🍊 Monday Gazette: December 23, 2024
✨This newsletter was written and scheduled before RG staff went on holiday break. We will return to regular work and
36,585 students accepted, surpassing UC Santa Cruz's previous high mark.
36,585 California first-year students were admitted to UCR this fall, beating second-place Santa Cruz by over 1,500 Students. 44,328 first-year students were admitted overall for fall 2024, a 4,000 increase from the previous year.
The UC Riverside admissions record also revealed that 2,054 Black first-year students were admitted to the campus, the second-most in the UC system after Santa Cruz. 15,747 low-income first-year students and 16,370 first-generation first-year students were also admitted to UCR.
Over the past ten years, UCR has seen a significant increase in enrollment. In the fall of 2024, 26,426 students enrolled, an increase of more than 5,000 students over the previous decade.
Read more of J.D. Warren’s story at UCR News.
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