First-year admissions

University of California, Los Angeles acceptance rate

University of California, Los Angeles admitted 9.4% of first-year applicants for fall 2025 (13,659 of 145,086), up from 9.0% for fall 2024 and from a low of 8.6% for fall 2022. It was 14.3% for fall 2020. Applications fell 0.8% for fall 2025, to 145,086 from 146,276; the most in the years with figures was 149,815, for fall 2022. Usable figures for fall 2023 are not in our archive.

University of California, Los Angeles’ acceptance rate, fall 2020–2025

Share of first-year applicants admitted, by fall entering class. — = not reported or not usable.

University of California, Los Angeles first-year acceptance rate, applicants, admits, enrolled, and yield by entering class, newest first.
Year	Acceptance rate	Applied	Admitted	Enrolled	Yield	Source
Fall 20252025–26 report	9.4%	145,086	13,659	6,553	48.0%	PDF
Fall 20242024–25 report	9.0%	146,276	13,114	6,610	50.4%	PDF
Fall 20232023–24 report	—	Report on file; counts not usable
Fall 20222022–23 report	8.6%	149,815	12,844	6,462	50.3%	PDF
Fall 20212021–22 report	10.8%	139,490	15,028	6,552	43.6%	PDF
Fall 20202020–21 report	14.3%	108,877	15,602	6,378	40.9%	PDF

Source: Common Data Set reports published by University of California, Los Angeles, section C1 (first-time, first-year, degree-seeking students). Note: Acceptance rate is admitted ÷ applied; yield is enrolled ÷ admitted. Each year is the class entering that fall; the 2024–25 report covers fall 2024. — = not reported or not usable.