Admissions & selectivity
University of California-Los Angeles Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at UCLA?
UCLA’s reported acceptance rate is 9.0%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 9.0%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
The University of California-Los Angeles admits 9.0% of applicants, far below the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
What SAT and ACT scores do UCLA students report?
SAT and ACT ranges are not available for UCLA in the data shown here. Missing scores do not establish whether tests are required, optional or excluded from review.
Figures cover fall 2024.
Who enrolls at UCLA?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 28.2%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 36.8%
- First-year retention
- 97.3%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
University of California-Los Angeles enrolls 33,475 undergraduates. An estimated 36.8% arrived as transfers or part-time students, while 28.2% receive Pell Grants.
Those figures point to a campus that draws from varied academic starting points. Many undergraduates here did not begin as first-year students.
A sizable cohort also uses federal grant aid. Transfer applicants should review how credits apply toward their intended degree program.
These counts reflect who is enrolled, not the admission prospects for any individual applicant.
The university retains 97.3% of its first-year students, well above the peer median of 83.1%. Its six-year graduation rate of 92.6% also exceeds the peer median of 65.0%.
Pell Grant recipients complete at a rate of 81.7%, which sits below the overall six-year rate. Enrolled students can expect strong institutional retention and a high likelihood of graduating within six years, though the completion gap for Pell recipients merits attention during academic planning.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
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