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Enrollment by Ethnicity

 

Enrollment by Ethnicity '07 - '08 '06 - '07 '05 -'06 '04 -'05 '03 - '04 '02 - '03 '01 - '02 '00 - '01 '99 - '00 '98 - '99 '97 - '98 '96 - '97
African-American                        
Undergraduate #
 204 188 200 198 179 197 183 172 192 181 171 177
Undergraduate %
 6.8% 7.0% 7.0% 7.0% 6.5% 7.3% 7.2% 6.6% 7.1% 6.8% 6.5% 6.7%
Graduate #
 79 72 71 67 44 34 39 33 33 27 28 29
Graduate %
 3.7% 4.0% 4.0% 3.0% 3.1% 2.6% 3.7% 3.2% 3.1% 2.5% 2.7% 2.0%
Asian-American                        
Undergraduate #
 576 542 486 444 422 391 347 414 427 442 426 403
Undergraduate %
 19.2% 19.0% 16.0% 15.0% 15.3% 14.6% 13.7% 15.8% 15.7% 16.5% 16.1% 15.3%
Graduate #
 180 145 142 129 122 93 74 60 51 53 36 29
Graduate %
 8.4% 7.0% 7.0% 7.0% 8.6% 7.1% 6.9% 5.8% 4.8% 4.8% 3.5% 2.0%
Hispanic                        
Undergraduate #
 365 368 353 329 327 304 266 267 297 282 273 282
Undergraduate %
 12.1% 13.0% 12.0% 11.0% 11.8% 11.3% 10.5% 10.2% 10.9% 10.5% 10.3% 10.7%
Graduate #
 124 116 109 91 80 63 52 30 30 39 35 30
Graduate %
 5.8% 6.0% 5.0% 4.0% 5.6% 4.8% 4.9% 2.9% 2.8% 3.5% 3.4% 2.1%
Multiracial                        
Undergraduate #
 65 50 66 71 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 25 18 19
Undergraduate %
 2.2% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.9% 0.7% 0.7%
Graduate #
 37 31 23 15 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2 2 0
Graduate %
 1.7% 2.0% 1.0% 1.0% N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.2% 0.1% 0.0%
Native American                        
Undergraduate #
 16 14 15 15 15 16 15 14 19 21 22 23
Undergraduate %
 0.5% 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% 0.5% 0.6% 0.6% 0.5% 0.7% 0.8% 0.8% 0.9%
Graduate #
 7 5 3 4 3 3 4 4 5 5 4 2
Graduate %
 0.3% 0.2% 1.0% 1.0% 0.2% 0.2% 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
White/Unknown                        
Undergraduate #
 1551 1,590 1,624 1,624 1,823 1,777 1,724 1,756 1,778 1,723 1,736 1,661
Undergraduate %
 51.7% 55.0% 54.0% 55.0% 65.9% 65.9% 68.0% 66.9% 65.5% 64.5% 65.6% 62.9%
Graduate #
 950 851 836 782 1,177 1,112 898 915 947 976 935 952
Graduate %
 44.3% 42.0% 42.0% 41.0% 82.5% 85.2% 84.2% 87.8% 88.8% 88.6% 90.0% 66.6%
International                        
Undergraduate #
 154 123 96 80 91 86 193 66 72 69 68 75
Undergraduate %
 5.1% 4.0% 3.0% 3.0% 3.2% 3.1% 7.1% 2.5% 2.6% 2.5% 2.5% 2.8%
Graduate #
 682 676 644 599 522 557 572 471 423 423 386 389
Graduate %
 31.8% 34.0% 32.0% 31.0% 26.8% 29.9% 34.9% 31.1% 28.4% 27.7% 27.1% 27.2%
Not Designated                        
Undergraduate #
 70 120 148 172 39 31 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Undergraduate %
 2.4% 4.0% 5.0% 6.0% 1.4% 1.1% N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Graduate #
 85 117 155 235 80 32 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Graduate %
 4.0% 6.0% 8.0% 12.0% 4.1% 1.7% N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
                       
GRAND TOTAL UNDERGRADUATE
 3,001 2,995 2,988 2,933 2,857 2,771 2,728 2,689 2,785 2,743 2,714 2,640
GRAND TOTAL GRADUATE
 2,144 2,013 1,983 1,922 1,948 1,862 1,639 1,513 1,489 1,525 1,426 1,431

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