Kearny Digital Media & Design: UC admissions

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This page shows how students from Kearny Digital Media & Design did when they applied to the University of California. It is not the admission rate for getting into Kearny Digital Media & Design itself.

In fall 2025, 16 students from Kearny Digital Media & Design applied to the University of California and 13 (81%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC San Diego with 14 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC San Diego (7 of 14 admitted, 50%), and the easiest was UC Merced (100%). Admitted students had an average UC GPA (weighted, capped) of 4.00.

Fall 2025 results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus161381%—53.884.00
UC Berkeley7——11%—3.91—
UC Davis5360%44%—3.93—
UC Irvine7——29%—3.87—
UC Los Angeles11——9%—3.92—
UC Merced66100%94%—4.054.05
UC Riverside9889%87%—3.883.98
UC San Diego14750%28%43.884.20
UC Santa Barbara6350%38%—4.06—
UC Santa Cruz6583%72%—3.873.99

“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 campus57% (12/21)67% (6/9)47% (7/15)54% (7/13)81% (13/16)
UC Berkeley— (—/5)—— (—/6)— (—/6)— (—/7)
UC Davis————60% (3/5)
UC Irvine— (—/7)— (—/5)— (—/11)38% (3/8)— (—/7)
UC Los Angeles— (—/14)— (—/5)— (—/8)— (—/9)— (—/11)
UC Merced————100% (6/6)
UC Riverside50% (4/8)—80% (4/5)—89% (8/9)
UC San Diego42% (8/19)38% (3/8)20% (3/15)25% (3/12)50% (7/14)
UC Santa Barbara— (—/6)———50% (3/6)
UC Santa Cruz————83% (5/6)

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.