The state as a whole is 39% Hispanic and 35% white. Its high-school seniors are 57% Hispanic and 21% white. This page scores all 74 of California's four-year universities 0 to 100 on how closely their undergraduates match the senior class: the California that is about to arrive rather than the one in the census. A score of 100 would be a campus that is the class of 2025 in miniature. #1 looks most like it; last looks least like it.
Turn a sector off to rank inside the rest: the numbers renumber from 1 and each campus keeps its place among all 74 underneath. Click any column heading to re-sort.
| # | Campus | System | Undergrads | Who is on campus (sorts by Hispanic share) | Match to the class of 2025 (100 = the senior class) | Largest gap | On the census version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CSUN | CSU | 32,691 | Hispanic +4.8 pts | #44 ▲43 | ||
| 2 | Cal State San Marcos | CSU | 14,877 | White +4.6 pts | #20 ▲18 | ||
| 3 | CSU Channel Islands | CSU | 5,013 | Hispanic +6.2 pts | #45 ▲42 | ||
| 4 | Stanislaus State | CSU | 8,385 | Hispanic +9.0 pts | #57 ▲53 | ||
| 5 | CSU Monterey Bay | CSU | 6,819 | White +6.5 pts | #36 ▲31 | ||
| 6 | Cal State Long Beach | CSU | 35,924 | Asian +8.4 pts | #37 ▲31 | ||
| 7 | Fresno State | CSU | 21,605 | Hispanic +9.5 pts | #58 ▲51 | ||
| 8 | Cal State Fullerton | CSU | 38,546 | Asian +9.1 pts | #49 ▲41 | ||
| 9 | Fresno Pacific University | Private | 1,544 | Hispanic +9.4 pts | #59 ▲50 | ||
| 10 | Cal Poly Pomona | CSU | 25,042 | Asian +10.2 pts | #51 ▲41 | ||
| 11 | University of La Verne | Private | 3,050 | Hispanic +7.9 pts | #63 ▲52 | ||
| 12 | La Sierra University | Private | 1,116 | White −11.2 pts | #50 ▲38 | ||
| 13 | UC Merced | UC | 8,372 | Asian +11.6 pts | #52 ▲39 | ||
| 14 | Azusa Pacific University | Private | 2,759 | Hispanic −12.9 pts | #2 ▼12 | ||
| 15 | Whittier College | Private | 764 | White +8.9 pts | #12 ▼3 | ||
| 16 | Vanguard University | Private | 1,933 | White +13.3 pts | #13 ▼3 | ||
| 17 | Mount Saint Mary's University | Private | 1,719 | White −12.0 pts | #67 ▲50 | ||
| 18 | California Baptist University | Private | 8,179 | White +11.5 pts | #7 ▼11 | ||
| 19 | Menlo College | Private | 752 | Hispanic −12.9 pts | #23 ▲4 | ||
| 20 | CSU Bakersfield | CSU | 8,577 | Hispanic +16.3 pts | #70 ▲50 | ||
| 21 | Sacramento State | CSU | 28,350 | Hispanic −17.1 pts | #6 ▼15 | ||
| 22 | Cal State East Bay | CSU | 9,809 | Hispanic −13.0 pts | #27 ▲5 | ||
| 23 | San Francisco State | CSU | 18,639 | Hispanic −13.4 pts | #25 ▲2 | ||
| 24 | University of Redlands | Private | 2,049 | White +14.8 pts | #4 ▼20 | ||
| 25 | CSU San Bernardino | CSU | 15,023 | Hispanic +18.6 pts | #71 ▲46 | ||
| 26 | San Diego State | CSU | 35,377 | Hispanic −18.3 pts | #1 ▼25 | ||
| 27 | California Lutheran University | Private | 2,296 | White +17.5 pts | #3 ▼24 | ||
| 28 | Cal State LA | CSU | 19,562 | Hispanic +23.0 pts | #72 ▲44 | ||
| 29 | Sonoma State | CSU | 5,166 | White +20.6 pts | #11 ▼18 | ||
| 30 | CSU Dominguez Hills | CSU | 12,538 | White −16.6 pts | #73 ▲43 | ||
| 31 | Dominican University of California | Private | 1,114 | Hispanic −21.5 pts | #33 ▲2 | ||
| 32 | Chico State | CSU | 13,631 | White +22.4 pts | #9 ▼23 | ||
| 33 | Saint Mary's College | Private | 1,947 | Hispanic −21.8 pts | #5 ▼28 | ||
| 34 | National University | Private | 10,794 | Hispanic −21.1 pts | #18 ▼16 | ||
| 35 | UC Riverside | UC | 22,593 | Asian +25.5 pts | #53 ▲18 | ||
| 36 | Woodbury University | Private | 779 | Hispanic −24.9 pts | #8 ▼28 | ||
| 37 | Otis College of Art and Design | Private | 1,223 | Hispanic −27.8 pts | #14 ▼23 | ||
| 38 | University of the Pacific | Private | 3,204 | Asian +26.9 pts | #54 ▲16 | ||
| 39 | Concordia University Irvine | Private | 1,536 | Hispanic −25.5 pts | #16 ▼23 | ||
| 40 | UC Santa Barbara | UC | 23,113 | Hispanic −26.2 pts | #10 ▼30 | ||
| 41 | UC Santa Cruz | UC | 17,940 | Hispanic −26.7 pts | #17 ▼24 | ||
| 42 | Loyola Marymount (LMU) | Private | 7,094 | Hispanic −29.1 pts | #19 ▼23 | ||
| 43 | UC Davis | UC | 32,253 | Hispanic −27.4 pts | #48 ▲5 | ||
| 44 | UC San Diego | UC | 34,948 | Asian +27.6 pts | #60 ▲16 | ||
| 45 | Harvey Mudd College | Private | 921 | Hispanic −30.8 pts | #30 ▼15 | ||
| 46 | San Jose State | CSU | 27,601 | Asian +29.3 pts | #61 ▲15 | ||
| 47 | University of San Diego | Private | 5,671 | White +26.7 pts | #22 ▼25 | ||
| 48 | California College of the Arts | Private | 990 | Hispanic −31.3 pts | #21 ▼27 | ||
| 49 | UCLA | UC | 33,475 | Hispanic −29.7 pts | #41 ▼8 | ||
| 50 | Biola University | Private | 3,474 | Hispanic −29.6 pts | #15 ▼35 | ||
| 51 | University of San Francisco | Private | 5,287 | Hispanic −32.1 pts | #47 ▼4 | ||
| 52 | USC | Private | 20,443 | Hispanic −32.8 pts | #32 ▼20 | ||
| 53 | California Institute of the Arts | Private | 860 | Hispanic −32.9 pts | #24 ▼29 | ||
| 54 | Simpson University | Private | 809 | White +26.8 pts | #28 ▼26 | ||
| 55 | William Jessup University | Private | 1,294 | Hispanic −27.8 pts | #31 ▼24 | ||
| 56 | UC Berkeley | UC | 33,068 | Hispanic −31.3 pts | #64 ▲8 | ||
| 57 | UC Irvine | UC | 30,197 | Asian +31.4 pts | #68 ▲11 | ||
| 58 | Cal Poly San Luis Obispo | CSU | 21,996 | Hispanic −30.6 pts | #26 ▼32 | ||
| 59 | Pepperdine University | Private | 3,553 | Hispanic −35.2 pts | #29 ▼30 | ||
| 60 | Pomona College | Private | 1,666 | Hispanic −36.2 pts | #34 ▼26 | ||
| 61 | Santa Clara University | Private | 6,552 | Hispanic −35.1 pts | #35 ▼26 | ||
| 62 | Cal Maritime | CSU | 804 | Hispanic −33.4 pts | #43 ▼19 | ||
| 63 | Caltech | Private | 987 | Hispanic −36.6 pts | #69 ▲6 | ||
| 64 | Point Loma Nazarene University | Private | 3,188 | White +33.1 pts | #42 ▼22 | ||
| 65 | Stanford University | Private | 7,554 | Hispanic −37.3 pts | #62 ▼3 | ||
| 66 | Cal Poly Humboldt | CSU | 5,612 | White +33.6 pts | #46 ▼20 | ||
| 67 | Occidental College | Private | 1,877 | Hispanic −38.2 pts | #38 ▼29 | ||
| 68 | Chapman University | Private | 7,478 | Hispanic −35.9 pts | #39 ▼29 | ||
| 69 | Claremont McKenna College | Private | 1,388 | Hispanic −38.5 pts | #40 ▼29 | ||
| 70 | Westmont College | Private | 1,302 | White +35.1 pts | #55 ▼15 | ||
| 71 | The Master's University | Private | 1,622 | White +42.6 pts | #65 ▼6 | ||
| 72 | Pitzer College | Private | 1,227 | Hispanic −43.1 pts | #56 ▼16 | ||
| 73 | Art Center College of Design | Private | 2,017 | Asian +41.5 pts | #74 ▲1 | ||
| 74 | Scripps College | Private | 1,113 | Hispanic −44.8 pts | #66 ▼8 |
The future of California is already enrolled at the Cal States. CSUN scores 94: it is 62% Hispanic, 19% white, 9% Asian and 6% Black, against a senior class that is 57%, 21%, 12% and 5%. 7 campuses score 90 or better and every one is a Cal State. The median Cal State scores 82, the median UC 69 and the median private 69.
Change the baseline and the list turns over. Against every Californian of every age, San Diego State is #1 and the only campus within five points of the state. Against the senior class it is #26 at 80, because a campus that is 36% white matches a state that is 35% white and not a graduating class that is 21%. Stanislaus State climbs 53 places, University of La Verne 52 and Fresno State 51; Biola University falls 35, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 32. The last column of the table shows where each campus sits on the census version.
At UC the gap is Hispanic students, and it is large. Put the nine UC campuses together and there are 208,982 known domestic undergraduates. At the senior class's share 118,968 of them would be Hispanic; 65,961 are, which is 55% of the proportional count and 53,007 students short. Asian students are 47,862 above theirs, at 285%. Black students are at 52%. All nine campuses are below the senior class's Hispanic share; the closest UC to the class of 2025 is UC Merced at 88 and the furthest is UC Irvine at 65.
White students are not missing on this baseline. Measured against all Californians, UC and Cal State together enroll about 80,000 fewer white undergraduates than their share, the finding behind Where Did the White Students Go? Measured against the senior class, UC is 3,503 above its proportional count of white students and the Cal States are 308 above: even. The shortfall on the other page is the distance between an older, whiter state and a younger one, not something the campuses did to the students in front of them.
The privates, briefly. The 42 private universities fall the furthest: the median drops to 69, and together they enroll 31,085 fewer Hispanic students and 17,979 more white students than the senior class's shares would give them. The private closest to the class of 2025 is Fresno Pacific University at 89; the small liberal-arts colleges are at the bottom, Scripps College at 53.
What this means for your student. The class your student is graduating with is the one on this page, and the campuses draw from it very differently. The free school report on this page shows how your own high school's applicants have fared at each UC campus, and which campuses have been admitting students from schools like yours.
