UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

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College Park, MD 20742
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Contact Information:
Keighley Joyce
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE
Nov. 13, 2013
UM Minority Enrollment Increases 8.7 Percent

University of Maryland minority enrollment increased by 8.7 percent since last year,
during which overall campus enrollment grew less than one percent.
This university has taken a significant step forward, said university President Dr.
Wallace D. Loh. Our many efforts of recent years are beginning to produce the desired results.
Over the past five years, statistics display that the universitys minority enrollment has
enlarged from 1,540 students to 1,899 students, a 23.3 percent increase.
The university based the enrollment categories on self-reported student data. Below is a
breakdown of the minority enrollment increase:
Race Enrolled
(students)
American Indian

Enrollment Last Academic

Year
158

Enrollment This Academic

Year
204

Percent
Increase
29.1%

Asian

521

565

8.5%

Hispanic

424

452

6.6%

Black

644

678

5.3%

The increase in minority students is a gratifying sight for the many students, faculty and
administrators who have worked for it, Dr. Loh said. We still have more to do. This is only the
beginning.
For more information about University of Maryland student diversity, visit:
http://www.diversity.umd.edu or follow the universitys twitter @UofMaryland.
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About the University of Maryland
The University of Maryland, College Park is a premier public research university located in
College Park in Prince Georges County, about nine miles outside of the nations capital. The
University of Maryland, the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland, is
dedicated to educating its students with excellence. The university believes that in order to be
national and global leaders, it must be diverse and inclusive. The University of Maryland is the
largest in the state of Maryland and in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. For more
information on the University of Maryland and its efforts to be diverse, visit www.umd.edu or
http://www.diversity.umd.edu.
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