Update from the Office of Enrollment Management
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Meredith Kelley, Interim Associate Provost for Enrollment Management
As planned, total university enrollment for Fall 2014 is trending somewhat lower than last year. Budgeted enrollment is 6,189, and we expect about 6,285 students across all three campuses. This compares to 6,421 last year (6,438 budgeted). Total enrollment on the Stockton campus is expected to be 5,165. The 2014 entering class includes 917 freshmen, 213 undergraduate transfer students, 210 pharmacy students and more than 300 graduate students.
Highlights of the new Freshman class
- Representation of students from historically underserved groups remained strong, reflecting Pacific's ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusiveness. Among entering freshmen, 16 percent are Hispanic. African-American students make up 3 percent of the entering class. Asian-American students represent 40 percent of the entering class.
- Among new freshmen, the average high school GPA is 3.48 and the average SAT score is 1,167.
- More than 83 percent of incoming freshmen are California residents.
- Nearly one in three entering freshmen come from the greater Stockton region (San Joaquin, Sacramento, Stanislaus and Calaveras counties).
- 9 percent come from outside the United States.
New transfer students will total about 213, well above last year's 178. The average GPA is 3.19. The vast majority of our new transfer students come from our local market (68%) and Northern California (19%).
The number of new graduate students who have confirmed for fall is 295 compared to 258 at this time last year. We expect the total number of new graduate students to be about 300.
Total enrollment for the Doctor of Pharmacy program is expected to be 621 students while the number of DDS students at the Dugoni School of Dentistry remains stable at 490. Overall enrollment at Dugoni is 511. Pacific McGeorge School of Law will enroll a new class of 155 (119 Day, 36 Evening), with a slight decrease in LSAT scores to an average of 152. Last year's entering class totaled 159. The total JD class will be about 564, compared to 638 last year. Overall enrollment at McGeorge is expected to be 609 compared to 673 last year Note: Anticipated numbers are confirmed in October, when the University compiles final fall enrollment information.