UC’s Rising Applications

The University of California said last week that a record 76,500 students sought admission as undergraduates at eight campuses during the fall application period, 6.5% more than a year earlier. Freshman applicants accounted for almost 59,000 of those, an 8% increase and the largest one-year jump in a decade.

Type of Applications

% change for fall 1998 from fall 1997

Freshmen: +8.1

Transfers: +1.6

WHERE FRESHMAN APPLICANTS CAME FROM

% change for fall 1998 from fall 1997

California: +6.4

Out of State: +25.0

International: -1.5

FRESHMAN APPLICATIONS*

% change for fall 1998 from fall 1997 applications

CAMPUS

Berkeley (29,104): +10.1

Davis (19,863): +4.1

Irvine (18,770): +12.3

Los Angeles (31,688): +11.3

Riverside (11,164): +18.5

San Diego (27,379): +11.4

Santa Barbara (23,038): +14.4

Santa Cruz (12,535): +11.6

* Numbers for individual campuses add up to more than systemwide totals because students may apply to more than one campus. High school students applied to an average of 2.9 UC campuses the last two years.

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APPLICATIONS BY ETHNIC GROUP

% change for fall 1998 from fall 1997 for freshman applicants

African American (2,151): +4.9

American Indian (438): +11.2

Asian American (13,458): +0.7

Filipino American (2,534): +2.3

Latino/Chicano (7,304): +7.0

White/Other (23,249): -8.1

Not stated (8,170): +219.0

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WHERE COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS HOPE TO TRANSFER

% change for fall 1998 from fall 1997

Berkeley (4.584): -0.7

Davis (3,431): -6.6

Irvine (2,974): -4.9

UCLA (5,852): +4.0

Riverside (1,639): -0.4

San Diego (3,380): +2.0

Santa Barbara (3,654): +5.6

Santa Cruz (2,404): -0.9

Notes: The collection of ethnic identity data was changed in 1998 applications. It is not clear whether declines in some ethnic categories reflect actual demographic shifts or are the result of more of these students not stating their ethnic identity. Statistics for UC San Francisco are not included because it does not admit freshmen or undergraduate transfer students.

Source: University of California, preliminary application data; Researched by NONA YATES/Los Angeles Times