The Kept-Up Academic Librarian: U.S. News Ranks Campuses By Ethnic Diversity

September 29, 2011

U.S. News Ranks Campuses By Ethnic Diversity

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. Read more at:
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/campus-ethnic-diversity

Sep 29, 2011 1:45:00 AM | Diversity

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