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What progress is Miami making on diversifying the student body?

• In Fall 2007, 9.9% of the first-year class, 9.1% of undergraduates, and 9.2% of graduate students were ethnically diverse.
  
  
• In Fall 2007, 241 students participated in the Miami Access initiative (designed for students whose family incomes are less than $35,0000). This program resulted in an increase in low-income first-year Oxford students and an increase in the number of low-income students relocating from Hamilton/Middletown to Oxford.
  
  
• The percentage of first-year students whose parents did not attend college has steadily increased on the Oxford campus. In 2007, 16.9% of the entering class was first-generation, as compared to 10.5% in 2002.
  
  
• On the Oxford campus, 26% of first-year students are first-generation, low-income, and/or ethnically diverse.
  
  
• The number of international undergraduate students increased markedly this year. Currently, 1.6% of Oxford first-year students, 1.1% of Oxford undergraduates, and 9.9% of graduate students are international students.
  
  
• Women constitute 54% of first-year students, 55% of undergraduate students, and 68% of graduate students.
  
  
• Miami undergraduate students are younger than their counterparts across the state; 90.8% of undergraduates are 24 or younger, as compared to 64% of students at public institutions statewide.
  
  
• Miami students identify with a wide variety of religious groups; first-year Miami students are more likely than other public university students to report a religious affiliation (86% of incoming Miami students, versus 78.8% of incoming public university students across the country).
  
  
• The proportion of honors students who are ethnically diverse is 11.4%.
  
  
• Gay, lesbian, and bisexual students contribute to the diversity of Miami's student body. Although their numbers are difficult to determine, Spectrum (the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Straight Alliance) meets weekly and helps to create a positive environment for students of all sexualities.
  
  
  

  Undergraduates by Ethnicity All Campuses
  		2003		2004		2005		2006		2007
  		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
  Total		19,664		19,566		18,965		18,953		19,062
  African American		853	4.3%	793	4.1%	767	4.0%	785	4.1%	793	4.2%
  Asian American		418	2.1%	490	2.5%	453	2.4%	425	2.2%	471	2.5%
  Hispanic		283	1.4%	296	1.5%	301	1.6%	307	1.6%	339	1.8%
  Native American		103	0.5%	94	0.5%	103	0.5%	107	0.6%	115	0.6%
  Pacific Islander		23	0.1%	26	0.1%	19	0.1%	21	0.1%	19	0.1%
  International		103	0.5%	107	0.5%	117	0.6%	121	0.6%	165	0.9%
  Unknown		590	3.0%	774	4.0%	932	4.9%	1,032	5.4%	962	5.0%
  White		17,291	87.9%	16,986	86.8%	16,273	85.8%	16,155	85.2%	16,198	85.0%
  Ethnically Diverse		1,680	8.5%	1,699	8.7%	1,643	8.7%	1,645	8.7%	1,737	9.1%
  Male		8,726	44.4%	8,743	44.7%	8,567	45.2%	8,595	45.3%	8,627	45.3%
  Female		10,938	55.6%	10,823	55.3%	10,398	54.8%	10,358	54.7%	10,435	54.7%
  Full-time		17,757	90.3%	17,745	90.7%	17,078	90.1%	17,180	90.6%	17,071	89.6%
  Part-time		1,907	9.7%	1,821	9.3%	1,887	9.9%	1,773	9.4%	1,991	10.4%
  Age	24 or below					17,286	91.1%	17,240	91.0%	17,308	90.8%
  	25–39					1,254	6.6%	1,253	6.6%	1,296	6.8%
  	40 and above					425	2.2%	460	2.4%	458	2.4%