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# UCR enrolls largest entering class in its history
- URL: https://www.raincrossgazette.com/noteworthy/ucr-enrolls-largest-entering-class-in-its-history/
- Published: 2026-01-09T20:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-22T13:49:53.000Z
- Author: Gazette Staff
- Tags: Education, #brief, #herald-noteworthy:695c376fbfcdd40001ea8cc4:0

UC Riverside [enrolled nearly 8,300 first-year and transfer students](https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2026/01/08/ucr-breaks-record-size-entering-class?ref=raincrossgazette.com) in fall 2025—the largest entering class in university history—with 96% being California residents.