Coastline Community College: UC admissions

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In fall 2025 transfers, 64 transfer students from Coastline Community College applied to the University of California and 42 (66%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Irvine with 46 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Los Angeles (5 of 41 admitted, 12%), and the easiest was UC Merced (91%). Admitted transfer students had an average transfer GPA of 3.47.

What stands out

The biggest change since 2021 was at UC Berkeley, where the admit rate for Coastline Community College transfer students fell from 29% to 16%. Its applicants were admitted at lower rates than the overall applicant pool at UC Berkeley, UC Los Angeles, UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara.

Fall 2025 transfers results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus644266%—253.343.47
UC Berkeley38616%22%43.393.84
UC Davis171059%56%33.293.47
UC Irvine461737%39%93.343.68
UC Los Angeles41512%23%—3.383.89
UC Merced111091%72%—3.353.42
UC Riverside261973%67%33.293.38
UC San Diego301343%52%43.283.49
UC Santa Barbara22941%59%—3.213.38
UC Santa Cruz161063%68%—3.353.44

“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 campus66% (43/65)62% (31/50)73% (37/51)62% (40/65)66% (42/64)
UC Berkeley29% (7/24)26% (5/19)17% (4/23)24% (5/21)16% (6/38)
UC Davis54% (13/24)67% (6/9)73% (11/15)53% (8/15)59% (10/17)
UC Irvine43% (21/49)35% (13/37)45% (20/44)30% (15/50)37% (17/46)
UC Los Angeles17% (7/41)29% (11/38)25% (7/28)20% (7/35)12% (5/41)
UC Merced75% (6/8)—— (—/5)— (—/5)91% (10/11)
UC Riverside77% (20/26)44% (12/27)48% (11/23)46% (13/28)73% (19/26)
UC San Diego48% (14/29)33% (8/24)53% (16/30)47% (17/36)43% (13/30)
UC Santa Barbara40% (8/20)63% (10/16)47% (8/17)54% (15/28)41% (9/22)
UC Santa Cruz89% (8/9)50% (4/8)70% (7/10)53% (10/19)63% (10/16)

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.