Diversity & Inclusion | Admissions and Multicultural Outreach
The Hotchkiss School is an intentionally diverse, pluralistic learning community. We strive to recruit and enroll students who represent a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. Since 2018, bold programming to recruit an increasingly diverse population has resulted in more than 40% of newly enrolled students who are domestic students of color. We will continue to strengthen partnerships with community-based organizations and expand our annual Fly-In Program in order to identify and welcome larger numbers of first-generation students, as well as those from Rural America.
The goal of the Admissions Office is to find, engage with, and enroll the most capable young people in the country and around the world and make it possible for them to attend Hotchkiss regardless of their circumstances. In the fall of 2023, Souleman Toure joined the Office of Admission and Financial Aid as our new Director of Multicultural Outreach.
The Hotchkiss student body represents students from 34 U.S. states and territories and 31 countries. More than 67% of our students hail from outside of New York and Connecticut. Every year, our applicant pool reflects the breadth and diversity of the United States and the World.
“As a mission-driven institution, the students we teach are as important as what we teach them. Who they are very directly affects who we are as a whole, what we stand for, and the relevance of our institution.”
– Erby Mitchell P ’21, Dean of Admission and Financial Aid