Less than third choice: 12.4 percent

WAS UC SAN DIEGO YOUR FIRST CHOICE?

(Most freshman are below drinking age)

Not at all: 78.8 percent

NUMBER OF YEARS EXPECTED TO TAKE TO GRADUATE FROM THIS COLLEGE

(Percentage reporting that in the past year they had ‘”frequently” … )

None, atheist or agnostic: 49.5 percent

Far right: 0.5 percent

Middle of the road: 42.2 percent

UC San Diego had an enrollment of 36,624 in fall 2017, making it San Diego County’s largest university. Here is how the school’s freshmen described themselves, their views and their interests as part of a nationwide survey conducted by UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute.

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