For the first time ever, , university officials announced yesterday.
In a record pool of 665,000 applicants, Latinos made up 33.3 percent of prospective freshmen and transfer students, while whites were 31.2 percent. The 412,000-student has long been an incredibly diverse institution, and no single ethnic or racial group forms a majority.
Cal State didn鈥檛 release any detailed data about the applicant pool, but we can safely assume that many of these Latino applicants began their schooling in California as English learners.
The application totals are for Oct. 1 through Nov. 30, the priority period for all 23 CSU campuses.