UC enrolls record number of California undergrads in fall 2023, cuts out-of-state students

California undergraduate students climbed to 194,571, or 83.4% of the enrolled fall class last year, according to UC data released Friday. That included 42,058 first-year students, a 5% increase over fall 2022, with higher numbers at eight of the nine undergraduate campuses. UC San Diego enrolled the largest number of California first-year students - 5,547 - while UC Irvine and UC Santa Cruz saw the biggest growth of state students, each adding more than 500 students to their fall 2023 first-year class.

UC increased the number of enrolled students across most ethnic and racial categories. Asian Americans made up 36.3% of undergraduates in fall 2023, followed by Latinos at 26.2%, white students at 20.3%, Black students at 4.6%, American Indians at 0.6% and Pacific Islanders at 0.2%. The U.S. Supreme Court ruling banning affirmative action in college admissions last year did not affect UC; California law has long prevented the use of race in public education, employment and contracting.

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