Black and Hispanic enrollment declines at Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University released data showing that only 3.1% of its first-year students identify as Black, while 6.9% identify as Hispanic or Latino, according to The Baltimore Banner and the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education.

Asian American students remain the largest racial group at Hopkins, making up 43.8% of the first-year class, though this is a slight decrease from last year. White students represent 25.6% of the class.

The university noted that the percentages of Black and Hispanic students are well below levels before the Supreme Court's ruling that ended race-conscious college admissions, which has affected Hopkins and other selective schools like Harvard and Yale.

International student enrollment also declined, dropping from 13.5% to 9.7%, a change attributed to national policy shifts under the previous administration.

Despite declines in racial diversity, Johns Hopkins saw an increase in economic diversity, with about 27% of the first-year class eligible for Pell Grants and 36.1% being first-generation college students or from low-income families, both record highs for the university.