25 Great Asian American Universities 2001

ASIAN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES
The College Experience from the Asian American Perspective

sian Americans are the biggest minority in nearly every top 50 national university in the United States. In five they are either an outright majority or a plurality. In two dozen more, Asians comprise 20% or more of the student body. For Asian American students who like the society and support of an extensive on-campus Asian community, the number and concentration of Asians is a key factor in choosing a college. For many Asian Americans, college may be the one and only time in their lives when they can enjoy the experience of being a member of a racial majority. It's an experience that often produces a radical change in perspective and self-image, even future career choices.

This list is intended as a guide for those students whose experiences have taught them that race does matter in American society and that a community's racial composition can influence one's position, status and sense of well-being.

In arriving at the rankings we considered prestige, academic standard, quality of life on campus and environs, and the ambience as well as the concentration of Asians in the undergraduate student body. We also considered the many comments offered by our readers. This list isn't exhaustive (we had trouble narrowing it down to the top 25) but we hope it will serve as a starting point in the search for your ideal Asian American University!

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RANK	Name/Location	No. of Asian Undergrads	Asian Percentage of Undergrads	Popular Majors	Standards/ Prestige	Ambience/ Quality of Life
1	UC Berkeley Berkeley, CA	8,500	42%	molecular bio, econ, English	Highest	Superb
2	UCLA Los Angeles, CA	9,200	40%	psych, econ, sociology	Highest	Superb
3	Stanford Palo Alto, CA	1,600	25%	econ, bio, English	Highest	Superb
4	MIT Cambridge, MA	1,200	28%	engr, comp sci, bio	Highest	Very Good
5	Harvard Cambridge, MA	1,270	19%	econ, poli sci, bio	Highest	Very Good
6	UC San Diego La Jolla, CA	5,600	35%	biochem, psych, bio	Very High	Superb
7	Yale New Haven, CT	930	17%	hist, econ, bio	Highest	Good
8	UC Irvine Irvine, CA	8,400	58%	bio, psych, soc	Very High	Superb
9	Columbia New York, NY	1,050	16%	comm, edu, engr	Highest	Very Good
10	UC Davis Davis, CA	7,000	36%	psych, bio, biochem	Very High	Very Good
11	Princeton Princeton, NJ	700	15%	econ, hist, poli sci	Highest	Very Good
14	USC Los Angeles, CA	3,700	25%	bus mgmt, visual arts, comm	High	Very Good
13	Duke Durham, NC	900	24%	bio, econ, psych	Highest	Good
14	Cornell Ithaca, NY	2,340	17%	engr, econ, bio	Very High	Good
15	UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	2,900	18%	business, soc, comm	Very High	Superb
16	Univ of Penn Philadelphia, PA	2,000	21%	finance, econ, psych	Very High	Good
17	NYU New York, NY	2,900	18%	bus mgmt, thtr arts, film	High	Very Good
18	Carnegie Mellon Pittsburg, PA	1,120	22%	engr, business, comp sci	Very High	Good
19	Johns Hopkins Baltimore, MD	830	21%	engr, bio, inter rel	Very High	Very Good
20	Wellesley Wellesley, MA	560	25%	soc sci, hist, psych	Highest	Very Good
21	Univ of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI	3,000	13%	engr, psych, English	Very High	Good
22	Univ of Virginia Charlottesville, VA	1,400	11%	bus mgmt, egnr, psych	Highest	Good
23	UC Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	1,480	15%	bio, psych, foreign lang	High	Very Good
24	Univ of Washington Seattle, WA	5,000	23%	bus mgmt, psych, Eng lit	High	Superb
25	Univ of Texas Austin, TX	5,300	16%	bus mgmt, egnr, bio	High	Good