the university of california at a glance march 2019

The University of California improves the lives of people in California and around the world
through world-class educational opportunities, groundbreaking research, top-rated health care
and agricultural expertise. We are driven by values of public service in all we do.

uc system undergraduate snapshot

California resident 82.1%
10 Campuses
Nonresident 17.9%
5 Medical centers
3 National laboratories Community college transfer 28%
> lawrence berkeley
national laboratory First-generation students 41%
uc davis > lawrence livermore
national laboratory African American 4%
> los alamos
uc berkeley national laboratory Latino 24%
White 22%
Asian American 33%
ucsf uc merced
Graduation rate 4-year 5-year 6-year
uc santa cruz ucla
all students 66% 81% 84%
uc riverside pell students 60% 79% 82%
student financial aid
uc santa barbara Total financial aid $4.5 B
uc irvine Federal aid $1.69 B
uc san diego > Federal Pell grants $412 M
medical centers
> Undergrads who qualify for Pell grants 37%
University aid $1.64 B
education
State aid $984 M
Total enrollment 280,380
Private aid $180 M
Undergraduate students 222,493
CA undergrads with tuition fully covered 57%
Graduate students 57,887
Undergrads without loans at graduation 52%
Alumni 2.0 M
UC student debt at graduation (avg.) $20,200
More than 160 academic disciplines
National student loan debt (avg.) $30,100
More than 800 degree programs
the university of california offers one of the nation’s
uc has set a goal of producing 1.2m graduates by 2030. strongest financial aid programs.

faculty and staff honors and awards

Faculty 23,300 Nobel Prize winners 64
Other academic (postdocs, etc) 47,000 MacArthur “Genius” grants 89
Staff 157,400 National Medal of Science winners 63
Represented employees 59% Breakthrough Prize winners 12
uc is the state’s third largest employer. Pulitzer Prize winners 38
six of uc’s 10 campuses are members of the prestigious
62-member association of american universities (aau),
statistics drawn from most recent data available a representation no other state system can match.
the university of california at a glance march 2019

research impact medical centers and clinics

Inventions per day (avg.) 5 Outpatient visits 4.7 M
Inventions (fy 2017) 1,716 Emergency room visits 375,104
Startups founded on UC patents (to date) 1,125 Inpatient days by payer 174,839
Active inventions (fy 2017) 12,528 Medicare patients 31%
many of the california’s leading industries grew from Medi-Cal patients 36%
uc research, including biotechnology, computing, uc medical centers perform hundreds of clinical trials each
semiconductors, telecommunications and agriculture. year, resulting in new drugs and disease treatments.
research funding health sciences training program
Research awards $5.17 B Health professional schools 18
Federal research awards $2.94 B Health science students 14,459
Federal research contracts/grants 6,300 uc trains nearly half the medical students and medical
residents in california.
uc is awarded more nih and nsf funding than any other
institution in the country.
economic impact
k-12 educational outreach CA jobs supported by UC operations 430,000
Schools and Departments of Education 8 (1 in 46)

K-12 school partnerships 1,487 Economic impact of UC activities $46.3 B

Students reached by UC programs 186,580 Contributions to gross state product $32.8 B
uc research in nanotechnology, clean energy, neuroscience,
Participants who go on to college 70% genomics and medicine is helping drive the next wave of
uc plays a role in the education of millions of california california economic growth.
k-12 students, whether or not they are uc-bound.
uc revenue sources
agriculture and natural resources division
2018–19 Operating Budget $36.5 B
Cooperative Extension offices 58
CE Advisors and specialists 290
$1.2 B
$3.9 B
Agricultural station researchers 565 UC General funds
Tuition & fees
4.5%
Community volunteers 26,000 10.7% $4.5 B
uc has helped california become the nation’s top agricultural Government
state, with farm revenues of $50 billion. $3.8 B contracts & grants
State general funds 12.0%
10.3%

$8.1 B
Sales & services $11.5 B
22.0% Medical centers
32.0%
$2.7 B
Private support $0.4 B
7.0% Other Sources
1.0%

statistics drawn from most recent data available