University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a highly competitive school and its admissions statistics make University of California, Los Angeles one of the 50 most competitive schools for undergraduate admissions globally. Similar to the trends across all top schools, University of California, Los Angeles 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 one of the most challenging year to be admitted to University of California, Los Angeles ever to date. For the Class of 2021, 102,232 students applied to University of California, Los Angeles of which 16,494 students were accepted, yielding an overall acceptance rate of 16.1%. Overall applications increased by 5.3% over last year (2020 to 2021) from 97,115 to 102,232.
