Palm Desert High School

• Los Angeles≈About the same

  12%

  9 of 77 admitted

  This school12%All CA10%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.97)

• Berkeley▲7 pts higher

  20%

  11 of 54 admitted

  This school20%All CA13%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 3.96)

• Irvine▲14 pts higher

  36%

  31 of 85 admitted

  This school36%All CA22%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.89)

• San Diego▲8 pts higher

  33%

  33 of 101 admitted

  This school33%All CA25%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.90)

• Santa Barbara≈About the same

  33%

  27 of 83 admitted

  This school33%All CA32%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.90)

• Davis▲13 pts higher

  50%

  25 of 50 admitted

  This school50%All CA37%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.98)

• Santa Cruz≈About the same

  74%

  37 of 50 admitted

  This school74%All CA71%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.99 (all applicants 3.80)

• Riverside≈About the same

  87%

  55 of 63 admitted

  This school87%All CA87%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.94 (all applicants 3.85)

• Merced▲4 pts higher

  100%

  27 of 27 admitted

  This school100%All CA96%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.86 (all applicants 3.86)

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 Diego≈About the same

  33%

  74 of 224 admitted

  This school33%Overall34%

• Long Beach▲10 pts higher

  57%

  116 of 202 admitted

  This school57%Overall47%

• Fullerton≈About the same

  90%

  106 of 118 admitted

  This school90%Overall87%

• San Marcos≈About the same

  98%

  86 of 88 admitted

  This school98%Overall96%

• San Bernardino≈About the same

  95%

  76 of 80 admitted

  This school95%Overall98%

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.