Nathaniel Narbonne High School: UC admissions

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

In fall 2025, 112 students from Nathaniel Narbonne High School applied to the University of California and 86 (77%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Irvine with 84 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Berkeley (5 of 54 admitted, 9%), and the easiest was UC Merced (97%). Admitted students had an average UC GPA (weighted, capped) of 3.93.

What stands out

Its rate of admission to at least one UC campus (77%) was about the same as the Los Angeles County average (76%). Between 2021 and 2025, UC Berkeley got harder for Nathaniel Narbonne High School students (32% → 9% admitted), while UC Riverside got easier (53% → 86%). Compared with all applicants, its students did better at UC Los Angeles, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and UC Santa Cruz and worse at UC Davis and UC Irvine.

Fall 2025 results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus1128677%—343.813.93
UC Berkeley5459%11%—3.974.17
UC Davis411434%44%—3.724.19
UC Irvine841417%29%43.874.19
UC Los Angeles67913%9%93.874.27
UC Merced383797%94%—3.843.87
UC Riverside504386%87%43.753.85
UC San Diego692841%28%53.894.20
UC Santa Barbara472349%38%53.854.17
UC Santa Cruz383182%72%33.883.99

“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 campus69% (55/80)69% (45/65)60% (52/86)72% (56/78)77% (86/112)
UC Berkeley32% (12/38)18% (6/33)31% (10/32)13% (5/38)9% (5/54)
UC Davis36% (10/28)25% (5/20)46% (11/24)68% (13/19)34% (14/41)
UC Irvine32% (19/59)24% (12/49)14% (9/64)27% (18/66)17% (14/84)
UC Los Angeles16% (9/58)7% (4/56)13% (9/67)13% (8/64)13% (9/67)
UC Merced93% (14/15)80% (12/15)88% (14/16)78% (7/9)97% (37/38)
UC Riverside53% (20/38)63% (15/24)56% (15/27)71% (17/24)86% (43/50)
UC San Diego40% (18/45)44% (14/32)43% (18/42)49% (23/47)41% (28/69)
UC Santa Barbara26% (8/31)68% (13/19)38% (13/34)45% (13/29)49% (23/47)
UC Santa Cruz60% (12/20)50% (4/8)47% (9/19)81% (13/16)82% (31/38)

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.