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Common Data Set 2025-2026

UC Berkeley Average GPA and Acceptance Rate

Official figures from UC Berkeley's own Common Data Set for the first-years who enrolled in Fall 2025, and a checker to see where your GPA falls.

Average GPA

3.90

Had a 4.0

39.80%

Acceptance rate

11.4%

Applicants

126,864

Where does your GPA fall?

The Common Data Set groups GPAs on a 4.0 scale. Work yours out with the high school GPA calculator.

Enter your GPA to see where it falls among UC Berkeley's Fall 2025 first-years.

High school GPA of Fall 2025 first-years (CDS item C11)

GPA Share of first-years
4.0
39.80%
3.75 to 3.99
50.10%
3.50 to 3.74
8.10%
3.25 to 3.49
1.40%
3.00 to 3.24
0.30%
2.50 to 2.99
0.20%
2.0 to 2.49
0.10%
1.0 to 1.99
0.00%
Below 1.0
0.00%

Shares as printed in the CDS. "—" means the cell is blank in the CDS.

UC Berkeley admissions, Fall 2025

First-year applicants126,864
Admitted14,524
Enrolled6,687
Acceptance rate (admitted ÷ applied)11.4%
Average high school GPA (enrolled)3.90
Enrolled first-years who submitted a GPA100.00%

What these numbers mean

  • The average and the bands describe first-years who enrolled in Fall 2025, not everyone who was admitted, and only those with a high school GPA on file (100.00% of the class).
  • The Common Data Set does not say whether these GPAs are weighted or unweighted.
  • UC Berkeley publishes its CDS as a Google Sheet; these figures are from its CDS-C tab.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average GPA at UC Berkeley?
3.90 for first-years who enrolled in Fall 2025, according to UC Berkeley's Common Data Set 2025-2026 (item C12). 100.00% of them submitted a high school GPA.

What GPA do you need to get into UC Berkeley?
UC Berkeley's Common Data Set reports the GPAs of the first-years who enrolled. In Fall 2025, 39.80% had a 4.0 and 89.9% had 3.75 or higher. Enter your GPA above to see where yours falls.

What is UC Berkeley's acceptance rate?
11.4% for Fall 2025: 14,524 of 126,864 first-year applicants were admitted and 6,687 enrolled (Common Data Set item C1). The rate is admitted divided by applied.

Is UC Berkeley's average GPA weighted or unweighted?
The Common Data Set does not say. It groups GPAs on a 4.0 scale.

Source

University of California, Berkeley, Common Data Set 2025-2026, items C1, C11 and C12: the document we read, linked from UC Berkeley's Common Data Set page. Figures are copied as printed; the acceptance rate is worked out from them. Checked 26 September 2026.

Average GPA at other universities

UCLA 3.94 USC 3.85 NYU 3.81 Harvard 4.22 Stanford 3.94 Penn State 3.67 UC San Diego 3.88 Purdue 3.81 UC Davis 4.03 Boston University 3.86 Georgia Tech 4.17 Arizona State 3.52 University of Michigan 3.9 UNC Chapel Hill 4.47 University of Florida 3.9 Columbia 4.25

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