MO |
0.27 | |
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Olivet College
Olivet, MI |
0.27 | |
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Purdue University–North Central
Westville, IN |
0.27 | |
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Evangel University
Springfield, MO |
0.26 | |
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Mayville State University
Mayville, ND |
0.26 | |
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Adrian College
Adrian, MI |
0.25 | |
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Buena Vista University
Storm Lake, IA |
0.25 | |
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Crown College
St. Bonifacius, MN |
0.25 | |
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Blackburn College
Carlinville, IL |
0.24 | |
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Chadron State College
Chadron, NE |
0.24 | |
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Hastings College
Hastings, NE |
0.24 | |
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Judson University
Elgin, IL |
0.24 | |
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Mount Marty College
Yankton, SD |
0.24 | |
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Lake Superior State University
Sault Ste. Marie, MI |
0.23 | |
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Bluffton University
Bluffton, OH |
0.22 | |
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Grace College and Seminary
Winona Lake, IN |
0.22 | |
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Missouri Southern State University
Joplin, MO |
0.22 | |
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Northwestern College
St. Paul, MN |
0.22 | |
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University of Minnesota–Crookston
Crookston, MN |
0.22 | |
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University of Mount Union
Alliance, OH |
0.22 |
