Granite Hills High School: UC admissions

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

In fall 2025, 59 students from Granite Hills High School applied to the University of California and 40 (68%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Irvine with 44 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Irvine (6 of 44 admitted, 14%), and the easiest was UC Merced (100%). Admitted students had an average UC GPA (weighted, capped) of 3.82.

What stands out

Its rate of admission to at least one UC campus (68%) was 12 points below the San Bernardino County average (79%). The biggest change since 2021 was at UC San Diego, where the admit rate for Granite Hills High School students fell from 53% to 31%. Compared with all applicants, its students did better at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Los Angeles and UC Santa Barbara and worse at UC Irvine.

Fall 2025 results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus594068%—183.633.82
UC Berkeley27415%11%—3.75—
UC Davis311548%44%33.694.04
UC Irvine44614%29%—3.614.14
UC Los Angeles22314%9%33.74—
UC Merced1717100%94%—3.843.84
UC Riverside332576%87%33.563.78
UC San Diego29931%28%33.644.07
UC Santa Barbara251144%38%43.564.03
UC Santa Cruz171376%72%—3.653.86

“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 campus80% (43/54)63% (37/59)69% (47/68)56% (36/64)68% (40/59)
UC Berkeley27% (3/11)— (—/22)24% (5/21)17% (3/18)15% (4/27)
UC Davis53% (10/19)— (—/17)57% (8/14)23% (5/22)48% (15/31)
UC Irvine22% (9/41)14% (6/44)19% (9/47)17% (8/46)14% (6/44)
UC Los Angeles12% (4/34)— (—/33)9% (4/44)— (—/24)14% (3/22)
UC Merced91% (10/11)100% (5/5)77% (10/13)91% (10/11)100% (17/17)
UC Riverside78% (25/32)76% (28/37)68% (25/37)47% (18/38)76% (25/33)
UC San Diego53% (19/36)50% (15/30)57% (20/35)26% (11/42)31% (9/29)
UC Santa Barbara59% (10/17)83% (10/12)42% (13/31)44% (11/25)44% (11/25)
UC Santa Cruz—— (—/9)75% (15/20)41% (13/32)76% (13/17)

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.