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University of California, Riverside Common Data Set 2025-26
CATest policy: Test-blind for admission: SAT/ACT not considered even if submitted; scores used for academic advising and placement (SAT, ACT, AP, institutional exam)Compare with other schoolsAP credit
Acceptance rate
86.1%
52,676 of 61,184
Early decision rate
No ED
SAT middle 50%
—
ACT middle 50%
—
Who got into University of California, Riverside: GPA and SAT of reported applicants
Accepted 249Waitlisted 13Rejected 4Preview
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GPA and SAT of 266 reported applicants, accepted vs. rejected.
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| AppliedC1 | 61,184 |
| AdmittedC1 | 52,676 |
| EnrolledC1 | 6,686 |
| YieldC1 | 12.7% |
| Early decisionC21 | Not offered |
| Early actionC22 | Not offered |
Waitlist
| Offered a placeC2 | 3,783 |
| Accepted a placeC2 | 2,019 |
| Admitted from waitlistC2 | 0 |
| Odds if you stay on the listC2 | 0% |
Test scores and GPA
| Submitted SATC9 | — |
| Submitted ACTC9 | — |
| SAT Reading & Writing (25th–75th)C9 | — |
| SAT Math (25th–75th)C9 | — |
| Average high school GPAC12 | 3.75 |
| GPA of 4.0C11 | 29% |
| GPA 3.75–3.99C11 | 22.2% |
| GPA 3.50–3.74C11 | 23% |
| GPA below 3.50C11 | 25.8% |
Cost and financial aid
| TuitionG1 | — |
| Required feesG1 | — |
| Food and housingG1 | — |
| Need fully met (first-years)H2 | 14.7% |
| Average % of need metH2 | 86.6% |
| Average need-based packageH2 | $33,140 |
| Average need-based grantH2 | $28,704 |
What admissions looks at
- Rigor of secondary school recordImportant
- Class rankNot considered
- Academic GPAVery important
- Standardized test scoresNot considered
- Application essayVery important
- Recommendation(s)Not considered
- InterviewNot considered
- Extracurricular activitiesNot considered
- Talent/abilityConsidered
- Character/personal qualitiesNot considered
- First generationConsidered
- Alumni/ae relationNot considered
- Geographical residenceNot considered
- State residencyConsidered
- Religious affiliation/commitmentNot considered
- Volunteer workNot considered
- Work experienceNot considered
- Level of applicant's interestNot considered
From item C7.
Outcomes
| UndergraduatesB1 | 24,034 |
| First-year retentionB22 | 88% |
| 4-year graduation rateB | — |
| 6-year graduation rateB | 75.5% |
Notes on this filing
- C1: applicant, admit and enrolled totals are sums of the gender columns (61,184 / 52,676 / 6,686), matching the printed residency totals.
- C2: waitlist counts mapped by position: offered 3,783, accepted 2,019, admitted 0.
- C7: the Academic GPA row is marked Very Important; the Application Essay row is also Very Important.
- C8: the admission table marks SAT/ACT as 'not considered for admission, even if submitted'; C8F is blank. Scores are used for advising (C8D) and placement (C8G).
- C9-C10: test score percentiles and submission percentages are blank in the filing.
- C11: the 2.0-2.49, 1.0-1.99 and below-1.0 bands are blank; pct_below_3_50 is the sum of the printed bands below 3.50 (16.2 + 9.2 + 0.4).
- G1: tuition, fees and housing figures are not published (marked 'varies according to cohort year' and the costs-not-yet-available box is checked, with final costs expected Summer 2026); all cost fields are null.
- Grad rate: the 4-year rate is not printed in B4-B11 (only the 6-year rate, 75.5%, from the Fall 2019 cohort), so grad_rate_4yr is null.
- H2: pct_need_fully_met = 674 / 4,584 = 14.7%, computed from line H over line D (first-time, full-time first-year column). pct_with_need_awarded_aid is not printed and was left null.
- H2: avg_need_based_package uses line J ('average financial aid package of those in line D'), which is total aid rather than strictly need-based aid.
- H1/H2 aid figures are labeled 2025-2026 estimated, not final 2024-25.
- B22 retention rate of 88.0% is for the Fall 2024 cohort.
Source: University of California, Riverside Common Data Set 2025-26 . “—” means the college left the item blank.