Central City Value

• Santa Barbara▼10 pts lower

  22%

  4 of 18 admitted

  This school22%All CA32%

  Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.47)

• Riverside▼20 pts lower

  68%

  25 of 37 admitted

  This school68%All CA87%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.55 (all applicants 3.38)

• Merced≈About the same

  95%

  20 of 21 admitted

  This school95%All CA96%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.39 (all applicants 3.37)

• Los Angeles

  too few applicants to report31 applied

• Irvine

  too few applicants to report30 applied

• San Diego

  too few applicants to report12 applied

• Berkeley

  too few applicants to report10 applied

• Davis

  too few applicants to report8 applied

• Santa Cruz

  ~44% · 3 yrs pooled8 applied

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. All CA is the campus’s admit rate that fall for applicants from every California high school. Within 3 points counts as about the same. GPA is the UC-calculated GPA (weighted, capped).

• Pomona▼20 pts lower

  54%

  14 of 26 admitted

  This school54%Overall74%

• Los Angeles≈About the same

  91%

  71 of 78 admitted

  This school91%Overall92%

• Northridge▼11 pts lower

  82%

  46 of 56 admitted

  This school82%Overall93%

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. Overall is the campus’s admit rate for all its applicants, from federal IPEDS data (fall 2023, the latest published). Within 3 points counts as about the same.