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UCLA Common Data Set 2025-26
CATest policy: Test-blind for admission (SAT/ACT not considered); scores used for academic advising and placement (SAT, ACT, AP)Compare with other schoolsAP credit
Acceptance rate
9.4%
13,659 of 145,086
Early decision rate
No ED
SAT middle 50%
—
ACT middle 50%
—
Who got into UCLA: GPA and SAT of reported applicants
Accepted 468Waitlisted 308Rejected 508Preview
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GPA and SAT of 1284 reported applicants, accepted vs. rejected.
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| AppliedC1 | 145,086 |
| AdmittedC1 | 13,659 |
| EnrolledC1 | 6,553 |
| YieldC1 | 48% |
| Early decisionC21 | Not offered |
| Early actionC22 | Not offered |
Waitlist
| Offered a placeC2 | 20,563 |
| Accepted a placeC2 | 13,612 |
| Admitted from waitlistC2 | 1,514 |
| Odds if you stay on the listC2 | 11.1% |
Test scores and GPA
| Submitted SATC9 | — |
| Submitted ACTC9 | — |
| SAT Reading & Writing (25th–75th)C9 | — |
| SAT Math (25th–75th)C9 | — |
| Average high school GPAC12 | 3.94 |
| GPA of 4.0C11 | 58.8% |
| GPA 3.75–3.99C11 | 34.6% |
| GPA 3.50–3.74C11 | 4.9% |
| GPA below 3.50C11 | 1.7% |
Cost and financial aid
| Tuition, in-stateG1 | $14,202 |
| Tuition, out-of-stateG1 | $53,472 |
| Required feesG1 | $2,181 |
| Food and housingG1 | $19,779 |
| Need fully met (first-years)H2 | 27% |
| Average % of need metH2 | 91% |
| Average need-based packageH2 | $34,312 |
| Average need-based grantH2 | $29,317 |
What admissions looks at
- Rigor of secondary school recordVery important
- Class rankNot considered
- Academic GPAVery important
- Standardized test scoresNot considered
- Application essayVery important
- Recommendation(s)Not considered
- InterviewNot considered
- Extracurricular activitiesImportant
- Talent/abilityImportant
- Character/personal qualitiesImportant
- First generationConsidered
- Alumni/ae relationNot considered
- Geographical residenceConsidered
- State residencyConsidered
- Religious affiliation/commitmentNot considered
- Volunteer workImportant
- Work experienceImportant
- Level of applicant's interestNot considered
From item C7.
Outcomes
| UndergraduatesB1 | 33,534 |
| First-year retentionB22 | 97% |
| 4-year graduation rateB | — |
| 6-year graduation rateB | 92.8% |
Notes on this filing
- Applicants, admits and enrollees are the sums of the men/women/unknown-sex rows in C1 (no total printed): 145086, 13659, 6553.
- C1 enrollee total (6553) differs from the B2 first-time first-year total (6551); not reconciled.
- C2: waitlist counts mapped by position (offered 20563, accepted place 13612, admitted 1514); labels were cut off in the PDF.
- C2: waitlist is not ranked.
- C8A: SAT/ACT not used in admission; C8D says yes to academic advising; C8F clarification blank; C8G lists SAT, ACT and AP for placement.
- C9/C10/C11 test score percentiles and submission percentages are blank; SAT composite range table total shows 0.00 with no range values, so not used.
- C12 average GPA 3.94 and submission rate 99.80 reported.
- B4-B21: 4-year graduation rate is not printed (completers in four years 5098 of 5919 final cohort, Fall 2019); 6-year rate of 92.80 is printed and used.
- B22 retention rate printed as 97.
- H2: pct_with_need_awarded_aid not printed as a value; left null. pct_need_fully_met computed as line h (724) / line d (2684) = 27.0.
- G1: public institution; in-state and out-of-state tuition given for first-year; tuition left null.
- Financial aid data from the 2025-2026 estimated column (H1 header).
Source: UCLA Common Data Set 2025-26 . “—” means the college left the item blank.