Institutional Research and Academic Planning
IRAP collaborates with the Undergraduate Admissions office, Diversity and Engagement, and other departments at the Office of the President to provide analytical support to the UC administration and the Academic Senate's Board of Admissions & Relations with Schools (BOARS). IRAP also provides information to UC campuses to support meeting admissions targets.
Summary metrics can be found in the Undergraduate Admissions and Enrollment chapter of the UC Accountability Report (Chapter 1).
Interactive data dashboards can be explored at the UC Information Center's Undergraduate admissions subject area.
Undergraduate admissions content and analysis is separated into four categories below:
- Preliminary data on applications, admissions and statement of intent to register
- Final data on applications, admissions and first-time enrollment
- Information about outreach programs
- Topic briefs and reports
Preliminary data on applications and admissions
UC student data
IRAP webpageUC releases preliminary data on each of the three steps involved in becoming a UC student: prospective students who submit undergraduate applications; the applicants to whom UC offers admission; and the admitted applicants who intend to enroll at one of UC's campuses.
Final data on applications, admissions and first-time enrollment
Freshman admissions summary
UC Information CenterFreshman applicants, admits and enrollments by first-generation status, residency, ethnicity, high school GPA and gender.
Transfer admissions summary
UC Information CenterTransfer applicants, admits and enrollments by first-generation status, residency, ethnicity, transfer GPA and gender.
Freshman and transfer admissions by residency and ethnicity
UC Information CenterFreshman and transfer applicants, admits and enrollees by residency and ethnicity.
Freshman and transfer admissions by source school
UC Information CenterFall freshman and transfer applicants, admits, enrollees and mean GPA of applicants, admits and enrollees by California high school or California community college.
Transfers by major
UC Information CenterTransfer applicants, admits and enrollees by California community college, UC campus and major.
Geographic origins of entering undergraduates: freshmen
UC Accountability ReportThe percentage of new CA resident freshman enrollees whose home is within a 50-mile radius of the their campus.
Geographic origins of entering undergraduates: transfers
UC Accountability ReportThe percentage of new CA resident transfer enrollees whose home is within a 50-mile radius of the their campus.
Information about outreach programs
UC prepares diverse California K-12 students for college
UC Information CenterUC's college preparation programs serve a diverse group of young California students. Two-thirds of UC's college preparation program participants enroll in California public college systems.
UC prepares California community college students for university
uc information centerThe University of California's outreach programs prepare California students for college, graduate school, professional schools, and the workplace.
Topic briefs and reports
Analysis of potential use of Smarter Balanced scores in admissions and placement PDF
October 2021Analyses of SBAC scores in relation to UC admissions outcomes, as predictors of first year performance at UC (compared to HSGPA and SAT/ACT), as part of simulations of the UC guaranteed admissions pool, and as a potential method for writing placement.
Assessing alternatives to the academic performance index (API) for California public schools PDF
October 2020The Unduplicated Pupil Percentage (UPP) is the most suitable available alternative to the discontinued Academic Performance Index (API) metric for California public schools.
UC geographic data displays highlight pipeline diversity opportunities PDF
August 2020Institutional Research and Academic Planning has produced an array of resources that focus on geographic distributions of UC data and UC campus pipeline diversity information.
Grade inflation for top California students by high school affluence PDF
January 2020This brief analyzes the issue of grade inflation across California high schools and its ramifications for UC access and enrollment.
Relationship of the SAT/ACT to college performance at the University of California PDF
January 2020An analysis of the efficacy of using SAT/ACT test scores to evaluate college preparedness and predict college success, especially when compared to high school GPA.
Undergraduate transfers PDF
January 2016The University of California is committed to increasing the number of transfer students from California Community Colleges in the next few years.
IRAP experts and requests for additional information
IRAP experts: undergraduate admissions
Tongshan Chang | Matt Reed | Yang Yang
Requests and information