UC Berkeley Fall Enrollment Data

UC Berkeley Fall Enrollment Data

New Freshman Enrollment by Ethnicity

Ethnicity2015 Fall2016 Fall2017 Fall2015 Fall2016 Fall2017 Fall
African American/Black 157 158 186 2.8% 2.5% 2.9%
Mexican American/Chicano 500 629 633 9.0% 10.1% 9.9%
Other Hispanic/Latino 192 211 239 3.5% 3.4% 3.7%
Native American/Alaska Native 27 22 24 0.5% 0.4% 0.4%
Pacific Islander 9 12 11 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%
Chinese 1,082 1,215 1,185 19.5% 19.4% 18.6%
Filipino 164 192 203 3.0% 3.1% 3.2%
Japanese 104 87 94 1.9% 1.4% 1.5%
Korean 269 292 292 4.8% 4.7% 4.6%
Other Asian 91 61 68 1.6% 1.0% 1.1%
South Asian 496 616 663 8.9% 9.9% 10.4%
Vietnamese 176 177 176 3.2% 2.8% 2.8%
White 1,347 1,516 1,566 24.3% 24.2% 24.5%
Decline to State 269 321 299 4.8% 5.1% 4.7%
International 667 744 743 12.0% 11.9% 11.6%
Total 5,550 6,253 6,382 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Underrepresented Minority Subtotal 876 1,020 1,082 15.8% 16.3% 17.0%

New Transfer Enrollment by Ethnicity

Ethnicity2015 Fall2016 Fall2017 Fall2015 Fall2016 Fall2017 Fall
African American/Black 88 116 121 4.1% 4.5% 4.5%
Mexican American/Chicano 235 337 355 10.8% 13.1% 13.3%
Other Hispanic/Latino 110 136 131 5.1% 5.3% 4.9%
Native American/Alaska Native 21 19 14 1.0% 0.7% 0.5%
Pacific Islander 11 8 5 0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
Chinese 199 220 274 9.2% 8.5% 10.3%
Filipino 56 82 98 2.6% 3.2% 3.7%
Japanese 30 28 30 1.4% 1.1% 1.1%
Korean 70 87 93 3.2% 3.4% 3.5%
Other Asian 33 33 27 1.5% 1.3% 1.0%
South Asian 63 77 113 2.9% 3.0% 4.2%
Vietnamese 67 69 89 3.1% 2.7% 3.3%
White 673 730 726 31.0% 28.4% 27.2%
Decline to State 58 86 61 2.7% 3.3% 2.3%
International 456 546 533 21.0% 21.2% 20.0%
Total 2,170 2,574 2,670 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Underrepresented Minority Subtotal 454 608 621 20.9% 23.6% 23.3%

2017 Fall Total Enrollment by Level, Gender, and Ethnicity (See Trend Data)

UndergraduateGraduate2017 Fall Total
EthnicityFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
African American/Black 594 401 998* 224 172 397* 1,395*
Mexican American/Chicano 1,988 1,287 3,279* 264 228 492 3,771*
Other Hispanic/Latino 697 512 1,210* 205 210 415 1,625*
Native American/Alaska Native 95 66 162* 37 23 60 222*
Pacific Islander 35 25 60 8 3 11 71
Chinese 2,700 2,521 5,233* 465 393 858 6,091*
Filipino 565 401 967* 55 55 110 1,077*
Japanese 277 194 471 60 49 109 580
Korean 670 686 1,359* 94 88 182 1,541*
Other Asian 179 147 327* 132 96 229* 556*
South Asian 1,135 1,364 2,504* 117 231 348 2,852*
Vietnamese 552 380 932 83 52 136* 1,068*
White 3,961 3,787 7,770* 1,968 2,137 4,112* 11,882*
Decline to State 543 572 1,287* 417 473 892* 2,179*
International 1,975 2,015 4,015* 1,105 1,876 2,985* 7,000*
Total 15,966 14,358 30,574* 5,234 6,086 11,336 41,910*
Underrepresented Minority Subtotal 3,374 2,266 5,649 730 633 1,364 7,013
Total Percentage by Gender 52.2% 47.0% 46.2% 53.7%


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