San Bernardino High School: UC admissions

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

In fall 2025, 42 students from San Bernardino High School applied to the University of California and 29 (69%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Riverside with 28 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Irvine (3 of 27 admitted, 11%), and the easiest was UC Merced (100%). Admitted students had an average UC GPA (weighted, capped) of 3.82.

What stands out

Its rate of admission to at least one UC campus (69%) was 10 points below the San Bernardino County average (79%). Between 2021 and 2025, UC Irvine got harder for San Bernardino High School students (28% → 11% admitted), while UC Riverside got easier (55% → 71%). Compared with all applicants, its students did better at UC San Diego and worse at UC Irvine.

Fall 2025 results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus422969%—113.663.82
UC Berkeley13——11%—3.65—
UC Davis11764%44%—3.653.94
UC Irvine27311%29%—3.64—
UC Los Angeles26——9%—3.76—
UC Merced55100%94%—3.793.79
UC Riverside282071%87%53.633.81
UC San Diego23835%28%—3.604.05
UC Santa Barbara11873%38%—3.663.80
UC Santa Cruz161169%72%—3.673.80

“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% (29/44)71% (36/51)65% (26/40)65% (37/57)69% (29/42)
UC Berkeley27% (3/11)— (—/10)20% (3/15)18% (3/17)— (—/13)
UC Davis70% (7/10)30% (3/10)40% (4/10)— (—/7)64% (7/11)
UC Irvine28% (7/25)41% (16/39)— (—/23)22% (8/36)11% (3/27)
UC Los Angeles— (—/30)— (—/31)— (—/25)— (—/36)— (—/26)
UC Merced63% (5/8)75% (6/8)89% (8/9)90% (9/10)100% (5/5)
UC Riverside55% (18/33)63% (26/41)50% (13/26)65% (31/48)71% (20/28)
UC San Diego30% (6/20)65% (13/20)22% (4/18)36% (12/33)35% (8/23)
UC Santa Barbara60% (9/15)69% (9/13)45% (5/11)42% (5/12)73% (8/11)
UC Santa Cruz— (—/8)33% (4/12)— (—/7)— (—/5)69% (11/16)

Admit rate, with admitted / applied in parentheses.

Where would your GPA land?

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Other San Bernardino County high schools

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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.