Rialto High School: UC admissions

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

In fall 2025, 113 students from Rialto High School applied to the University of California and 88 (78%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Riverside with 93 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Los Angeles (6 of 65 admitted, 9%), and the easiest was UC Merced (89%). Admitted students had an average UC GPA (weighted, capped) of 3.79.

What stands out

Its rate of admission to at least one UC campus (78%) was about the same as the San Bernardino County average (79%). Between 2021 and 2025, UC Irvine got harder for Rialto High School students (47% → 16% admitted), while UC Davis got easier (23% → 52%). Compared with all applicants, its students did better at UC Berkeley, UC Davis and UC Santa Barbara and worse at UC Irvine and UC Santa Cruz.

Fall 2025 results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus1138878%—493.593.79
UC Berkeley26415%11%—3.75—
UC Davis271452%44%33.724.03
UC Irvine831316%29%43.654.15
UC Los Angeles6569%9%43.704.19
UC Merced383489%94%—3.663.80
UC Riverside937378%87%313.593.80
UC San Diego591831%28%33.574.12
UC Santa Barbara211048%38%—3.484.03
UC Santa Cruz241354%72%—3.513.98

“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% (95/145)66% (87/131)59% (103/176)73% (117/160)78% (88/113)
UC Berkeley11% (4/37)— (—/44)8% (4/48)9% (4/46)15% (4/26)
UC Davis23% (5/22)24% (10/42)32% (11/34)55% (16/29)52% (14/27)
UC Irvine47% (43/92)34% (32/93)14% (17/123)23% (25/108)16% (13/83)
UC Los Angeles7% (5/75)12% (9/73)4% (4/98)9% (8/94)9% (6/65)
UC Merced83% (19/23)85% (11/13)81% (25/31)87% (27/31)89% (34/38)
UC Riverside60% (71/119)61% (68/111)48% (66/137)67% (84/126)78% (73/93)
UC San Diego23% (20/86)42% (31/74)38% (38/100)52% (52/100)31% (18/59)
UC Santa Barbara30% (17/57)40% (23/57)29% (16/55)36% (15/42)48% (10/21)
UC Santa Cruz50% (16/32)33% (7/21)33% (11/33)40% (12/30)54% (13/24)

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.