Princeton University is a community of learning that is enriched by a wide variety of experiences and perspectives of its students, faculty, and staff. The University is committed to building a diverse campus community to ensure that students explore their interests, discover new academic and extracurricular pursuits, and learn from each other. More than ever, Princeton is making its distinctive education accessible to students from a broad range of cultural, ethnic, and economic backgrounds.

This publication offers many expressions of diversity at Princeton, while outlining the academic and social opportunities that help students get the most out of their undergraduate years at the University. Defining Diversity focuses on just 15 of the many exceptional students at Princeton, who come from a vast range of backgrounds. Their first-person accounts relate what it is like to express one’s identity while also being a member of a university community, and what it means to explore differences while sharing much in common.