Fast Facts

Undergraduate Applications (Fall 2015):

The application period for fall 2015 closed on Nov. 30 with 81,080 freshman and undergraduate transfer student applications. That is an increase of more than 2 percent from last year’s record 79,135 applications for fall 2014.

First-Time Freshmen Profile (Fall 2016):

  • Avg. high school GPA - 3.68
  • Avg. high school SAT (two part) - 1,117
  • Ave. high school ACT - 25.2

Transfer Student Profile (Fall 2016):

  • Avg. GPA - 3.26

Average Units Taken (Fall 2016):

  • First-time freshmen - 15.0
  • Undergraduate - 14.0
  • Graduate - 9.9

Student Enrollment by Gender (Fall 2016):

Men Women Total
Undergraduate 13,414 15,632 29,046
Post Bacc 130 379 515
Master's 1,488 2,123 3,611
Doctoral 235 371 606
Graduate 1,859 2,873 4,732
Total 15,273 18,505 33,778

Student Diversity/Enrollment by Ethnicity (Fall 2016)
calculated as percent of total enrollment:

African American 4.0%
Native American 0.3%
Filipino 5.9%
Asian 7.3%
Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian 0.3%
International 8.3%
Hispanic/Latino 28.1%
Multiple Ethnicities 5.9%
White 34.6%
Other/Not Stated 4.9%

Enrollment by College (Fall 2016):

Undergraduate Graduate Total
Arts & Letters 3,871 445 4,316
Business 5,394 513 5,907
Education 1,059 792 1,851
Engineering 3,717 386 4,103
Health & Human Services 4,109 888 4,997
Professional Studies & Fine Arts 4,537 320 4,857
Sciences 4,858 890 5,748
Undergraduate Studies 1,501 465 1,966
Graduate Division 33 33
Imperial Valley Campus 828 104 932

Degrees Awarded (2015-2016):

  • Bachelor's - 6,840
  • Master's - 1,814
  • Doctoral - 142

*Graduation Rates:

  • 6 years: 74.1%
  • 5 years: 67.3%
  • 4 years: 37%

  • *Percent of full-time, first-time freshmen who enrolled in Fall 2010 and graduated within 4, 5 and 6 years of entry.

For more information please visit the university's Analytic Studies and Institutional Research website.

This page is updated with the most current information as of November 2016. Information will be updated after each university census occurs.