UC Berkeley vs UNC Chapel Hill [environmental science and chemistry]

ucbalumnus
Fri, 01 Apr 2022 16:46:58 +0000

citivas:

It’s not proportionate to state population. UCB is over 30% Asian while the state population is 17% Asian. UCB is 27% non-Hispanic white while the state is 37% non-Hispanic white. The state is 22% Hispanic/Latino while UCB is 14%.

For White students specifically, note that the state population of 12th grade students is about 23% White, so White students at 27% are actually overrepresented, although still roughly in line with the state population.

Yes, Hispanic or Latino students are greatly underrepresented, since they are about 54% of 12th grade students. Asian students are about 10% or 13% of 12th grade students (depending on whether you count Filipino (listed separately in the link below) as Asian).

dq.cde.ca.gov

Enrollment by Ethnicity and Grade - State (CA Dept of Education)

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