Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UCSD

At University of California-San Diego, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 32.28%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 25.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 20.01%, and the 2024 yield is 22.00%.

The number of UCSD applicants decreased by -0.32% (426 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 32.28%, and this year's acceptance rate is 25.00% at University of California-San Diego. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 31.40% and women students' rate is 33.02%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at University of California-San Diego over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	37.50%	37.65%	37.37%
2014-15	33.29% -4.21%	33.66% -3.99%	32.96% -4.40%
2015-16	33.74% 0.45%	34.12% 0.46%	33.40% 0.44%
2016-17	35.66% 1.92%	34.84% 0.73%	36.38% 2.98%
2017-18	33.99% -1.67%	33.37% -1.48%	34.52% -1.86%
2018-19	30.06% -3.93%	29.85% -3.52%	30.24% -4.28%
2019-20	31.48% 1.42%	31.60% 1.75%	31.38% 1.13%
2020-21	36.61% 5.13%	36.18% 4.57%	36.98% 5.61%
2021-22	34.00% -2.61%	32.00% -4.18%	36.00% -0.98%
2022-23	23.71% -10.29%	21.10% -10.90%	25.99% -10.01%
2023-24	25.00% 1.29%	21.00% -0.10%	28.00% 2.01%
Average	32.28%	31.40%	33.02%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 20.01% where the current academic year yield is 22.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at University of California-San Diego from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	20.06%	21.53%	18.72%
2014-15	20.13% 0.08%	21.86% 0.33%	18.57% -0.16%
2015-16	20.09% -0.04%	21.57% -0.30%	18.75% 0.19%
2016-17	19.14% -0.95%	19.56% -2.00%	18.79% 0.04%
2017-18	18.96% -0.18%	20.04% 0.48%	18.06% -0.72%
2018-19	22.79% 3.83%	24.24% 4.20%	21.59% 3.53%
2019-20	19.28% -3.51%	21.03% -3.21%	17.79% -3.80%
2020-21	17.60% -1.68%	18.53% -2.50%	16.82% -0.97%
2021-22	19.00% 1.40%	19.00% 0.47%	19.00% 2.18%
2022-23	21.05% 2.05%	21.55% 2.56%	20.69% 1.69%
2023-24	22.00% 0.95%	23.00% 1.45%	21.00% 0.31%
Average	20.01%	21.08%	19.07%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 96,584, the average number of admitted is 30,454, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 6,072.

The number of UCSD applicants decreased by -0.32% (426 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at University of California-San Diego from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	60,832	22,812	4,575
2014-15	73,448 20.74%	24,449 7.18%	4,922 7.58%
2015-16	78,061 6.28%	26,335 7.71%	5,292 7.52%
2016-17	84,208 7.87%	30,028 14.02%	5,748 8.62%
2017-18	88,446 5.03%	30,061 0.11%	5,699 -0.85%
2018-19	97,894 10.68%	29,428 -2.11%	6,707 17.69%
2019-20	99,114 1.25%	31,200 6.02%	6,015 -10.32%
2020-21	100,062 0.96%	36,634 17.42%	6,447 7.18%
2021-22	118,386 18.31%	40,251 9.87%	7,648 18.63%
2022-23	131,197 10.82%	31,103 -22.73%	6,546 -14.41%
2023-24	130,771 -0.32%	32,693 5.11%	7,192 9.87%
Average	96,584	30,454	6,072

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between University of California-San Diego and similar schools.