For the application year 2024, UCLA's Early Action acceptance rate is 10.0%, with 5,321 applicants accepted out of 53,210. This marks a decline from 12.34% in 2023, where 4,900 out of 39,690 applicants were admitted, and a sharp decrease from 18.0% in 2020 when 6,370 were accepted. Historically, acceptance rates have generally decreased, having been as high as 25.5% in 2015 and averaging around 20% in the late 2010s. The trend suggests increasing competitiveness among applicants in the Early Action round at UCLA.