January 2019

Universities

Enrollment by Higher Education Segment

Resident Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Students

  2017-18
Actual
2018-19
Revised
2019-20
Proposed
Change from 2018-19
Amount Percent
California Community Colleges 1,125,224 1,132,757 1,136,214 3,457 0.3%
California State University          
Undergraduate 349,004 347,421 354,687 7,266 2.1%
Graduate/Other Postbaccalaureate 28,773 28,717 28,717
Teacher Credential 8,257 8,201 8,201
Subtotals (386,034) (384,340) (391,606) (7,266) (1.9)%
University of California          
Undergraduate 185,417 189,373 189,373
Graduate 36,687 36,203 36,203
Subtotals (222,104) (225,576) (225,576) (—) (—)
Hastings College of the Law 815 823 811 -12 -1.5%
Totals 1,734,176 1,743,496 1,754,207 10,711 0.6%
At CCC, 1 FTE student is 525 contact hours per year, which on average generates about 24 credits. For undergraduate education at the universities, 1 FTE student is 30 credit units. For graduate education, 1 FTE student is 24 credit units.
For CCC, the change in 2019-20 reflects a 0.3 percent reduction in baseline enrollment, offset by proposed growth of 0.6 percent.
For UC, the Governor's budget galley shows enrollment growth in 2019-20, but the proposed budget bill neither has funding for it nor provisional language requiring it.
For Hastings, reflects resident enrollment in its juris doctor program—its core academic program.