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UC Berkeley fall 2009 entering class

	Freshmen		Transfers
	2009	2008	2009	2008
Total	5,200	5,200	2,500	2,250
Ethnicity
Native American	0.46%	0.46%	0.60%	0.80%
African American	2.54%	3.04%	3.84%	4.18%
Chicano/Latino	11.21%	11.00%	14.84%	15.78%
Filipino/Pilipino	3.39%	3.66%	2.52%	3.24%
Total Asian/PI	38.82%	36.77%	24.56%	26.36%
Chinese	20.89%	20.48%	12.80%	13.29%
East Indian/Pakistani	5.34%	4.13%	2.84%	2.80%
Japanese	1.71%	1.68%	1.36%	1.64%
Korean	5.59%	4.21%	3.56%	3.87%
Other Asian	1.91%	2.88%	1.52%	1.73%
Pacific Islander	0.20%	0.16%	0.16%	0.31%
Vietnamese	3.18%	3.23%	2.32%	2.71%
Caucasian	31.07%	26.21%	35.44%	37.51%
Other	1.09%	1.23%	2.40%	1.91%
Ethnicity not reported	4.85%	6.18%	6.68%	8.09%
First generation (neither parent has 4-year degree)	27%	28%	45%	46%
Geographic location
Total from CA	89.70%	84.70%	87.50%	91.60%
SF Bay Area	31.34%	31.67%	42.04%	43.42%
Other Northern California	10.61%	9.63%	11.48%	13.96%
Los Angeles County	21.54%	23.35%	19.24%	20.36%
Other Southern California	17.77%	17.85%	14.28%	15.51%
Central Valley	4.23%	3.69%	2.24%	2.27%
Inland Empire	4.13%	3.44%	2.12%	2.53%
Other US	4.71%	6.67%	2.12%	1.29%
International	5.61%	6.81%	10.96%	7.69%
Academic indicators
Average GPA (4.0 scale)	3.82	3.81	3.72	3.71
Average GPA (5.0 scale)	4.25	4.26
Average SAT Composite	1988	1970
Transfer student age
Oldest			65	67
Youngest			16	14
Median parental household income
	$84,000	$80,000	$68,000	$63,000
Percentage with parental income below $40,000
	25%	27%	33%	35%

Notes: Numbers may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding. Data reflects projected Fall enrollment. International data is based on visa status, not current home address. Transfer data includes community college transfer students and four-year college transfer students. Ethnic data does not factor in international students.