Santa Maria High School

• Los Angeles▼4 pts lower

  5%

  4 of 76 admitted

  This school5%All CA10%

  Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.89)

• Berkeley≈About the same

  11%

  8 of 70 admitted

  This school11%All CA13%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.81)

• Irvine▼10 pts lower

  13%

  10 of 80 admitted

  This school13%All CA22%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.09 (all applicants 3.85)

• San Diego▲12 pts higher

  37%

  21 of 57 admitted

  This school37%All CA25%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.10 (all applicants 3.70)

• Santa Barbara≈About the same

  35%

  37 of 106 admitted

  This school35%All CA32%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.72)

• Davis▲9 pts higher

  46%

  39 of 85 admitted

  This school46%All CA37%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.71)

• Santa Cruz▼12 pts lower

  59%

  49 of 83 admitted

  This school59%All CA71%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.98 (all applicants 3.69)

• Riverside≈About the same

  88%

  49 of 56 admitted

  This school88%All CA87%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.82 (all applicants 3.75)

• Merced▼5 pts lower

  91%

  83 of 91 admitted

  This school91%All CA96%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.71 (all applicants 3.67)

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▲15 pts higher

  45%

  63 of 140 admitted

  This school45%Overall30%

• Northridge≈About the same

  90%

  47 of 52 admitted

  This school90%Overall93%

• Sacramento≈About the same

  95%

  59 of 62 admitted

  This school95%Overall94%

• Chico≈About the same

  94%

  81 of 86 admitted

  This school94%Overall94%

• Fresno≈About the same

  99%

  108 of 109 admitted

  This school99%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.