UCLA acceptance rate and admissions statistics
UCLA admitted 13,659 of 145,086 first-year applicants in its 2025-26 Common Data Set, an official acceptance rate of 9.4%. 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 UCLA counts the grades, scores and activities they posted.
UCLA acceptance rate by year
| CDS year | Applied | Admitted | Acceptance rate | Enrolled | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 145,086 | 13,659 | 9.4% | 6,553 | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 146,276 | 13,114 | 9.0% | 6,610 | 50.4% |
| 2023-24 | 145,910 | 12,737 | 8.7% | 6,585 | 51.7% |
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 UCLA
Early decision counts: Not published. UCLA’s Common Data Set prints no early decision applicant or admit counts (section C21) for any year shown.
UCLA waitlist
UCLA SAT and ACT scores
SAT and ACT ranges: Not published. UCLA’s Common Data Set leaves section C9 blank for every year shown.
What UCLA 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 UCLA rated in the top two tiers.
- 2025-26
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Application essay
- Important: Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities, Volunteer work, Work experience
- 2024-25
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Application essay
- Important: Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities, Volunteer work, Work experience
- 2023-24
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Application essay
- Important: Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities, Volunteer work, Work experience
UCLA testing policy for students applying in 2026-27
Test blind. UCLA will not consider SAT or ACT scores for admission or scholarship purposes (University of California policy).
From UCLA’s admissions site, read 2026-11-05. Policies change; the college’s page is the authority.
How these numbers were read
UCLA's C1 leaves the total rows blank and prints counts by gender, so applied, admitted and enrolled are the sums of the printed gender rows. C9 is blank in every year because UCLA does not consider test scores, and UCLA has no early decision plan.
UCLA acceptance rate questions
- What is the UCLA acceptance rate?
- UCLA's Common Data Set for 2025-26 reports 145,086 first-year applicants and 13,659 admitted, an acceptance rate of 9.4%. It was 9.0% in 2024-25 and 8.7% in 2023-24.
- What SAT scores do UCLA students have?
- UCLA's Common Data Set publishes no SAT ranges for these years. Its current testing policy is below.
- How many students get off the UCLA waitlist?
- In 2025-26, UCLA offered 20,563 applicants a place on the waitlist; 13,612 accepted one, and 1,514 were admitted from it.
- Does UCLA require the SAT or ACT for students applying in 2026-27?
- Test blind. UCLA will not consider SAT or ACT scores for admission or scholarship purposes (University of California policy).
Applying to UCLA?
An acceptance rate describes the whole pool, not one student. A Specialist can read your student’s file against what UCLA says it weighs.
Source: UCLA Common Data Set, sections C1, C2, C7, C9 and C21, each year linked above, read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with UCLA. All official acceptance rates