Mater Dei High School

  • Private
  • Orange
  • 514 seniors
  • 1,853 students
Year

UC admit rate

66%

171 of 261 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

33%

171 of 514 seniors

County median 23%

Seniors who applied to UC

51%

261 of 514 seniors

County median 30%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

8.5%

17 of 201 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

15%

19 of 125 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 High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 9 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 5.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    17 of 201 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 3.95)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    15%

    19 of 125 admitted

    This school15%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.97)

  • Irvine5 pts higher

    27%

    43 of 157 admitted

    This school27%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.85)

  • San Diego5 pts lower

    20%

    35 of 176 admitted

    This school20%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.87)

  • Santa Barbara6 pts lower

    26%

    44 of 168 admitted

    This school26%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.90)

  • DavisAbout the same

    37%

    29 of 79 admitted

    This school37%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.86)

  • Santa Cruz4 pts lower

    67%

    45 of 67 admitted

    This school67%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.99 (all applicants 3.77)

  • Riverside7 pts lower

    80%

    60 of 75 admitted

    This school80%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.89 (all applicants 3.71)

  • Merced5 pts lower

    91%

    31 of 34 admitted

    This school91%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.72 (all applicants 3.60)

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

  • San Luis Obispo4 pts lower

    26%

    38 of 147 admitted

    This school26%Overall30%

  • San Diego5 pts lower

    29%

    47 of 161 admitted

    This school29%Overall34%

  • Long BeachAbout the same

    46%

    57 of 124 admitted

    This school46%Overall47%

  • Pomona6 pts higher

    80%

    44 of 55 admitted

    This school80%Overall74%

  • Fullerton5 pts higher

    92%

    98 of 107 admitted

    This school92%Overall87%

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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