Some 400 fewer students are enrolled at the University of California, Davis, this fall quarter than last -- down slightly more than 1,000 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 22,889, a decrease of 413 students from last fall's enrollment but 174 more than anticipated. Freshman enrollments were one less than expected; transfer students, 63 more. Continuing students also exceeded projections. "Reduced enrollments have helped ease the pressures caused by several years of overcrowding," said Frank L. Rincon, vice chancellor for student affairs. "Though the University is expected to continue growing toward its approved target of 26,850 students by the year 2005, growth in the next few years may in fact level or decline. Temporarily reduced or level enrollment will enable the campus to better anticipate and respond to the state's and campus's economic difficulties." A profile of this fall's student body: Men account for 50.9 percent (11,660) of the student population and women, 49.1 percent (11,229). On the general campus, 4,137 students are classified as freshmen; 3,475 as sophomores; 4,638 as juniors; 5,140 as seniors; 23 as "limited status"; 95 as teaching credential students; 1,773 as master's or professional degree candidates; and 1,711 as doctoral degree candidates. In the health sciences, 108 are designated as special undergraduates, 21 as master's degree candidates, 226 as doctoral degree candidates, 895 as professional degree candidates, and 647 as interns and residents. Of the 4,407 new undergraduates, 2,944 are first-time freshmen and 1,463 are transfer students. The three-quarter average for freshman enrollment is projected to be 3,079 and for seniors, 5,775. Nonwhite ethnic groups comprise 40.2 percent of all domestic undergraduates, up from 38.3 percent last fall. Of the 17,508 general campus undergraduates, 17,307 are U.S. citizens and 201 are foreign students. The ethnic breakdown among the U.S. students, contrasted with last year's figures (in parentheses), is: Caucasians, 54.4 percent or 9,419 (56.6 percent or 10,015); African American, 4.1 percent or 702 (4.1 percent or 716); American Indian, 1.2 percent or 206 (1.1 percent or 189); Chicano/Mexican American, 6.3 percent or 1,090 (6 percent or 1,067); Latino, 3.5 percent or 607 (3.1 percent or 553); Chinese, 9.1 percent or 1,578 (8.6 percent or 1,523); Japanese, 2.3 percent or 406 (2.4 percent or 425); Korean, 2.4 percent or 417 (2.4 percent or 432); Filipino, 3.3 percent or 570 (3.3 percent or 591); Polynesian, 0.3 percent or 57 (0.3 percent or 54); other Asians, 6 percent or 1,047 (5.6 percent or 991); East Indian/Pakistani, 1.6 percent or 271 (1.4 percent or 243); and 5.4 percent or 937 (5.1 percent or 897) 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 1991 Fall 1992 Undergraduate Colleges 17,877 17,508 Ag & Environmental Sciences 3,923 3,862 Engineering 2,228 2,350 Letters & Science 8,696 8,182 Division of Biological Sciences 3,030 3,114 Graduate Division 3,023 3,075 Professional Schools 2,402 2,306 Grad. School of Management 183 171 Law 488 485 Medicine 1,138 1,081 Veterinary Medicine 593 569 TOTAL 23,302 22,889