Minority Admissions to the University of California System

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The number of minority students admitted to the University of California system has returned to the levels seen before the passage of Proposition 209. Asian- Americans are not considered to be underrepresented minorities.

	1997		1998		1999		2000		2001		2002
		% of Total		% of Total		% of Total		% of Total		% of Total		% of Total
American- Indian	307	0.8	292	0.7	275	0.6	255	0.6	271	0.6	292	0.6
African- American	1,435	3.7	1,193	3.0	1,331	3.1	1,328	3.2	1,508	3.3	1,620	3.3
Hispanic	5,494	14.3	5,084	13.0	5,607	13.1	5,753	13.8	6,801	14.7	7,316	15.1
Asian American	12,771	33.2	12,625	32.2	14,358	33.6	14,306	34.2	15,554	33.7	16,350	33.8
White	15,227	40.4	13,815	35.2	17,162	40.1	15,968	38.2	17,443	37.8	18,500	38.2

SOURCE: University of California System, 2002

A version of this article appeared in the April 24, 2002 edition of Education Week as Minority Admissions to the University of California System