UC Berkeley Medical School Acceptance Rates
- Annual & Cumulative UC Berkeley and National Acceptance Rates: 2017-2021
- Matrix of GPA and MCAT Scores of UCB Admits vs. Applicants: First Time Applicants 2020 & 2021 (PDF)
- Medical School Acceptances 2021 -- UC Berkeley (PDF)
Highlights of Cal medical school applicants:
- The majority of Cal applicants take at least 1 gap year before entering medical school. For most applicants, this timeline means applying after spring of their senior (or final) year at Cal.
- Cal applicants have consistently higher acceptance rates than the national average.
- Across all MCAT scores, Cal applicants with a cumulative GPA of 3.60 or higher are more likely than not to be accepted.
- Cal applicants represent a variety of majors, within and outside of the biological sciences, and across all colleges, including Letters & Science, Engineering, Public Health, and Natural Resources.
2021 Medical School Statistics
Acceptance Rates
UC Berkeley First-Time Applicants by Class Year
Application Year |
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2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
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Class of 2017 |
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Acceptees |
35 |
91 |
100 |
35 |
10 |
Applicants |
66 |
164 |
149 |
67 |
26 |
Acceptance Rate |
53.0% |
55.5% |
67.1% |
52.2% |
38.5% |
Class of 2018 |
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Acceptees |
22 |
93 |
69 |
34 |
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Applicants |
37 |
143 |
123 |
67 |
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Acceptance Rate |
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59.5% |
65.0% |
56.1% |
50.7% |
Class of 2019 |
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Acceptees |
30 |
100 |
84 |
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Applicants |
51 |
153 |
150 |
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Acceptance Rate |
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58.8% |
65.4% |
56.0% |
Class of 2020 |
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Acceptees |
35 |
111 |
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Applicants |
64 |
194 |
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Acceptance Rate |
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|
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54.7% |
57.2% |
Class of 2021 |
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Acceptees |
31 |
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Applicants |
64 |
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Acceptance Rate |
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48.4% |
NOTE: Data for this table is 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.
Source: American Association of Medical Colleges