There will be fewer open seats for the record number of applicants hoping to get into UC Merced in the fall, and that will likely hold true for the next few years, administrators say. According to numbers released Friday by the University of California Office of the President, undergraduate applications to UC Merced for fall 2014 hit 17,469, a 1.6 percent increase compared with last fall. However, space constraints will limit the university’s total enrollment increase to 165 more students than last year at the same time, or up to about 6,360. J. Michael Thompson, associate vice chancellor for enrollment management, said he expects to increase enrollment by 300 in 2015 and 2016. The increases would be modest compared with about a decade of fast-paced growth. Read more here: mercedsunstar/2014/01/17/3447085/fewer-spots-for-highest-enbrollment.html#storylink=cpy
Posted on: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 08:49:30 +0000
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