Harvard’s diversity in flux: Black and Hispanic enrolment drops as Asian numbers climb

Harvard College’s latest freshman class shows notable shifts in racial composition, with the proportion of Black and Hispanic students declining while Asian American enrolment rises. The data, released on Thursday by the University, comes two years after the Supreme Court overturned race-conscious undergraduate admissions. Hispanic representation fell from 16 per cent in the Class of 2028 to 11 per cent for the Class of 2029, marking the largest decline among underrepresented groups. Black enrolment decreased by 2.5 percentage points to 11.5 per cent, a smaller drop than the four-point fall recorded last year. Conversely, Asian American students increased from 37 per cent to 41 per cent, after remaining relatively stable between the Classes of 2027 and 2028. The Harvard Crimson repo