For the second straight year, some highly selective colleges are reporting lower Black and Hispanic enrollment than before the Supreme Court ruled against racial preferences in admissions.
In a Bloomberg analysis of data from 27 elite schools, all but two reported a smaller share of Black freshmen in fall 2025 than in fall 2023, the last class admitted before the affirmative action ban. Some 21 schools saw reduced Hispanic enrollment among first-year students over that period.
Harvard University students wearing graduation gowns walk through Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 29.
Photographer: Mel Musto/Bloomberg
At the same time, more than half the schools reported equal or higher Asian enrollment in the 2025 freshman class compared to 2023. ...