Getting in
For Fall 2025, 145,086 first-year students applied to UCLA, 13,659 were admitted and 6,553 enrolled: an acceptance rate of 9.4%.
Source: UCLA Common Data Set 2025-2026 (opens in a new tab), section C1. Read Sep 30, 2026.
By school or major. UCLA publishes first-year admit rates by the school you apply to, for Fall 2025, rounded as UCLA shows them. UCLA says that in the College of Letters and Science your choice of major neither helps nor hurts your application.
Rates by school or major, Fall 2025
| School | Applicants | Admits | Admit rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| The College (Letters and Science) | 98,459 | 10,788 | 11% |
| Samueli School of Engineering | 33,052 | 2,241 | 6.8% |
| School of Theater, Film and Television | 3,293 | 140 | 4.3% |
| School of the Arts and Architecture | 3,437 | 177 | 5.1% |
| Herb Alpert School of Music | 1,175 | 282 | 24% |
| School of Nursing | 5,669 | 31 | 0.5% |
Source: UCLA Admission, First-Year Profile Fall 2025 (opens in a new tab), Overview by School Applied To. Read Sep 30, 2026.
Early decision and early action. UCLA offers neither. The Common Data Set answers no to both, and the admissions office says it does not offer early action or early decision for any application.
Source: UCLA Common Data Set 2025-2026 (opens in a new tab), sections C21 and C22. Read Sep 30, 2026.
Programs with extra requirements
For students applying in fall 2026, entering fall 2027
Majors in four schools outside the College need a supplemental application sent to the school, on top of the UC application:
- Architectural Studies, Art. Supplemental materials due January 20, 2027.
- Computational Art, Dance, Design Media Arts, Games, World Arts and Cultures. Supplemental materials due December 15, 2026.
- Music majors (Ethnomusicology, Global Jazz Studies, Music Composition, Music Education, Music Industry, Music Performance, Musicology). Supplemental materials due December 4, 2026.
- Film and Television, Theater. Supplemental materials due December 7, 2026.
- Nursing. Supplemental materials due January 15, 2027.
List a major in one of these schools as your first-choice major on the UC application. If you list it only as your alternate major, you are reviewed for your first-choice major alone.
Source: UCLA Admission, Supplemental Applications (opens in a new tab). Read Sep 30, 2026.
Majors
145 majors across 9 schools. Every undergraduate major in UCLA's official General Catalog, grouped by the College or school that offers it, with the degree it leads to. Minors and graduate programs are left out.
College of Letters and Science109
Fall 2025 first-year admit rate for The College (Letters and Science): 11% (10,788 admitted of 98,459 applicants).
Source: UCLA Admission, First-Year Profile Fall 2025 (opens in a new tab). Read Sep 30, 2026.
UCLA says that in the College of Letters and Science your choice of major neither helps nor hurts your application.
Source: UCLA Admission, First-Year Profile Fall 2025 (opens in a new tab). Read Sep 30, 2026.
- African American Studies (BA)
- African and Middle Eastern Studies (BA)
- American Indian Studies (BA)
- American Literature and Culture (BA)
- Ancient Near East and Egyptology (BA)
- Anthropology (BA)
- Anthropology (BS)
- Applied Linguistics (BA)
- Applied Mathematics (BS)
- Arabic (BA)
- Art History (BA)
- Asian American Studies (BA)
- Asian Humanities (BA)
- Asian Languages and Linguistics (BA)
- Asian Religions (BA)
- Asian Studies (BA)
- Astrophysics (BS)
- Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (BS)
- Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences/Mathematics (BS)
- Biochemistry (BS)
- Biology (BS)
- Biophysics (BS)
- Business Economics (BA)
- Central and East European Languages and Cultures (BA)
- Chemistry (BS)
- Chemistry/Materials Science (BS)
- Chicana/o and Central American Studies (BA)
- Chinese (BA)
- Classical Civilization (BA)
- Climate Science (BS)
- Cognitive Science (BS)
- Communication (BA)
- Comparative Literature (BA)
- Computational Biology (BS)
- Data Theory (BS)
- Digital Humanities (BA)
- Disability Studies (BA)
- Earth and Environmental Science (BA)
- Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution (BS)
- Economics (BA)
- Engineering Geology (BS)
- English (BA)
- Environmental Science (BS)
- European Languages and Transcultural Studies (BA)
- European Languages and Transcultural Studies with French and Francophone (BA)
- European Languages and Transcultural Studies with German (BA)
- European Languages and Transcultural Studies with Italian (BA)
- European Languages and Transcultural Studies with Scandinavian (BA)
- European Studies (BA)
- Financial Actuarial Mathematics (BS)
- Gender Studies (BA)
- General Chemistry (BS)
- Geography (BA)
- Geography/Environmental Studies (BA)
- Geology (BS)
- Geophysics (BS)
- Global Studies (BA)
- Greek (BA)
- Greek and Latin (BA)
- History (BA)
- Human Biology and Society (BA)
- Human Biology and Society (BS)
- Individual Field of Concentration (BA)
- Individual Field of Concentration (BS)
- International Development Studies (BA)
- Iranian Studies (BA)
- Japanese (BA)
- Jewish Studies (BA)
- Korean (BA)
- Labor Studies (BA)
- Latin (BA)
- Latin American Studies (BA)
- Linguistics (BA)
- Linguistics and Anthropology (BA)
- Linguistics and Asian Languages and Cultures (BA)
- Linguistics and Computer Science (BA)
- Linguistics and English (BA)
- Linguistics and Philosophy (BA)
- Linguistics and Psychology (BA)
- Linguistics and Spanish (BA)
- Marine Biology (BS)
- Mathematics (BS)
- Mathematics for Teaching (BS)
- Mathematics of Computation (BS)
- Mathematics/Applied Science (BS)
- Mathematics/Economics (BS)
- Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics (BS)
- Middle Eastern Studies (BA)
- Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology (BS)
- Neuroscience (BS)
- Nordic Studies (BA)
- Philosophy (BA)
- Physics (BA)
- Physics (BS)
- Physiological Science (BS)
- Political Science (BA)
- Portuguese and Brazilian Studies (BA)
- Psychobiology (BS)
- Psychology (BA)
- Russian Language and Literature (BA)
- Russian Studies (BA)
- Sociology (BA)
- Southeast Asian Studies (BA)
- Spanish (BA)
- Spanish and Community and Culture (BA)
- Spanish and Linguistics (BA)
- Spanish and Portuguese (BA)
- Statistics and Data Science (BS)
- Study of Religion (BA)
Source: UCLA General Catalog 2026-27, College of Letters and Science, Majors (opens in a new tab). Read Sep 30, 2026.
Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science10
Fall 2025 first-year admit rate for Samueli School of Engineering: 6.8% (2,241 admitted of 33,052 applicants).
Source: UCLA Admission, First-Year Profile Fall 2025 (opens in a new tab). Read Sep 30, 2026.
- Aerospace Engineering (BS)
- Bioengineering (BS)
- Chemical Engineering (BS)
- Civil Engineering (BS)
- Computer Engineering (BS)
- Computer Science (BS)
- Computer Science and Engineering (BS)
- Electrical Engineering (BS)
- Materials Engineering (BS)
- Mechanical Engineering (BS)
Source: UCLA General Catalog 2026-27, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, Majors (opens in a new tab). Read Sep 30, 2026.
School of the Arts and Architecture9
Fall 2025 first-year admit rate for School of the Arts and Architecture: 5.1% (177 admitted of 3,437 applicants).
Source: UCLA Admission, First-Year Profile Fall 2025 (opens in a new tab). Read Sep 30, 2026.
- Architectural Studies (BA)Extra requirement: A supplemental application goes to the department, due January 20, 2027.
- Art (BA)Extra requirement: A supplemental application goes to the department, due January 20, 2027.
- Computational Art (BA)Extra requirement: A supplemental application goes to the department, due December 15, 2026.
- Dance (BA)Extra requirement: A supplemental application goes to the department, due December 15, 2026.
- Design (BA)
- Design|Media Arts (BA)Extra requirement: A supplemental application goes to the department, due December 15, 2026.
- Games (BA)Extra requirement: A supplemental application goes to the department, due December 15, 2026.
- Individual Field of Concentration (BA)
- World Arts and Cultures (BA)Extra requirement: A supplemental application goes to the department, due December 15, 2026.
Source: UCLA General Catalog 2026-27, School of the Arts and Architecture, Majors (opens in a new tab). Read Sep 30, 2026.
Herb Alpert School of Music9
Fall 2025 first-year admit rate for Herb Alpert School of Music: 24% (282 admitted of 1,175 applicants).
Source: UCLA Admission, First-Year Profile Fall 2025 (opens in a new tab). Read Sep 30, 2026.
- Ethnomusicology (BA)Extra requirement: A supplemental application goes to the department, due December 4, 2026.
- Global Jazz Studies (BA)Extra requirement: A supplemental application goes to the department, due December 4, 2026.
- Music (BA)
- Music Composition (BA)Extra requirement: A supplemental application goes to the department, due December 4, 2026.
- Music Education (BA)Extra requirement: A supplemental application goes to the department, due December 4, 2026.
- Music History and Industry (BA)
- Music Industry (BA)Extra requirement: A supplemental application goes to the department, due December 4, 2026.
- Music Performance (BM)Extra requirement: A supplemental application goes to the department, due December 4, 2026.
- Musicology (BA)Extra requirement: A supplemental application goes to the department, due December 4, 2026.
Source: UCLA General Catalog 2026-27, Herb Alpert School of Music, Majors (opens in a new tab). Read Sep 30, 2026.
School of Theater, Film, and Television3
Fall 2025 first-year admit rate for School of Theater, Film and Television: 4.3% (140 admitted of 3,293 applicants).
Source: UCLA Admission, First-Year Profile Fall 2025 (opens in a new tab). Read Sep 30, 2026.
- Film and Television (BA)Extra requirement: A supplemental application goes to the department, due December 7, 2026.
- Individual Field of Concentration (BA)
- Theater (BA)Extra requirement: A supplemental application goes to the department, due December 7, 2026.
Source: UCLA General Catalog 2026-27, School of Theater, Film, and Television, Majors (opens in a new tab). Read Sep 30, 2026.
Joe C. Wen School of Nursing1
Fall 2025 first-year admit rate for School of Nursing: 0.5% (31 admitted of 5,669 applicants).
Source: UCLA Admission, First-Year Profile Fall 2025 (opens in a new tab). Read Sep 30, 2026.
- Nursing Prelicensure (BS)Extra requirement: A supplemental application goes to the department, due January 15, 2027.
Source: UCLA General Catalog 2026-27, Joe C. Wen School of Nursing, Majors (opens in a new tab). Read Sep 30, 2026.
School of Education and Information Studies1
- Education and Social Transformation (BA)
Source: UCLA General Catalog 2026-27, School of Education and Information Studies, Majors (opens in a new tab). Read Sep 30, 2026.
Meyer and Renee Luskin School of Public Affairs1
- Public Affairs (BA)
Source: UCLA General Catalog 2026-27, Meyer and Renee Luskin School of Public Affairs, Majors (opens in a new tab). Read Sep 30, 2026.
Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health2
- Public Health (BA)
- Public Health (BS)
Source: UCLA General Catalog 2026-27, Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health, Majors (opens in a new tab). Read Sep 30, 2026.
Source: UCLA Admission, Supplemental Applications (opens in a new tab), for the extra requirements. Read Sep 30, 2026.
Deadlines for Fall 2027
For students applying in fall 2026, entering fall 2027
| Plan | Apply by | Decision | Binding |
|---|---|---|---|
| UC application (one filing period) | November 30 | Late March | No |
You apply on the UC application, which opens August 1. UCLA admits first-year students for the fall term only.
Source: UCLA Admission, First-Year Applicants (opens in a new tab). Read Sep 30, 2026.
Nothing is binding. For fall 2027 the University of California has one filing period, October 1 to November 30, with admission decisions in March.
Source: UC Admissions, First-Year Dates and Deadlines (opens in a new tab). Read Sep 30, 2026.
Testing
For students applying in fall 2026, entering fall 2027
UCLA is test-blind: SAT and ACT scores are not considered for admission or scholarships, even if you send them. Scores you send may be used only to meet minimum requirements or for course placement after you enroll.
Source: UCLA Admission, First-Year Requirements (opens in a new tab). Read Sep 30, 2026.
The Common Data Set agrees: it answers no to using SAT or ACT scores in admission decisions.
Source: UCLA Common Data Set 2025-2026 (opens in a new tab), section C8. Read Sep 30, 2026.
Changes already in effect
For students applying in fall 2026, entering fall 2027
- Math. A statistics or additional math course taken in fall 2026 or later no longer makes up for a missing or low grade in Algebra II or Math III. It still counts as an extra year of math. Seniors applying this fall: this already applies to courses you take this year.
Source: UC Admissions, Quick Reference Guide to UC Admissions (August 2026) (opens in a new tab). Read Sep 30, 2026.
- Math. From fall 2026, AP Statistics no longer meets two years of the UC math requirement. AP Precalculus (with a score of 4 or 5), AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC and IB HL Mathematics Analysis and Approaches still do.
Source: UC Admissions, Quick Reference Guide to UC Admissions (August 2026) (opens in a new tab). Read Sep 30, 2026.
Applying next year?
For students applying in fall 2027, entering fall 2028
Not announced yet. When we checked UCLA's admission pages on September 30, 2026, we found no announced changes for fall 2028 entry. The deadlines and rules above are for fall 2027 entry.
Source: UCLA Admission, First-Year Applicants (opens in a new tab). Read Sep 30, 2026.
Cost, and what families paid after aid
The published cost of a year at UCLA, 2026-2027:
| Item | In-state | Out-of-state |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition and campus fees | $16,430 | $16,430 |
| Nonresident supplemental tuition | $0 | $39,270 |
| Housing (on campus) | $12,299 | $12,299 |
| Food | $7,568 | $7,568 |
| Books, course materials, supplies and equipment | $1,588 | $1,588 |
| Transportation | $969 | $969 |
| Personal | $2,761 | $2,761 |
| Health insurance | $3,885 | $3,885 |
| Total | $45,500 | $84,770 |
The budget for a new student living on campus. Health insurance can be waived if you have your own coverage.
Source: UCLA Financial Aid, Cost of Attendance 2026-27 (opens in a new tab). Read Sep 30, 2026.
Average net price per year, by family income, 2023-24:
| Family income | Paid after grants |
|---|---|
| $0 to $30,000 | $5,579 |
| $30,001 to $48,000 | $6,682 |
| $48,001 to $75,000 | $9,811 |
| $75,001 to $110,000 | $14,142 |
| Over $110,000 | $29,682 |
| All incomes | $12,548 |
What first-year, full-time in-state students who received federal aid paid after grants and scholarships, by family income, in 2023-24, the latest year the Department of Education publishes. Your own price comes from UCLA's aid offer.
Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education (opens in a new tab). Read Sep 30, 2026.
Similar schools
Chosen for how close each is to University of California, Los Angeles on acceptance rate, public or private, location and majors offered.
University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley, CA · Public11.4% admitted$13,481 average net price
University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA · Private11.2% admitted$32,740 average net price
Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont, CA · Private9.4% admitted$28,849 average net price
Pomona CollegeClaremont, CA · Private7.1% admitted$19,285 average net price
University of Notre DameNotre Dame, IN · Private9.4% admitted$26,780 average net price
Admitted: each school's latest first-year acceptance rate, so the year can differ from school to school; each school's page names its year and source. Average net price: what federal aid recipients paid per year after grants, 2023-24, and the in-state figure for a public university.