North High School: UC admissions

Bakersfield · Kern CountyPublic high school

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

In fall 2025, 42 students from North High School applied to the University of California and 32 (76%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC San Diego with 24 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Irvine (3 of 17 admitted, 18%), and the easiest was UC Merced (95%). Admitted students had an average UC GPA (weighted, capped) of 3.73.

What stands out

Its rate of admission to at least one UC campus (76%) was 3 points below the Kern County average (79%). Its applicants did better than the overall applicant pool at UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara.

Fall 2025 results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus423276%—53.613.73
UC Berkeley10——11%—3.87—
UC Davis18528%44%—3.484.06
UC Irvine17318%29%—3.65—
UC Los Angeles20——9%—3.71—
UC Merced201995%94%—3.603.59
UC Riverside16956%87%—3.593.82
UC San Diego24833%28%—3.634.17
UC Santa Barbara231148%38%—3.554.01
UC Santa Cruz16638%72%—3.503.96

“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 campus71% (27/38)66% (19/29)66% (21/32)68% (19/28)76% (32/42)
UC Berkeley— (—/10)— (—/13)— (—/11)— (—/8)— (—/10)
UC Davis53% (9/17)44% (7/16)— (—/8)31% (5/16)28% (5/18)
UC Irvine— (—/16)— (—/13)— (—/14)— (—/18)18% (3/17)
UC Los Angeles— (—/21)— (—/18)— (—/17)— (—/19)— (—/20)
UC Merced100% (10/10)—100% (9/9)—95% (19/20)
UC Riverside59% (10/17)83% (5/6)—89% (8/9)56% (9/16)
UC San Diego39% (7/18)64% (7/11)41% (7/17)29% (4/14)33% (8/24)
UC Santa Barbara59% (10/17)52% (11/21)53% (9/17)60% (6/10)48% (11/23)
UC Santa Cruz67% (6/9)42% (5/12)27% (3/11)73% (8/11)38% (6/16)

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.