De la Salle High School: UC admissions

Concord · Contra Costa CountyPrivate high school

This page shows how students from De la Salle High School did when they applied to the University of California. It is not the admission rate for getting into De la Salle High School itself; for that, contact the school’s admissions office.

In fall 2025, 95 students from De la Salle High School applied to the University of California and 65 (68%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Santa Barbara with 64 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Irvine (3 of 53 admitted, 6%), and the easiest was UC Merced (95%). Admitted students had an average UC GPA (weighted, capped) of 3.80.

What stands out

Its rate of admission to at least one UC campus (68%) was 8 points below the Contra Costa County average (77%). The biggest change since 2021 was at UC Riverside, where the admit rate for De la Salle High School students rose from 45% to 69%. Compared with all applicants, its students did better at UC Berkeley and UC Los Angeles and worse at UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara and UC Santa Cruz.

Fall 2025 results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus956568%—263.713.80
UC Berkeley51918%11%53.864.00
UC Davis511325%44%—3.754.09
UC Irvine5336%29%—3.83—
UC Los Angeles60813%9%73.884.16
UC Merced222195%94%43.453.50
UC Riverside322269%87%33.593.78
UC San Diego531630%28%33.784.13
UC Santa Barbara64914%38%—3.794.20
UC Santa Cruz331236%72%—3.573.98

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

Five-year trend

Campus20212022202320242025
Any UC campus51% (50/99)53% (42/80)58% (64/110)59% (60/101)68% (65/95)
UC Berkeley17% (10/58)9% (4/45)14% (9/65)13% (8/62)18% (9/51)
UC Davis21% (10/47)14% (5/37)29% (19/65)19% (12/63)25% (13/51)
UC Irvine— (—/42)10% (3/31)8% (4/48)8% (4/51)6% (3/53)
UC Los Angeles10% (5/50)8% (4/50)8% (5/64)8% (5/59)13% (8/60)
UC Merced100% (18/18)95% (18/19)84% (21/25)94% (17/18)95% (21/22)
UC Riverside45% (9/20)57% (8/14)50% (8/16)45% (10/22)69% (22/32)
UC San Diego26% (11/43)— (—/48)10% (6/61)18% (11/61)30% (16/53)
UC Santa Barbara14% (7/51)15% (7/47)15% (11/72)25% (15/60)14% (9/64)
UC Santa Cruz14% (3/21)19% (5/26)47% (21/45)65% (22/34)36% (12/33)

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.