<p>does anyone know of a good liberal arts college that also has a diverse student body... most schools i have looked at including Reed, Hampshire and Centre etc. etc. have a primarily Caucasian student body. Don't get me wrong, i am not at all prejudiced to any race... its just i like being around a big ethnic group of individuals and i am sure many people on this forum can relate....</p>
<p>^You're going to find that a lot of liberal arts colleges are going to constantly strive for a racially diverse student body, but ultimately have difficulty. Frankly, that is the one problem with LACs; the lack of racial diversity.</p>
<p>What you will find at most LACs, especially those you mentioned, is that everyone is SOCIALLY and INTELLECTUALLY diverse, and very accepting of all kinds of people regardless of race, religious beliefs, political leanings, sexual orientation, etc.</p>
<p>thats such a brilliant answer, props lol</p>
<p>Reed</a> College | Reed College Class of 2012 Competitively Selected, Diverse Group says:</p>
<p>The Class of 2012 is also an ethnically diverse group, with 30.8 percent students of color, which increases to 32.5 percent when international students are included.</p>
<p>Look at Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA</p>
<p>Check out Occidental College in LA. It's known for being more diverse than most LACs (on its site, it says 55.6 percent of students identify as Caucasian, which means there are a lot of students who don't).</p>
<p>Very hard to get in to, but look at Swarthmore.</p>
<p>Second Swarthmore.</p>
<p>Macalester and Midd are big on internationals, though I'm not really sure that's the same thing...</p>
<p>Wesleyan U prides itself in being diverse, but when I visited I didn't really notice.</p>
<p>Pitzer College in CA has been rated as one of the most diverse LACs. Check it out!</p>
<p>Claremont McKenna College is pretty diverse, ethnically speaking. Geographically, it is a little lacking.</p>
<p>raider, attracting diversity is an objective for all LACs, and some are more successful than others. Percentages can be misleading: because of the small numbers involved one or two percentage points can be just a handful of students, hardly enough to impact or for a meaningful comparison.</p>
<p>Another way to view diversity is to consider the surrounding area. Without doubt in an urban environment like New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles you will interact with more people (not just students) who are not white than you would in a place like upstate New York, Western Massachusetts or rural Iowa. Colleges located in these more remote places have a harder time attracting high achieving minorities and they therefore tend to compensate by focusing on other types of diversity -- like or economic or religious -- or by admitting more international students from non-white countries.</p>