Back to School 2022

This back-to-school season marked a joyous return to in-person celebrations. Students gathered for events, including white coat ceremonies, a rite of passage signifying their entrance into the health professions. Read about those celebrations, a new first-generation nursing program, and support for graduate students pursuing PhD degrees.

Stories

A nursing student on the left and an agricultural worker hold up boxes of fruit

School of Nursing Partnership Expands Its First-Gen Program to Serve Salinas Valley

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A wall of a building in Mission Bay with "UCSF" signagge mounted

Curci Scholarship Will Boost Graduate Student Diversity

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About the New Class

Number of New Students

916

California Residents

56%

Countries Represented

First Generation College Students

30%

First Generation Graduate Students

49%

Top Alma Maters

UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Davis

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

Moments

a group of medical students in white coats take a selfie outdoors

UCSF School of Medicine students take a selfie ahead of their white coat ceremony on Aug. 8. The class of 2026’s ceremony was the first in-person white coat ceremony since 2019. Photo by Cindy Chew