UC Berkeley acceptance rate and admissions statistics
UC Berkeley admitted 14,524 of 126,864 first-year applicants in its 2025-26 Common Data Set, an official acceptance rate of 11.4%. Every number below comes from the college’s own Common Data Set, each year linked to its document; a figure the college leaves blank says “Not published”, and the notes at the foot of the page say where a total is the sum of rows the college printed.
What did admitted applicants have? How to get into UC Berkeley counts the grades, scores and activities they posted.
UC Berkeley acceptance rate by year
| CDS year | Applied | Admitted | Acceptance rate | Enrolled | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 126,864 | 14,524 | 11.4% | 6,687 | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 124,245 | 13,714 | 11.0% | 6,272 | 45.7% |
| 2023-24 | 125,916 | 14,769 | 11.7% | 6,641 | 45.0% |
Acceptance rate is admitted divided by applied; yield is enrolled divided by admitted. Both are computed by Aristo Scholars from the two counts printed beside them.
Early decision at UC Berkeley
Early decision counts: Not published. UC Berkeley’s Common Data Set prints no early decision applicant or admit counts (section C21) for any year shown.
UC Berkeley waitlist
UC Berkeley SAT and ACT scores
SAT and ACT ranges: Not published. UC Berkeley’s Common Data Set leaves section C9 blank for every year shown.
What UC Berkeley says matters in admission
In section C7 each college rates its own admission factors as Very Important, Important, Considered or Not Considered. These are the factors UC Berkeley rated in the top two tiers.
- 2025-26
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Application essay
- Important: Extracurricular activities, Character/personal qualities, Volunteer work, Work experience
- 2024-25
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Application essay
- Important: Extracurricular activities, Character/personal qualities, Volunteer work, Work experience
- 2023-24
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Application essay
- Important: Extracurricular activities, Character/personal qualities, Volunteer work, Work experience
UC Berkeley testing policy for students applying in 2026-27
Test free / test blind. Berkeley's first-year requirements list no SAT or ACT requirement. The page links to the UC Regents decision that ended the SAT/ACT requirement and stopped scores being used in admission selection (University of California policy).
From UC Berkeley’s admissions site, read 2026-11-05. Policies change; the college’s page is the authority.
How these numbers were read
C9 is blank in every year because Berkeley does not consider test scores, and Berkeley has no early decision plan. The 2025-26 C2 prints 0 students admitted from the waitlist, noted 'Updated May 2026'.
UC Berkeley acceptance rate questions
- What is the UC Berkeley acceptance rate?
- UC Berkeley's Common Data Set for 2025-26 reports 126,864 first-year applicants and 14,524 admitted, an acceptance rate of 11.4%. It was 11.0% in 2024-25 and 11.7% in 2023-24.
- What SAT scores do UC Berkeley students have?
- UC Berkeley's Common Data Set publishes no SAT ranges for these years. Its current testing policy is below.
- How many students get off the UC Berkeley waitlist?
- In 2025-26, UC Berkeley offered 9,102 applicants a place on the waitlist; 6,479 accepted one, and 0 were admitted from it.
- Does UC Berkeley require the SAT or ACT for students applying in 2026-27?
- Test free / test blind. Berkeley's first-year requirements list no SAT or ACT requirement. The page links to the UC Regents decision that ended the SAT/ACT requirement and stopped scores being used in admission selection (University of California policy).
Applying to UC Berkeley?
An acceptance rate describes the whole pool, not one student. A Specialist can read your student’s file against what UC Berkeley says it weighs.
Source: UC Berkeley Common Data Set, sections C1, C2, C7, C9 and C21, each year linked above, read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with UC Berkeley. All official acceptance rates