Merced High School

• Berkeley▼5 pts lower

  8%

  3 of 37 admitted

  This school8%All CA13%

  Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.79)

• Irvine▲12 pts higher

  34%

  10 of 29 admitted

  This school34%All CA22%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.12 (all applicants 3.75)

• San Diego▲22 pts higher

  47%

  14 of 30 admitted

  This school47%All CA25%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.82)

• Santa Barbara▲8 pts higher

  41%

  11 of 27 admitted

  This school41%All CA32%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 3.63)

• Davis≈About the same

  37%

  17 of 46 admitted

  This school37%All CA37%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.77)

• Santa Cruz▼24 pts lower

  47%

  9 of 19 admitted

  This school47%All CA71%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 3.53)

• Riverside▼4 pts lower

  83%

  15 of 18 admitted

  This school83%All CA87%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.06 (all applicants 3.90)

• Merced▼15 pts lower

  81%

  48 of 59 admitted

  This school81%All CA96%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.88 (all applicants 3.67)

• Los Angeles

  too few applicants to report32 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).

• San Luis Obispo▲7 pts higher

  37%

  7 of 19 admitted

  This school37%Overall30%

• Sacramento▲6 pts higher

  100%

  26 of 26 admitted

  This school100%Overall94%

• Fresno≈About the same

  98%

  44 of 45 admitted

  This school98%Overall96%

• Stanislaus≈About the same

  96%

  27 of 28 admitted

  This school96%Overall97%

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.