FROM : COLLEGE DATA
http://www.collegedata.com/cs/data/college/college_pg01_tmpl.jhtml?schoolId=730
Ethnicity of Students from U.S.
0.2% American Indian/Alaskan Native
50.4% Asian
2.0% Black/African-American
21.0% Hispanic/Latino
3.9% Multi-race (not Hispanic/Latino)
0.1% Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander
19.3% White
3.1% Unknown
Looks like Whites are the minority in UC Irvine.
The problem with the term “Asian” is its a catch all phrase which tells us little about what country of origin they are from.
How many percent of the 51% or so Asians at UC Irvine are Chinese, Korean, Indian or Filipino? Hard to tell from the data.
Irvine is one of the safety schools of the UC system. Its where a lot of the UC qualified (grades/class standing) but otherwise excluded kids end up. Kids with good math but poorer English among them, so higher Asian % than most.