Student Body Profile- Fall 2008

Here's the student body profile of the Fall 2008 Voyage:

Total Applicants

• 1222 Applied
• 676 Enrolled

Gender

• Male: 35%
• Female: 65%

Distribution

• New England: 15.5%
• Mid-Atlantic: 15%
• Southeast & Puerto Rico: 7%
• Midwest & Plains: 14%
• South/Southwest: 14%
• West Coast: 31%
• Abroad: 3%
• States represented: 44, plus Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico
• Countries represented: 16

Ethnicity & Citizenship

• U.S. Citizens & Permanent Residents: 97%
  • African American 2.8%
  • Asian American 5.5%
  • Caucasian 76%
  • Hispanic/Latino 7.4%
  • Native American .1%
  • Other/No Response 8%
• International citizens: 3%

Just For Fun

• Most popular male name: John (9)
• Most popular female name: Brittany, Jessica, Lauren (10)

• Longest distance traveled to port of embarkation: Zhaoqing, Guandong, China
• Least distance traveled: Miami, FL

Compared to the Spring 2008 voyage, this upcoming voyage has a little more males and diversity. Moreover, most of the students are from the West Coast, while on the Spring 2008 voyage, most of the students were from the Southeast.