University ranks ninth in diversity study
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education has ranked the 26 top universities as to how successful they have been in integrating black students.
Duke University was named the most diverse, and the University of Chicago was named the least.
The top five schools were Duke University, Emory University, Princeton University, Washington University and Vanderbilt University.
The bottom five schools were University of Notre Dame, Carnegie Mellon University, Johns Hopkins University, California Institute of Technology and the University of Chicago.
The University of Virginia was ranked at number nine.
According to its press release, the JBHE derived its data from "government sources and original research," which are "based on 13 widely accepted quantitative measures of institutional racial integration."
Unlike similar rankings used by U.S. News and World Report, the JBHE used purely quantitative data, as opposed to subjective measurements.
Third-year College student Roger James said the University's standing indicates that greater efforts at incorporating blacks are necessary.
"I certainly wouldn't want this to seem that current efforts are enough, when there is so much more to be done," he said.
-- Complied by Abby Fox
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