Charlottesville Daily Progress First-Generation College Students Adjust to Life at UVA This year’s class includes 1,310 minority students, or 34.1 percent of the class. 352 students, or 9 percent of the class, are African-American, including those who identify as multiracial. https://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/uva/first-generation-college-students-adjust-to-life-at-uva/article_8b4bccf0-ad60-11e8-bace-37b65cbaf9f6.html