University of California Admits Record Number of Californians, Fewer Out-of-State Students

The University of California–Los Angeles in Westwood, Calif., on Jan. 22, 2018. Joyce Kuo/The Epoch Times

The University of California (UC) has shifted to favor more incoming students from California, versus out-of-state and international applicants for the 2022–23 school year.

According to data released by the UC system, which has nine undergraduate campuses, 85,268 freshmen students from within the state were admitted in 2022, up 1.2 percent from the 84,223 in 2021.