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Race/Ethnicity of Students

For federal IPEDS reports, the U.S. Department of Education requires that the racial and ethnic categories be reported only for U.S. citizens and permanent residents; international students must be reported as a separate category. The table below shows the distribution of students enrolled Fall 2002.

Level Undergrad Graduate Law School* Total
Asian 317 6% 73 6% 158 14% 548 8%
Black 91 2% 40 3% 29 3% 160 2%
Hispanic 739 15% 121 10% 92 8% 952 13%
American Indian 54 1% 8 1% 5 <1% 67 1%
     All Minorities 1201 25% 242 21% 284 26% 1727 24%
White 3273 68% 669 57% 794 71% 4736 66%
Unknown 235 5% 200 17% 0 0% 435 6%
International 128 3% 66 6% 34 3% 228 3%
Total Students 4837 100% 1177 100% 1112 100% 7126 100%
 
* Law School includes students in J.D. (doctoral) and LL.M. (master's) programs.