<p>W&M is diverse in all senses of the word. It is our job to ensure that we create a diverse incoming class in terms of race, ethnicity, religion, geography, socioeconomic status, talent, and all diverse forms perspectives and lifestyles.</p>
<p>About 25% of our students self-identify as students of color and we have students representing every religion you can think of. Those races and religions represented in our student body generally have cultural student groups such as the Filipino Student Association and the Balfour Hillel just to give a few examples.</p>
<p>We have students from 49 states and 54 countries, first-generation college students, first-generation Americans, and students from all kinds of socioeconomic backgrounds (because we do not capture information on a family’s income we cannot give percentages for this).</p>
<p>We also have students on campus who run the gammet politically from conservative to liberal to apolitical to everything in between and again, corresponding interest groups exist.</p>