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UC San Diego’s enrollment hit a record 45,087 last fall and helped the 10-campus University of California system avoid a significant drop in students while it was struggling with the loss of state and federal money and Pell grants.
The La Jolla school added 831 students, second only to UC Riverside, which gained 1,249. That resulted in a net increase of 1,686 systemwide.
The figure was expected to be much higher. However, financial issues led the Davis, Merced, Irvine, Santa Barbara and San Francisco campuses to tighten enrollment, which collectively dropped by 965. The biggest hit was at Davis, where enrollment fell by 656.
The system’s most popular campus, UCLA, added only 100 students, despite heavy demand globally for admission. Only 269 students were added at UC Berkeley, whose problems also include finding enough housing for students.
The slowdown wasn’t welcomed by many administrators in the UC, which raised systemwide enrollment by nearly 50,000 over the past decade to meet huge and ongoing student demand, especially from California residents.
UCSD has proven to be especially popular. More than 150,000 prospective freshmen and transfer students sought admission last year.
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