The demographics by campus for instate students are also interesting in view of debates in other threads about the appeal of different UC campuses. I was particularly interested in the wide differences in the lower ranking campuses (UCSC, UCR and UCM). Santa Cruz has far fewer low income students than the other two (in fact the highest percentage of “not low income” instate students of any UC), reflecting the high cost of living there (and presumably related to both that and the local demographics, has the highest percentage of white students of any UC).
The widening gap between female and male admissions at all UCs (other than UCM/UCR) since the move to test-blind is also notable.
Not sure why the admitted is higher than the applied for UC Merced transfers but perhaps Merced reached out to Transfer applicants that were not admitted to their choice campuses???
Nothing similar to ELC for Transfers, but Transfers have TAG which assures admission if the course and GPA requirements are met but it is also limited to 6 campuses and several popular/competitive majors are excluded from TAG.
Drop in the number of California students admitted to UCB/UCLA this cycle:
Some of the most competitive campuses, such as UC Berkeley and UCLA, admitted a smaller percentage of California applicants. At UC Berkeley, 68% of admitted students were in-state, compared with 79% of its admitted students in 2024.
The flagship UC campus also admitted most of its first-year students from Los Angeles, Orange, Santa Clara, Alameda and San Diego counties.
At UCLA, even fewer California students were admitted this year than at UC Berkeley. Of all the admitted students, 63%, or 8,575 students, were California residents, compared with 67%, or 8,795 students, last year.
But part of that is likely the increased yield for instate students because UCLA and UCB are so cheap compared to comparable full pay colleges. Best to wait and see if the mix of enrolled students actually changes.