Los Angeles Trade Technical College: UC admissions

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In fall 2025 transfers, 62 transfer students from Los Angeles Trade Technical College applied to the University of California and 38 (61%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Los Angeles with 54 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Berkeley (4 of 27 admitted, 15%), and the easiest was UC Merced (88%). Admitted transfer students had an average transfer GPA of 3.36.

What stands out

Between 2021 and 2025, UC Riverside got harder for Los Angeles Trade Technical College transfer students (55% → 47% admitted), while UC San Diego got easier (39% → 58%). Compared with all applicants, its students did better at UC San Diego and worse at UC Berkeley and UC Irvine.

Fall 2025 transfers results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus623861%—243.253.36
UC Berkeley27415%22%33.37—
UC Davis17635%56%—3.263.45
UC Irvine381334%39%43.293.70
UC Los Angeles541324%23%73.313.74
UC Merced8788%72%—3.033.08
UC Riverside321547%67%53.143.43
UC San Diego261558%52%33.373.60
UC Santa Barbara19526%59%—3.073.76
UC Santa Cruz131077%68%—3.283.33

“All applicants’ rate” is the campus admit rate across all transfer applicants that year, including out-of-state and international.

Five-year trend

Campus20212022202320242025
Any UC campus60% (49/82)54% (26/48)63% (36/57)64% (36/56)61% (38/62)
UC Berkeley17% (6/35)15% (3/20)13% (3/24)11% (3/27)15% (4/27)
UC Davis23% (5/22)50% (4/8)50% (6/12)50% (8/16)35% (6/17)
UC Irvine29% (18/62)29% (9/31)31% (12/39)40% (16/40)34% (13/38)
UC Los Angeles20% (12/59)17% (6/35)24% (12/50)27% (12/45)24% (13/54)
UC Merced77% (10/13)50% (5/10)—83% (5/6)88% (7/8)
UC Riverside55% (24/44)54% (13/24)50% (14/28)58% (18/31)47% (15/32)
UC San Diego39% (12/31)39% (7/18)61% (14/23)58% (14/24)58% (15/26)
UC Santa Barbara24% (8/33)39% (7/18)39% (9/23)65% (11/17)26% (5/19)
UC Santa Cruz47% (9/19)50% (8/16)58% (7/12)57% (4/7)77% (10/13)

Admit rate, with admitted / applied in parentheses.

Where would your GPA land?

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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.