3 UC campuses are well under the 18% OOS and International enrollment caps:
UC Merced enrolled 99.3% of CA residents
UC Riverside enrolled 94.6% of CA residents
UC Santa Cruz enrolled 91.8% of CA residents
Again, OOS/International acceptance rates may be higher than in-state CA acceptance rates but enrolled rates are very low for the majority of the campuses. Even UCLA had 14.6% of OOS enrolled for 2021 and UCB had 13.5% OOS enrolled.
Some of the UCâs such as UCB/UCLA and UCSD were capped higher than 18%. The goal is to slowly reduce to 18% over the next few years.
Theyâre are plenty of fully qualified, highly diverse CA HS students that are able to fill every UC slot, so why have 20% or 15% or 10% go to OOS/international students? After all CA gets little to no return on an international student returning home to their home country after graduation (you canât make the same argument for OOS as they can stay in CA). Itâs all in the finances.
Unfortunately, high stats students, for the most part, donât care to apply at UCR or Merced. My daughterâs rational for this in 2017 was she didnât care to apply because she wouldnât go there. Sheâd rather go to Cal Poly, SDSU or out of state than Riverside or Merced.
I am posting the data for informational purposes. It is up to each individual student to decide where they want to apply, just showing that these campuses accept a large majority of in-state students.
Thatâs why a lot of CA kids end up at UO/UW/CU/UA/UU. Most feel its better option if they can afford it.
This is true and the reason we need viable oos options. My D17 would have been happy to go out of state if it was her best option. S15 did go out of state, unhappy with the commuter feel of the CSUs he was accepted to. My S23 wants badly to stay in state.
We are from CA but husband is in the military. Not our choice to not live in state but my D22 has to apply as OOS. To deny her the ability to apply at all or even get a slot is just not fair. No State completely bans OOS but most make it very difficult to get accepted.
Wow- I am surprised you have to apply as OOS. I would think there is a better option for our military kids! Where can you apply in state?
Posting UC admission rates for 2021 for informational purposes:
| Campus | Overall | California | OOS | International |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley | 14.5% | 16.8% | 14.1% | 8.0% |
| Davis | 49.0% | 39.0% | 80.8% | 67.6% |
| Irvine | 29.0% | 20.1% | 74.0% | 37.8% |
| Los Angeles | 10.8% | 10.1% | 13.9% | 9.1% |
| Merced | 95.6% | 99.7% | 71.8% | 59.2% |
| Riverside | 66.0% | 64.0% | 85.7% | 74.0% |
| San Diego | 34.3% | 28.5% | 59.3% | 30.9% |
| Santa Barbara | 29.2% | 28.0% | 36.3% | 27.4% |
| Santa Cruz | 58.9% | 54.5% | 82.2% | 70.2% |
Youâll notice the OOS rates of admittance are roughly equal to or greater than acceptance rates for in state, sometimes much greater. Just a money thing.
But they get a lot less applicants from OOS and international, so in absolute terms the bias is heavily weighted to CA residents. And yes it is a money thing, but one can make a case that non-CA and international students add to campus diversity and multitude of perspectives.
Agreed, but the reality is that at campuses like UCD, UCSD, etc., your chances of getting in are higher as an OOS/intl applicant than as an in-state student. As someone else suggested, if itâs just a money thing, lots of in-state students would be willing to pay OOS tuition.
well we are at in DC area right now and living in VA so we get in state consideration for my D22 here but she is not interested in a single VA school. Luckily we are not in the District- what do those poor kids do for in state schools? CA is her top choice- and she did not apply to UCB or UCLA. I also feel for the kids who live in states that have notoriously bad in state options.
Those admission rates alone do not say that â the context about the strength of applicant pools matters. It is entirely possible that the out-of-state applicant pools for many campuses are stronger than the in-state applicant pools.
Youâre right. That was too big a leap of logic on my part.
I think itâs pretty widely assumed that out of state applicants can get it with lower stats. USD with a 39% acceptance rate for in state and over 80% out of state is shocking. We have plenty of diversity right here in California. We donât need to import diversity.
Are you referring to UC Davis? There is a big difference between admitted and enrolled. Over the past 10+ years, UC Davis has enrolled the most California resident undergrads of all UC campuses.
They accepted 31k in state applicants, but thatâs out of 70k or so that applied. Their yield is lower than some of the other UCs, I get that.
