Definition of Benchmark Measures: Under-represented Enrollment

Under-represented Enrollment

The percentage of undergraduate enrollment that comprises the following under-represented groups: "African-American", "Hispanic", "Other ethnic groups", and students from Tennessee’s 33 most under-represented counties. An individual student is counted once.

Note: The under-represented counties are Tennessee counties that are ranked in the lower 1/3 of all Tennessee counties for the Educational Factor Score on the Educational Needs Index website.

These under-represented counties are Benton, Bledsoe, Campbell, Cannon, Claiborne, Clay, Cocke, Crockett, Decatur, DeKalb, Fentress, Grainger, Grundy, Hancock, Hardeman, Haywood, Hickman, Jackson, Johnson, Lake, Lauderdale, Macon, Meigs, Morgan, Overton, Perry, Polk, Rhea, Scott, Trousdale, Union, Warren, White.

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