Multicultural Enrollment
The University of Connecticut has over 26,000 undergraduate and graduates students who come from diverse backgrounds and diverse countries. The University is continues to increase the diversity of its student body. In 1986, 7.9% of undergraduate students came from minority groups (Asian Americans, Native Americans, African Americans, and Latinos), but by the year 2003 that percentage had increased to 17.4%. The percentage of undergraduate students from underrepresented groups (Native Americans, African Americans, and Latinos) has also increased from 5.5% in 1986 to 10.4% in 2002. Graduate students have also become more diverse. In 2002 just over 10% of graduate students came from minority groups and just over 20% were international students. The gender makeup of both graduate and undergraduate students is also diverse - just over half of all students are women.