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

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UCI welcomes students back to campus this week, starting its 53rd 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.

  1. alt placeholder At Monday's New Student Convocation, incoming Anteaters practice the "Zot! Zot! Zot!" hand gesture and rallying cry. Steve Zylius / UCI
  2. alt placeholder 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
  3. alt placeholder UCI mascot Peter the Anteater high-fives attendees at the New Student Convocation, among the first events of Welcome Week 2017. Steve Zylius / UCI
  4. alt placeholder 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
  5. alt placeholder 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
  6. alt placeholder Throngs of students move among the various booths set up in Aldrich Park for the Anteater Involvement Fair. Steve Zylius / UCI
  7. alt placeholder 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