<p>The number of non-Californians accepted as freshmen to the state's premier public university has nearly doubled in just two years, the University of California reported Tuesday. </p>
<p>New admissions data show that UC has steadily increased its freshman admission offers to students from other states or nations, with nearly a quarter of all those admitted this fall - 23 percent, or 18,846 students - coming from elsewhere. Two years ago, just 14 percent of offers went to non-Californians, or 9,552.</p>
<p>Nonresidents pay nearly three times the tuition and fees of in-state students - about $36,000 compared with $13,000 - a tantalizing prospect for a university that has seen its budget cut by about a billion dollars during the last few years. </p>
<p>As cuts continue to rain down from Sacramento, UC has accepted more of these higher-paying students as part of its strategy.</p>
<p>It's a sensitive subject in California, where the perception is that carpetbaggers are displacing residents. </p>
<p>Even Gov. Jerry Brown weighed in after a speech Tuesday, saying, "I don't like that at all," when a reporter asked what he thought of the influx at UC.</p>
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