It’s official: We’re the whitest Ivy
47 percent of Princeton is white
New data confirms what you’ve probably already guessed: Princeton is the whitest Ivy in the League.
According to stats retrieved from College Scorecard, 47 percent of Princeton’s students are white, more than any other top college in the States.
As a percentage of the student body, Princeton also has more Asian students than any other Ivy.
On average, white people make up 45 percent of Ivy League student bodies, compared to 62 percent of the US population.
While just over five percent of the US population identifies as Asian, the group accounts for 16.4 percent of each Ivy.
Every Ivy has at least double the Asian population percentage of the US
Hispanics are underrepresented throughout the Ivy League – and most at Princeton.
They make up just over 17 percent of the US population, but only 10 percent of the average Ivy.
At Princeton, that number is just eight percent – tied with Dartmouth and lower than every other school in the league. Columbia comes closest to the national average, at 14 percent.
Black people are underrepresented as well, constituting just under seven percent of Ivy League schools compared to more than 13 percent of the national population.
Princeton has the highest black percentage in the Ivy League, still just at eight percent.
Princeton has the largest Black and smallest Hispanic populations in the Ivy League
Brown and Cornell are the only two schools reporting double-digit “unknown” percentages, at 10 apiece.