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August 19, 2013

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	California	Nation

Demographics

Population
	California	Nation
Total (State rank: 1)	37,691,912	311,591,919

Age distribution
Age range	California	Nation
Up to 4	6.7%	6.4%
5 to 14	13.5%	13.2%
15 to 19	7.3%	7.0%
20 to 24	7.6%	7.1%
25 to 44	28.0%	26.4%
45 to 64	25.0%	26.5%
65 and older	11.7%	13.2%

Racial and ethnic distribution
Race or ethnicity	California	Nation
American Indian	0.8%	0.8%
Asian	13.2%	4.8%
Black	6.0%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.2%
White	62.9%	74.1%
More than one race	4.2%	2.8%
Hispanic (may be any race)	38.1%	16.7%
Other	12.6%	4.7%

Educational attainment of adults (highest level)
Level	California	Nation
8th grade or less	10.3%	6.0%
Some high school, no diploma	8.6%	8.1%
High-school diploma	21.1%	28.4%
Some college, no degree	22.1%	21.2%
Associate degree	7.7%	7.8%
Bachelor’s degree	19.2%	17.9%
Master’s degree	7.3%	7.5%
Doctoral degree	1.5%	1.2%
Professional degree	2.3%	1.9%

Proportion who speak a language other than English at home
	California	Nation
	43.8%	20.8%

Per capita personal income
	California	Nation
(State rank: 16)	$44,980	$42,693

Poverty rate
	California	Nation
	16.6%	15.9%

New high-school graduates
Estimate	California	Nation
Total for 2013-14	392,741	3,219,207
Projected change from 2013-14 to 2023-24	3.9%	7.9%

New GED diploma recipients
	California	Nation
	30,201	401,388

High-school dropout rate
	California	Nation
	4.0%	4.9%

Faculty pay

Average pay of full-time professors

Public doctoral institutions
Academic rank	California	Nation
Professor	$141,839	$118,822
Associate professor	$92,066	$81,373
Assistant professor	$82,697	$70,325
All	$113,630	$85,690

Public master’s institutions
Academic rank	California	Nation
Professor	$94,059	$89,076
Associate professor	$75,652	$71,297
Assistant professor	$66,983	$60,506
All	$77,850	$69,025

Private nonprofit doctoral institutions
Academic rank	California	Nation
Professor	$151,204	$152,042
Associate professor	$99,016	$95,762
Assistant professor	$84,673	$82,983
All	$114,613	$108,803

Private nonprofit master’s institutions
Academic rank	California	Nation
Professor	$110,977	$91,161
Associate professor	$85,599	$71,963
Assistant professor	$71,411	$58,901
All	$88,027	$69,941

Other 4-year institutions
Control	California	Nation
Public	$73,981	$61,265
Private nonprofit	$87,473	$68,804

2-year colleges
Control	California	Nation
Public	$84,743	$62,568
Private nonprofit	n/a	$48,969

Students

Enrollment
Group	California	Nation
Undergraduate	2,419,777	18,047,249
Graduate and professional	266,116	2,931,076
At public 4-year institutions	657,885	8,033,071
At public 2-year institutions	1,520,744	7,062,467
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	292,167	3,887,322
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	1,474	39,553
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	125,154	1,559,080
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	88,469	396,832
Total	2,685,893	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Institution type	California	Nation
Public	81%	72%
4-year	40%	64%
2-year	60%	36%

Degrees awarded
Level	California	Nation
Associate	107,671	942,217
Bachelor’s	169,597	1,712,538
Master’s	67,439	730,635
Doctorate	17,090	163,715

Residence of new students

State

State residents made up 96% of all freshmen enrolled in California in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 90% of all California residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.

Nation

82% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.

Graduation rates at 4-year institutions
Gender, race or ethnicity	California	Nation
All	65.2%	59.0%
Men	63.8%	56.4%
Women	66.4%	61.2%
American Indian	58.9%	40.6%
Asian	72.8%	69.7%
Black	53.6%	40.2%
Hispanic	54.4%	51.4%
White	69.5%	62.3%
2 or more races	77.1%	64.0%
Race unknown	63.0%	56.0%

Diversity

Enrollment by race, ethnicity, and citizenship status
Race, ethnicity, or citizenship status	California	Nation
American Indian	13,988	174,629
Asian	395,122	1,133,719
Black	183,948	2,840,259
Pacific Islander	16,235	61,179
Hispanic	826,878	2,695,637
White	875,983	11,519,372
2 or more races	83,214	405,812
Race unknown	196,291	1,409,094
Foreign	94,234	738,624
Total	2,685,893	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Group	California	Nation
Women	54.6%	57.0%
American Indian	0.5%	0.8%
Asian	14.7%	5.4%
Black	6.8%	13.5%
Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.3%
Hispanic	30.8%	12.8%
White	32.6%	54.9%
2 or more races	3.1%	1.9%
Race unknown	7.3%	6.7%
Foreign	3.5%	3.5%
Minority	56.6%	34.9%
Underrepresented minority	38.2%	27.2%
Full-time	53.3%	61.9%

Test scores

State

Students averaged 22.1 on the ACT, which was taken by an estimated 25% of California’s high-school seniors. Students averaged 1007 on the SAT, which was taken by an estimated 55% of California’s high-school seniors.

Nation

Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1010 on the SAT.

Finance

Average tuition and fees
Institution type	California	Nation
Public 4-year	$7,457	$7,087
Public 2-year	$737	$2,419
Private 4-year	$31,632	$26,165

State funds for higher-education operating expenses
	California	Nation
State funds	$8,843,276,000	$71,966,406,875
One-year change	-5.7%	-0.4%

State spending on student aid
Aid type	California	Nation
Need-based grants	$1,492,492,025	$6,954,307,090
Non-need-based grants	$2,419,167	$2,444,876,754
Nongrant aid	$550,212	$1,737,198,826
Total	$1,495,461,404	$11,136,382,670

Spending on research and development by colleges and universities
	California	Nation
Total	$8,227,362,000	$65,073,411,000
One-year change	5.0%	6.3%

Sources of financing
Source	California	Nation
Federal government	62.7%	62.6%
State and local governments	5.1%	5.9%
Industry	5.8%	4.9%
Nonprofit	9.2%	5.9%
Institution itself	13.6%	19.1%
Other	3.7%	1.6%

Share for specific research fields
Field	California	Nation
Engineering	11.4%	15.4%
Environmental sciences	4.6%	4.9%
Life sciences	59.7%	57.2%
Math and computer sciences	3.9%	3.6%
Physical sciences	9.7%	7.3%
Psychology	1.8%	1.7%
Social sciences	2.7%	3.1%
Other sciences	2.7%	1.7%
Fields other than science and engineering	3.6%	4.9%

Largest endowment
Institution	California
Stanford University	$17,035,804,000

Top fund raisers (among survey participants)
Institution	California
Stanford University	$1,034,848,797
University of Southern California	$491,853,719
University of California at Berkeley	$405,434,869

Colleges and universities

Number of institutions
Institution type	California	Nation
Public 4-year	35	679
Public 2-year	115	972
Private 4-year, nonprofit	138	1,557
Private 2-year, nonprofit	6	100
Private 4-year, for-profit	82	735
Private 2-year, for-profit	84	669
Total	460	4,712

3 largest institutions by enrollment
Institution	California
University of California-Los Angeles	38,128
University of California-Berkeley	34,450
University of Southern California	33,082

Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP

Loma Linda University

Institutions on NCAA probation

California State Polytechnic University at Pomona, University of Southern California, California Institute of Technology, Occidental College, Pepperdine University, Saint Mary’s College of California

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Almanac 2013 »

California

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	California	Nation

Demographics

Population
	California	Nation
Total (State rank: 1)	37,691,912	311,591,919

Age distribution
Age range	California	Nation
Up to 4	6.7%	6.4%
5 to 14	13.5%	13.2%
15 to 19	7.3%	7.0%
20 to 24	7.6%	7.1%
25 to 44	28.0%	26.4%
45 to 64	25.0%	26.5%
65 and older	11.7%	13.2%

Racial and ethnic distribution
Race or ethnicity	California	Nation
American Indian	0.8%	0.8%
Asian	13.2%	4.8%
Black	6.0%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.2%
White	62.9%	74.1%
More than one race	4.2%	2.8%
Hispanic (may be any race)	38.1%	16.7%
Other	12.6%	4.7%

Educational attainment of adults (highest level)
Level	California	Nation
8th grade or less	10.3%	6.0%
Some high school, no diploma	8.6%	8.1%
High-school diploma	21.1%	28.4%
Some college, no degree	22.1%	21.2%
Associate degree	7.7%	7.8%
Bachelor’s degree	19.2%	17.9%
Master’s degree	7.3%	7.5%
Doctoral degree	1.5%	1.2%
Professional degree	2.3%	1.9%

Proportion who speak a language other than English at home
	California	Nation
	43.8%	20.8%

Per capita personal income
	California	Nation
(State rank: 16)	$44,980	$42,693

Poverty rate
	California	Nation
	16.6%	15.9%

New high-school graduates
Estimate	California	Nation
Total for 2013-14	392,741	3,219,207
Projected change from 2013-14 to 2023-24	3.9%	7.9%

New GED diploma recipients
	California	Nation
	30,201	401,388

High-school dropout rate
	California	Nation
	4.0%	4.9%

Faculty pay

Average pay of full-time professors

Public doctoral institutions
Academic rank	California	Nation
Professor	$141,839	$118,822
Associate professor	$92,066	$81,373
Assistant professor	$82,697	$70,325
All	$113,630	$85,690

Public master’s institutions
Academic rank	California	Nation
Professor	$94,059	$89,076
Associate professor	$75,652	$71,297
Assistant professor	$66,983	$60,506
All	$77,850	$69,025

Private nonprofit doctoral institutions
Academic rank	California	Nation
Professor	$151,204	$152,042
Associate professor	$99,016	$95,762
Assistant professor	$84,673	$82,983
All	$114,613	$108,803

Private nonprofit master’s institutions
Academic rank	California	Nation
Professor	$110,977	$91,161
Associate professor	$85,599	$71,963
Assistant professor	$71,411	$58,901
All	$88,027	$69,941

Other 4-year institutions
Control	California	Nation
Public	$73,981	$61,265
Private nonprofit	$87,473	$68,804

2-year colleges
Control	California	Nation
Public	$84,743	$62,568
Private nonprofit	n/a	$48,969

Students

Enrollment
Group	California	Nation
Undergraduate	2,419,777	18,047,249
Graduate and professional	266,116	2,931,076
At public 4-year institutions	657,885	8,033,071
At public 2-year institutions	1,520,744	7,062,467
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	292,167	3,887,322
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	1,474	39,553
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	125,154	1,559,080
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	88,469	396,832
Total	2,685,893	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Institution type	California	Nation
Public	81%	72%
4-year	40%	64%
2-year	60%	36%

Degrees awarded
Level	California	Nation
Associate	107,671	942,217
Bachelor’s	169,597	1,712,538
Master’s	67,439	730,635
Doctorate	17,090	163,715

Residence of new students

State

Nation

82% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.

Graduation rates at 4-year institutions
Gender, race or ethnicity	California	Nation
All	65.2%	59.0%
Men	63.8%	56.4%
Women	66.4%	61.2%
American Indian	58.9%	40.6%
Asian	72.8%	69.7%
Black	53.6%	40.2%
Hispanic	54.4%	51.4%
White	69.5%	62.3%
2 or more races	77.1%	64.0%
Race unknown	63.0%	56.0%

Diversity

Enrollment by race, ethnicity, and citizenship status
Race, ethnicity, or citizenship status	California	Nation
American Indian	13,988	174,629
Asian	395,122	1,133,719
Black	183,948	2,840,259
Pacific Islander	16,235	61,179
Hispanic	826,878	2,695,637
White	875,983	11,519,372
2 or more races	83,214	405,812
Race unknown	196,291	1,409,094
Foreign	94,234	738,624
Total	2,685,893	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Group	California	Nation
Women	54.6%	57.0%
American Indian	0.5%	0.8%
Asian	14.7%	5.4%
Black	6.8%	13.5%
Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.3%
Hispanic	30.8%	12.8%
White	32.6%	54.9%
2 or more races	3.1%	1.9%
Race unknown	7.3%	6.7%
Foreign	3.5%	3.5%
Minority	56.6%	34.9%
Underrepresented minority	38.2%	27.2%
Full-time	53.3%	61.9%

Test scores

State

Nation

Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1010 on the SAT.

Finance

Average tuition and fees
Institution type	California	Nation
Public 4-year	$7,457	$7,087
Public 2-year	$737	$2,419
Private 4-year	$31,632	$26,165

State funds for higher-education operating expenses
	California	Nation
State funds	$8,843,276,000	$71,966,406,875
One-year change	-5.7%	-0.4%

State spending on student aid
Aid type	California	Nation
Need-based grants	$1,492,492,025	$6,954,307,090
Non-need-based grants	$2,419,167	$2,444,876,754
Nongrant aid	$550,212	$1,737,198,826
Total	$1,495,461,404	$11,136,382,670

Spending on research and development by colleges and universities
	California	Nation
Total	$8,227,362,000	$65,073,411,000
One-year change	5.0%	6.3%

Sources of financing
Source	California	Nation
Federal government	62.7%	62.6%
State and local governments	5.1%	5.9%
Industry	5.8%	4.9%
Nonprofit	9.2%	5.9%
Institution itself	13.6%	19.1%
Other	3.7%	1.6%

Share for specific research fields
Field	California	Nation
Engineering	11.4%	15.4%
Environmental sciences	4.6%	4.9%
Life sciences	59.7%	57.2%
Math and computer sciences	3.9%	3.6%
Physical sciences	9.7%	7.3%
Psychology	1.8%	1.7%
Social sciences	2.7%	3.1%
Other sciences	2.7%	1.7%
Fields other than science and engineering	3.6%	4.9%

Largest endowment
Institution	California
Stanford University	$17,035,804,000

Top fund raisers (among survey participants)
Institution	California
Stanford University	$1,034,848,797
University of Southern California	$491,853,719
University of California at Berkeley	$405,434,869

Colleges and universities

Number of institutions
Institution type	California	Nation
Public 4-year	35	679
Public 2-year	115	972
Private 4-year, nonprofit	138	1,557
Private 2-year, nonprofit	6	100
Private 4-year, for-profit	82	735
Private 2-year, for-profit	84	669
Total	460	4,712

3 largest institutions by enrollment
Institution	California
University of California-Los Angeles	38,128
University of California-Berkeley	34,450
University of Southern California	33,082

Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP

Loma Linda University

Institutions on NCAA probation

Note: See Sources & Notes for details about the data.

Correction (9/24/2014): All tables in the 2013 Almanac’s States section have been updated to make them more comparable to ones published in other years. The data are now limited to degree-granting institutions that are eligible to receive Title IV federal financial aid, not all higher-education institutions. Administrative offices that were inadvertently counted as institutions in the original version of the tables have been omitted from the total number of institutions in each state. Figures for tuition and fees, which had incorrectly excluded fees, now reflect both tuition and fees. The three largest institutions by enrollment give figures for full-time students in fall 2011, not an unduplicated head count of all undergraduate and graduate students enrolled over a 12-month period for 2010-11.