UC Admits Record Number Of In-State Freshmen For Fall 2023

The University of California admitted a record number of in-state freshmen to its incoming undergraduate class, according to the college system. The new students of fall 2023 also include more underrepresented freshmen than ever before.

“The University’s latest admissions data reflects our commitment to expanding opportunity and to ensuring that students of all backgrounds have a chance to attend one of our excellent undergraduate campuses,” UC President Michael Drake said in a news release.

Fifty-five percent of in-state UC undergraduates pay no tuition.

A total of 88,285 California freshmen are in the new class — 3.5 percent more than last fall’s admissions, according to the system. Overall, the university accepted 129,685 freshmen and 27,761 transfer students. Admission rates systemwide increased to 67 percent, the Los Angeles Times reported, adding rates were even up at the system’s most competitive campuses, with 9.5 percent of in-state freshmen applicants admitted at UCLA and 15.1 percent admitted at UC Berkeley.

Latino students made up the largest underrepresented group in the admitted freshman class, at 37.6 percent, while Asian American students were 34.2 percent and African American students were 5.5 percent. American Indian students made up 0.7 percent, an 11.6 percent year-over-year increase. White students were 19.1 percent.

The number of freshmen admits from underrepresented groups increased by 1,494 students, or 4 percent, over 2022 data, with 44 percent of in-state admitted freshmen being first-generation college students and 45 percent reporting low family incomes.

“Our campuses are committed to ensuring that applicants of all backgrounds have equal access to the path to enrollment — and we are especially proud that this freshman class includes the largest number of Californians in history,” Han Mi Yoon-Wu, executive director of undergraduate admissions at the UC Office of the President, said in the news release.