Abstract
I sought to discover if any student populations were disproportionally impacted by enrollment cuts put in place within the California State University to be completed within the 2010-2011 academic year. I produced this analysis using descriptive analysis, studying both system-wide and campus level impacts to student enrollment. Focusing on two student characteristics, race/ethnicity and class level, I hypothesized that Latino students and transfer students would be potentially the most vulnerable to enrollment cuts. I measured percent change in enrollment with enrollment data retrieved from the California State University website. Overall, African American students were race/ethnicity most negatively impacted by enrollment cuts while first-time freshman were the most negatively impacted class level. Asian/Pacific Islander students realized the largest gains in enrollment during the period of enrollment cuts as well as transfer students.