Applying to UC Berkeley

University of California-Berkeley's acceptance rate is 11.66% for 2023-2024 admission. A total of 125,910 students applied and 14,677 were admitted to the school. Judging by the acceptance rate, it is very hard to get into UC Berkeley.

UC Berkeley's acceptance rate is the 8th lowest among 120 California colleges with competitive admission.

To apply to UC Berkeley, personal statement (or essay) is required to submit and recommendations is not required but considered. The SAT and ACT score is not considered for admission at University of California-Berkeley.

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Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2023-24, the acceptance rate of University of California-Berkeley is 11.66% and the yield (also known as enrollment rate) is 45.25%. 60,232 men and 65,678 women applied to UC Berkeley and 5,546 men and 9,131 women students were accepted.

Among them, 2,733 men and 3,908 women were enrolled in the school (Fall 2023). The following table and chart show the admission statistics including the number of applicants, acceptance rate, and yield at UC Berkeley.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics at UC Berkeley
	Total	Men	Women	Another Gender	Gender Unknown
Applicants	125,910	60,232	65,678	0	0
Admitted	14,677	5,546	9,131	0	0
Enrolled	6,641	2,733	3,908	0	0
Acceptance Rate	11.66%	9.21%	13.90%	-	-
Yield	45.25%	49.28%	42.80%	-	-

Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2023)

University of California-Berkeley 2023 Acceptance Rate By Gender chart

First-year Enrollment by Gender and Enrolled Type

For the academic year 2023-24, total 6,641 first-year students enrolled in UC Berkeley. The proportion of full-time students is 99.44% and part-time students is 0.56%.

By gender, the proportion of men students is 41.15% and women students is 58.85%.

The following table and chart visualize the first-year students by gender and enrolled type at UC Berkeley.

First-Year Students by Gender and Enrolled Type at UC Berkeley
	Total	Men	Women
Total	6,641	2,733	3,908
Full-time	6,604	2,723	3,881
Part-time	37	10	27

Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2023)

Application Requirements

It requires to submit High School GPA, High School Record (or Transcript), English Proficiency Test, and Personal statement or essay to its applicants.

The SAT and ACT test score is not considered in admission process at UC Berkeley. The english proficiency test is reqired .

The next table summarizes the application requirements to apply University of California-Berkeley.

For more admission information such as minimum GPA and deadlines, see its online application page .

UC Berkeley Admission Requirements
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Not Considered
High School Record (or Transcript)	Required
Completion of College Preparatory Program	Considered, if submitted
Recommendations	Considered, if submitted
Formal Demonstration of Competencies	Not Considered
SAT / ACT	Not Considered
English Proficiency Test	Required
Other Test (Wonderlic,WISC-III,etc)	Not Considered
Work experience	Considered, if submitted
Personal statement or essay	Required
Legacy status	Not Considered

General Admissions Information

The application fee is $80 for undergraduate schools and $135 for graduate schools of University of California-Berkeley. The next table provides general admission information for applying to UC Berkeley.

Admission Information for Applying to UC Berkeley
Open Admission Policy	No
Undergraduate Application Fees	$80
Graduate Application Fees	$135
Admission Information	admissions.berkeley.edu/
Online Application	admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/apply-now.html
Calendar System	Semester
Course for High School Students	Not Offered
Credits Accepted	Advanced placement (AP) Credits
Degree Offered	Bachelor, Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master, Post-Master Certificate, Doctoral (Research), Doctoral (Professional Practice)

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