Los Medanos College: UC admissions

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In fall 2025 transfers, 243 transfer students from Los Medanos College applied to the University of California and 189 (78%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Davis with 179 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Berkeley (29 of 155 admitted, 19%), and the easiest was UC Riverside (79%). Admitted transfer students had an average transfer GPA of 3.52.

What stands out

The biggest change since 2021 was at UC Santa Barbara, where the admit rate for Los Medanos College transfer students rose from 42% to 59%. Its applicants did better than the overall applicant pool at UC Davis, UC San Diego and UC Santa Cruz.

Fall 2025 transfers results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus24318978%—1403.483.52
UC Berkeley1552919%22%193.513.78
UC Davis17911162%56%603.493.62
UC Irvine994040%39%93.473.68
UC Los Angeles962324%23%103.503.81
UC Merced584476%72%103.273.35
UC Riverside614879%67%—3.423.55
UC San Diego864957%52%73.603.72
UC Santa Barbara583459%59%33.413.62
UC Santa Cruz1148474%68%213.383.44

“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 campus69% (184/266)78% (201/258)75% (147/196)76% (167/221)78% (189/243)
UC Berkeley22% (35/159)33% (52/157)28% (34/120)35% (45/129)19% (29/155)
UC Davis51% (94/184)66% (124/189)75% (95/127)64% (92/144)62% (111/179)
UC Irvine26% (25/95)46% (48/105)42% (27/65)45% (47/104)40% (40/99)
UC Los Angeles26% (33/129)29% (36/126)33% (28/86)27% (24/89)24% (23/96)
UC Merced77% (27/35)75% (30/40)81% (29/36)77% (27/35)76% (44/58)
UC Riverside73% (37/51)64% (29/45)62% (24/39)63% (26/41)79% (48/61)
UC San Diego46% (38/83)65% (60/93)68% (42/62)56% (36/64)57% (49/86)
UC Santa Barbara42% (32/76)67% (60/90)78% (38/49)61% (33/54)59% (34/58)
UC Santa Cruz62% (55/89)62% (56/91)56% (42/75)65% (60/93)74% (84/114)

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.