Cerro Coso Community College: UC admissions

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In fall 2025 transfers, 24 transfer students from Cerro Coso Community College applied to the University of California and 14 (58%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Irvine with 14 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Irvine (3 of 14 admitted, 21%), and the easiest was UC Santa Cruz (60%). Admitted transfer students had an average transfer GPA of 3.57.

Fall 2025 transfers results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus241458%—83.383.57
UC Berkeley8——22%—3.58—
UC Davis8338%56%—3.13—
UC Irvine14321%39%—3.38—
UC Los Angeles9——23%—3.43—
UC Merced5——72%—3.25—
UC Riverside12542%67%33.263.60
UC San Diego6——52%—3.30—
UC Santa Barbara9333%59%—3.40—
UC Santa Cruz5360%68%—3.46—

“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 campus73% (19/26)50% (15/30)68% (15/22)71% (20/28)58% (14/24)
UC Berkeley—— (—/7)—31% (5/16)— (—/8)
UC Davis60% (6/10)42% (5/12)36% (4/11)62% (8/13)38% (3/8)
UC Irvine60% (6/10)29% (6/21)36% (4/11)38% (5/13)21% (3/14)
UC Los Angeles44% (4/9)— (—/16)50% (4/8)— (—/16)— (—/9)
UC Merced——43% (3/7)67% (4/6)— (—/5)
UC Riverside40% (4/10)56% (5/9)45% (5/11)55% (6/11)42% (5/12)
UC San Diego77% (10/13)57% (8/14)50% (5/10)71% (10/14)— (—/6)
UC Santa Barbara50% (5/10)50% (7/14)67% (4/6)58% (7/12)33% (3/9)
UC Santa Cruz70% (7/10)38% (3/8)—— (—/7)60% (3/5)

Admit rate, with admitted / applied in parentheses.

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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.