Richard Gahr High School: UC admissions

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

In fall 2025, 100 students from Richard Gahr High School applied to the University of California and 82 (82%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Irvine with 86 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Los Angeles (6 of 79 admitted, 8%), and the easiest was UC Merced (100%). Admitted students had an average UC GPA (weighted, capped) of 3.91.

What stands out

Its rate of admission to at least one UC campus (82%) was 6 points above the Los Angeles County average (76%). The biggest change since 2021 was at UC Riverside, where the admit rate for Richard Gahr High School students rose from 53% to 89%. Compared with all applicants, its students did better at UC Davis and worse at UC Irvine.

Fall 2025 results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus1008282%—243.893.91
UC Berkeley44——11%—3.96—
UC Davis291966%44%34.014.18
UC Irvine861720%29%43.894.23
UC Los Angeles7968%9%43.934.23
UC Merced4141100%94%—3.853.85
UC Riverside635689%87%33.843.90
UC San Diego702130%28%53.934.25
UC Santa Barbara381437%38%—3.924.27
UC Santa Cruz181478%72%—3.823.99

“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 campus61% (66/108)56% (69/123)59% (66/111)62% (63/102)82% (82/100)
UC Berkeley9% (4/44)8% (5/61)14% (6/43)— (—/45)— (—/44)
UC Davis47% (18/38)31% (11/35)24% (6/25)24% (7/29)66% (19/29)
UC Irvine18% (17/95)12% (12/101)17% (16/94)21% (16/75)20% (17/86)
UC Los Angeles7% (6/84)10% (9/93)9% (7/78)10% (8/78)8% (6/79)
UC Merced90% (18/20)95% (20/21)100% (21/21)100% (16/16)100% (41/41)
UC Riverside53% (27/51)62% (34/55)55% (27/49)72% (38/53)89% (56/63)
UC San Diego31% (18/59)19% (13/70)18% (12/65)19% (13/67)30% (21/70)
UC Santa Barbara24% (12/51)27% (14/52)34% (13/38)38% (17/45)37% (14/38)
UC Santa Cruz57% (17/30)35% (11/31)40% (10/25)55% (12/22)78% (14/18)

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.