Michigan Tech is committed to a diverse and inclusive community of and for scholars. The Michigan Tech Strategic Plan indicates this with the goal of ensuring a supportive environment for all members of the University community, including increasing diversity and promoting success of all students, faculty, and staff.
An institution-wide challenge exists to effectively assess and evaluate our diversity efforts. Michigan Tech regularly measures retention and graduation rates of students and recruitment outcomes of diverse faculty, staff, and students. The information provided in this site describes the current status of some of these measures. The University Strategic Plan dashboard and Institutional Research Fact Book contain additional data.
Data Charts
Each set of data charts are updated annually once the Institutional Research Fact Book is released.
Data Highlights
Women
Women are retained (81.6%, first- to third-year students) and graduated (72.3%) at higher rates in comparison with the overall student population (77.8% and 68.7%, respectively).
Underrepresented Minority Students
The underrepresented minority student population, which consists of American Indian/Alaskan Native, African American/Non Hispanic, and Hispanic/Hispanic American racial/ethnic groups—are retained at a lower rate of approximately 66.3% versus the overall student-retention rate of 77.8%. The graduation rate for underrepresented minority students is approximately 58.2%, or 19.6% lower than the rate for all students.
Protecting Anonymity
In order to protect individual anonymity, it is University policy to not disaggregate demographic information when there would be fewer than 10 people in a single category. Therefore, the student data on the pages linked above are not broken down into smaller categories for public presentation in order to protect student anonymity.