Applying to UCSD

University of California-San Diego's acceptance rate is 24.52% for 2023-2024 admission. A total of 130,771 students applied and 32,062 were admitted to the school. Judging by the acceptance rate, it is relatively hard (lower than the national average) to get into UCSD.

UCSD's acceptance rate places 12nd out of 120 California colleges with competitive admission.

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

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Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2023-24, the acceptance rate of University of California-San Diego is 24.52% and the yield (also known as enrollment rate) is 21.85%. 61,536 men and 69,235 women applied to UCSD and 12,837 men and 19,225 women students were accepted.

Among them, 2,941 men and 4,064 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 UCSD.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics at UCSD
	Total	Men	Women	Another Gender	Gender Unknown
Applicants	130,771	61,536	69,235	0	0
Admitted	32,062	12,837	19,225	0	0
Enrolled	7,005	2,941	4,064	0	0
Acceptance Rate	24.52%	20.86%	27.77%	-	-
Yield	21.85%	22.91%	21.14%	-	-

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

University of California-San Diego 2023 Acceptance Rate By Gender chart

First-year Enrollment by Gender and Enrolled Type

For the academic year 2023-24, total 7,005 first-year students enrolled in UCSD. The proportion of full-time students is 99.73% and part-time students is 0.27%.

By gender, the proportion of men students is 41.98% and women students is 58.02%.

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

First-Year Students by Gender and Enrolled Type at UCSD
	Total	Men	Women
Total	7,005	2,941	4,064
Full-time	6,986	2,928	4,058
Part-time	19	13	6

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 UCSD. The english proficiency test is reqired .

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

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

UCSD 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	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-San Diego. The next table provides general admission information for applying to UCSD.

Admission Information for Applying to UCSD
Open Admission Policy	No
Undergraduate Application Fees	$80
Graduate Application Fees	$135
Admission Information	admissions.ucsd.edu/index.html
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, Doctoral (Research), Doctoral (Professional Practice)

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