College students are a diverse group, but the teaching faculty and higher-education managers are much less so. Discover the areas in which racial and ethnic minority groups are best and most poorly represented. Then check out our diversity indexes for college-by-college breakdowns.
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Students’ Gender, Race, and Ethnicity, by Sector
African-Americans made up nearly a third of students at for-profit institutions but only 13.5 percent of students enrolled in all colleges in the fall of 2017. -
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Gender, Race, and Ethnicity of Instructional Faculty Members, by Rank
American Indians, African-Americans, Hispanics, and people of two or more races were significantly underrepresented on faculties. -
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Managers at Colleges, by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic whites made up more than three-quarters of full-time managers at colleges in 2017-18. More than half were female. -
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Librarians, Student-Affairs, and Other Education-Service Employees at Colleges, by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity
Full-time employees who worked in libraries, admissions, and student life were overwhelmingly female in 2017-18. -
Diversity Indexes
How diverse are your college’s students, faculty members, and managers? Use our interactive tables to find out. -
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Changes in African-American Enrollment
Enrollment of black students has fallen by nearly 365,000 since 2010. Several tables analyze where the loss is occurring.