Daily Archives: December 4, 2009

It has been said that the only building in New York in which you may hear more languages spoken at any given time than the Newman Vertical Campus is the UN.  Baruch College is frequently noted as one of the most diverse campuses in the country.  So, as the soccer elite converge on Cape Town for the World Cup Draw today, it is the perfect time to reflect upon how truly diverse Baruch College is.

There are over 16,000 students currently enrolled at Baruch College.  There are 32 countries represented in FIFA’s 2010 World Cup.  The following are those countries, broken down by their recently determined grouping, and the number of students currently enrolled at Baruch College (undergraduate and graduate) who were born in those countries.

Group A
South Africa – 4
Mexico – 58
Uruguay – 4
France – 30

Group B
Argentina – 18
Nigeria – 39
South Korea – 442 
Greece – 9

Group C
England – 26
United States – 10,203
Algeria – 2
Slovenia – 0

Group D
Germany – 23
Australia – 4
Serbia – 10
Ghana – 31

Group E
Netherlands – 1
Denmark – 3
Japan – 105
Cameroon – 7

Group F
Italy – 16
Paraguay – 6
New Zealand – 2
Slovakia – 13

Group G
Brazil – 51
North Korea – 1 
Ivory Coast – 17
Portugal – 1

Group H
Spain – 9
Switzerland – 5
Honduras – 11
Chile – 5

The World Cup starts on June 11th with a match between South Africa and Mexico.  The month that follows is one of the most exciting in sports.  Clearly, it will also be a very exciting time on the Baruch campus.  And, come July 11th, it is almost certain somebody at Baruch will be celebrating, unless of course Slovenia shocks the world.