California OOS and International Acceptance Rate

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So I know there was some controversy dealing with the out of state acceptances for the class of 2017.
Just curious for the class of 2018 will the 20% max OOS state rule be put into effect?
Also if it is, are International students part of the OOS for the capping? (AKA 80% students are Californians)

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University of California regents on Thursday approved the first limit on out-of-state and international student enrollment, settling for now a prolonged fight over who gets admitted to the prestigious public research university.

Regents voted to cap nonresident undergraduate enrollment to 18% at UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, UC Riverside and UC Merced. Four campuses that already exceed that level — UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego and UC Irvine — will be allowed to keep but not increase the higher percentage they enroll in 2017-18.
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This is proposal was approved as stated above and it does include International applicants.

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Note that the percentage of OOS/International students in the UC system will probably continue to grow for the foreseeable future, despite the newly imposed cap.

These five campuses are currently under the 18% cap (in some cases, way under). So all of these campuses are free to admit more OOS/international students, if they choose to do so. And they probably will.

These four campuses have now hit their caps. They can’t increase the percentage of OOS/INT students, but they don’t have to reduce it either.

So the percentage of OOS/INT students will probably stay about the same at UCB, UCLA, UCSD, and UCI. However, it will probably continue to rise at UCD, UCSB, UCSC, UCR, and UCM, which means that it will keep rising for the UC system as a whole.

Since UCB, UCLA, UCSD, and UCI are now capped, it is likely that OOS/INT admissions at these campuses will become increasingly competitive (even more than they are now). It wouldn’t surprise me if OOS/INT applications rise significantly at UCD and UCSB. The odds for OOS/INT admission will probably be better at the “under cap” campuses, and UCD and UCSB are arguably the most attractive options in that group.

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My question is whether the 20% OOS/International or 20% of each. Because according to last year stats, UC’s --like Berkeley-- had 37.78% of the admits be OOS and International. Does that mean next year it will be less than or equal to that or is it 20% for both OOS and International.

It’s a little confusing.

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The cap is on non-residents which are OOS and International students combined.

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@dingdonguc The cap is on enrolled students not admitted students. The yield for OOS students is significantly lower than the yield for in-state students.

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It’s confusing because you are mixing up unrelated statistics.

  • For Fall 2016, the UC system (all campuses) admitted a total of 105,078 freshmen applicants. Of those, 34,200, or 32.6%, were OOS or international. Obviously that number is well above 20%. But it doesn't matter, because the 20% cap doesn't apply to freshman admits.
  • The cap applies instead to total enrolled students. And OOS/INT students are less likely to enroll (i.e., they have a lower "yield"). For Fall 2016, the UC system (all campuses) enrolled a total of 47,409 new freshmen. Of those, only 9,096, or 19.2%, were OOS/INT.
  • Furthermore, the UC system also enrolls lots of new transfer students every year, not just new freshmen. There are relatively few OOS/INT transfers, so the transfer students further reduce the percentage of OOS/INT students in the total enrollment. For Fall 2016, the UC system (all campuses) enrolled a total of 210,170 undergraduates. Of those, only 34,673, or 16.5%, were OOS/INT.

So the UC system has now capped the percentage of OOS/INT students at approximately 20% of total systemwide enrollment. But currently, OOS/INT students are only about 16.5% of total systemwide enrollment. This means that the UC system can actually continue to increase the percentage of OOS/INT students, despite the cap.

There isn’t really a 20% systemwide cap; there are different caps for each campus, which may be slightly higher or lower than 20%. The new caps will probably make it harder for OOS/INT students to get into UCB, UCLA, UCSD, and UCI, because those campuses have hit their caps. However, the new caps won’t affect OOS/INT admissions at UCD, UCSB, UCSC, UCR, or UCM (at least not yet), because those campuses are currently under their caps.

All data from: https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter