Academic Annual Report

Fifty-five percent of our undergraduates are men and 45 percent
are women; in our graduate programs, 55 percent are women and
45 percent are men.
Student Gender 2012
Undergraduates:
55.5%
44.5%
Graduates:
44.7%
55.3%
In the U.S., 47 percent of our undergraduates and 51 percent of our
graduate-level students are minority, as compared to 33 percent and
25 percent, respectively, for all U.S. four-year Title IV institutions 2 .
Student Diversity 2012
39.6%
13.1%
Undergraduate
Students
34.3%
14.8%
Minority
White
Unknown or non-resident alien
47.3%
Graduate
Students
Undergraduates
50.9%
DeVry University is proud to serve a high percentage of minority
students, who have traditionally been underserved by postsecondary
education. Many of these students come from
immigrant or low-income households and are the first in their
families to attend college. As we hire new faculty members in the
coming years, one of our goals is to build a faculty whose diversity
more closely matches the diversity of our student body.
2 IPEDS Data Center, National Center for Education Statistics, November 2012
DeVry University Student
Race/Ethnicity Statistics
Statistics for fiscal year 2012
Non-resident Alien 0.9% 4.4%
Hispanic (of any race) 15.7% 8.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native 0.7% 0.5%
Asian 4.0% 6.9%
Black or African American 25.2% 33.8%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.6% 0.5%
White 39.6% 34.3%
Two or more races 1.2% 0.9%
Race/Ethnicity unknown 12.2% 10.5%
In 2011–2012, the percentage of Black or African-American
undergraduate students at DeVry University was 25 percent,
compared to 14 percent of those attending four-year Title IV
schools nationally. At the graduate level, the percentage of
Black or African-American students was 34 percent, nearly
triple the national average of 12 percent 3 .
Undergraduate
Our enrollments also show a slightly higher percentage of
Hispanic students than other schools enroll 4 . DeVry University
is part of the Excelencia in Education initiative, “Ensuring
America’s Future by Increasing Latino College Completion,”
which aims to promote the role of Latinos in making the U.S.
the world leader in college degree completion. Excelencia in
Education is a Washington, D.C.–based education research
organization that provides data-driven analysis of the
educational status of Latinos.
DeVry University’s model of learning, which includes onsite,
online and blended courses, fits the lives of adult learners who
are juggling the responsibilities of family, work and school. In fall
2011, 94 percent of our graduate students were 25 or older, and
33 percent were 40 or older. Our students’ diverse perspectives
add to the richness of our classroom experience.
3 IPEDS Data Center, National Center for Education Statistics, November 2012
4 Ibid
Graduate
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