UC Berkeley Freshmen Admissions Rise 8 Percent

BERKELEY, CA — University of California at Berkeley officials said Monday that a total of 14,668 high school students have been offered freshman admission to their campus for the 2019-20 academic year, which they said is 8 percent more than the 13,561 admitted last year.

In addition, 4,882 transfer students were admitted for the coming school year, up from 4,504 last year.

UC Berkeley said this year's freshman admitted class benefited from a slightly reduced applicant pool, as the 87,394 applications that it received represents a 2.5 percent drop from the previous year.

In addition, there was a 75-seat increase in the number of freshman enrollment seats available.

UC Berkeley officials said this year's freshman admitted class is academically strong, with an average unweighted grade point average of 3.92 and an SAT score of 1427.

The university said those numbers are comparable to those of last year's admitted class but slightly higher.

UC Berkeley said 9,637 Californians were offered admission this year, which is 728 more residents than a year ago. The admitted Californians represent 50 of the state's 58 counties.

The university said its admitted pool includes students from 52 U.S. states and territories and 74 countries.

— Bay City News

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