Butte College: UC admissions

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In fall 2025 transfers, 79 transfer students from Butte College applied to the University of California and 64 (81%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Davis with 54 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Berkeley (13 of 41 admitted, 32%), and the easiest was UC Davis (76%). Admitted transfer students had an average transfer GPA of 3.66.

What stands out

Between 2021 and 2025, UC San Diego got harder for Butte College transfer students (53% → 47% admitted), while UC Santa Barbara got easier (49% → 72%). Compared with all applicants, its students did better at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Los Angeles and UC Santa Barbara and worse at UC San Diego.

Fall 2025 transfers results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus796481%—493.613.66
UC Berkeley411332%22%103.613.85
UC Davis544176%56%183.623.74
UC Irvine21838%39%43.553.70
UC Los Angeles361233%23%—3.723.90
UC Merced7571%72%—3.593.72
UC Riverside151173%67%—3.373.46
UC San Diego321547%52%33.713.74
UC Santa Barbara362672%59%73.653.78
UC Santa Cruz302067%68%33.513.55

“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 campus70% (65/93)84% (70/83)82% (69/84)68% (52/77)81% (64/79)
UC Berkeley17% (7/41)22% (8/36)37% (16/43)28% (10/36)32% (13/41)
UC Davis67% (40/60)80% (47/59)78% (45/58)63% (34/54)76% (41/54)
UC Irvine34% (11/32)42% (11/26)52% (15/29)29% (5/17)38% (8/21)
UC Los Angeles22% (8/36)57% (16/28)32% (11/34)31% (8/26)33% (12/36)
UC Merced58% (7/12)64% (9/14)—67% (8/12)71% (5/7)
UC Riverside62% (13/21)52% (11/21)44% (7/16)79% (11/14)73% (11/15)
UC San Diego53% (16/30)56% (14/25)75% (18/24)59% (17/29)47% (15/32)
UC Santa Barbara49% (19/39)55% (12/22)72% (23/32)62% (18/29)72% (26/36)
UC Santa Cruz55% (23/42)54% (14/26)71% (17/24)50% (17/34)67% (20/30)

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.