First-Year Profile
Source: https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/first-year/first-year-profile/2021 Parent: https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/first-year/first-year-profile/2024
When we review first-year applicants we look at a wide variety of factors. Some are more easily quantifiable than others. Below are the primary academic factors we considered when we reviewed our first-year applicants for Fall Quarter 2021. There is no specific cutoff value assigned to any of the factors we consider.
First-Year Applications
First-Year Applications for Fall 2021
| Total | |
|---|---|
| Applicants | 139,490 |
| Admits | 15,028 |
| Enrolled | 6,586 |
| Admit Rate | 11% |
Types of GPAs
All GPAs are calculated from courses completed in grades 10 and 11.
- The fully weighted GPA includes an extra grade point for all UC-approved honors courses (which include AP, IB, school-based honors and transferable college courses) in which a grade of C or higher is earned. The maximum value possible is 5.00.
- The unweighted GPA does not include any extra grade points for honors courses. The maximum value possible is 4.00.
Academic Performance
GPA statistics for admitted first-year students
| GPA | Median | Middle 25% - 75% |
|---|---|---|
| Weighted GPA | 4.54 | 4.35-4.72 |
| Unweighted GPA | 4.00 | 3.94-4.00 |
Background
Ethnicity or Race Statistics\ % of entering class (domestic only) *
| Ethnicity or Race | First-Years | |
|---|---|---|
| African American | 7% | |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1% | |
| Asian | 38% | |
| Hispanic | 22% | |
| White | 29% | |
| Unknown | 4% |
* 7% of the entering first-year class are international students
25%
of first-years (domestic) are first-generation college students
30%
of the entering first-years are from underrepresented backgrounds
69%
of first-years receive financial aid\
63
countries represented