Mater Dei Catholic High School

  • Private
  • San Diego
  • 294 seniors
  • 1,168 students
Year

UC admit rate

69%

107 of 155 applicants, fall 2025

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

36%

107 of 294 seniors

County median 22%

Seniors who applied to UC

53%

155 of 294 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

9.5%

9 of 95 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

7.6%

5 of 66 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 13%

Campus by campus, fall 2025

The share of this school's applicants each campus admitted, beside the campus's rate for everyone else. Hardest campus first.

University of California

Mater Dei Catholic High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 9 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 5.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    9 of 95 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.31 (all applicants 3.94)

  • Berkeley6 pts lower

    8%

    5 of 66 admitted

    This school8%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.95)

  • Irvine6 pts lower

    16%

    16 of 98 admitted

    This school16%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.85)

  • San Diego10 pts lower

    15%

    19 of 127 admitted

    This school15%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.83)

  • Santa Barbara7 pts lower

    25%

    22 of 88 admitted

    This school25%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.89)

  • Davis7 pts higher

    44%

    33 of 75 admitted

    This school44%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.86)

  • Santa Cruz6 pts lower

    66%

    27 of 41 admitted

    This school66%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.05 (all applicants 3.77)

  • Riverside8 pts higher

    95%

    53 of 56 admitted

    This school95%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.80 (all applicants 3.76)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    33 of 33 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.72 (all applicants 3.72)

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).

California State University

Mater Dei Catholic High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo14 pts lower

    15%

    12 of 78 admitted

    This school15%Overall30%

  • San Diego26 pts higher

    60%

    107 of 177 admitted

    This school60%Overall34%

  • Long Beach6 pts lower

    41%

    29 of 70 admitted

    This school41%Overall47%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    89%

    31 of 35 admitted

    This school89%Overall87%

  • San MarcosAbout the same

    95%

    77 of 81 admitted

    This school95%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.

Campus-by-campus detail for 14 campuses

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