Many of those students are being steered toward UC’s La Jolla and Irvine campuses, which still have room to grow. The growth also is occurring because larger numbers of California high school students are meeting the eligibility requirements for entry to the UC system. Upwards of 6,200 of those students could enroll next year. The estimate reflects the fact that the University of California Board of Regents is considering adding 20,000 students systemwide by 2030. The figure is likely to go much higher, and not simply because a Blue Line trolley station will open on campus next month, linking it to commuter students who live as far away as San Ysidro.Ĭhancellor Pradeep Khosla told the San Diego Union-Tribune in September that the school is facing long-term growth pressures that could push enrollment to 50,000 within a decade, making the campus among the largest in the western U.S. The school now has roughly 7,300 more students than San Diego State and nearly 26,000 more than Stanford.
But the increase is the largest in the institution’s 61-year history and means that UCSD has reached its planned capacity of 42,400 almost 15 years early. Fall enrollment at UC San Diego has hit 42,875, smashing the university’s record by 2,392 and contributing to a campus housing shortage and crowding problems that have frustrated many students.
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