UT Student Demographics Through the Years
This page is in no way comprehensive, just a compilation of data I was able to find through various iterations of The Cactus yearbook.
1973: Out of the total student population of 40,611, only 453 students were black. (The Cactus 1973, 32; "Statistical Summaries," https://catalog.utexas.edu/general-information/appendices/statistical-summaries/#summaryofenrollmentinresidencetext)
1982: “The University’s official enrollment in 1982 was 45,825. Of that number, 37,776 or 82.4 percent were Caucasian; 3,576 or 7.8 percent were Mexican-American and 1,160 or 2.5 percent were black.” (The Cactus 1982, 12)
1986: Minority Affairs Committee is formed with the goal of raising the university’s black student population, which was 3% of the student body at the time. (The Cactus 1986, 287)
1989: White students comprise 74.3% of the entire student body, while Black students comprise 3.5%, Hispanic students 9.9%, Asian American students 5.3%, and American Indian Students 0.2%. (The Cactus 1989, 251)
1982: “The University’s official enrollment in 1982 was 45,825. Of that number, 37,776 or 82.4 percent were Caucasian; 3,576 or 7.8 percent were Mexican-American and 1,160 or 2.5 percent were black.” (The Cactus 1982, 12)
1986: Minority Affairs Committee is formed with the goal of raising the university’s black student population, which was 3% of the student body at the time. (The Cactus 1986, 287)
1989: White students comprise 74.3% of the entire student body, while Black students comprise 3.5%, Hispanic students 9.9%, Asian American students 5.3%, and American Indian Students 0.2%. (The Cactus 1989, 251)
Demographic data, The Cactus 1982, 12.
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The Cactus 1989, 251.
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2001: Caucasian students - 31,368; Asian American students - 6,326; Hispanic students - 5,920; African American students - 1,582; American Indian students - 229. (The Cactus 2001, 33)
2003: White students - 64%, Hispanic students - 12%, Asian American students - 13%, African American students - 3%, Native American students - 0%. (The Cactus 2003, 48) |
Demographic data, The Cactus 2001, 33.
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