UC International student acceptance rate

b_r_um
Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:25:18 +0000

You can find the data you are looking for and much more using the [UC Stat Finder](http://statfinder.ucop.edu/). Here are the international admission rates for the fall of 2009 (international in the sense of residence, not citizenship).

Berkeley: 15%
Los Angeles: 19%
San Diego: 28%
Irvine: 31%
Santa Cruz: 40%
Davis 42%
Santa Barbara: 42%
Riverside: 42%
Merced: 54%

If you are a bit more patient, you can also find the international admission rates broken down by SAT score or intended field of study.



I read somewhere that since UC’s dont provide financial aid to Out of Staters, students that are willing to pay full freight have higher acceptance rate.

As far as I know, international students don’t qualify for financial aid at all; if you cannot prove that you can pay full freight, you would land in the auto-reject pile. (Domestic out-of-state students are in a slightly different position because they are generally eligible for financial aid, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the UCs had a strong preference for full-paying out-of-state applicants after the most recent budget cuts.)