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<p>That has been the California Master Plan target for decades. For what it is worth, about 1/3 of the age 25-29 population in the US has a bachelor’s degree, so the top 1/3 approximates the population that will eventually get a bachelor’s degree (although some who go to UC and CSU never complete a bachelor’s degree, while others who did worse in high school redeem themselves in community college, transfer to UC or CSU, and complete their bachelor’s degrees).</p>
<p>Admission to UC and CSU is getting more competitive because the rapid rise in costs of attendance and private schools is pushing more students to apply to in-state public schools (only a few private schools are very generous with financial aid, and most of them are out of reach academically for most high school graduates).</p>