This fall, the University of California system is growing its freshman class by 3,017 slots from 85,268 students to 88,285. Black students aren’t getting a single one of the new slots according to preliminary University of California data analyzed by The Center Square.
- Hispanics gained 1,435 slots in the newly expanded freshman class.
- Whites gained 982 spots in the class.
- Asian Americans grew by 359 positions.
- Native Americans obtained 60 additional admissions.
African-Americans remained exactly the same with 4,855 spots in the freshman class in 2022 and 2023 while their percentage of those admitted to the freshman class declined 17% from 6% of all incoming freshmen in 2022 to 5% of freshmen in 2023. If Blacks had remained the same proportion of the class, they would have gained more than 150 seats in freshman classrooms.