University of California, Berkeley is a highly competitive school and its admissions statistics make University of California, Berkeley one of the 50 most competitive schools for undergraduate admissions globally. Similar to the trends across all top schools, University of California, Berkeley acceptance rates have continued to decline over the past 8 years and will almost certainly continue to do so into the future.
The Class of 2021 was the single most challenging year to be admitted to University of California, Berkeley ever to date. For the Class of 2021, 85,012 students applied to University of California, Berkeley of which 15,567 students were accepted, yielding an overall acceptance rate of 18.3%. Overall applications increased by 3% over last year (2020 to 2021) from 82,571 to 85,012.
