Johansen High School: UC admissions

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

In fall 2025, 72 students from Johansen High School applied to the University of California and 66 (92%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Merced with 57 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Berkeley (3 of 33 admitted, 9%), and the easiest was UC Riverside (95%). Admitted students had an average UC GPA (weighted, capped) of 3.87.

What stands out

Its rate of admission to at least one UC campus (92%) was 4 points above the Stanislaus County average (88%). Between 2021 and 2025, UC Berkeley got harder for Johansen High School students (19% → 9% admitted), while UC Merced got easier (88% → 95%). Compared with all applicants, its students did better at UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara and worse at UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz.

Fall 2025 results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus726692%—323.813.87
UC Berkeley3339%11%—3.86—
UC Davis461737%44%53.784.15
UC Irvine271141%29%—3.934.04
UC Los Angeles20——9%—3.94—
UC Merced575495%94%123.813.86
UC Riverside201995%87%33.923.95
UC San Diego15320%28%—3.85—
UC Santa Barbara221150%38%33.754.09
UC Santa Cruz291759%72%—3.673.92

“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% (37/46)94% (32/34)84% (31/37)90% (38/42)92% (66/72)
UC Berkeley19% (5/27)— (—/17)16% (3/19)18% (3/17)9% (3/33)
UC Davis36% (10/28)45% (10/22)46% (12/26)73% (19/26)37% (17/46)
UC Irvine— (—/10)30% (3/10)— (—/13)— (—/13)41% (11/27)
UC Los Angeles13% (3/23)— (—/19)— (—/17)— (—/22)— (—/20)
UC Merced88% (28/32)100% (25/25)84% (21/25)93% (28/30)95% (54/57)
UC Riverside———50% (3/6)95% (19/20)
UC San Diego19% (3/16)54% (7/13)46% (6/13)62% (8/13)20% (3/15)
UC Santa Barbara77% (10/13)92% (11/12)67% (8/12)73% (11/15)50% (11/22)
UC Santa Cruz64% (14/22)50% (6/12)50% (9/18)63% (10/16)59% (17/29)

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.