UCLA - University of California - Los Angeles
UCLA - University of California - Los Angeles
31/07/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 31/07/2024 15:04
UCLA increases number of California residents and underrepresented students admitted for fall 2024
Key takeaways
- UCLA offered admission to more than 1,300 high school seniors and 6,000 transfer applicants for fall 2024.
- The number of first-year California students admitted rose 2.5% to 8,795, with increases in first-generation students and those from low-income families.
- Among admitted first-year California students, 37% are from historically underrepresented groups -the highest proportion in more than three decades.
UCLA admissions of first-year California students for fall 2024 increased 2.5% to 8,795 from last year, with an uptick in underrepresented groups, first-generation students and those from low-income families. Overall, UCLA offered admission to more than 13,100 high school seniors and 6,000 transfer applicants.
The number of first-year students from historically underrepresented groups grew, while their proportion among all admitted first-year California residents remained unchanged at 37% of the total. That figureis the highest proportion of underrepresented students in a UCLA admitted class in more than three decades.
The campus also saw the proportion of admitted California Community College students from historically underrepresented groups rise to 36% from 35% of the total, driven in part by an increase in admissions of Latino transfer students - to 29% from 27%.
"We're delighted by the broad diversity of backgrounds and the academic quality of both our admitted first-year and transfer student class," said Gary Clark, UCLA's associate vice chancellor for enrollment management. "Our outreach and recruitment partnerships with underserved high schools, California community colleges and community-based organizations have allowed us to broaden access and opportunity for in-state students all across California."
The socioeconomic diversity of admitted freshman and transfer students also remained strong. UCLA increased the number of admitted first-year Californians who come from low-income families to 2,765 from 2,681. Similarly, first-generation students - those on track to be the first in their families to graduate from a four-year college - rose to 2,766 from 2,625 in 2023.
Admissions data for all nine UC undergraduate campuses and the UC system are available from the University of California Office of the President.