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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.
  • 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.

2023 Medical School Statistics

UC Berkeley First-Time Applicants by Class Year

Class of 2023

Application Year Applicants Accepted Acceptance Rate
2023 28 16 57.1%

Class of 2022

Application Year Applicants Accepted Acceptance Rate
2022 41 18 43.9%
2023 144 60 52.6%

Class of 2021

Application Year Applicants Accepted Acceptance Rate
2021 64 31 48.4%
2022 149 86 57.7%
2023 189 110 58.2%

Class of 2020

Application Year Applicants Accepted Acceptance Rate
2020 64 35 54.7%
2021 194 111 57.2%
2022 126 72 57.1%
2023
115 68 59.1%

Class of 2019

Application Year Applicants Accepted Acceptance Rate
2019 51 30 58.8%
2020 153 100 65.4%
2021 150 84 56.0%
2022 75 35 46.7%
2023
66 29 43.9%

 

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.