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, 56 students from Granite Hills High School applied to the University of California and 49 (88%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Merced with 47 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Los Angeles (4 of 29 admitted, 14%), and the easiest was UC Riverside (88%). Admitted students had an average UC GPA (weighted, capped) of 3.78.

What stands out

Its rate of admission to at least one UC campus (88%) was 5 points above the Tulare County average (83%). Compared with all applicants, its students did better at UC Irvine and UC Los Angeles and worse at UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz.

Fall 2025 results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus564988%—183.693.78
UC Berkeley18633%11%53.814.09
UC Davis24833%44%43.664.08
UC Irvine24938%29%—3.784.15
UC Los Angeles29414%9%—3.82—
UC Merced474187%94%—3.683.81
UC Riverside332988%87%—3.663.79
UC San Diego10550%28%—3.834.17
UC Santa Barbara351337%38%—3.704.15
UC Santa Cruz291655%72%—3.553.82

“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 campus76% (26/34)97% (28/29)71% (30/42)81% (17/21)88% (49/56)
UC Berkeley36% (5/14)38% (5/13)— (—/13)43% (6/14)33% (6/18)
UC Davis29% (4/14)45% (5/11)26% (6/23)58% (7/12)33% (8/24)
UC Irvine— (—/13)— (—/10)— (—/24)25% (3/12)38% (9/24)
UC Los Angeles20% (3/15)— (—/21)— (—/18)— (—/13)14% (4/29)
UC Merced94% (16/17)100% (14/14)81% (21/26)100% (10/10)87% (41/47)
UC Riverside50% (4/8)—50% (3/6)—88% (29/33)
UC San Diego— (—/6)57% (4/7)40% (4/10)75% (6/8)50% (5/10)
UC Santa Barbara40% (8/20)50% (10/20)67% (10/15)67% (8/12)37% (13/35)
UC Santa Cruz46% (6/13)73% (8/11)19% (3/16)57% (4/7)55% (16/29)

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.