Campus Ethnic Diversity Regional Universities (South)

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
	University of Tampa Tampa, FL	0.40
	McNeese State University Lake Charles, LA	0.39
	Campbell University Buies Creek, NC	0.38
	Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond, LA	0.38
	Gardner-Webb University Boiling Springs, NC	0.37
	Shenandoah University Winchester, VA	0.37
	Arkansas State University State University, AR	0.36
	Rollins College Winter Park, FL	0.36
	Christopher Newport University Newport News, VA	0.35
	Winston-Salem State University Winston-Salem, NC	0.35
	Converse College Spartanburg, SC	0.34
	University of Montevallo Montevallo, AL	0.34
	University of Mary Washington Fredericksburg, VA	0.33
	University of Tennessee–Martin Martin, TN	0.33
	The Citadel Charleston, SC	0.32
	University of North Alabama Florence, AL	0.32
	Cumberland University Lebanon, TN	0.30
	Lipscomb University Nashville, TN	0.30
	Lynchburg College Lynchburg, VA	0.30
	Bellarmine University Louisville, KY	0.29
	Campbellsville University Campbellsville, KY	0.29
	Liberty University Lynchburg, VA	0.29
	Union University Jackson, TN	0.29
	Piedmont College Demorest, GA	0.28
	Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY	0.28

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School

Diversity index

University of Tampa

Tampa, FL

0.40

McNeese State University

Lake Charles, LA

0.39

Campbell University

Buies Creek, NC

0.38

Southeastern Louisiana University

Hammond, LA

0.38

Gardner-Webb University

Boiling Springs, NC

0.37

Shenandoah University

Winchester, VA

0.37

Arkansas State University

State University, AR

0.36

Rollins College

Winter Park, FL

0.36

Christopher Newport University

Newport News, VA

0.35

Winston-Salem State University

Winston-Salem, NC

0.35

Converse College

Spartanburg, SC

0.34

University of Montevallo

Montevallo, AL

0.34

University of Mary Washington

Fredericksburg, VA

0.33

University of Tennessee–Martin

Martin, TN

0.33

The Citadel

Charleston, SC

0.32

University of North Alabama

Florence, AL

0.32

Cumberland University

Lebanon, TN

0.30

Lipscomb University

Nashville, TN

0.30

Lynchburg College

Lynchburg, VA

0.30

Bellarmine University

Louisville, KY

0.29

Campbellsville University

Campbellsville, KY

0.29

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

0.29

Union University

Jackson, TN

0.29

Piedmont College

Demorest, GA

0.28

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

0.28