Ethnic Diversity

[Anonymous]

USNEWS also ranks schools by ethnic diversity:

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/campus-ethnic-diversity/spp+50

It is interesting that apart from schools located in the state of California, few top ranked schools are on the list. In the top 50, I see only MIT, Harvard, Princeton, Yale and Duke. But the list includes all the California schools that are ranked in the Top 25 [Stanford, Cal Tech, USC, UCLA] and most of the other highly ranked Cal schools. It seems that East Coast schools still have some work to do to improve ethnic diversity on campus.

[Anonymous]

USNWR has a ranking for everything

http://www.usnews.com/rankings

[Anonymous]

Hmm. So schools in heavily Asian states and the super elite schools are "diverse?" Shocker. I'm guessing the University of North Dakota is not high on the list. Texas schools are up there, too. I wonder if they also follow UT's 10 percent rule.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hmm. So schools in heavily Asian states and the super elite schools are "diverse?" Shocker. I'm guessing the University of North Dakota is not high on the list. Texas schools are up there, too. I wonder if they also follow UT's 10 percent rule.

Yes, the student populations at those schools resemble the world demographics - not a bad environment to prepare for life in a global economy. If I attended a lily white school in a northeast hamlet I'd be worried about my education becoming obsolete.

[Anonymous]

Other than NYC, few cities on the East Coast are truly diverse. Only California (SF and LA) and Miami have diversity that reflects global diversity. DC remains a defacto segregated metro area withe the exception of gentrifying areas downtown.

[Anonymous]

Minorities account for more than half the population of California - why would you not expect the same in its Cal-supported colleges and universities.

From wikipedia: According to estimates from 2011, California has the largest minority population in the United States by numbers, making up 60% of the state population.[63] In 2000, Hispanics comprised 32% of the population; that number grew to 38% in 2011.[84] Non-Hispanic whites decreased from 80% of the state's population in 1970 to 40% in 2011.[63][85]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Minorities account for more than half the population of California - why would you not expect the same in its Cal-supported colleges and universities.

From wikipedia: According to estimates from 2011, California has the largest minority population in the United States by numbers, making up 60% of the state population.[63] In 2000, Hispanics comprised 32% of the population; that number grew to 38% in 2011.[84] Non-Hispanic whites decreased from 80% of the state's population in 1970 to 40% in 2011.[63][85]

The diversity extends to the leading private schools in California too: Stanford, Cal Tech and USC.

[Anonymous]

If you KNOW where you want to live as an adult, it is best to go to school in or near that area.