Extended Studies Wrapped 2025: Your Year in Learning, Unleashed

Powered by coffee and occasionally questionable Wi-Fi, UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies students made 2025 one for the highlight reel. Let’s hit play.

You logged 2,350 minutes of online lectures, mastering the perfect blend of “engaged learner” and “strategic multitasker.” With 77,901 course enrollments, the vibe was unmistakable: lifelong learning meets promotion pending.

Your Top Certificates of 2025

You fully entered your career transformation era with standout programs like:

• Copyediting
   
• Lactation Consultant: Pathway 2
   
• Community Health Worker
   
• Paralegal Studies
   
• Project Management

And yes—your capstone projects? Completed at 11:59 p.m., on brand, every time. Your portfolio is basically a curated highlight reel at this point.

Discussion boards were another hit track this year, with replies that were equal parts thoughtful and exactly what instructors meant by “meaningful engagement.”

Your most-binged UCTV program was Ultrasound: An Early View of Baby, clocking a staggering 5.6 million watches. You replayed it, shared it, and probably recommended it to at least three friends.

Behind the scenes, Extended Studies collaborated with 43 campus partners, giving your learning journey more collaborators than a chart-topping pop album.

And speaking of hits—this year’s Platinum Feature, the Burke Lectureship Series, brought together 750 live attendees and 2,000 streams, with award-winning journalist Nicholas Kristof delivering the insight while you delivered the engagement.

Thanks for making 2025 chart-topping. Here’s to more growth, more curiosity, and a 2026 that’s ready to hit repeat.

Division of Extended Studies leadership members, from left to right: Laura Fandino, Gurpreet Dhiman, Shannon McDonald, Ed Abeyta, Hugo Villar, Patti Juza,
Morgan Appel, Cristal Rivera; in front: Josh Shapiro.