The number of California students who applied for admission as freshmen grew by 6.2 percent over last year for a total of 99,129. All campuses saw gains in this category, demonstrating again the high demand for a UC education among the state's students. On average, California students applied to approximately four UC campuses.
There also were increases in the numbers of domestic non-resident and international applicants for freshman admission, from 19,128 to 21,970 for domestic non-residents and from 13,873 to 18,659 for international students.
Among the California students who applied for freshman admission, applications from all ethnic groups grew in absolute numbers. Chicano-Latino students grew as a percentage of the total applicants, from 30.1 percent last year to 32.1 percent, making them the largest ethnic group among California freshman applicants. Moreover, 45.7 percent of freshman applicants indicated they would be the first in their families to graduate from college, an increase from 44.5 percent over the previous year. In addition, the proportion of applicants from the state's most academically disadvantaged schools and from low-income families remained steady, at 24 percent and 39 percent respectively. These outcomes are consistent with the university's efforts to expand consideration for admission to a broad range of students.
Transfer applicants from California community colleges are down slightly, relative to 2012. This follows exceptionally large increases in transfer applicants between 2008 and 2011.
Details about high school students applying for freshman admission and community college transfer applicants are posted at www.ucop.edu/news/studstaff.html. Information on campus applicant counts by level and residency is displayed in tables 2.2 and 2.3. Campus applicant counts by level and ethnicity are shown in tables 3.2 and 3.3.