Swarthmore released its statistics for the enrolled first-year class today:
http://www.swarthmore.edu/x6271.xml
A few things jumped out at me:
1) African American enrollment jumped up to 12% in this year's entering class, up from 7% last year.
This is a big gain in Af Am yield. 14% of the acceptance letters went to Af Am students and 12% of the enrolled class is Af Am.
Latino (12%) and Asian American (17%) remained the same. I am sure that Swat is extremely pleased to see Af Am enrollment jump; there is a lot of volatility from year to year.
42% of the first year class indentifies themselves as American students of color. An additional 6% are international students. With just 52% of the class being white/American students, it is no surprise that the campus seems so diverse.
2) The trends towards more public school students and fewer private school students continued.
65% of this year's class came from public schools, compared to 62% last year and 57% in 2001.
21% from private non-parochial schools compared to 25% last year and 31% in 2001
Parochial schools remained the same (5%). Overseas schools fell slightly from 9% to 8%.
3) Class rank fell slightly: val/sal from 27% to 20%, top 2% from 45% to 42%, and top-10% from 88% to 82%.
This could be a function of the increased diversity. It may also be a function of fewer schools reporting class rank. Or, this could be a consequence of merit-aid competition for wealthier students as these numbers are a drop from the accepted class. Amherst saw a similar decline last year.
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