UCLA vs UT Austin: admit rates, GPA and how Taiwanese applicants choose
OfferLand users have reported 120 application results for UCLA and 113 for UT Austin; 32 applicants applied to both. The table puts admit rates, admitted applicants’ scores, top fields and programs side by side.
Self-reported sample from OfferLand users, not official school data; figures based on fewer than 5 results are not shown. Data as of 2026-10-22.
Side by side
Admit rate = (admitted + enrolled) ÷ (admitted + enrolled + rejected); waitlisted and pending results are left out. Median GPA and TOEFL count each admitted applicant once. Figures based on fewer than 5 results are not shown.
| Metric | UCLA | UT Austin |
|---|---|---|
| Country | United States | United States |
| QS ranking (2027) | #49 | #72 |
| US News ranking (2027) | #20 | #34 |
| Application results | 120 | 113 |
| Applicants | 120 | 104 |
| Admit rate | 50.0% | 48.2% |
| Median GPA (admitted) | 3.71 | 3.74 |
| Median TOEFL (admitted) | 103 | 102 |
| Most-reported fields | Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (52),General Engineering (23),Materials Science (13),Business Analytics (10) | Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (44),General Engineering (14),Business Analytics (12),Information Technology (11) |
Most-reported programs
Programs with at least 5 results, by number of results.
UCLA
| Program | Results | Admit rate |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science (Master's) | 27 | 11.5% |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering (Master's) | 20 | 25.0% |
| Materials Science & Engineering (Master's) | 13 | 92.3% |
| Management – Business Analytics MS (Master's) | 10 | 66.7% |
| Mechanical Engineering (Master's) | 9 | 77.8% |
UT Austin
| Program | Results | Admit rate |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science (Master's) | 15 | 13.3% |
| Electrical and Computer Engineering - Fifth Year Integrated Program (Master's) | 14 | 21.4% |
| M.S. in Business Analytics (Master's) | 12 | 41.7% |
| Information Studies (Master's) | 8 | 37.5% |
| Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) | 7 | 57.1% |
Applicants to both schools
32 applicants reported results at both schools: 9 were admitted to UCLA, 12 to UT Austin, and 5 to both.
Too few people admitted to both have reported a final choice (1) to show a preference.
AI summary (from OfferLand data and posts on the site, 2026-10-21)
In OfferLand's records, UCLA (120 results) and UT Austin (113 results) have close admit rates of 50% and 48.2%, with admitted median GPAs of 3.71 vs 3.74 and TOEFL 103 vs 102. EECS dominates both, and the CS master's is hard at each: UCLA Computer Science admitted 11.5% of 27 results, UT Austin 13.3% of 15. Of 32 people who applied to both, 5 were admitted to both and only 1 reported a choice (UCLA), a very small sample.
- Outside CS, UCLA's Materials Science & Engineering admitted 92.3% of 13 results; UT Austin's M.S. in Business Analytics is at 41.7% across 12 and Information Studies at 37.5% across 8.Source: data on this page
- An applicant to UCLA's Business Analytics MS says the professor interview finished its questions in about 20 minutes and then turned into casual chat; this applicant was not admitted.Source: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Management – Business Analytics MS 面試心得
- An interview report for UCLA's Master of Quantitative Economics says the whole interview took about 8 minutes.Source: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Economics - Master of Quantitative Economics 面試心得
- An applicant admitted to UT Austin's physics PhD says the program requires matching with an advisor at admission, and both professors they wanted were full that year, so they went to Northeastern first.Source: 博士申請心得｜直攻美國博士申請到美國買房經驗分享
Written by AI from the data on this page and the cited posts and interview reports. It may contain mistakes and is neither official school information nor application advice; check the original posts and the schools’ own announcements.
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