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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 2003.

Level Undergrad Graduate Law School* Total
Asian 339 7% 97 7% 171 15% 607 8%
Black 96 2% 44 3% 34 3% 174 2%
Hispanic 755 16% 131 10% 103 9% 989 14%
American Indian 58 1% 7 1% 4 <1% 69 1%
     All Minorities 1248 26% 279 21% 312 28% 1839 25%
White 3252 68% 776 57% 769 69% 4797 66%
Unknown 189 4% 216 16% 0 0% 405 6%
International 114 2% 79 6% 28 3% 221 3%
Total Students 4803 100% 1350 100% 1109 100% 7262 100%
 
* Law School includes students in J.D. (doctoral) and LL.M. (master's) programs.