Some 400 fewer students are enrolled at the University of California, Davis, this fall quarter than last -- down slightly more than 1,400 since fall of 1990. The gradual downturn is the result of continuing efforts to align actual enrollments with the number of students funded by the state. Final fall term figures show a total enrollment of 22,486, a decrease of 403 students from last fall's enrollment and 212 fewer than anticipated. Freshman enrollments were 24 more than expected; transfer students, 2 fewer. Continuing students fell short of projections, in part due to a higher-than-normal summer graduation rate. "Reduced enrollments have continued to help ease the pressures of overcrowding," said Frank L. Rincon, vice chancellor for student affairs. "While we expect to grow toward our long-range goal of 26,850 students by the year 2005, this continued gradual decline in growth will permit us more flexibility to offer courses and services to our students." A profile of this fall's student body: Men account for 50.6 percent (11,377) of the student population and women, 49.4 percent (11,109). On the general campus, 4,454 students are classified as freshmen; 2,923 as sophomores; 4,445 as juniors; 5,279 as seniors; 16 as "limited status"; 89 as teaching credential students; 1,591 as master's or professional degree candidates; and 1,752 as doctoral degree candidates. In the health sciences, 111 are designated as special undergraduates, 22 as master's degree candidates, 238 as doctoral degree candidates, 903 as professional degree candidates, and 663 as interns and residents. Of the 4,572 new undergraduates, 3,124 are first-time freshmen and 1,448 are transfer students. The three-quarter average for freshman enrollment is projected to be 3,330 and for seniors, 5,640. Nonwhite ethnic groups comprise 42.6 percent of all domestic undergraduates, up from 40.2 percent last fall. Of the 17,206 general campus undergraduates, 16,989 are U.S. citizens and 217 are foreign students. The ethnic breakdown among the U.S. students, contrasted with last year's figures (in parentheses), is: Caucasians, 51.6 percent or 8,767 (54.4 percent or 9,419); African American, 4 percent or 687 (4.1 percent or 702); American Indian, 1.2 percent or 204 (1.2 percent or 206); Chicano/Mexican American, 7 percent or 1,186 (6.3 percent or 1,090); Latino, 3.6 percent or 606 (3.5 percent or 607); Chinese, 9.9 percent or 1,682 (9.1 percent or 1,578); Japanese, 2.2 percent or 367 (2.3 percent or 406); Korean, 2.3 percent or 383 (2.4 percent or 417); Filipino, 3.2 percent or 543 (3.3 percent or 570); Polynesian, 0.3 percent or 56 (0.3 percent or 57); other Asians, 7.2 percent or 1,221 (6 percent or 1,047); East Indian/Pakistani, 1.7 percent or 288 (1.6 percent or 271); and 5.9 percent or 999 (5.4 percent or 937) are of other ethnic backgrounds or declined to state ethnicity. Here is a comparison of actual fall quarter enrollments from last year to this: Fall 1992 Fall 1993 Undergraduate Colleges 17,508 17,206 Ag & Environmental Sciences 3,862 3,823 Engineering 2,350 2,298 Letters & Science 8,182 7,809 Division of Biological Sciences 3,114 3,276 Graduate Division 3,075 2,994 Professional Schools 2,306 2,286 Grad. School of Management 171 134 Law 485 475 Medicine 1,081 1,097 Veterinary Medicine 569 580 TOTAL 22,889 22,486