The student body at the University of California, Davis, this year is the most diverse in the history of the campus, with nonwhite ethnic students making up more than 45 percent of undergraduates. This trend has increased at the same time overall enrollment has decreased -- 6 percent since the fall of 1990, when at 23,898 UC Davis had its highest student population. 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 22,442, a decrease of 44 students from last fall's enrollment and 7 more than anticipated. Freshman enrollments were 22 more than expected; transfer students, 49 more. Between 1990 and 1994, the number of students identifying themselves as American Indian, Asian, Black, Chicano, East Indian, Filipino, or Latino increased 16 percent, going from 7,388 to 8,598. The number of white students enrolled in fall 1994 is 19 percent fewer than in 1990, with 49.4 percent of the undergraduate student body comprising white students, according to a student ethnic census report by the student affairs research and information office. "This marks the fruition of important campus programs that have worked to recruit and select highly qualified students of diverse interests, ethnic groups and socioeconomic backgrounds to the campus," said Gary Tudor, director of admissions and outreach. "As a public institution that serves California, UC Davis aims to reflect the diversity that exists in the state." A profile of this fall's student body: Men account for 49.9 percent of the student population and women, 50.1 percent. On the general campus, 4,557 students are classified as freshmen; 3,012 as sophomores; 4,773 as juniors; 4,812 as seniors; 26 as "limited status"; 93 as teaching credential students; 1,408 as master's or professional degree candidates; and 1,830 as doctoral degree candidates. In the health sciences, 120 are designated as special undergraduates, 26 as master's degree candidates, 249 as doctoral degree candidates, 863 as professional degree candidates, and 673 as interns and residents. Of the 4,921 new undergraduates, 3,222 are first-time freshmen and 1,699 are transfer students. The three-quarter average for freshman enrollment is projected to be 3,542 and for seniors, 5,323. Nonwhite ethnic groups comprise at least 45.2 percent of all domestic undergraduates, up from 42.5 percent last fall. Of the 17,273 general campus undergraduates, 17,024 are U.S. citizens and 249 are foreign students. The ethnic breakdown among the U.S. students, contrasted with last year's figures (in parentheses), is: Caucasians, 49.4 percent or 8,403 (51.6 percent or 8,767); African American, 3.9 percent or 664 (4 percent or 687); American Indian, 1.2 percent or 209 (1.2 percent or 204); Chicano/Mexican American, 7.5 percent or 1,270 (7 percent or 1,186); Latino, 3.7 percent or 626 (3.6 percent or 606); Chinese, 11 percent or 1,872 (9.9 percent or 1,682); Japanese, 2 percent or 347 (2.2 percent or 367); Korean, 2.2 percent or 381 (2.3 percent or 383); Filipino, 3.2 percent or 549 (3.2 percent or 543); Polynesian, 0.4 percent or 67 (0.3 percent or 56); other Asians, 8.3 percent or 1,413 (7.2 percent or 1,221); East Indian/Pakistani, 1.8 percent or 300 (1.7 percent or 288); and 5.4 percent or 923 (5.9 percent or 999) 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 1993 Fall 1994 Undergraduate Colleges 17,206 17,273 Ag & Environmental Sciences 3,823 3,912 Engineering 2,298 2,438 Letters & Science 7,809 7,577 Division of Biological Sciences 3,276 3,346 Graduate Division 2,994 2,930 Professional Schools 2,286 2,239 Grad. School of Management 134 104 Law 475 467 Medicine 1,097 1,108 Veterinary Medicine 580 560 TOTAL 22,486 22,442