La Center Enriched Studies: UC admissions

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This page shows how students from La Center Enriched Studies did when they applied to the University of California. It is not the admission rate for getting into La Center Enriched Studies itself.

In fall 2025, 126 students from La Center Enriched Studies applied to the University of California and 103 (82%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Los Angeles with 98 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Los Angeles (14 of 98 admitted, 14%), and the easiest was UC Merced (100%). Admitted students had an average UC GPA (weighted, capped) of 3.91.

What stands out

Its rate of admission to at least one UC campus (82%) was 5 points above the Los Angeles County average (76%). Between 2021 and 2025, UC Berkeley got harder for La Center Enriched Studies students (37% → 21% admitted), while UC Riverside got easier (68% → 95%). Compared with all applicants, its students did better at UC Berkeley, UC Irvine and UC Los Angeles and worse at UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara.

Fall 2025 results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus12610382%—513.833.91
UC Berkeley811721%11%—3.994.27
UC Davis512345%44%43.824.12
UC Irvine803746%29%83.864.17
UC Los Angeles981414%9%113.904.28
UC Merced2525100%94%—3.683.68
UC Riverside615895%87%73.793.85
UC San Diego811923%28%33.934.27
UC Santa Barbara852833%38%53.884.23
UC Santa Cruz654772%72%113.713.90

“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% (109/141)72% (109/151)79% (125/159)79% (103/130)82% (103/126)
UC Berkeley37% (30/82)20% (20/100)21% (23/109)23% (21/90)21% (17/81)
UC Davis35% (22/62)33% (21/64)44% (31/70)53% (39/73)45% (23/51)
UC Irvine31% (25/81)29% (26/89)33% (32/98)43% (32/75)46% (37/80)
UC Los Angeles23% (25/108)16% (17/109)17% (22/126)17% (18/105)14% (14/98)
UC Merced93% (27/29)77% (17/22)95% (21/22)94% (15/16)100% (25/25)
UC Riverside68% (28/41)72% (47/65)80% (47/59)92% (45/49)95% (58/61)
UC San Diego36% (31/85)20% (21/106)22% (25/114)21% (19/90)23% (19/81)
UC Santa Barbara35% (30/86)37% (34/91)47% (52/110)34% (35/102)33% (28/85)
UC Santa Cruz64% (45/70)48% (34/71)80% (57/71)73% (52/71)72% (47/65)

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.