How much does diversity affect your college experience?

ucbalumnus
Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:15:55 +0000

mom2collegekids:

Frankly, a school that has 30% non-White students is going to feel diverse. Think about it…about 1/3 of the class will be non-White. That will hardly feel like an “all White” school. Not at all.



It may depend on the student’s perspective. Perhaps the student is from a high school or environment either with no majority racial or ethnic group, or (more likely) where his/her own racial or ethnic group is the majority. It would not be surprising if a lot of students in that situation felt uncomfortable going to a college where their racial or ethnic group is a minority group. However, those who are white can easily avoid such schools for them (e.g. UTEP, Hawaii, most UCs, HBC/Us).