Data about UC Average GPA per Major

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - GENERAL
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Hello everyone

2 weeks ago I asked the general UC Admissions office and the individual campus’s if they had any information about average GPA per major on specifically UCB, UCLA and UCI.
All admissions offices replied with the same answer that the Engineering schools are the hardest to get into, and that’s it.
I read about average GPA per major and found old data from UCI and UCLA, but none of the other campus’s.
So I was wondering if anyone here had any data on Average GPA per Major :slight_smile:

  • Thank you
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With average GPA I mean High School GPA of the people applying, not people already admitted

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https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter/freshman-admissions-summary

maybe this? Looks like you can click on Applicants and then GPA and also search by school, etc.

also can toggle around and find stats by major by university, but not sure if that is only for admits, not for applicants.

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You are not going to find that data by major.

Below is a link for UCI enrolled Freshman Capped weighted GPA and test scores by major. Enrolled data is slightly lower than admitted data and this is the probably the best information you will be able to find. If there is such data readily available, I would have found it by now.

https://www.oir.uci.edu/Data-Hub/Undergraduate-Admissions-Dashboard.php

The link above in post # 2 does not break out the data by major only campus.

You can find enrolled data by college for UCSB here: http://bap.ucsb.edu/institutional.research/campus.profiles/campus.profiles.2019.20.pdf

Some general campus info for UCSD: https://ir.ucsd.edu/undergrad/publications/19_20_StudentProfile.pdf

Freshman profiles by campus here: https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/campuses-majors/freshman-admit-data.html

The best overall data is the admit rate data in post #2 which can help gauge your chances. I have broken it out in to a table form here: 2019 Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 3.00-3.39 capped weighted and not major specific:
UCB: 1%
UCLA: 1%
UCSD: 1%
UCSB: 1%
UCI: 1%
UCD: 2%
UCSC: 13%
UCR: 18%
UCM: 53%

2019 Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 3.40-3.79 capped weighted and not major specific:
UCB: 1%
UCLA: 2%
UCSD: 9%
UCSB: 6%
UCI: 7%
UCD: 9%
UCSC: 40%
UCR: 53%
UCM: 80%

2019 Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 3.80-4.19 capped weighted and not major specific:
UCB: 12%
UCLA: 7%
UCSD: 33%
UCSB: 32%
UCD: 47%
UCI: 35%
UCSC: 72%
UCR: 87%
UCM: 96%

2019 Freshman admit rates for UC GPA of 4.20 or above capped weighted and not major specific:
UCB: 38%
UCLA: 35%
UCSD: 71%
UCSB: 73%
UCD: 84%
UCI: 55%
UCSC: 85%
UCR: 97%
UCM: 98%

**2020 UC capped weighted GPA averages along with 25th-75th percentile range: **
UCB: 4.22 (4.13-4.30)
UCLA: 4.25 (4.18-4.31)
UCSD: 4.18(4.04-4.28)
UCSB: 4.17 (4.03-4.27)
UCI: 4.11 (3.96-4.26)
UCD: 4.11 (3.97-4.25)
UCSC: 3.94 (3.71-4.16)
UCR: 3.88 (3.65-4.11)
UCM: 3.68 (3.40-3.96)

Based on your other posts, you are looking at applying as a CS major. My advice is to target a GPA at the 75th percentile or higher. If you have competitive SAT/ACT scores, definitely send them but GPA and test scores alone will not determine your chances for an acceptance.