California's public universities dominate the top 10 of a national listing by an academic journal that ranks colleges based on the number of bachelor's degrees conferred to minorities.

But the universities' rankings drop once the numbers of degrees conferred solely on African-American and Latino students are considered separately. Those minority groups have historically been under-represented at California's most selective University of California campuses.

UCLA and UC Berkeley ranked first and second on Black Issues in Higher Education's annual "Top 100" ranking of degrees conferred to minorities, based on information from the U.S. Department of Education. The ranking includes the number of degrees conferred to African Americans, Latinos, Asians and American Indians for the 2001-02 academic year.

UC or California State University campuses held eight of the top 10 spots on the list that ranks degrees conferred on all minorities. CSU Fullerton ranked fourth, while UC Irvine ranked fifth. San Jose State ranked eighth, followed by CSU Los Angeles and San Francisco State at ninth and 10th. Cal State Hayward ranked 39th in the number of degrees granted to all minorities and Stanford University ranked 81st.

Rankings separated by individual minority groups show that UCLA, Berkeley and UC Irvine are the top three universities in the nation in granting baccalaureate degrees to Asian students. UC Davis, CSU campuses at San Jose and San Francisco, UC San Diego and CSU Fullerton are the other California campuses that round out the top 10 in the ranking. Cal State Hayward ranks 23 and Stanford is 37.

But the campuses' ranking drops on lists showing universities that grant high numbers of degrees to black and Latino students, who are the focus of targeted outreach programs intended to increase their presence at UC campuses.

No UC campus made the top 100 list of universities that confer the most degrees to black students, while three CSU campuses made the list: Dominguez Hills (37), Long Beach (82) and Northridge (90).

California's public universities make a better showing on the list of degrees conferred to Latino students, with 26 UC and CSU campuses ranking in the top 100. Five CSU campuses are listed in the top 10. CSU Los Angeles ranks third, followed by CSU Fullerton (6), San Diego State (7), CSU Northridge (8), and CSU Long Beach (10). UCLA ranks 11 on the list. Other north state colleges listed include UC Berkeley (23), San Jose State (27), San Francisco State (33), CSU Stanislaus (69) and Cal State Hayward (73).