UC Berkeley Fall Enrollment Data

New Freshman Enrollment by Ethnicity

Ethnicity2014 Fall2015 Fall2016 Fall2014 Fall2015 Fall2016 Fall
African American/Black 159 157 158 2.9% 2.8% 2.5%
Mexican American/Chicano 557 500 629 10.2% 9.0% 10.1%
Other Hispanic/Latino 187 192 211 3.4% 3.5% 3.4%
Native American/Alaska Native 42 27 22 0.8% 0.5% 0.4%
Pacific Islander 5 9 12 0.1% 0.2% 0.2%
Chinese 1,078 1,082 1,215 19.7% 19.5% 19.4%
Filipino 155 164 192 2.8% 3.0% 3.1%
Japanese 101 104 87 1.8% 1.9% 1.4%
Korean 242 269 292 4.4% 4.8% 4.7%
Other Asian 78 91 61 1.4% 1.6% 1.0%
South Asian 411 496 616 7.5% 8.9% 9.9%
Vietnamese 170 176 177 3.1% 3.2% 2.8%
White 1,363 1,347 1,516 24.9% 24.3% 24.2%
Decline to State 211 269 321 3.9% 4.8% 5.1%
International 707 667 744 12.9% 12.0% 11.9%
Total 5,466 5,550 6,253 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Underrepresented Minority Subtotal 945 876 1,020 17.3% 15.8% 16.3%

New Transfer Enrollment by Ethnicity

Ethnicity2014 Fall2015 Fall2016 Fall2014 Fall2015 Fall2016 Fall
African American/Black 97 88 116 4.4% 4.1% 4.5%
Mexican American/Chicano 248 235 337 11.3% 10.8% 13.1%
Other Hispanic/Latino 99 110 136 4.5% 5.1% 5.3%
Native American/Alaska Native 24 21 19 1.1% 1.0% 0.7%
Pacific Islander 9 11 8 0.4% 0.5% 0.3%
Chinese 258 199 220 11.8% 9.2% 8.5%
Filipino 62 56 82 2.8% 2.6% 3.2%
Japanese 26 30 28 1.2% 1.4% 1.1%
Korean 73 70 87 3.3% 3.2% 3.4%
Other Asian 29 33 33 1.3% 1.5% 1.3%
South Asian 52 63 77 2.4% 2.9% 3.0%
Vietnamese 52 67 69 2.4% 3.1% 2.7%
White 618 673 730 28.3% 31.0% 28.4%
Decline to State 55 58 86 2.5% 2.7% 3.3%
International 485 456 546 22.2% 21.0% 21.2%
Total 2,187 2,170 2,574 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Underrepresented Minority Subtotal 468 454 608 21.4% 20.9% 23.6%

2016 Fall Total Enrollment by Level, Gender, and Ethnicity (See Trend Data)

UndergraduateGraduate2016 Fall Total
EthnicityFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
African American/Black 551 393 947* 231 174 405 1,352*
Mexican American/Chicano 1,810 1,243 3,056* 231 200 431 3,487*
Other Hispanic/Latino 625 477 1,102 205 196 401 1,503
Native American/Alaska Native 100 71 172* 46 24 70 242*
Pacific Islander 33 25 58 4 0 4 62
Chinese 2,592 2,445 5,050* 437 351 788 5,838*
Filipino 509 358 867 59 58 117 984
Japanese 263 198 461 61 52 113 574
Korean 660 686 1,347* 88 83 171 1,518*
Other Asian 189 142 331 123 87 210 541
South Asian 1,041 1,194 2,240* 126 227 353 2,593*
Vietnamese 526 381 907 73 39 112 1,019
White 3,800 3,778 7,594* 1,933 2,153 4,088* 11,682*
Decline to State 504 504 1,199* 405 519 925* 2,124*
International 1,943 2,005 3,979* 958 1,716 2,675* 6,654*
Total 15,146 13,900 29,310* 4,980 5,879 10,863* 40,173*
Underrepresented Minority Subtotal 3,086 2,184 5,277 713 594 1,307 6,584
Total Percentage by Gender 51.7% 47.4% 45.8% 54.1%


* Includes students' gender listed as "Decline to State."