Admissions[edit]
Undergraduate[edit]
Freshman statistics[14][78][79][80][81][82][83]
2013
(preliminary) 2012 2011 2010 2009
Applicants 80,494 72,697 61,566 57,678 55,708
Admits 16,177 15,982 15,689 13,088 12,179
Admit rate 20.1% 22.0% 25.5% 22.7% 21.9%
Enrolled N/A 5,621 5,825 4,636 4,472
Average GPA N/A 4.21 4.22 4.25 4.24
Excluding deferred applications or other unique situations.
UCLA is rated "Most Selective" by U.S. News & World Report. [84] It received over 100,000 freshman applications for Fall 2013.[85][86][87] As of Fall 2013, UCLA is the most selective campus of the University of California system, with an admittance rate of 20.1%.[88]
Ethnic enrollment, 2013[89] Under-
graduates Graduate
students Per-
centage
Black Non-Hispanic 1,082 512 3.9%
Asian or Pacific Islander 9,965 2,613 30.8%
Hispanic 5,156 1,100 15.3%
American Indian or Alaskan Native 159 66 0.6%
White Non-Hispanic 7,964 4,533 30.6%
Unstated, Unknown, Other 972 804 4.4%
Foreign 3,376 2,493 14.4%
Just over 3,000 transfer students entered UCLA in Fall 2011, with 92.4% from the California Community Colleges System. Over the past 15 years over 45,000 transfer students have entered UCLA. One-third of baccalaureate degrees are awarded to students who entered UCLA as transfer students. One of the major debates is over the decreased admission of African-Americans and Latinos, especially since the passage of Proposition 209, prohibiting racial, sexual, or ethnic discrimination at public institutions, in 1996.[90] In response to this issue, UCLA decided to shift to a more holistic admissions process starting Fall 2007.[91]
Preliminary, admitted freshman applicants for Fall 2013 had an average weighted GPA of 4.40 (3.88 unweighted), an average combined SAT score of 2037 (667 for Critical Reading, 690 for Mathematics, and 680 for Writing) and an average ACT Composite score of 30.[92]
Graduate[edit]
