University of California-Los Angeles
UCLA publishes 9.0% (Fall 2024 first-time, first-year applicants). Herb Alpert School of Music applicants got in at 24%; school of nursing at 0.5%.
Acceptance rate
What UCLA's 9.0% is made of
The published rate averages groups with very different odds. These are the splits UCLA reports itself.
By college or major
Fall 2024 first-time, first-year applicants (UCLA Common Data Set 2024-25, Section C1)
Read the full decomposition →Transfer
Fall 2025 transfer entrants (UCLA Common Data Set 2025-26, Section D2) · as of August 2026 · 2.5× easier than first-year
Read the transfer analysis →Part of Real Acceptance Rates, our series decomposing published rates from each school's own Common Data Set.
Testing
Test-Blind for 2026-27
- Policy
All UC campuses, including UCLA, have been permanently test-blind since fall 2021 entry per UC Board of Regents/Academic Senate action. SAT/ACT scores are not considered for admission or scholarships even if voluntarily submitted.
- SAT middle 50%
- Not reported
- ACT middle 50%
- Not reported
- Average HS GPA
- 4.20–4.30 (weighted)Fall 2026 admitted first-year class (UC systemwide admissions snapshot) · Source
Applying
Deadlines, essays and AI policy
- Early deadlines
- —
- Regular decision
- Nov 30, 2026 (UC's single filing deadline for all campuses; the UC system has no separate early action/decision plans)Source
- Supplemental essays
- 4 required
The shared UC application requires answers to 4 of 8 Personal Insight Questions (350 words each); the same 4 responses go to every UC campus the student applies to.
- AI use in essays
No Official Policy
We reviewed the UC systemwide application pages that govern UCLA's application (Personal Insight Questions, filling out the application, how applications are reviewed) and UCLA's own admission site — no applicant AI policy published.
Full cycle calendar: Application Deadlines.
At a glance
Size and cost
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 33,475
- Tuition (out-of-state)
- $49,403
- Category
- Top Public
- Admissions site
- www.ucla.edu
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Sources
- UCLA test policy (2026-27)
- UCLA deadlines
- UCLA GPA (Fall 2026 admitted first-year class (UC systemwide admissions snapshot))
- UCLA admissions pages
- UCLA admissions pages
- Acceptance rate, test-score percentiles, enrollment and tuition: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, pulled 2026-08-19.
Test policy and deadlines last verified 2026-08-17.
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