<p>This is also true for most graduate programs at the University of Washington: <a href=“http://www.grad.washington.edu/stats/Admissions/admissions08-by-ethnicity.pdf[/url]”>http://www.grad.washington.edu/stats/Admissions/admissions08-by-ethnicity.pdf</a>. The acceptance rate disparities are particularly striking for the sciences and engineering. Unfortunately, these are not broken out by degree track.</p>
<p>Higher acceptance rates for US citizens than for international applicants at southern research universities are probably not a reflection of “the southern mentality”, whatever that is supposed to mean.</p>