Poway High School

• Los Angeles≈About the same

  9%

  8 of 93 admitted

  This school9%All CA10%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.31 (all applicants 3.98)

• Berkeley▼4 pts lower

  10%

  7 of 71 admitted

  This school10%All CA13%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 4.03)

• Irvine▲20 pts higher

  42%

  36 of 86 admitted

  This school42%All CA22%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.91)

• San Diego≈About the same

  22%

  25 of 114 admitted

  This school22%All CA25%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.94)

• Santa Barbara▲4 pts higher

  36%

  38 of 105 admitted

  This school36%All CA32%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 4.01)

• Davis▲7 pts higher

  44%

  40 of 91 admitted

  This school44%All CA37%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 4.02)

• Santa Cruz▲5 pts higher

  76%

  45 of 59 admitted

  This school76%All CA71%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.09 (all applicants 3.96)

• Riverside≈About the same

  88%

  56 of 64 admitted

  This school88%All CA87%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.94 (all applicants 3.84)

• Merced≈About the same

  97%

  35 of 36 admitted

  This school97%All CA96%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.97 (all applicants 3.94)

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▼12 pts lower

  18%

  18 of 99 admitted

  This school18%Overall30%

• San Diego≈About the same

  34%

  55 of 164 admitted

  This school34%Overall34%

• Pomona▲14 pts higher

  88%

  28 of 32 admitted

  This school88%Overall74%

• Fullerton▲7 pts higher

  94%

  49 of 52 admitted

  This school94%Overall87%

• San Marcos≈About the same

  94%

  101 of 107 admitted

  This school94%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.