The Bay Area, LA, Orange County, and the Central Coast account for a disproportionately large share of transfers to UC

Share of California community college students

Source: Authors' calculations using publicly available data from CCC, UC, and CSU. Segment-level fall 2022 transfer data from UC Information Center: Admissions by Source School and CSU Data Center Institutional Research & Analyses: New Undergraduate Transfers from California Community Colleges or Other Institutions (Institution of Origin and CSU Destinations). Fall 2022 California community college data from the CCCCO Management Information Systems Data Mart: Enrollment Status Summary Report. NOTES: Estimates reflect the share of community college students that attended college in a given region and the share of CSU and UC transfer enrollees in each campus from community colleges in that region for the fall 2022 term. Community colleges are grouped into nine distinct regions based on their location within the state.