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College-Going Rates by Ethnicity and Gender
2007 College-Going Rates to Public Colleges and Universities
This table breaks down college-going rates by ethnicity and gender. College-going rates were calculated by dividing the number of entering freshmen aged 19 and younger for each ethnicity and gender, by the total number of graduates for each ethnicity/gender combination. All categories of public high schools are covered including comprehensive schools, continuation schools, and other categories of schools. Students with unknown genders and ethnicities and those from unknown schools were excluded from the data. First-time freshmen counts include full- and part-time students and credit and non-credit students. Data regarding high school graduates were obtained from the California Department of Education. Data for freshmen enrollment were obtained from each of the segments. Note that the calculation of these rates is based on totals for each category such as year, county, and ethnicity. Rates do not entail longitudinal tracking of individual students. Ethnicity data is collected separately by K-12 schools and higher education institutions. Consequently, college-going rates may be affected by variations in reporting of ethnicity. Click on an Ethnicity or Gender label to see a chart of the trend of college-going rates over time. Data collection for Fall 2007 is in progress. As a result, more recent data than what is displayed may be available for some systems. Visit the Custom Data Reports for the most up-to-date data. Select the year needed from the drop-down list at the top of the options. Visit the Dates Available for availability for each type of data. The Sources and Timing of Data page has an approximate schedule for each type of data the Commission collects.|
High School Graduates |
First-Time Freshmen | College-Going Rate | |||||||||
| Ethnicity | Gender | Public | UC | CSU | CCC | Total | UC | CSU | CCC | Total | |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | Men | 20,345 | 4,463 | 2,887 | 6,717 | 14,067 | 21.9% | 14.2% | 33.0% | 69.1% | |
| Women | 20,130 | 5,448 | 3,123 | 5,188 | 13,759 | 27.1% | 15.5% | 25.8% | 68.4% | ||
| Total | 40,475 | 9,911 | 6,010 | 11,905 | 27,826 | 24.5% | 14.8% | 29.4% | 68.7% | ||
| Black | Men | 11,774 | 351 | 1,096 | 4,158 | 5,605 | 3.0% | 9.3% | 35.3% | 47.6% | |
| Women | 13,842 | 679 | 2,117 | 4,334 | 7,130 | 4.9% | 15.3% | 31.3% | 51.5% | ||
| Total | 25,616 | 1,030 | 3,213 | 8,492 | 12,735 | 4.0% | 12.5% | 33.2% | 49.7% | ||
| Filipino | Men | 5,962 | 520 | 1,021 | 2,244 | 3,785 | 8.7% | 17.1% | 37.6% | 63.5% | |
| Women | 5,797 | 748 | 1,285 | 1,971 | 4,004 | 12.9% | 22.2% | 34.0% | 69.1% | ||
| Total | 11,759 | 1,268 | 2,306 | 4,215 | 7,789 | 10.8% | 19.6% | 35.8% | 66.2% | ||
| Latino | Men | 59,924 | 1,910 | 4,681 | 19,325 | 25,916 | 3.2% | 7.8% | 32.2% | 43.2% | |
| Women | 68,382 | 3,083 | 7,597 | 21,753 | 32,433 | 4.5% | 11.1% | 31.8% | 47.4% | ||
| Total | 128,306 | 4,993 | 12,278 | 41,078 | 58,349 | 3.9% | 9.6% | 32.0% | 45.5% | ||
| Native American | Men | 1,348 | 41 | 116 | 453 | 610 | 3.0% | 8.6% | 33.6% | 45.3% | |
| Women | 1,512 | 93 | 195 | 505 | 793 | 6.2% | 12.9% | 33.4% | 52.4% | ||
| Total | 2,860 | 134 | 311 | 958 | 1,403 | 4.7% | 10.9% | 33.5% | 49.1% | ||
| White | Men | 68,238 | 3,499 | 6,321 | 18,990 | 28,810 | 5.1% | 9.3% | 27.8% | 42.2% | |
| Women | 70,052 | 4,356 | 8,325 | 17,110 | 29,791 | 6.2% | 11.9% | 24.4% | 42.5% | ||
| Total | 138,290 | 7,855 | 14,646 | 36,100 | 58,601 | 5.7% | 10.6% | 26.1% | 42.4% | ||
| Statewide Totals | Men | 167,591 | 10,784 | 16,122 | 51,887 | 78,793 | 6.4% | 9.6% | 31.0% | 47.0% | |
| Women | 179,715 | 14,407 | 22,642 | 50,861 | 87,910 | 8.0% | 12.6% | 28.3% | 48.9% | ||
| Total | 347,306 | 25,191 | 38,764 | 102,748 | 166,703 | 7.3% | 11.2% | 29.6% | 48.0% | ||
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