September 28, 2017

Back to school: By the numbers

With Welcome Week underway, we take stock of new stats

By Megan Cole / UCI

At Monday's New Student Convocation, incoming Anteaters practice the "Zot! Zot! Zot!" hand gesture and rallying cry. Steve Zylius / UCI

UCI welcomes students back to campus this week, starting its 53^rd year with a record number of enrollees. More than 34,000 students will return to classes after a series of Welcome Week festivities, including the New Student Convocation, the Anteater Involvement Fair, Late Night at the ARC, the Aldrich Park After Dark concert and the Screen on the Green movie showing.

At Monday's New Student Convocation, incoming Anteaters practice the "Zot! Zot! Zot!" hand gesture and rallying cry. Steve Zylius / UCI
Lydia Natoolo, president of the Associated Students of UCI, addresses freshmen and transferees gathered Monday at the Bren Events Center for the New Student Convocation. Steve Zylius / UCI
UCI mascot Peter the Anteater high-fives attendees at the New Student Convocation, among the first events of Welcome Week 2017. Steve Zylius / UCI
Members of the UCI Music Club croon a tune at Monday's Anteater Involvement Fair in Aldrich Park. They were promoting an open jam and first general meeting on Oct. 5. Steve Zylius / UCI
The International Peer Group - which provides support and guidance to first-year international students - was one of more than 400 clubs and departments represented at 2017's Anteater Involvement Fair. Steve Zylius / UCI
Throngs of students move among the various booths set up in Aldrich Park for the Anteater Involvement Fair. Steve Zylius / UCI
Members of the campus's Chinese Association make their pitch at UCI's 2017 Anteater Involvement Fair. Steve Zylius / UCI

Here’s a by-the-numbers look at UCI as it enters the new academic year:

Number of applications received for fall 2017: 104,672
Total number of 2017-18 students (undergraduate and graduate): 34,600 (estimated)
Number of students UCI’s on-campus housing can accommodate: 13,992
Number of students who attended convocation: 5,700
Number of students who attended SPOP 2017: 5,563
Number of parents who attended SPOP 2017: 3,430
Number of new transfer students: 3,070 (estimated)
Square feet of UCI’s new food pantry in parking lot 5: 1,818
Number of student clubs: 633
Number of clubs and departments at the Anteater Involvement Fair: 409
Number of degree programs: 192
Percentage of new students surveyed after SPOP whose first-choice school was UCI: 84
Number of new faculty: 58
Percentage of incoming transfer students who are first-generation: 54
Percentage of California-resident freshmen who are first-generation: 52
Number of sororities: 25
Number of fraternities: 24
Number of sports teams: 18 (nine men’s, nine women’s)
Number of deans who attended convocation: 12 (plus Peter the Anteater, the Spirit Squad, the Anteater Band, and Antourage leaders throwing shirts to the crowd)
Average weighted capped GPA of incoming students: 4.0
Number of Starbucks locations on campus: 4
Number of football teams: 0

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