{"id":84014,"date":"2018-08-31T14:05:59","date_gmt":"2018-09-01T00:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=84014"},"modified":"2019-04-05T14:53:18","modified_gmt":"2019-04-06T00:53:18","slug":"uh-campuses-diversity-ranking-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/08\/31\/uh-campuses-diversity-ranking-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"All <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> campuses make top 10 most diverse lists"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_84020\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84020\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/uh-hilo-student-diversity.jpg\" alt=\"students gathered smiling\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/uh-hilo-student-diversity.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/uh-hilo-student-diversity-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-84020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo from <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo Freshman Experience Program.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>All University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> campuses ranked in the top 10 in the U.S. for greatest racial and ethnic diversity among four-year and two-year institutions, according to <em>The Chronicle of Higher Education\u2019s 2018 Almanac<\/em> diversity rankings.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo ranked number one for the most diverse four-year public university in the nation. <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College is third, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> is fourth, and <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa is sixth.<\/p>\n<p>The <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Community Colleges ranked as the top six most diverse two-year public institutions in the nation. <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> ranked number one followed by Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr>, <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr>, Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr>, Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr> and <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr>. <\/p>\n<p>The diversity index indicates, on a scale of 1 to 100, the probability that any two students at an institution are from different racial or ethnic groups.<\/p>\n<p>These are the top 10 most diverse public four-year universities and their corresponding diversity indexes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1. <strong><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo, 88.9<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>2. Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology at Okmulgee, 87.1<\/li>\n<li>3. <strong><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College, 86.5<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>4. <strong><abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>, 84.5<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>5. Highline College, 81.9<\/li>\n<li>6. <strong><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa, 81.6<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>7. California State University, East Bay, 79.3<\/li>\n<li>8. Rutgers University-Newark, 78.9<\/li>\n<li>9. New Jersey Institute of Technology, 78.5<\/li>\n<li>10. Seattle Central College, 78.0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are the top 10 most diverse public two-year colleges and their corresponding diversity indexes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1. <strong><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr>, 91.9<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>2. <strong>Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr>, 91.5<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>3. <strong><span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr>, 87.2<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>4. <strong>Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr>, 83.3<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>5. <strong>Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr>, 79.6<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>6. <strong><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr>, 79.0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>7. Montgomery College, 78.4<\/li>\n<li>8. Berkeley City College, 78.3<\/li>\n<li>9. Bunker Hill Community College, 78.2<\/li>\n<li>10. Solano Community College, 78.2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo<\/h2>\n<p>Students reported being 20.6 percent Asian, 9.6 percent Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 20.2 percent white and 31.2 percent of two or more races.<\/p>\n<h2><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College<\/h2>\n<p>Students are 27.9 percent Asian, 7.1 percent Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 19.1 percent white and 31.1 percent are two or more races.<\/p>\n<h2><abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Students are 35.3 percent Asian, 6 percent Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 10.8 percent white and 32.8 percent are two or more races.<\/p>\n<h2><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/h2>\n<p>Students are 36 percent Asian, 3.4 percent Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 19.9 percent white and 23.2 percent are two or more races.<\/p>\n<h2><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/h2>\n<p>Students are 18 percent Asian, 8 percent Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 13.8 percent white and 42.6 percent are two or more races.<\/p>\n<h2>Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/h2>\n<p>Students are 18.2 percent Asian, 6.9 percent Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 15.5 percent white and 42.2 percent are two or more races.<\/p>\n<h2><span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/h2>\n<p>Students are 28.9 percent Asian, 6.2 percent Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 16.5 percent white and 34.9 percent are two or more races.<\/p>\n<h2>Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/h2>\n<p>Students are 37 percent Asian, 4.9 percent Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 8.8 percent white and 31.3 percent are two or more races.<\/p>\n<h2>Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/h2>\n<p>Students are 42.5 percent Asian, 6.5 percent Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 8.1 percent white and 29 percent are two or more races.<\/p>\n<h2><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/h2>\n<p>Students are 42.7 percent Asian, 2.7 percent Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 10 percent white and 24.9 percent are two or more races.<\/p>\n<p>A subscription is needed to see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/Colleges-With-the-Greatest\/244068\"><em>The Chronicle of Higher Education\u2019s 2018 Almanac<\/em> diversity rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All <abbr>UH<\/abbr> campuses ranked in the top 10 in the U.S. for greatest racial and ethnic diversity among four-year and two-year institutions, according to <em>The Chronicle of Higher Education\u2019s 2018 Almanac<\/em> diversity rankings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[957,631,14,9,60,59],"class_list":["post-84014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-college-recognition","tag-ranking","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-west-oahu","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84014"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94175,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84014\/revisions\/94175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}