El Capitan High School

• Los Angeles▲5 pts higher

  14%

  7 of 49 admitted

  This school14%All CA10%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.31 (all applicants 3.98)

• Berkeley▼5 pts lower

  8%

  3 of 36 admitted

  This school8%All CA13%

  Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.98)

• Irvine▼10 pts lower

  13%

  5 of 40 admitted

  This school13%All CA22%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.92)

• San Diego≈About the same

  25%

  16 of 63 admitted

  This school25%All CA25%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.96)

• Santa Barbara≈About the same

  30%

  14 of 47 admitted

  This school30%All CA32%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.95)

• Davis▲22 pts higher

  59%

  19 of 32 admitted

  This school59%All CA37%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 4.02)

• Santa Cruz▲13 pts higher

  85%

  28 of 33 admitted

  This school85%All CA71%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.05 (all applicants 3.91)

• Riverside▲9 pts higher

  96%

  22 of 23 admitted

  This school96%All CA87%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.03 (all applicants 3.99)

• Merced≈About the same

  95%

  21 of 22 admitted

  This school95%All CA96%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.95 (all applicants 3.88)

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).

• San Luis Obispo▲7 pts higher

  37%

  17 of 46 admitted

  This school37%Overall30%

• San Diego▲25 pts higher

  60%

  58 of 97 admitted

  This school60%Overall34%

• Long Beach▲4 pts higher

  51%

  23 of 45 admitted

  This school51%Overall47%

• Fullerton▲7 pts higher

  94%

  32 of 34 admitted

  This school94%Overall87%

• San Marcos≈About the same

  93%

  40 of 43 admitted

  This school93%Overall96%

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.