# 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](https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/admission-requirements/first-year-requirements/gpa-requirement.html) 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

## First-Year Applicants From Other Years

- [Fall 2023](https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/first-year/first-year-profile/2023)
- [Fall 2022](https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/first-year/first-year-profile/2022)
- [Fall 2021](https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/first-year/first-year-profile/2021)
- [Fall 2020](https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/first-year/first-year-profile/2020)

## Additional Links

- [Admissions Statistics](https://www.apb.ucla.edu/campus-statistics/admissions)
- [Enrollment Statistics](https://www.apb.ucla.edu/campus-statistics/enrollment)
- [Graduation Statistics](https://www.apb.ucla.edu/campus-statistics/graduation-retention)
- [UC Information Center](https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/about-us/information-center)