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UC San Diego Common Data Set 2025-26
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Acceptance rate
28.6%
39,054 of 136,750
Early decision rate
No ED
SAT middle 50%
—
ACT middle 50%
—
Who got into UC San Diego: GPA and SAT of reported applicants
Accepted 556Waitlisted 242Rejected 194Preview
Self-reported by 992 applicants on Reddit, so it leans toward strong applicants and isn't UC San Diego's official data. 28 with lower scores are off the chart but counted in the table. See your chances
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GPA and SAT of 992 reported applicants, accepted vs. rejected.
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| AppliedC1 | 136,750 |
| AdmittedC1 | 39,054 |
| EnrolledC1 | 7,801 |
| YieldC1 | 20% |
| Early decisionC21 | Not offered |
| Early actionC22 | Not offered |
Waitlist
| Offered a placeC2 | 36,709 |
| Accepted a placeC2 | 25,411 |
| Admitted from waitlistC2 | 5,284 |
| Odds if you stay on the listC2 | 20.8% |
Test scores and GPA
| Submitted SATC9 | — |
| Submitted ACTC9 | — |
| SAT Reading & Writing (25th–75th)C9 | — |
| SAT Math (25th–75th)C9 | — |
| Average high school GPAC12 | 3.88 |
| GPA of 4.0C11 | 31% |
| GPA 3.75–3.99C11 | 54% |
| GPA 3.50–3.74C11 | 13% |
| GPA below 3.50C11 | 2% |
Cost and financial aid
| Tuition, in-stateG1 | $14,202 |
| Tuition, out-of-stateG1 | $53,472 |
| Required feesG1 | $3,789 |
| Food and housingG1 | $20,443 |
| Need fully met (first-years)H2 | 17.8% |
| Average % of need metH2 | 83.5% |
| Average need-based packageH2 | $32,474 |
| Average need-based grantH2 | $28,634 |
What admissions looks at
- Rigor of secondary school recordVery important
- Class rankConsidered
- Academic GPAVery important
- Standardized test scoresNot considered
- Application essayVery important
- Recommendation(s)Not considered
- InterviewNot considered
- Extracurricular activitiesImportant
- Talent/abilityImportant
- Character/personal qualitiesImportant
- First generationConsidered
- Alumni/ae relationNot considered
- Geographical residenceConsidered
- State residencyImportant
- Religious affiliation/commitmentNot considered
- Volunteer workImportant
- Work experienceConsidered
- Level of applicant's interestNot considered
From item C7.
Outcomes
| UndergraduatesB1 | 35,442 |
| First-year retentionB22 | 94.7% |
| 4-year graduation rateB | — |
| 6-year graduation rateB | 86% |
Notes on this filing
- C1: applied, admitted and enrolled totals are sums of male, female and unknown counts; they match the printed residency totals (136750, 39054, 7801).
- C2: waitlist counts mapped by position (offered 36,709; accepted place 25,411; admitted 5,284).
- C8F and C8E blank; test policy taken from C8A and C8G.
- C9 and C10 test-score and percentile fields left blank, so test submission rates and score percentiles are null.
- C11: GPA bands use the 'Percent (All enrolled students)' column; below-3.50 is the 3.25-3.49 band (2%) plus zeros.
- B4-B11: 2019 cohort six-year rate printed as 0.86. The four-year rate is not printed (4,463 of 6,011 completed in four years), so grad_rate_4yr is null.
- G1: tuition is in-state (out-of-district) $14,202 and out-of-state $53,472; in-district tuition is blank. Tuition Stability Plan freezes incoming cohort tuition for six years.
- H2: pct_with_need_awarded_aid is null because the filing does not print that percentage; need-fully-met is 642 / 3,616 = 17.8%.
- H2 first-year column line d counts students awarded any financial aid, not only need-based aid; the 17.8% uses it as the instructions require.
Source: UC San Diego Common Data Set 2025-26 . “—” means the college left the item blank.