The San Joaquin Valley is consistently underrepresented among UC freshmen and recently so among CSU freshmen

SJV enrollment shares   CSU by region   UC by region  
Share of California students from San Joaquin Valley high schools

Source: School year enrollment data of grade 12 students from CDE. Fall new freshmen enrollment data from CSU Data Center Institutional Research & Analyses and UC Information Center: Admission by Source School. NOTES: Data for CSU and UC reflect fall enrollment. High School Senior enrollment data reflects the previous academic year (ex: 2022–2023 for 2023). High School Seniors reflects the share of California's grade 12 students that attended high schools in each respective region. CSU and UC Freshmen reflect the share of each institution's incoming freshmen that came from public high schools in each respective region.