Budget restricts freshman admissions for fall '09
Budget constraints forced UC to accept fewer students to the fall 2009 freshman class. At the same time, the university maintained access across all student groups, including those from low-income families.
Of the students admitted, 38 percent come from families where neither parent has a four-year degree, and 37 percent are from low-income households. Nearly 9 in 10 are California residents.
| UC Fall '09 Freshman Admissions |
|
|---|---|
American Indian |
434 |
African American |
2,474 |
Chicano/Latino |
13,323 |
Asian American |
22,147 |
Pacific Islander |
154 |
White |
21,891 |
Other |
3,408 |
Decline to State |
2,434 |
Total |
66,265 |
UC has offered admission to 66,265 students, representing 72 percent of all California residents who applied. Facing a $437 million shortfall in state support, UC accepted 1,477 fewer students than in fall 2008, when 67,742 – 75.4 percent of all California applicants – received admissions offers.
The number of applicants was the highest in UC history. Those admitted have exceptionally strong academic records: On average they have completed 23 college prep courses and have a high school grade point average of 3.82.
Despite the reductions in admissions offers that affected all ethnic groups, most campuses gained in the proportion of underrepresented students. African American, American Indian and Chicano/Latino students make up 24.5 percent of the admitted class, a nearly 2 percent increase compared with last year.
Another 10,000 California students, who were not accepted to a campus they applied to, will be offered a spot at either UC Merced or UC Riverside.
Transfer admissions data will be available in mid-May.