UC Berkeley Common Data Set 2025-26

CATest policy: Test-blind: SAT/ACT not considered even if submitted; SAT II Subject Test scores consideredCompare with other schools AP credit

Acceptance rate

11.4%

14,524 of 126,864

Early decision rate

No ED

SAT middle 50%

—

ACT middle 50%

—

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Admissions

AppliedC1	126,864
AdmittedC1	14,524
EnrolledC1	6,687
YieldC1	46%
Early decisionC21	Not offered
Early actionC22	Not offered

Waitlist

Offered a placeC2	9,102
Accepted a placeC2	6,479
Admitted from waitlistC2	0
Odds if you stay on the listC2	0%

Test scores and GPA

Submitted SATC9	—
Submitted ACTC9	—
SAT Reading & Writing (25th–75th)C9	—
SAT Math (25th–75th)C9	—
Average high school GPAC12	3.90
GPA of 4.0C11	39.8%
GPA 3.75–3.99C11	50.1%
GPA 3.50–3.74C11	8.1%
GPA below 3.50C11	2%

Cost and financial aid

Tuition, in-stateG1	$14,202
Tuition, out-of-stateG1	$53,472
Required feesG1	$4,262
Food and housingG1	$26,028
Need fully met (first-years)H2	34.4%
Average % of need metH2	88.4%
Average need-based packageH2	$39,656
Average need-based grantH2	$36,226

What admissions looks at

Rigor of secondary school recordVery important
Class rankNot considered
Academic GPAVery important
Standardized test scoresConsidered
Application essayVery important
Recommendation(s)Considered
InterviewNot considered
Extracurricular activitiesImportant
Talent/abilityConsidered
Character/personal qualitiesImportant
First generationConsidered
Alumni/ae relationNot considered
Geographical residenceNot considered
State residencyConsidered
Religious affiliation/commitmentNot considered
Volunteer workImportant
Work experienceImportant
Level of applicant's interestNot considered

From item C7.

Outcomes

UndergraduatesB1	33,513
First-year retentionB22	97%
4-year graduation rateB	—
6-year graduation rateB	93.7%

Notes on this filing

C1: applied, admitted and enrolled totals are sums of male and female counts (no total printed); they match the residency table (126864 / 14524 / 6687). Unknown-sex rows are blank.
C2: waitlist block printed three counts in order: offered 9102, accepted 6479, admitted 0 (filing marked 'Updated May 2026'). Waitlist not ranked.
C8A/C8F: C8A is marked Y (scores used), but the checkboxes say SAT/ACT are not considered even if submitted and C8A text says only SAT II Subject Tests are considered. Summary follows the checkboxes and C8A text; the inconsistency is flagged here.
C9: percent submitting SAT/ACT and score percentiles are not printed; left null.
C11: GPA bands use the 'All enrolled students' column. pct_below_3_50 = 1.4 + 0.3 + 0.2 + 0.1 + 0 + 0 = 2.0. The average GPA is from C12 (3.9); C12 submission rate of 1 is shown as 100.
B4-B11: four-year graduation rate is not printed (only counts), so null. Six-year rate 93.7 is the printed Fall 2019 cohort total rate (0.9370433701), rounded.
Retention: B22 printed 0.9703 for the Fall 2024 entering cohort (6074 of 6260), shown as 97.03.
B1 total undergraduates is 33513; B2 total for undergraduates is 33122. The difference is not explained in the filing.
G1: in-district and in-state tuition are both 14202; tuition varies by cohort year for undergraduates; first-year column used. Tuition is put in in-state and out-of-state fields because this is a public institution.
H2: first-time, full-time first-year column used. pct_with_need_awarded_aid is not printed (2783 of 2837 could be computed, but left null). pct_need_fully_met = 957 / 2783 = 34.4.
H1/H2: the 2025-2026 estimated vs 2024-2025 final checkbox could not be identified in the text, so the aid year is unclear.
H2 line A first-time first-year count (6654) differs from the B1 first-time first-year count (6687).

Source: UC Berkeley Common Data Set 2025-26 . “—” means the college left the item blank.