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Just semi related: I find it curious that 3 out of the 4 universities have the same percentage of minority students (12%). Is this figure a coincidence, or is i
by kace91 5y ago
Just semi related: I find it curious that 3 out of the 4 universities have the same percentage of minority students (12%). Is this figure a coincidence, or is it the result of some specific policy?
( I'm not American so I lack the context).
- ineedasername 5y agoMost regional schools, as they get larger and larger, will have a student body that reflects the regional population fairly well. Three of these schools were private though, and small private schools especially can have idiosyncratic student populations. Apart from that, it's hard to say more without knowing which schools these were. (A regional school is one that draws students mostly from the surrounding region instead of nationally/globally)
- DiggyJohnson 5y agoI don't have a direct answer to your question, but that's very close to the representation of black Americans in the total population. That number is cited colloquially as 15%.
- thaumasiotes 5y ago> That number is cited colloquially as 15%. What? No it isn't; it's cited colloquially as 12% or one in eight. Compare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States#Race_and_ethnicity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_Sta...
- tastyfreeze 5y agoA large chunk of top universities in the US have racial admittance quotas. Not saying that is the case for whatever universities you are looking at but it does exist.