Grand Terrace High School: UC admissions

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This page shows how students from Grand Terrace High School did when they applied to the University of California. It is not the admission rate for getting into Grand Terrace High School itself.

In fall 2025, 85 students from Grand Terrace High School applied to the University of California and 74 (87%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Riverside with 70 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Los Angeles (5 of 40 admitted, 13%), and the easiest was UC Merced (90%). 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 (87%) was 8 points above the San Bernardino County average (79%). Between 2021 and 2025, UC Santa Barbara got harder for Grand Terrace High School students (67% → 39% admitted), while UC San Diego got easier (29% → 53%). Compared with all applicants, its students did better at UC Berkeley, UC Los Angeles and UC San Diego and worse at UC Santa Cruz.

Fall 2025 results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus857487%—363.703.80
UC Berkeley27622%11%—3.924.32
UC Davis20945%44%33.724.05
UC Irvine571730%29%33.844.13
UC Los Angeles40513%9%33.814.32
UC Merced312890%94%—3.683.77
UC Riverside705680%87%193.713.85
UC San Diego361953%28%63.854.17
UC Santa Barbara311239%38%—3.724.11
UC Santa Cruz241563%72%—3.673.96

“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 campus55% (50/91)63% (40/63)68% (54/80)76% (68/89)87% (74/85)
UC Berkeley— (—/16)— (—/19)21% (4/19)18% (5/28)22% (6/27)
UC Davis36% (4/11)57% (4/7)67% (6/9)36% (8/22)45% (9/20)
UC Irvine26% (14/53)14% (6/42)13% (7/52)25% (15/59)30% (17/57)
UC Los Angeles10% (4/41)14% (4/29)— (—/40)7% (3/41)13% (5/40)
UC Merced75% (6/8)—92% (11/12)86% (6/7)90% (28/31)
UC Riverside58% (41/71)59% (30/51)51% (32/63)74% (49/66)80% (56/70)
UC San Diego29% (13/45)43% (13/30)34% (16/47)59% (32/54)53% (19/36)
UC Santa Barbara67% (14/21)86% (12/14)36% (10/28)42% (11/26)39% (12/31)
UC Santa Cruz25% (4/16)— (—/9)40% (6/15)79% (19/24)63% (15/24)

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.