Quartz Hill High School: UC admissions

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

In fall 2025, 149 students from Quartz Hill High School applied to the University of California and 110 (74%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Los Angeles with 127 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Los Angeles (9 of 127 admitted, 7%), and the easiest was UC Merced (98%). Admitted students had an average UC GPA (weighted, capped) of 4.01.

What stands out

Its rate of admission to at least one UC campus (74%) was 3 points below the Los Angeles County average (76%). Between 2021 and 2025, UC San Diego got harder for Quartz Hill High School students (43% → 27% admitted), while UC Davis got easier (37% → 49%). Compared with all applicants, its students did better at UC Berkeley, UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz and worse at UC Santa Barbara.

Fall 2025 results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus14911074%—503.874.01
UC Berkeley821215%11%83.964.15
UC Davis592949%44%73.874.16
UC Irvine1003030%29%73.904.17
UC Los Angeles12797%9%33.904.22
UC Merced424198%94%—3.933.95
UC Riverside544380%87%63.783.95
UC San Diego1002727%28%43.924.23
UC Santa Barbara832631%38%73.894.25
UC Santa Cruz504182%72%73.874.02

“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 campus66% (89/134)64% (72/113)70% (92/131)67% (83/123)74% (110/149)
UC Berkeley23% (11/47)19% (12/62)21% (14/66)21% (13/61)15% (12/82)
UC Davis37% (15/41)47% (23/49)30% (13/44)45% (20/44)49% (29/59)
UC Irvine28% (23/83)35% (29/84)33% (29/89)33% (26/80)30% (30/100)
UC Los Angeles12% (11/93)14% (11/78)12% (12/98)11% (10/87)7% (9/127)
UC Merced79% (15/19)95% (19/20)100% (15/15)85% (17/20)98% (41/42)
UC Riverside76% (45/59)75% (21/28)64% (27/42)71% (29/41)80% (43/54)
UC San Diego43% (34/80)28% (20/72)58% (49/84)51% (46/90)27% (27/100)
UC Santa Barbara32% (28/88)31% (21/67)35% (25/72)41% (26/64)31% (26/83)
UC Santa Cruz71% (22/31)60% (28/47)70% (28/40)62% (21/34)82% (41/50)

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.