UC System Accepts Record Number Of California Applicants

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The University of California has accepted a record number of freshmen and transfer students that includes the most ever from California for the 2019-20 academic year.

The university system said Monday its nine undergraduate campuses accepted 71,655 California freshmen and 26,700 students who will transfer from California community colleges. That's about 600 more California students than last year.

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UC schools have been under pressure to accept California residents so they can have a cheaper way to complete a four-year degree at the state's top public universities.

Nearly 218,000 prospective undergraduates applied for at least one UC school for fall 2019 during the application period that ended Nov. 30, according to figures released by the university system. They include about 177,000 applications to become freshmen.