In general, the University of California-San Diego is known for being a extremely selective school. Around 137,000 applications are received by the University of California-San Diego each year. With regards to the acceptance rate, it tends to be around 29 percent which equates to about 39,100 students being accepted to the school. But when the semester commences, about 7,500 students would have picked the University of California-San Diego as their future school. The ratio of the candidates who applied is 45% and 51% for males and females respectively. However, of the first-year students enrolled, 53% were typically women and 46% were men. Students are requested to submit their ACT or SAT scores to the University of California-San Diego when filling out the application. In most cases, accepted students have test scores in the range of 27 - 34 for ACT or 1,290 - 1,490 for SAT. This institution also accepts Advanced Placement (AP) credits. the University of California-San Diego’s undergraduate application fee is $80.

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Student ACT Scores

25th %
75th %



Student SAT Scores

25th %
75th %



First-Year Admission Statistics

Application, Acceptance, Enrollment Statistics from the
Applications
136,750
Male 62,344
Female 69,786

 

Acceptance
39,054
Male 16,244
Female 21,283

 

Enrollment Total
7,456
Male 3,461
Female 3,995


Acceptance Rate
28.6%
Male
26.1%
Female
30.5%

 

Yield
19.1%
Male
21.3%
Female
18.8%


Application Fees and Other Information

Application Fees

Undergraduate

$80


Graduate

$135



Credit from AP or Pre-college classes

  • Advanced Placement (AP) credits


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