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Comparing King Hall's Ethnic and Socioeconomic Diversity to other Professional Schools

Comparing King Hall's Ethnic and Socioeconomic Diversity to other Professional Schools

Posted By Heather , Mar 27, 2013

In a previous post, I noted that the racial and socioeconomic diversity has been falling at King Hall since 2005. How does that compare to other Professional Degree programs at UC Davis?

Here is a chart showing racial diversity at all Professional programs at UC Davis from 2009-11 (source):

racial diversity from 2009-2011

Here is a chart showing the socioeconomic diversity of each program, as measured by Pell Grants received as an undergraduate (source): 

socioeconomic diversity as shown through Pell Grants

These charts demonstrate that there are some professional programs with a less diverse student body than King Hall. They also demonstrate that some programs, Masters of Public Health, Medical School, and Veterinary Medicine, have successfully increased the racial or socioeconomic diversity of their student body.

Prop 209 prohibits schools from using race in admissions decisions. However, it does not require a blindness to the racial or socioeconomic diversity of our school. Other programs have effectively increased their diversity. We should collaborate with them to understand how they are achieving their goals and how we can incorporate similar measures here at King Hall.