UCLA’s admission rate for transfers slightly increased, and the University of California is continuing to see an increase in its nonresident student population, according to data released by the UC Monday.
UCLA admitted 30 percent of transfer applicants for the 2014-2015 academic year, up from 29.1 percent the year before. The transfer admission rate for UCLA has fluctuated around 30 percent since the 2010-2011 academic year.
UC Berkeley remained the most selective campus for transfers, a distinction it has held for years, accepting 25.7 percent of transfer applicants this year.
Youlonda Copeland-Morgan, associate vice chancellor for enrollment management at UCLA, said in April that the campus intended to enroll 200 more transfer students for the 2014-2015 academic year.
The transfer population at UCLA has also become more diverse this year.
UCLA has seen an almost 20 percent increase in the number of Hispanic transfer students accepted this year, with about 1,090 students gaining admittance.
About 700 to 800 Hispanic transfer students were admitted each year in most of the past ten years, with the exception of 2013 and 2014, when greater numbers of Hispanic transfer students were admitted. The number is the highest in UCLA’s history.
Despite the increase in the number of Hispanic transfer admits, the total was still smaller than the number of white and Asian American transfer admits.
The data showing the UC’s yield rate was also released Monday in addition to the data on transfer admission.
According to the data, about 37 percent of freshmen admitted to UCLA chose to enroll, up from about 36 percent last year. UCLA expected a higher enrollment rate, so it accepted fewer students than it did last year, Copeland-Morgan said in April.
The number of out-of-state students is also increasing at the UC, with about 20 percent of enrolled freshmen coming from outside California for the 2014-2015 academic year. The year before, nonresidents made up 18.3 percent of the UC student population.
Out of nine UC campuses, UCLA had the highest percentage of nonresident students among its freshman enrollees, with about 30 percent of enrolled freshmen at UCLA coming from outside of California.
While some officials have considered capping the UC’s nonresident population at 10 percent, the University currently has no quota or limit on its nonresident population, said UC spokeswoman Dianne Klein.
Klein said the UC is expecting nonresidents to make up 13 percent of its total undergraduate population for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Many UC officials have said the University is increasing the number of nonresident students it accepts in order to counter decreasing financial support from the state, since out-of-state students typically pay a higher tuition to attend the UC.
The UC will open up its fall 2015 admission application on Aug. 1 – two months earlier than the norm – but it will still accept applications starting in November.
Compiled by Jeong Park, Bruin senior staff.