| Not sure what you mean by "diversity." Notre Dame is about 76% non-Hispanic white, compared to 74% non-Hispanic white in the US population as a whole. Although the percentage of blacks (5%) is well below the US black population as a whole (12%), the percentage of Asian students (8%) is twice the national percentage, and the percentage of Hispanic students (14%) is also higher than the national population.
There are students from every state in the country, from major metro areas to tiny midwestern towns. Nearly half the students receive need-based financial aid from the university, which means that they are not rich. (Indeed, the parents of many students who do not qualify for such aid would not consider themselves rich either).
Yes, the vast majority of students are Catholic, but so is 25% of the country.
Many universities that boast about their diversity may have students of all different colors, but whose (mostly liberal) political and social views are actually very similar. |