University spokesman Dan Mogulof said UC Berkeley now believes the Supreme Court decision will affect around 2,629 prospective students — fewer than the 3,050 applicants initially estimated.
As UC Berkeley wrestles with how to welcome as many students as possible this fall, university officials say fewer prospective students may get rejections slips because of a court-orderedBut the news won’t be as good for out-of-state, international and graduate students hoping to enter the prestigious university, as priority will be given to those who live in California.
UC Berkeley spokesman Dan Mogulof said in a statement Friday the university now believes it’ll have to accept 2,629 fewer students for in-person classes than planned after an Alameda County judge ordered it to freeze enrollment at the 2020-21 level. The university first thought it would have to accept 3,050 fewer students.
As a result, 5,370 students are now expected to be enrolled in the upcoming 2022-23 school year, or 500 more than the number attending the current academic year. The announcement came a day after the California Supreme Court upheld Superior Judge Brad Seligman’s August 2021 ruling that the university must freeze its total enrollment at 42,347 — the same level as in 2020-21, when fewer students than projected attended because of the pandemic.
Seligman imposed the cap after siding with a group of Berkeley residents who sued the university for allegedly violating the California Environmental Quality Act by failing to adequately address the impacts its planned growth would have on surrounding neighborhoods.
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