New Freshman Admits Fall '97, '98, '99

University of California New Freshman Admits Fall 1997, 1998, and Fall 1999
	1997	% of Grand Total	% Decl to State	1998	% of Grand Total	% Decl to State	1999	% of Grand Total	% Decl to State
American Indian	334	0.8%	0.8%	316	0.7%	0.9%	296	0.6%	0.7%
African American	1,510	3.6%	3.8%	1,248	2.9%	3.4%	1,390	3.0%	3.2%
Chicano	4,124	9.8%	10.4%	3,946	9.1%	10.6%	4,297	9.2%	9.9%
Latino	1,498	3.6%	3.8%	1,312	3.0%	3.5%	1,456	3.1%	3.4%
Subtotal Underrepresented students	*7,466*	*17.8%*	*18.8%*	*6,822*	*15.7%*	*18.4%*	*7,439*	*15.9%*	*17.2%*
Asian American	13,649	32.5%	34.3%	13,697	31.6%	36.8%	15,415	32.9%	35.6%
White	17,654	42.1%	44.4%	16,016	36.9%	43.1%	19,634	41.8%	45.3%
Other	1,025	2.4%	2.6%	640	1.5%	1.7%	854	1.8%	2.0%
Sub-Total Other Students	*32,328*	*77.1%*	*81.2%*	*30,353*	*70.0%*	*81.6%*	*35,903*	*76.5%*	*82.8%*
*Sub-total Underrepresented & Other Students*	*39,794*	*94.9%*	*100.0%*	*37,175*	*85.7%*	*100.0%*	*43,342*	*92.4%*	*100.0%*
Decline to State	2,141	5.1%		6,216	14.3%		3,579	7.6%
*Grand Total*	*41,935*	*100.0%*		*43,391*	*100.0%*		*46,921*	*100.0%*
Note: (1) Data are from the Management Reports: 4/2/97 for Fall 1997, 4/1/98 for Fall 1998, and 3/30/99 for Fall 1999. These data do not include referral students. (2) Asian Americans include Chinese, East Indian/Pakistani, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and Other Asians. 3) Decline to state include students who did not provide information on their ethnic identity in the admission application. (4) Counts for international students are excluded from this report. SOURCE: UC Office of the President, Student Academic Services, OA&SA, Apr 1999 (f99/Preadm-A 04/01/99)

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