College Graduate
schools Professional
schools University
total
Male 51.3% 58.3% 61.2% 56.3%
Female 48.7% 41.7% 38.8% 43.7%
By race[109]
College Graduate
schools Professional
schools University
total
International student 9.7% 31.2% 20.6% 18.9%
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.
