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Black enrollment falls below 8% for every top 20 ranked liberal arts college in the country
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Anonymous
I analyzed the entering statistics for the Class of 2024 across the USNews top 20 ranked, non-military LACs. The domestic black population has fallen greatly across many LACs, especially Amherst, which once broke a record among all top colleges and universities at nearly 20% Black enrollment. It's also interesting that the domestic Asian percent seems to drop rapidly once you go past the top 10 LACs. |
Anonymous
| To interpret the "Asian" statistics, you should definitely look at the population demographics of the geography where the school is located not just the ranking. |
Anonymous
| That's too bad about the dip. Good news is that Black college enrollment overall is up. Also, the top HBCU's including Spelhouse, Hampton and Howard have tremendous outcomes, growing endowments, and recruiting from major companies/post grad success is quite high. So there are so many more top notch opportunities for Black students. |
Anonymous
| Could you define the color coding please? |
Anonymous
| It's just the highest (green) and lowest (red) of this group if you're interested in seeing which LACs excel or struggle in a particular category |
Anonymous
| Smart idea liberal arts is a waste of money |
Anonymous
Thank you. |
Anonymous
| Based on the table, Swarthmore's Black enrollment percent doesn't quite comport with the topic title. Are some figures rounded, or something like that? |
Anonymous
Most LACs haven't posted their 2025-2026 CDS yet, but Harvey Mudd did, and their Black percent fell even lower to 0.4%  (just 1 black domestic student in the entire entering class)
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Anonymous
Yes, Swarthmore's exact figure is 7.96% |
Anonymous
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Interesting. Thanks for the data. Part of what you are seeing is real stuff, and part is differing legal interpretations of the decision by in-house counsel. Another year or two will be needed to stabilize. I reckon Amherst will go up a bit. Others will go down in response to more Trump admin scrutiny.
Having said that, schools like Swat have an obvious advantage… |
Anonymous
Thank you. And thank you for organizing what appears to be reliable information. |
Anonymous
| As for Amherst, word on the street is that they were taking lots of middle-class and upper-class blacks (and children of African and Caribbean immigrants) at lower academic levels than other schools (many were full pay). That is not to begrudge what they were doing. I am sure Williams wanted to do the same (though maybe not to that extreme), but they just couldn’t: there is a big difference between Amherst and Williamstown in attracting kids from urban areas. |
Anonymous
The multiracial category also tends to be majority Asian… |
Anonymous
| So the policy objectives worked, I guess. |