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Sewanee Demographics & Diversity Report

Many schools pride themselves on their diversity, but what does that mean, really? College Factual ran the numbers to learn how diverse the standard college campus really is, including race, gender, the ages of the students, and where they're from. Keep reading the Sewanee diversity report to see how they stack up against the average.

• Student Population
• Racial/Ethnic Diversity
• Male/Female Diversity
• Location Diversity
• Student Age Diversity

Sewanee Student Population

How Many Students Attend Sewanee - The University of the South?

Sewanee total enrollment is approximately 1,800 students. 1,689 are undergraduates and 65 are graduate students.

Sewanee Undergraduate Population

Male/Female Breakdown of Undergraduates

The full-time Sewanee undergraduate population is made up of 53% women, and 47% men.

For the gender breakdown for all students, go here.

Sewanee Racial/Ethnic Breakdown of Undergraduates

Race/Ethnicity	Number
White	1,375
Hispanic	97
Black or African American	77
International	67
Multi-Ethnic	49
Asian	22
Unknown	1
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0

See racial/ethnic breakdown for all students.

Sewanee Graduate Student Population

Male/Female Breakdown of Graduate Students

About 34% of full-time grad students are women, and 66% men.

For the gender breakdown for all students, go here.

Sewanee Racial-Ethnic Breakdown of Graduate Students

Race/Ethnicity	Number
White	56
International	4
Multi-Ethnic	2
Hispanic	2
Black or African American	1
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
Asian	0
Unknown	0

See racial/ethnic breakdown for all students.

Racial/Ethnic Diversity

Sewanee Racial Demographics:

Race/Ethnicity	Number
White	1,469
Hispanic	100
Black or African American	78
International	77
Multi-Ethnic	52
Asian	22
Unknown	1
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0

Low Racial/Ethnic Diversity Among Faculty

Sewanee - The University of the South Faculty Racial/Ethnic Demographics:

Ethnicity	Number of Faculty
White	718
Black or African American	34
Asian	13
Multi-Ethnic	11
Hispanic	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
International	0
Unknown	0

Learn more about the faculty at Sewanee.

Sewanee Male/Female Diversity

This school is more popular with women than with men.

There are approximately 941 female students and 859 male students at Sewanee.

Even Balance of Male & Female Teachers

Reporting of the gender of Sewanee is unknown or unavailable.

There are more female teachers than male teachers at this school.

More about Sewanee faculty.

There are approximately 456 female teachers and 351 male teachers.

High Geographic Diversity

Sewanee ranks 159 out of 2,183 when it comes to geographic diversity.

81.65% of Sewanee students come from out of state, and 3.5% come from out of the country.

The undergraduate student body is split among 34 states (may include Washington D.C.). Click on the map for more detail.

Top 5 States

State	Amount
Tennessee	87
Georgia	65
Texas	39
Virginia	38
North Carolina	36

International Students at Sewanee

Students from 34 countries are represented at this school, with the majority of the international students coming from China, Nigeria, and Hungary.

Learn more about international students at Sewanee.

Above Average Student Age Diversity

The age diversity score this school received indicates it is doing a good job attracting students of all ages.

A traditional college student is defined as being between the ages of 18-21. At Sewanee, 87.63% of students fall into that category, compared to the national average of 60%.

Student Age Group	Amount
18-19	802
20-21	756
22-24	126
35 and over	44
25-29	19
30-34	9
Under 18	0

Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

References

• Department of Homeland Security Citizenship and Immigration Services

• National Center for Education Statistics

• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System

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• Read College Factual's Diversity Ranking Methodology.