Education
October 1, 2019

UCSF Incoming Class 2019: By the Numbers

Our newest UC San Francisco students come from all types backgrounds and from around the globe to study here to become the health professionals and researchers of the future.

You can read more about the happenings from this back-to-school season and explore more below about our new students.

935 new students. A group of new students walk across the Mission Bay quad.

67% Female

63% California Residents

47% Born in California

22% first generation to college. A first-gen student holds the stomach of a pregnant dummy in the Kanbar simulation center.

41% first generation to grad school. A first-gen grad student holds up a tissue sample in a research lab.

Tanzania, farthest home country at 9835 miles away. A globe shows the distance between UCSF and Tanzania.

12% of students are international

Students are from 31 different countries

Students are from six continents

The most common names are:

Elizabeth with 12 students

Emily with 11 students

Stephanie with 8 students

The youngest student was born in 1999

The most common birth months are May and October

The most common alma maters are:

Source: Preliminary data from the UCSF Office of the Registrar and Office of Institutional Research.