UC to enroll largest freshman class in its history
The University of California's nine undergraduate campuses are expecting a record-breaking 38,088 California students to enroll as freshmen in the fall 2008 term.
UC had received a record number of in-state applications, 79,661. Despite a proposed state budget roughly equal to that of 2007-08, the university fulfilled a commitment to offer a place to every eligible California applicant for 2008-09. That commitment resulted in a record 60,088 admission offers to California high school seniors.
About 23.7 percent of those admitted students who have indicated their intention to enroll are African American, American Indian and Latino/Chicano students. Systemwide the number of those underrepresented students increased by 1,076 compared with the fall 2007 freshman class.
Many campuses will welcome their largest-ever freshmen classes in the fall. At UC Merced, for example, 1,065 students have declared their intent to register as freshmen compared with 731 in 2007, a 46 percent increase at the 4-year-old campus.
In addition, as of the end of June, 13,730 California community college students had indicated their intention to register. That's an increase of 807 more than 2007's 12,923.
UC offered admission to 17,513 California community college students for fall, a 6.3 percent increase compared with the previous fall term. In addition to the fall term admits, several campuses will offer admission to additional California transfer applicants for winter/spring 2009.