Heritage High School: UC admissions

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

In fall 2025, 77 students from Heritage High School applied to the University of California and 70 (91%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Riverside with 60 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Los Angeles (6 of 40 admitted, 15%), and the easiest was UC Merced (96%). Admitted students had an average UC GPA (weighted, capped) of 3.88.

What stands out

Its rate of admission to at least one UC campus (91%) was 10 points above the Riverside County average (80%). Between 2021 and 2025, UC Irvine got harder for Heritage High School students (50% → 39% admitted), while UC Santa Barbara got easier (65% → 80%). Compared with all applicants, its students did better at UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Los Angeles, UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara and worse at UC Santa Cruz.

Fall 2025 results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus777091%—463.803.88
UC Berkeley15320%11%—4.07—
UC Davis241458%44%33.843.95
UC Irvine441739%29%53.984.20
UC Los Angeles40615%9%—3.864.25
UC Merced272696%94%—3.693.80
UC Riverside605287%87%133.803.93
UC San Diego582747%28%143.834.19
UC Santa Barbara201680%38%33.864.02
UC Santa Cruz211467%72%43.753.90

“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 campus77% (75/98)68% (82/120)73% (72/99)76% (64/84)91% (70/77)
UC Berkeley30% (8/27)— (—/21)16% (4/25)23% (5/22)20% (3/15)
UC Davis41% (7/17)— (—/14)45% (13/29)43% (10/23)58% (14/24)
UC Irvine50% (26/52)18% (14/76)25% (17/69)26% (12/46)39% (17/44)
UC Los Angeles13% (5/40)6% (3/52)7% (3/43)11% (5/46)15% (6/40)
UC Merced94% (16/17)95% (20/21)100% (12/12)94% (16/17)96% (26/27)
UC Riverside72% (55/76)66% (69/104)73% (61/83)79% (46/58)87% (52/60)
UC San Diego35% (21/60)23% (16/70)19% (12/63)49% (26/53)47% (27/58)
UC Santa Barbara65% (17/26)58% (19/33)44% (18/41)50% (11/22)80% (16/20)
UC Santa Cruz57% (13/23)39% (7/18)60% (18/30)53% (10/19)67% (14/21)

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.