Menlo
- Private
- San Mateo
- 149 seniors
- 820 students
UC admit rate
60%
68 of 113 applicants, fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
46%
68 of 149 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
76%
113 of 149 seniors
UC Los Angeles admit rate
11%
11 of 100 applicants, fall 2025
UC Berkeley admit rate
19%
18 of 94 applicants, fall 2025
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
Menlo applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 9 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 5.
- Los AngelesAbout the same
11%
11 of 100 admitted
This school11%All CA10%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 4.07)
- Berkeley6 pts higher
19%
18 of 94 admitted
This school19%All CA13%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 4.10)
- Irvine6 pts lower
16%
11 of 68 admitted
This school16%All CA22%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 4.09)
- San Diego15 pts lower
10%
9 of 92 admitted
This school10%All CA25%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 4.08)
- Santa Barbara6 pts lower
27%
25 of 94 admitted
This school27%All CA32%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 4.05)
- Davis10 pts lower
27%
19 of 71 admitted
This school27%All CA37%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.19 (all applicants 3.99)
- Santa Cruz15 pts lower
57%
25 of 44 admitted
This school57%All CA71%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.03 (all applicants 3.91)
- RiversideAbout the same
89%
24 of 27 admitted
This school89%All CA87%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.87 (all applicants 3.90)
- Merced4 pts higher
100%
23 of 23 admitted
This school100%All CA96%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.88 (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).
California State University
Menlo applicants did better than the campus overall at 0 of 2 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 1.
- San Luis ObispoAbout the same
29%
15 of 51 admitted
This school29%Overall30%
- Long Beach7 pts lower
40%
32 of 80 admitted
This school40%Overall47%
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 11 campuses
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