The Atlantic: Minorities underrepresented at University of Michigan

Posted on Wed, Jan 23, 2013 : 6:55 p.m.

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University of Michigan

Joe Tobianski | AnnArbor.com

The percentage of blacks and hispanics that make up the University of Michigan student body is below the national racial composition average, The Atlantic reports.

At U-M in 2010, less than 5 percent of students were reported as black and less than 5 percent were reported as hispanic. Yet more than 13 percent of the United States' population was black and more than 16 was hispanic, according to the Atlantic.

In fact, when compared with Harvard, Yale and Princeton universities and the University of California at Berkley and the University of Texas, Michigan has consistently enrolled the lowest percentage of hispanics since 1980, according to the Atlantic.

Kellie Woodhouse covers higher education for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at kelliewoodhouse@annarbor.com or 734-623-4602 and follow her on twitter.

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