Chart 1
Proportion of Regular UC Admits from CA Public High Schools
by School API Quintile, Fall 2003
50.0%
45.0%
42.5%
40.0%
35.0%
% of Regular UC Admits
30.0%
25.0%
20.4%
20.0%
15.5%
15.0% 12.9%
10.0% 8.7%
5.0%
0.0%
1 2 3 4 5
School API Quintile
Chart 2
Race/Ethnicity Proportions of Regular UC Admits from CA Public High Schools, Fall 2003
Compared to All CA Public High School Graduates, 2003 (Estimated)
All CA Public High School Graduates 2003 (est) Regular UC Admits from CA Public High Schools
Other* African American African American
Other*
5% 7% 3%
15%
Chicano / Latino
16%
Chicano / Latino
White 35%
42%
White Asian
37% 29%
Asian
11%
* Other category includes Native American, Filipino, Pacific Islanders and "Decline to State". "Decline to State" category applies only to UC data.
Chart 3
Geographic Distribution of Regular UC Admits from CA Public High Schools, Fall 2003
Compared With All Public High School Graduates, 2002
70%
60%
60%
50%
50%
% of Students
40%
33%
31%
30%
20%
16%
10%
9%
0%
Rural Suburban Urban
Regular UC Admits All CA Public High School Graduates
Chart 4
Underrepresented Minorities as a Percentage of CA High School Graduates
and New UC Freshmen, 1995 to 2002
50%
California Public High School Graduates
Percent Underrepresented Minority
40.9% 41.6%
40.2% 40.7%
38.7% 39.1% 39.4%
38.3%
40%
(-23.8%)
30% (-17.3%) (-20.0%) (-21.2%) (-23.9%) (-24.3%) (-24.0%) (-23.9%)
20%
21.0%
18.7%
17.9% 17.8%
16.7% 17.0%
15.5% 15.9%
10%
New UC Freshmen
0%
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
*The projected number of graduates from California public high schools was used for calculating the percentage for 2002. The source
of the projection is California Department of Finance.
Note: UC enrollment da ta are for students from private and public high schools, California residents, enrolling in the fall term as first-
time freshmen.
Chart 5
Median Family Income of Regular UC Admits
from CA Public High Schools, Fall 2003
Compared with Statewide Income Figures, Census 2000
$120,000
2003 Median Family Income of UC Regular Admits: $86,364 $110,979
2001 Statewide California Median Family Income: $53,400
$100,000
$89,109
$80,000 $76,518 $76,698
$60,176
$60,000 $56,814
$52,363
$44,975
$38,032 $37,749
$40,000
$20,000
$0
1 2 3 4 5
School API Quintile
Family Income of Regular UC Admits Median Family Income by School API Quintile*
* Source: US Census Bureau - Census 2000 Data for California. Median Family Income by census tract and zip code.
Chart 6
First Generation to Attend College - Regular UC Admits, Fall 2003
Compared with the Percent of Parents Who Did Not Graduate from College, 2002
All CA Public High Schools by School API Quintile
100.0%
90.0% 86.0%
80.0% 76.0%
74.0%
70.0% 67.5%
60.0% 54.9% 56.0%
50.0%
42.0%
40.0% 37.0%
31.3%
30.0%
20.0% 17.3%
10.0%
0.0%
1 2 3 4 5
School API Quintile
Regular UC Admits - First Generation to Attend College All CA Public HS - Percent of Parents Who did not Graduate from College