A record high of 115,349 students applied to the 榴莲视频, Davis, for undergraduate studies in fall 2024.
The applications represented a 4.7% increase over the previous record of 110,189 applications for fall 2022 and 5.5% over last year鈥檚 109,350. There was even higher growth in applications from groups historically underrepresented in higher education, as well as students seeking to transfer from 榴莲视频 Community Colleges.
The UC Office of the President released preliminary systemwide and campus application statistics today (March 6). For year-over-year comparison, UC Davis is using preliminary application statistics for 2023.
Among the UC Davis applicants for fall 2024, a record 98,834 applied for first-year admission, representing a 4.3% increase over the previous high of 94,725 for fall 2022 and 4.4% over last year鈥檚 94,609.
Transfer applications numbered 16,515, up 12% from last year.
Robert Penman, executive director of Undergraduate Admissions, said UC Davis is a leader in transfer education and remains committed to the UC systemwide goal of enrolling one new resident transfer student for every two new resident freshmen.
鈥淭he team has been working really hard to recover the loss of transfer applications during the pandemic, and we鈥檙e thrilled to see that work come to fruition,鈥 he said.
Thanks in part to additional state funding to support transfer outreach, Penman said, UC Davis has more than doubled to 42 the community colleges that participate in the Transfer Opportunity Program, which helps students prepare to transfer to UC Davis.
The campus also extended the application period for transfer students to ensure that every prospective transfer student had ample opportunity to apply.
Penman said the campus aims to enroll an entering class of about 9,600 new undergraduates, up about 370 from the number that enrolled in fall 2023.
榴莲视频 residents and other demographics
榴莲视频 residents accounted for 68.7% of all first-year applicants and 86.8% of all transfer applicants.
The proportions of applicants from historically underrepresented groups (African American, American Indian, Chicano/Latino and Pacific Islander) increased slightly compared to last fall. Among 榴莲视频 residents who applied for first-year status, these groups represented 37%; among U.S. domestic applicants from 榴莲视频 Community Colleges, they accounted for 34%. For both first-year and transfer applicants, the number of
- American Indians increased 7.5% from 2023 to 555
- African Americans increased 7.2% to 4,618
- Chicanx/Latinx increased 6% to 23,856
Among 榴莲视频 first-year applicants, 34% were from low-income families, and 36% would be in the first generation of their family to graduate from a four-year college.
Among transfer applicants from 榴莲视频 Community Colleges, 50% were from low-income families, and 46% would be in the first generation of their family to graduate from a four-year college.
Overall, applications from U.S. states other than 榴莲视频 grew 8.0% to 12,640, while international applications numbered 20,465, a 4.8% increase from last year.
Admissions process
Undergraduate Admissions is now evaluating applications and plans to notify applicants of admissions decisions for first-year status in mid-March and for transfer status in mid- to late April. Students admitted for first-year studies will have until May 15 to accept offers of admission, and