Allan Hancock College: UC admissions

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In fall 2025 transfers, 175 transfer students from Allan Hancock College applied to the University of California and 121 (69%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Santa Barbara with 125 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Los Angeles (17 of 76 admitted, 22%), and the easiest was UC Santa Cruz (76%). Admitted transfer students had an average transfer GPA of 3.46.

What stands out

Between 2021 and 2025, UC Merced got harder for Allan Hancock College transfer students (90% → 56% admitted), while UC Santa Cruz got easier (62% → 76%). Compared with all applicants, its students did better at UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz and worse at UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara.

Fall 2025 transfers results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus17512169%—623.363.46
UC Berkeley691725%22%—3.393.62
UC Davis583967%56%93.373.51
UC Irvine732332%39%73.353.55
UC Los Angeles761722%23%63.373.66
UC Merced271556%72%—3.163.37
UC Riverside493469%67%—3.293.45
UC San Diego562952%52%63.373.48
UC Santa Barbara1255947%59%233.363.58
UC Santa Cruz634876%68%93.313.41

“All applicants’ rate” is the campus admit rate across all transfer applicants that year, including out-of-state and international.

Five-year trend

Campus20212022202320242025
Any UC campus68% (133/196)70% (112/161)78% (113/144)81% (155/191)69% (121/175)
UC Berkeley27% (17/64)22% (12/54)26% (13/50)27% (12/45)25% (17/69)
UC Davis58% (36/62)53% (23/43)76% (31/41)51% (30/59)67% (39/58)
UC Irvine27% (25/91)32% (19/59)32% (20/63)39% (33/84)32% (23/73)
UC Los Angeles13% (13/102)20% (13/64)29% (18/63)26% (22/84)22% (17/76)
UC Merced90% (19/21)79% (19/24)81% (17/21)72% (18/25)56% (15/27)
UC Riverside63% (31/49)59% (24/41)59% (19/32)53% (20/38)69% (34/49)
UC San Diego50% (35/70)57% (25/44)57% (25/44)56% (36/64)52% (29/56)
UC Santa Barbara43% (51/118)51% (55/107)59% (59/100)69% (90/131)47% (59/125)
UC Santa Cruz62% (43/69)55% (36/65)68% (42/62)76% (45/59)76% (48/63)

Admit rate, with admitted / applied in parentheses.

Where would your GPA land?

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Source: University of California Office of the President, UC Information Center, Admissions by source school. Freshman counts are fall terms; transfer counts are the academic year starting that fall. Average GPAs are UC’s weighted, capped high school GPA (transfer GPA for colleges). “—” means UC suppressed a small count. This site is independent and not affiliated with the University of California. Admit rates describe past applicants, not any individual student’s chances.