UC admissions by high school

UC admission rates by campus

Campus averages give you a starting point. The benchmarks below summarize Fall 2025 California public and private high-school records; they are not the all-residency campus acceptance rates or an individual admissions prediction.

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Fall 2025 campus benchmark

Approximate admit rates from California public and private high-school source-school records. Use these as a campus baseline, then search a high school below for the school-specific trend.

UCLA8.9%7,863 / 88,267
UC Berkeley12.7%9,102 / 71,750
UC San Diego24.6%21,332 / 86,639
UC Irvine21.8%18,680 / 85,584
UC Santa Barbara32.2%23,786 / 73,885
UC Davis36.9%25,225 / 68,388
UC Santa Cruz71.3%37,004 / 51,879
UC Riverside87.1%52,907 / 60,765
UC Merced96.3%40,854 / 42,412

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Admit rate is admits divided by applicants. A universitywide total can count the same student at several campuses. School-level results vary with applicant pools, campus choices, and years; they cannot tell you whether attending a particular school causes better outcomes.