African American 4.5% 2.8% 4.8% 4.3%
Native American 0.1% 0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
Arab/Middle Eastern/
North African 0.6% 0.5% 0.1% 0.2%
Asian 16.9% 4.9% 13.5% 12.4%
Pacific Islander 0.06% 0.00% 0.00% 0.02%
Hispanic/Latino 9.0% 3.7% 4.8% 6.0%
Multiracial 4.0% 2.9% 2.0% 2.9%
White 42.8% 42.0% 48.2% 44.2%
Unspecified 12.4% 11.6% 5.9% 10.7%
Student body[edit]
In the 2012 Spring Quarter, the University of Chicago enrolled 5,122 students in the College, 3444 students in its four graduate divisions, 5020 students in its professional schools, and 14,013 students overall.[110] In the 2012 Spring Quarter, international students comprised almost 19% of the overall study body, over 26% of students were domestic ethnic minorities,[108] and about 44% of enrolled students were female.[111] The middle 50% band of SAT scores for the undergraduate class of 2015, excluding the writing section, was 1420–1530,[112] the average MCAT score for entering students in the Pritzker School of Medicine in 2011 was 36,[113] and the median LSAT score for entering students in the Law School in 2011 was 171.[114]
Alumni[edit]
Main article: List of University of Chicago alumni
In 2004, the University of Chicago claimed 133,155 living alumni.[115]
Notable alumni in the field of government and politics include community organizer Saul Alinsky, Obama campaign advisor David Axelrod, Attorney General and federal judge Robert Bork, Attorney General Ramsay Clark, former Governor of New Jersey Jon Corzine, Prohibition agent Eliot Ness, Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, Prime Minister of Canada William Lyon Mackenzie King and World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz,former minister of economy and finance in Haiti Leslie Delatour.
In business, Goldman Sachs and MF Global CEO Jon Corzine, Arley D. Cathey, Bloomberg L.P. CEO Daniel Doctoroff, Credit Suisse CEO Brady Dougan, Morningstar, Inc. founder and CEO Joe Mansueto, and businessman and author Dick Stoken are all alumni.
In journalism, notable graduates include New York Times columnist David Brooks, Washington Post columnist David Broder, Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham, investigative journalist Seymour Hirsch, The Progressive columnist Milton Mayer, statistical analyst Nate Silver, writer and activist Richard B. Spencer, and CBS News correspondent Rebecca Jarvis.
In literature, novelists Philip Roth, Tucker Max, and Kurt Vonnegut are graduates, as well as Lauren Oliver, author of the best-selling Delirium Trilogy.
In academia, alumni include astronomer Carl Sagan, economists Milton Friedman and Eugene Fama, astronomer Edwin Hubble, Africanist Marimba Ani and international relations scholar Samuel P. Huntington.
Notable former students who did not graduate include novelist Saul Bellow, film critic Roger Ebert, Oracle Corporation founder and CEO Larry Ellison, and director, writer and comedian Mike Nichols.
Athletics[edit]
Main article: Chicago Maroons
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The University of Chicago hosts 19 varsity sports teams: 10 men's teams and 9 women's teams,[116] all called the Maroons, with 585 students participating in the 2008–2009 school year.[116]
The Maroons compete in the NCAA's Division III as members of the University Athletic Association (UAA). The university was a founding member of the Big Ten Conference and participated in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball and Football and was a regular participan
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