This factbook presents tabular data about students in postsecondary education in California, based on the State's computerized integrated student data system. The most recent data are for the fall of 1989 with some tables presenting trend data from 1980 to 1989. The factbook presents the data in six sections: (1) all students, with summarized information on all California colleges and universities (e.g., enrollment by ethnicity, sex, and type of institution); (2) participation rates, with enrollment patterns by various demographic categories; (3) first-time freshmen and new students, containing information on recent high school graduates, the origin of first-time freshmen, average age of these freshmen, and their sex and ethnic distribution; (4) transfer students, presenting information on community college transfers to the State's universities as well as transfer students from other segments; (5) student outcomes, such as number of degrees awarded; and (6) area-specific student data, including information on high school graduates and college-going rates by county, and community college transfer students by community college. (DB)