I think the numbers speak for themselves. And subjectively, I don’t think anyone would say Tulane is very diverse.
As for Posse, looks great, but it’s tiny - only 10-20 kids a class (less than 1% of all students). And from the little looking around I just did, it’s only for full tuition, not including room and board. Pell would still be needed, so I’m sure these students are included in the Pell stats.
Pell is low partly due to the values of the school. It doesn’t matter that Tulane is need blind since they don’t meet full need. And in the cases that they do meet full need (and I speak from experience with my own d), they fill the package with loans and work study - much more than the typical 7500 total in loans). By doing this they reduce the number of pell eligible students that end up deciding to come to Tulane - because it’s simply not affordable. Projected 40,000+ in loans is just too much.
End result - low diversity.