ASIANS 58% OF UC IRVINE
rawing primarily from nearby Asian population centers in affluent Orange and L.A. counties, UC Irvine's student body boasts over twice as many Asian as white students. A combined graduate and undergraduate student population of 17,165 makes UC Irvine the fourth largest of the 9-campus UC system after UCLA, UC Berkeley and UCSD, but its Asian population of about 9,600 (factoring in 1,999 racially undeclared students) puts it a close third to UCLA and UC Berkeley as a contender for Top Asian American University.The undergraduate portion of UCI's student population totals 14,197, of which 8,079 are declared Asians and 3,060 are declared Whites. 1,143 are undeclared. Allocating the undeclared proportionately among the declared groups adds 670 to the Asian population and 280 to the white population. That makes 61% of the undergraduate student body Asians, with Whites only 23% -- easily the smallest white percentage among the nation's top 25 universities . The Asian population divides among Chinese 32%, Coreans 18%, Filipino, 16%, Vietnamese 13%, Japanese 6%, with 15% comprising Indian, Pakistani and other Asian categories.
UC Irvine is the only UC campus where Asians outnumber Whites even in the graduate division. The combined student population of 17,165 is 58% Asian and 28% White. Current admissions trends suggest the Asian percentage will continue rising to about 61% for the combined population before leveling off. Given the rate at which UC Irvine has been growing in the heart of Orange County's most affluent section, UCI may end up with the Top Asian American University title in 3-5 years.
Asians edge out Hispanics to be largest race group in University of California system
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-07-22/uc-diverse-diversity-class-student-admissions UC admits largest and most diverse class ever of Californian freshmen Los Angeles Times
JULY 22, 2019 6:20 PM
The University of California opened its doors to the largest and most diverse class of Californians ever for the fall semester of 2019, according to preliminary data released Monday.
The system’s nine undergraduate campuses offered seats to 71,655 California freshmen, nearly 600 more students than last year. Overall, UC admitted 108,178 freshmen among 176,695 freshman applicants.
Overall, the system admitted 991 more students from underrepresented groups, increasing their proportion among California freshmen to 40% from 38% last year. First-generation students made up 44% of those admitted and low-income students 40%.
Students at University of California Irvine are predominantly Asian with a sizeable Hispanic population. The school has very high racial diversity.
| RACE | PERCENT OF STUDENTS |
|---|---|
| White | 15% |
| Black | 2% |
| Hispanic | 25% |
| Asian | 37% |
| American Indian / Alaskan | 0% |
| Hawaiian / Pacific Islander | 0% |
| Two or more races | 4% |
| International | 16% |
| Race Unknown | 1% |
The enrolled student population at University of California-Irvine, both undergraduate and graduate, is
32.7% Asian,
23.8% Hispanic or Latino,
17.4% White,
3.58% Two or More Races,
1.88% Black or African American,
0.318% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders, and
0.0702% American Indian or Alaska Native.
Why Is UC Irvine Only 15% White?
Graphic 2015
41% Asian
36% Hispanic
15% White
4% Multiracial
3% Black
36% Hispanic
15% White
4% Multiracial
3% Black
Because that’s The Plan!
The University of California, Irvine opened in 1965 about three miles from the beach in Orange County. ...
Strikingly, UCI soon became predominantly Asian in enrollment. It was known as the University of Chinese Immigrants and the University of Civics and Integras in the 1990s after all the rice rocket compact sports cars driven by the student body.
Entrance DifficultyVery difficult
Overall Admission Rate 29% of 95,065 applicants were admitted
Ethnicity of Students from U.S.
0.1% American Indian/Alaskan Native
43.1% Asian
31.4% Hispanic/Latino
16.1% White
5.0% Multi-race (not Hispanic/Latino)
2.5% Black/African-American
0.4% Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander1.4% Unknown
International Students
17.0% from 78 countries
Back to the 90s......
By 1995.... At four University of California campuses, Asian students are now the predominant ethnic group among undergraduates--most conspicuously at UC Irvine, where they are a majority. Changes since the 1984-85 school year:
Dec 27, 1995 - At UC Irvine, more than half of undergraduates and 47% of all students are of Asian descent. At UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC Riverside, such students make up just under 40% of the undergraduate population. Whites still have the larger numbers when graduate figures are included but even that gap is shrinking.
At UC Irvine, more than half of undergraduates and 47% of all students are of Asian descent. At UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC Riverside, such students make up just under 40% of the undergraduate population. Whites still have the larger numbers when graduate figures are included but even that gap is shrinking.
“To be 50% of the population--that’s an incredibly high number,” said Phat X. Chiem, editor of UC Irvine’s newspaper, New University. “It’s so high that some people criticize the school for being monocultural.”
And experts predict that the University of California’s recent rollback of affirmative action admissions will increase the number of students of Asian descent on campus, because most Asian Americans do not benefit from current admissions policies, which give preference to underrepresented minorities.
Asian Americans are also the state’s fastest-growing group and meet the university’s admission requirements at a higher rate than any other group.
...almost one-third of the state’s high school students of Asian descent qualified for admission to UC in 1990, compared with only 13% of whites, 5% of blacks and 4% of Latinos, according to the most recent figures from the California Postsecondary Education Commission. “There are large numbers of very qualified Asian American applicants applying to Berkeley,” said Pat Hayashi, UC Berkeley’s vice chancellor of admissions. “And I think it’s safe to predict that our numbers will continue to go up.”
Asian American students have long favored the more coveted UC schools, particularly UCLA and Berkeley, because they are centrally located and offer quality academic programs for a relatively low cost. But they also are the campuses with the most applicants vying for every seat.
“Historically, before [World War II], a lot of American universities were not admitting Asian American students, except for UC Berkeley and UCLA,” said professor L. Ling-Chi Wang, head of UC Berkeley’s Asian American Studies Department. “As a result, Asians have had a long affection and tie to these universities. They also have emerged to become leading research universities, and they are located in two of the most heavily populated areas for Asian Americans.”
...n the mid- to late-1980s, Asian Americans accused many of the nation’s top universities--including UC Berkeley and UCLA--of discriminating against applicants of Asian descent out of fear that their numbers were growing too fast.
At UC Berkeley, various state agencies stepped in to examine the allegations that Asian American admissions had been declining because of a series of deliberate policy changes. Although the university initially denied the allegations, former Chancellor Ira Michael Heyman publicly apologized to the Asian community in 1989 for hindering Asian Americans in the admissions process.
... issue of affirmative action has divided the state’s Asian community, because its members are torn between the community’s long commitment to civil rights and its desire for equal opportunities to attend the best schools.
“Asians are still minorities in California, but they get the shaft when they apply to colleges,” said Matt Belloni, opinion editor of UC Berkeley’s student newspaper.
..UC Berkeley Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien, the system’s highest-ranking Asian American, contends that dismantling affirmative action may, in the long term, hurt the very students who envision benefits from new race-neutral admissions policies.
“If we don’t make any efforts to maintain diversity, we may end up over 90% Asian and Caucasian,” Tien said. “I don’t think that would be good for the educational experience of Asians and Caucasians.
.. some students of Asian descent say they are enduring a backlash, which manifests itself in persistent campus jokes and offhand comments about Asians raising the grading curve and creating too much academic competition. UCLA, for instance, is sometimes referred to as the University of Caucasians Lost Among Asians, and UCI has been sarcastically called the University of Chinese Immigrants.
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