Black enrollment falls below 8% for every top 20 ranked liberal arts college in the country

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Add in Bowdoin.

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Anonymous wrote:Honest question about the data: some add up to or are near 100% though most do not (undefined/won’t answer category - I get it).

My question is why some of the 100% schools don’t seem to have that category — and some do. Are they all from the same source?

Yes, it's all from the Common Data Set 2024-2025 for the entering Class of 2028. The percent of undefined can vary considerably from school to school. Bowdoin for instance adds up to 100% because they only had 2 out of 507 enrolling first years as "race unknown".

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Anonymous wrote:So the policy objectives worked, I guess.

What is that supposed to mean? Are you another of the racists opposed to Asian students earning merit-based admission to top universities?

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

Most of the T30 will soon be plurality-Asian.

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My multiracial child had a scholarship opportunity to attend one of these top LAC and passed due to rural location and small size. They’re not for everyone. Especially if you did not grow up admiring wasp life. These schools don’t appeal to many students - small, cold, remote, no vibrant city or busy campus culture. It’s a hard sell for many students of color.

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The hispanic numbers actually seem surprisingly high. Wouldn't have guessed that.

I know of a black kid currently at Harvey Mudd, so I guess that makes me pretty special as there are very, very few. Let's just say this kid is far from FGLI.

I wish the schools would stop even asking these questions. I'm not some anti-DEI Trumper but it is doing more harm than good. If you are concerned whether there are people like you at the school, go look around.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

The multiracial category also tends to be majority Asian…

But that’s the crux of the problem. The republicans have dismantled DEI on every level, allowing the massive increase of Asians into our universities.

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Anonymous wrote:Why don’t we look at the rate of low income admissions? Why are we still even looking at race?

Because people are obsessed. If the numbers don’t look the way they believe it should look, they will accuse the university of wrong doing with mo actual proof and if they look the way that they believe it should they will use this as evidence that people shouldn’t have gotten in before. it’s the racial equivalent of heads I win, tails you lose. In reality more people are choosing other schools for a variety of reasons. And I would say, I personally would advise my kids to put “prefer not to say” if they were applying now in order to deny the racially obsessed any data.

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Note that most of these schools are tiny. So a swing of a few kids can materially impact percentages. 1% of the incoming class is often about 5 kids.

Lies, darn lies, statistics.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

The SLACs are up against the HBCUs, which are attracting many applicants. Spelman/Morehouse for the win.

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Anonymous wrote:The hispanic numbers actually seem surprisingly high. Wouldn't have guessed that.

I know of a black kid currently at Harvey Mudd, so I guess that makes me pretty special as there are very, very few. Let's just say this kid is far from FGLI.

I wish the schools would stop even asking these questions. I'm not some anti-DEI Trumper but it is doing more harm than good. If you are concerned whether there are people like you at the school, go look around.

The US is 20% Hispanic, and the classification for the Hispanic category favors it because the other categories are all "non-hispanic" (e.g. if you're mixed race Hispanic, you get placed in the Hispanic box and not in multiracial).

So actually, they're underrepresented across the board relative to the census. Even at the top performers like Pomona and Harvey Mudd, California is nearly 40% Hispanic and LA County is 50% Hispanic, so their Hispanic numbers are quite a bit lower than the region overall.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The hispanic numbers actually seem surprisingly high. Wouldn't have guessed that.

I know of a black kid currently at Harvey Mudd, so I guess that makes me pretty special as there are very, very few. Let's just say this kid is far from FGLI.

I wish the schools would stop even asking these questions. I'm not some anti-DEI Trumper but it is doing more harm than good. If you are concerned whether there are people like you at the school, go look around.

The US is 20% Hispanic, and the classification for the Hispanic category favors it because the other categories are all "non-hispanic" (e.g. if you're mixed race Hispanic, you get placed in the Hispanic box and not in multiracial).

So actually, they're underrepresented across the board relative to the census. Even at the top performers like Pomona and Harvey Mudd, California is nearly 40% Hispanic and LA County is 50% Hispanic, so their Hispanic numbers are quite a bit lower than the region overall.

Lies, darn lies, statistics. What percentage of the hispanic population is remotely interested in college? I'm not saying this to be nasty, racist or rude. It is just a fact. So those numbers are meaningless.

Colleges are tripping over themselves to virtue signal. I'm a Democrat. I am generally supportive of diversity. But I don't disagree that it has gone way overboard and become an obsession.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

The SLACs are up against the HBCUs, which are attracting many applicants. Spelman/Morehouse for the win.

The LAC’s are also competing with state flagships with large, active black communities and private universities in larger cities (Emory, Drexel, NYU, etc)

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Most of the T30 will soon be plurality-Asian.

We will not be able to reverse that until DEIA is restored (maybe after 2028?).

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Anonymous wrote:Smart idea liberal arts is a waste of money

MAGA stupid has entered he chat