As a system, UC enrolls a higher percentage of low-income independent and dependent students than comparably selective institutions.

The larger enrollment of high-income students at UC than at comparable public institutions may reflect state-to-state differences in parent incomes of academically eligible students.

Students at comparable private institutions are more likely than UC students to be from upper- and upper-middle-income brackets, consistent with those institutions' generally higher costs.

Sources: UC figures are from the UCOP Corporate Student System. This system contains data on all degree-seeking students Universitywide. Other figures are from the 2004 National Center for Education Statistics National Postsecondary Student Aid Survey (NPSAS). Additional information on NPSAS can be found at http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/npsas/.

The NPSAS survey is conducted every four years; 2008 NPSAS results will be available by late 2009.

In the NPSAS survey, actual institution names are not available. The comparison group of “Very Selective Research-Extensive Institutions” is the group that UC campuses are in and was used as the most appropriate benchmark.

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