UCB Acceptance Rates
NOTE: Source: American Association of Medical Colleges. Data for these tables are derived from the ~85% of annual applicants to MD programs who, through AMCAS, give permission for their application information to be released to UC Berkeley . The class year includes December, May, and August graduates of each academic year.
UC Berkeley and National Acceptance Rates
UC Berkeley First-Time Applicants: Acceptance Rates by Year, 2019-2023
2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Applicants | 51 | 64 | 64 | 41 | 28 |
Accepted | 30 | 35 | 31 | 18 | 16 |
Acceptance Rate | 58.8% | 65.4% | 48.4% | 43.9% | 57.1% |
Note: Source: American Association of Medical Colleges. Each year is a total of UCB first-time applicants, regardless of date of graduation, who applied to MD programs through AMCAS.
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