Student Body Diversity
The Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), as amended by the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA), includes disclosure and reporting requirements that institutions are required to make available to current and prospective students. The following represents the percentage of full-time students by gender and by race/ethnicity group for AY 2016. The percentage of full-time students in that term who received the Pell Grant is also included.
| Category |
Percentage of full-time enrollment |
| Male |
39.8% |
| Female |
60.2% |
| |
|
| Nonresident Alien |
0.9% |
| Hispanic |
6.8% |
| American Indian |
0.3% |
| Asian |
2.0% |
| Black |
48.7% |
| White |
38.3% |
| Multi-Racial |
2.4% |
| |
|
| Pell Grant Recipients |
53.7% |
For more information about the Higher Education Opportunity Act, please refer to the U.S. Department of Education website at: http://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/leg/hea08/index.html