{"id":1998350,"date":"2023-08-11T20:34:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T00:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-california-sees-record-high-number-of-in-state-applicants\/"},"modified":"2023-08-11T20:36:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T00:36:10","slug":"university-of-california-sees-record-high-number-of-in-state-applicants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-california-sees-record-high-number-of-in-state-applicants\/","title":{"rendered":"UC Sees Record In-State Applicants"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Funiversity-of-california-sees-record-high-number-of-in-state-applicants%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1998350&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The University of California Admits Record Number of California Freshman Applicants<\/h2>\n<p>The University of California (UC) has achieved a significant milestone by admitting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-extends-proxy-voting-policy-that-republicans-sued-her-over-last-year\/\" title=\"Pelosi Extends Proxy Voting Policy That Republicans Sued Her Over Last Year\">record-high number<\/a> \u200dof California freshman applicants for the \u20642023\u201324 school year. This accomplishment comes \u200cafter UC&#8217;s dedicated efforts to boost enrollment among\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/emergency-wisconsin-lawsuit-to-stop-certification-challenges-nearly-160000-votes\/\" title=\"Emergency Wisconsin Lawsuit To Stop Certification Challenges Nearly 160,000 Votes\">state residents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to UC officials, a total \u200dof\u200b 88,285 California freshmen have been\u200d admitted, marking a 3.5% increase from the previous year. This exciting \u200dnews was announced\u200d in an Aug. 8 press\u200d release.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, UC had already revealed its \u200cplans to enhance outreach\u200c initiatives in \u200dorder to attract more California applicants. These efforts have evidently paid off, resulting in a remarkable surge in admissions.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/sweet-smell-of-success-uci-scientists-discover-how-to-improve-cognition-by-over-200-percent-5458381\">UCI Scientists Discover How Fragrance Can Triple \u2062Cognition Level for Elderly<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-[14px] leading-[18px] text-[#737373]\">8\/10\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/oc-education-board-asks-state-to-allow-board-to-decide-on-its-own-voting-map-5450106\">OC \u2064Education Board Asks\u2064 State to\u2062 Allow Board to \u200bDecide on \u2062Its Own Voting Map<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-[14px] leading-[18px] text-[#737373]\">8\/7\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>California Governor Gavin Newsom had previously\u200b pledged to increase funding for both the UC \u200band the California State University systems\u200b if they \u200dfocused on improving graduation \u200dand enrollment rates, \u200dparticularly among California residents. In his 2023\u201324 budget, he fulfilled this\u2064 promise \u2062by allocating \u2063a \u200d5% funding \u2063boost, amounting to $216 million for UC in \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wash-gov-inslee-signs-bill-banning-sports-teams-use-of-native-american-mascots\/\" title=\"Wash. Gov. Inslee signs bill banning sports teams\u2019 use of Native American mascots\">upcoming school year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>UC President\u2063 Michael Drake\u2063 stated that a portion \u2064of the\u2062 additional \u2062funding will be utilized to \u200dreduce nonresident \u2064undergraduate enrollment and replace those \u2064seats with California\u200c students at UC&#8217;s Berkeley, San Diego, and Los Angeles campuses. This demonstrates UC&#8217;s\u200c commitment to supporting Californians in their pursuit of higher education.<\/p>\n<p>According to UC enrollment data, 83% of the\u2062 230,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-california-sees-record-high-number-of-in-state-applicants\/\" title=\"UC Sees Record In-State Applicants\">400\u2063 undergraduate\u200b students enrolled systemwide<\/a> in \u200dFall 2022 were California residents. \u2062Furthermore, UC has \u2062also achieved a record-high number \u200bof minority student\u200c admissions this year, with a 4% increase compared to the previous year. Among the minority groups, Latino students constitute \u200bthe largest percentage.<\/p>\n<p>This year, 37.6% of \u200badmitted students \u200dare Latino, slightly higher than the \u200d37.3% from last\u200d year. \u2064Additionally, 34.2% of\u2064 admitted students are Asian-American, 5.5% are black,\u200b and approximately 1% are Native American Indians. Notably, the number of Native American Indian students has seen an impressive 11.6% increase since 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Although the\u200c overall number of\u200c applicants for fall\u2062 2023 has decreased by 2% compared to last year, UC&#8217;s acceptance rate\u200b has \u200dslightly increased. The\u200d university \u200dhas admitted\u200d 3% more students this year, totaling \u2063157,446 \u200dadmissions compared to 152,907 in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Last year,\u200d UC Regents established a task force with the \u2063goal\u2063 of increasing undergraduate enrollment by 16,000, as\u200b well as the enrollment of resident graduate \u2064students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>that it would gradually increase enrollment of California residents by 10,000 over the next three years. The university&#8217;s efforts to attract more local students seem to be paying off, as the record-breaking number of admissions for the upcoming school year demonstrates a 3.5% increase compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":433,"featured_media":1998351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1998350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/433"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1998350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1998351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1998350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1998350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1998350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}