California resident freshman-to-transfer ratio

Updated

The California Master Plan calls for the University of California (UC) to accommodate all eligible resident California Community College (CCC) transfer students. It specifies that the University maintain at least a 60:40 ratio of upper-division (junior and senior) to lower-division (freshman and sophomore) students to ensure adequate upper-division spaces for CCC transfers. To do so, UC aims to enroll one new California resident transfer student for every two new California resident freshmen (a 2:1 ratio), or 67 percent new resident freshmen to 33 percent new resident transfer students. 

Footnote

Definitions

  1. Discipline - Broad academic groupings used to categorize majors into 13 areas of study, plus undeclared and unknown. For details on how UC groups majors into disciplines using federal classification codes, see the “CIP-to-Discipline” tab of the Freshman Admission by Discipline dashboard.
  2. California resident – students who are eligible for California resident tuition and fees.
  3. New enrollee – student not previously enrolled on this campus.
  4. Freshmen – Students enrolling at UC from high schools. Includes applicants with college coursework taken during high school or the summer after graduation.
  5. Transfers – Students entering at UC from community colleges or other post-secondary institutions.
  6. Undergraduate – student that enrolls in a bachelor’s degree program at UC after secondary education (high school) or after completing coursework at a community college or other post-secondary institution; encompasses freshmen through senior college students.
  7. Degree recipient – student who has successfully completed the requirements for and has been officially awarded an academic degree.

Notes

  1. Source: UC Data Warehouse, 2024-25 data from UC Campuses
  2. Enrollee data includes California resident undergraduates who entered as freshmen or transfers in academic years 2008-09 to 2024-25.
  3. Degree recipient data includes California resident undergraduates who entered as freshmen or transfers and received a bachelor’s degree in academic years 2008-09 to 2023-24.
  4. Figures may not match campus data exactly due to definitional differences and the timing of reporting.
  5. Data reported here reflect the latest available data which differ slightly from previous reporting.