The University of California achieved a record enrollment of Californians in Fall 2024, reversing national trends of declining enrollment among Black and Latino students at elite institutions.
The University of California enrolled a record number of Californians in Fall 2024, while UC Berkeley joined UCLA in bucking national trends at elite institutions that saw declines in new Black and Latino students in the first class since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down affirmative action.
The data, made public Tuesday, came as the nine undergraduate campus system has faced intense ongoing public pressure to take in more Californians and amid speculation over how its racial makeup would fare in a state where public universities and colleges have long been banned from considering race and gender in admissions. In total, 198,718 Californians were enrolled for the academic year that began in the fall at the system's undergraduate campuses that stretch from Davis to San Diego. California residents made up 84.2% of 236,070 undergraduates, compared to 83.5% the year before. Among those were 60,644 first-year and transfer students from the state. The number of California residents in that category increased at six campuses. UC San Diego had the biggest jump, increasing from 8,436 to 8,907. 'The University of California is committed to expanding access and opportunity, helping our state’s brightest students from all backgrounds realize the value and promise of a UC degree,” UC President Michael V. Drake said in a statement. 'These enrollment figures reflect the state’s investment in California students and the dedication of our staff, faculty and campus leaders to providing a world-class education.” Three campuses, however, saw declines in California enrollment. At Irvine, first-year and transfer Californian undergraduates declined from 7,848 to 7,541. In Riverside, the decrease was from 6,390 to 6,371. At Merced, the drop was from 2,610 to 2,283. Despite the decline, Merced, the newest UC campus, draws heavily from Southern California and has a close to 99% Californian undergraduate populatio
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