Robert A Millikan High School: UC admissions

Long Beach · Los Angeles CountyPublic high school

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

In fall 2025, 267 students from Robert A Millikan High School applied to the University of California and 178 (67%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Los Angeles with 210 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Los Angeles (18 of 210 admitted, 9%), and the easiest was UC Merced (98%). Admitted students had an average UC GPA (weighted, capped) of 4.06.

What stands out

Its rate of admission to at least one UC campus (67%) was 10 points below the Los Angeles County average (76%). Between 2021 and 2025, UC Davis got harder for Robert A Millikan High School students (54% → 39% admitted), while UC Riverside got easier (70% → 90%). Compared with all applicants, its students did better at UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz and worse at UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara.

Fall 2025 results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus26717867%—563.954.06
UC Berkeley1472819%11%114.054.24
UC Davis903539%44%—3.994.23
UC Irvine1672213%29%43.984.24
UC Los Angeles210189%9%144.004.32
UC Merced565598%94%—3.913.93
UC Riverside686190%87%43.933.98
UC San Diego1653119%28%53.974.28
UC Santa Barbara1814324%38%83.944.28
UC Santa Cruz1078680%72%83.904.08

“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 campus57% (136/238)48% (129/271)52% (121/232)57% (153/270)67% (178/267)
UC Berkeley21% (20/95)18% (23/131)19% (21/113)23% (26/113)19% (28/147)
UC Davis54% (33/61)47% (28/60)36% (24/67)38% (22/58)39% (35/90)
UC Irvine24% (33/139)14% (25/179)18% (28/152)17% (32/186)13% (22/167)
UC Los Angeles8% (13/165)10% (19/199)10% (17/164)11% (21/194)9% (18/210)
UC Merced81% (13/16)100% (13/13)100% (12/12)100% (14/14)98% (55/56)
UC Riverside70% (23/33)61% (19/31)63% (20/32)77% (27/35)90% (61/68)
UC San Diego26% (33/126)18% (27/146)16% (22/139)19% (32/171)19% (31/165)
UC Santa Barbara37% (47/127)33% (42/127)33% (41/126)39% (57/147)24% (43/181)
UC Santa Cruz70% (52/74)40% (29/73)60% (55/91)66% (60/91)80% (86/107)

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.