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IUP has a very diverse student body. Given that it is so close to the major city of Pittsburgh, I'd say there are about 50{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} Caucasians and 50{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} African Americans. Although I did not come from a diverse high school, overall I liked being introduced to different races and cultures. The housing was a little odd though I must add. On my floor in my dorm, all of the girls on my side of the hall were white, and the entire other side were black. A lot of us found this to be odd and segregated.

no one would feel out of place at iup there are all types of backgrounds and races at iup. anything. yes. pennsylvania. middle class to upper class. yes very politcally active. left..

There are definately a lot of groups around campus. Like sororities, faternities, campus crucade, groups for your major, intramural sports, club teams, etc. All are really nice and anyone can join. The groups don't always hang out with just those in the group. Many of all the groups hang out together. We have your rich kids and the less fortuate, its a big mix. Being located in the West of PA you would think it would mainly be people from that area but it is split between Eastern and Western, the main cities are Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

The racial, religious standings at IUP seem to be well respected and nothing wrong with them, not alot of racial slurs of my knowledge or rallies against gays, bisexuals, or homosexuals.

There are many different types of students with different backgrounds at IUP. I would say that we, as a school, aren't very prejudice about other races and religions because we all have classmates that come from different backgrounds. We are also pretty politically active. I have seen students campaigning for presidential hopefuls all during the primary season.

Although it's predominantly white, I don't think anyone of a different race would feel too far out of place. Same goes for GLBT, as there is a visible GLBT community at IUP. Not a lot of politically informed students, most that are seem to be liberal.

iup is majority white school, about 7{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} blacks, and 3{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} hispanics and like 10{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} other. IUP students usuallly stay with thier own kind. I know that i shouldnt say that but it's true! You rarely seeing blacks and white talking to each other outside of class. I'm black but roommate is white and we have with to different groups. the majority of her friends are white and mines our black but we're like the best friends.. idk, it just depends on the person and who you're comfrtable with. the majority of the students are from the westen pa, like blairsville, indiana, pittsburgh and surrounding towns and cities. a lot students from harrisburg and philadelphia attend iup!!

I feel the campus is very diverse and I met some very interesting liberal people. My favorate people are the modern day hippies that play bizzare instruments in the Oak Grove.

While being at IUP I would tell that there were many different groups. I feel that there are racial seperation on campus and that many issues having to do with racial conflict are not addressed.