Applying to UCLA

University of California-Los Angeles's acceptance rate is 8.73% for 2023-2024 admission. A total of 145,903 students applied and 12,736 were admitted to the school. Judging by the acceptance rate, it is extremely hard to get into UCLA.

UCLA's acceptance rate is the 4th lowest among 120 California colleges with competitive admission.

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

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Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2023-24, the acceptance rate of University of California-Los Angeles is 8.73% and the yield (also known as enrollment rate) is 51.70%. 67,384 men and 78,519 women applied to UCLA and 4,979 men and 7,757 women students were accepted.

Among them, 2,366 men and 4,219 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 UCLA.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics at UCLA
	Total	Men	Women	Another Gender	Gender Unknown
Applicants	145,903	67,384	78,519	0	0
Admitted	12,736	4,979	7,757	0	0
Enrolled	6,585	2,366	4,219	0	0
Acceptance Rate	8.73%	7.39%	9.88%	-	-
Yield	51.70%	47.52%	54.39%	-	-

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

University of California-Los Angeles 2023 Acceptance Rate By Gender chart

First-year Enrollment by Gender and Enrolled Type

For the academic year 2023-24, total 6,585 first-year students enrolled in UCLA. The proportion of full-time students is 99.91% and part-time students is 0.09%.

By gender, the proportion of men students is 35.93% and women students is 64.07%.

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

First-Year Students by Gender and Enrolled Type at UCLA
	Total	Men	Women
Total	6,585	2,366	4,219
Full-time	6,579	2,365	4,214
Part-time	6	1	5

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), Completion of College Preparatory Program, English Proficiency Test, and Personal statement or essay to its applicants.

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

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

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

UCLA Admission Requirements
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Not Considered
High School Record (or Transcript)	Required
Completion of College Preparatory Program	Required
Recommendations	Not Considered
Formal Demonstration of Competencies	Not Considered
SAT / ACT	Not Considered
English Proficiency Test	Required
Other Test (Wonderlic,WISC-III,etc)	Not Considered
Work experience	Not Considered
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-Los Angeles. The next table provides general admission information for applying to UCLA.

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

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