Nogales High School: UC admissions

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

In fall 2025, 116 students from Nogales High School applied to the University of California and 84 (72%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Irvine with 93 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Los Angeles (6 of 71 admitted, 8%), and the easiest was UC Merced (87%). Admitted students had an average UC GPA (weighted, capped) of 3.72.

What stands out

Its rate of admission to at least one UC campus (72%) was 4 points below the Los Angeles County average (76%). Between 2021 and 2025, UC Davis got harder for Nogales High School students (38% → 14% admitted), while UC Riverside got easier (55% → 77%). Its applicants were admitted at lower rates than the overall applicant pool at UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and UC Santa Cruz.

Fall 2025 results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus1168472%—313.553.72
UC Berkeley31310%11%—3.73—
UC Davis28414%44%—3.42—
UC Irvine931819%29%93.584.10
UC Los Angeles7168%9%43.674.18
UC Merced312787%94%—3.453.58
UC Riverside836477%87%93.563.72
UC San Diego821620%28%43.544.09
UC Santa Barbara331133%38%43.463.89
UC Santa Cruz352160%72%—3.553.90

“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 campus67% (58/86)73% (64/88)72% (59/82)69% (69/100)72% (84/116)
UC Berkeley21% (6/28)11% (4/35)21% (6/28)8% (3/36)10% (3/31)
UC Davis38% (10/26)29% (6/21)30% (6/20)46% (11/24)14% (4/28)
UC Irvine6% (4/62)7% (5/74)— (—/66)12% (9/75)19% (18/93)
UC Los Angeles— (—/58)6% (4/62)6% (3/51)9% (6/68)8% (6/71)
UC Merced100% (20/20)75% (12/16)86% (19/22)89% (16/18)87% (27/31)
UC Riverside55% (27/49)72% (39/54)55% (23/42)67% (40/60)77% (64/83)
UC San Diego29% (12/42)55% (27/49)35% (19/54)39% (19/49)20% (16/82)
UC Santa Barbara38% (12/32)40% (12/30)52% (11/21)35% (13/37)33% (11/33)
UC Santa Cruz43% (9/21)47% (9/19)52% (12/23)37% (15/41)60% (21/35)

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.