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.](/sites/default/files/styles/w/public/2019-09/new-student-stats-2019-new-crop.jpg)
![67% Female](/sites/default/files/styles/half__image/public/2019-09/new-student-stats-2019-02.jpg)
![63% California Residents](/sites/default/files/styles/half__image/public/2019-09/new-student-stats-2019-03.jpg)
![47% Born in California](/sites/default/files/styles/half__image/public/2019-09/new-student-stats-2019-04.jpg)
![22% first generation to college. A first-gen student holds the stomach of a pregnant dummy in the Kanbar simulation center.](/sites/default/files/styles/half__image/public/2019-09/new-student-stats-2019-05.jpg)
![41% first generation to grad school. A first-gen grad student holds up a tissue sample in a research lab.](/sites/default/files/styles/half__image/public/2019-09/new-student-stats-2019-06.jpg)
![Tanzania, farthest home country at 9835 miles away. A globe shows the distance between UCSF and Tanzania.](/sites/default/files/styles/w/public/2019-09/new-student-stats-2019-07.jpg)
![12% of students are international](/sites/default/files/styles/half__image/public/2019-09/new-student-stats-2019-08_1.jpg)
![Students are from 31 different countries](/sites/default/files/styles/half__image/public/2019-09/new-student-stats-2019-09_1.jpg)
![Students are from six continents](/sites/default/files/styles/half__image/public/2019-09/new-student-stats-2019-10_0.jpg)
The most common names are:
![Elizabeth with 12 students](/sites/default/files/styles/half__image/public/2019-09/new-student-stats-2019-11.jpg)
![Emily with 11 students](/sites/default/files/styles/half__image/public/2019-09/new-student-stats-2019-12.jpg)
![Stephanie with 8 students](/sites/default/files/styles/half__image/public/2019-09/new-student-stats-2019-13.jpg)
![The youngest student was born in 1999](/sites/default/files/styles/full_bleed_half__image/public/2019-09/new-student-stats-2019-14_0.jpg)
![The most common birth months are May and October](/sites/default/files/styles/half__image/public/2019-09/new-student-stats-2019-15_1.jpg)
The most common alma maters are:
![Berkeley logo](/sites/default/files/styles/half__image/public/2019-09/new-student-stats-2019-16.jpg)
![UCLA logo](/sites/default/files/styles/half__image/public/2019-09/new-student-stats-2019-17_0.jpg)
![UC Davis Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/half__image/public/2019-09/new-student-stats-2019-18.jpg)
![UC San Diego Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/half__image/public/2019-09/new-student-stats-2019-19.jpg)
![UC Irvine Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/half__image/public/2019-09/new-student-stats-2019-20.jpg)
![UC Santa Cruz Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/half__image/public/2019-09/new-student-stats-2019-21_0.jpg)
Source: Preliminary data from the UCSF Office of the Registrar and Office of Institutional Research.