UC Campuses Admit Record Number Of Incoming Students

SANTA CRUZ, CA — The University of California said on Monday that it has offered an all-time record number of incoming students a spot on at least one of its nine undergraduate campuses for the 2019-20 academic year. The university said it admitted 108,178 freshmen out of a pool of 176,695 students, including 71,655 Californians, which it said also is a record number.

UC said it also accepted 28,752 transfers from a pool of 41,282 students, including the largest-ever class from the California Community Colleges (26,700). The university said the freshman admission rate for California residents jumped 3 percentage points to 62 percent while the admission rate for California community college transfers remained at 76 percent.

"Yet another year of record-setting admissions underscores the tremendous interest in the world-class education at UC," university President Janet Napolitano said in a statement. "The best and the brightest young minds continue to make UC their university of choice and I am pleased to welcome all of these remarkable students this year," she said.

UC said the number of admission offers to students from under-represented groups increased by 991, increasing that proportion to 40 percent of all admitted California freshmen from 38 percent last year.

The university said first-generation students comprise 44 percent of all resident freshmen accepted, and low-income students comprise 40 percent.

UC said the composition of the freshman class is similar to that of last year, with the percentage of Chicano/Latino students increasing slightly from 33 percent to 34 percent, and Asian American students remaining the largest ethnic group of admitted students at 35 percent. The proportion of white students stayed flat at 22 percent, the percentage of black students stayed flat at 5 percent and the proportion of American Indian students remained at 0.5 percent.

The university said admission of California community college transfer students grew slightly to 26,700 students from 26,582 last year, in keeping with its goal of enrolling one new California transfer student for every two new California freshmen.

—Bay City News