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Diversity at Penn State


Penn State Student Enrollment All Locations*

1996
  • 88 percent White American
  • 9 percent underrepresented groups
  • 3 percent international students

2006
  • 83 percent White American
  • 13 percent underrepresented groups
  • 4 percent international students

*Source: Penn State Fact Book; Underrepresented includes Asian Americans.

Penn State Student Enrollment University Park Campus*

1996
  • 84 percent White American
  • 11 percent underrepresented groups
  • 5 percent international students

2006
  • 80 percent White American
  • 13 percent underrepresented groups
  • 7 percent international students

Civility at Penn State

"We must join forces to deplore racism, sexism, homophobia, and anti-semitism and other religious harassment. We must combat sexual violence. We must ward off all forms of discrimination that seek to find a home here." 

-- Penn State President Graham B. Spanier, October 26, 2000