Goals As a public institution, the University of California has an historic commitment to providing admission for all eligible applicants who are residents of California. In accordance with the 1998 Regental Policy on Undergraduate Admissions, the University seeks to enroll "a student body that, beyond meeting the University's eligibility requirements, demonstrates high academic achievement or exceptional personal talent, and that encompasses the broad diversity of cultural, racial, geographic and socioeconomic backgrounds characteristic of California."

Measures This section depicts the makeup of the University's undergraduate population, which is measured across a variety of dimensions. UC undergraduate students are predominantly young, recent high school graduates enrolled full time in a residential setting. The vast majority of UC undergraduates come from California and together they begin to approximate the state's socioeconomic, linguistic, and cultural complexion.