Profile of Fall 2006 Transfer Class

• Fall 2001 Data
• Fall 2002 Data
• Fall 2003 Data - not available
• Fall 2004 Data
• Fall 2005 Data
• Fall 2006 Data
• Fall 2007 Data
• Fall 2008 Data

• Applicants / Admitted / Enrolled
• Academic and Personal Achievement
• Distribution by Diversity

Applicants / Admitted / Enrolled

• 8,777 applicants applied for fall 2006 admission, of whom 85% are currently California Community College students

• 6,245 applicants were offered admission, a 12% increase over fall 2005. Of these, 90% are attending a California Community College

• Approximately 1,600 transfer students are expected to enroll this fall

Academic and Personal Achievement

• 80% of admitted students report a grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher

• 88.4% of admitted students will complete 60 or more semester units prior to UC Irvine enrollment

• Preference for admission was given to California Community College students who will have completed 60 or more transferable units by the time of entry to UC Irvine and who have met minimum UC eligibility. Students admitted to the following majors have met all prerequisite courses required for admission to the major: Applied Ecology (not open 2007-2008), Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, all Economics majors, all Engineering majors, Information and Computer Sciences majors, Mathematics, and Physics.

• The largest proportion of entering transfer students will start UC Irvine as Social Science majors (38%), followed by Humanities (14.5%), Social Ecology (13.2%), Biological Sciences (9.7%), Engineering (6.3%), Physical Sciences (4.8%), Arts (4.4%), Health Sciences (4.3%), Information and Computer Sciences (4%), and Undecided/Undeclared (.8%).

Distribution by Diversity

• Various ethnicities are represented in the entering transfer students as follows: African-American 2.5%; Mexican-American 9.6%; Spanish-American 3.8%; American Indian 7%; Asian-American 42.6%; Caucasian 28.2%; Other 2.5%; and Decline to State 10.1%