Budget Cuts Lead to Lower Number of Accepted Students at the University of California: But Number of Admitted Black Students Increases

Due to budget cuts the number of students offered admission to the nine undergraduate campuses of the University of California is down nearly 4 percent this year. Of concern is how this reduction in the number of accepted students to the University of California will affect black enrollments.

This year, the number of black students accepted systemwide at the University of California is 2,366. This is up 2.2 percent from a year ago.

However, there are huge differences among the nine campuses. The number of black students accepted for admission at the University of California at Riverside has increased nearly 20 percent this year. But at the Davis, Irvine, and Santa Cruz campuses, the number of blacks accepted for admission is down more than 10 percent. At the two most prestigious campuses of the University of California at Berkeley and Los Angeles, black acceptances are down slightly.

Overall, blacks make up 4 percent of all students offered admission to the University of California. At the Riverside campus, 5.8 percent of all admitted students are black. At the San Diego campus, only 1.9 percent of all students offered admission are black.

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