Roseville High School: UC admissions

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

In fall 2025, 65 students from Roseville High School applied to the University of California and 45 (69%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Davis with 48 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Irvine (3 of 26 admitted, 12%), and the easiest was UC Merced (100%). Admitted students had an average UC GPA (weighted, capped) of 4.00.

What stands out

Its rate of admission to at least one UC campus (69%) was 5 points below the Placer County average (74%). Between 2021 and 2025, UC Irvine got harder for Roseville High School students (43% → 12% admitted), while UC Los Angeles got easier (9% → 25%). Compared with all applicants, its students did better at UC Los Angeles and worse at UC Irvine and UC San Diego.

Fall 2025 results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus654569%—223.904.00
UC Berkeley21314%11%34.05—
UC Davis482144%44%73.974.20
UC Irvine26312%29%—3.80—
UC Los Angeles24625%9%44.104.28
UC Merced1818100%94%—3.833.83
UC Riverside151387%87%—3.773.92
UC San Diego36719%28%—3.864.25
UC Santa Barbara301137%38%—3.874.26
UC Santa Cruz231670%72%43.713.94

“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 campus58% (48/83)47% (38/81)61% (44/72)58% (46/79)69% (45/65)
UC Berkeley11% (4/37)— (—/32)— (—/29)— (—/35)14% (3/21)
UC Davis37% (19/51)11% (5/46)27% (11/41)27% (12/44)44% (21/48)
UC Irvine43% (16/37)16% (6/38)27% (9/33)15% (6/40)12% (3/26)
UC Los Angeles9% (4/43)— (—/35)— (—/32)7% (3/45)25% (6/24)
UC Merced88% (7/8)90% (9/10)67% (8/12)100% (11/11)100% (18/18)
UC Riverside60% (6/10)57% (4/7)—100% (6/6)87% (13/15)
UC San Diego16% (7/43)— (—/39)23% (7/31)21% (10/47)19% (7/36)
UC Santa Barbara26% (12/46)37% (17/46)44% (14/32)30% (14/47)37% (11/30)
UC Santa Cruz62% (18/29)22% (6/27)55% (18/33)62% (18/29)70% (16/23)

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.