San Fernando High School: UC admissions

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

In fall 2025, 82 students from San Fernando High School applied to the University of California and 66 (80%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Irvine with 59 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Los Angeles (6 of 58 admitted, 10%), and the easiest was UC Merced (93%). Admitted students had an average UC GPA (weighted, capped) of 3.98.

What stands out

Its rate of admission to at least one UC campus (80%) was 4 points above the Los Angeles County average (76%). Between 2021 and 2025, UC Merced got harder for San Fernando High School students (100% → 93% admitted), while UC Riverside got easier (61% → 92%). Compared with all applicants, its students did better at UC Berkeley and UC San Diego and worse at UC Davis and UC Irvine.

Fall 2025 results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus826680%—263.823.98
UC Berkeley39923%11%—3.884.29
UC Davis331133%44%—3.774.20
UC Irvine591119%29%33.894.21
UC Los Angeles58610%9%63.884.30
UC Merced302893%94%—3.813.91
UC Riverside484492%87%—3.843.92
UC San Diego411639%28%—3.874.31
UC Santa Barbara461839%38%63.854.23
UC Santa Cruz17847%72%33.443.94

“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 campus64% (73/114)73% (87/120)67% (67/100)67% (62/93)80% (66/82)
UC Berkeley20% (8/40)16% (11/69)11% (5/47)18% (9/50)23% (9/39)
UC Davis35% (17/48)32% (12/38)57% (17/30)70% (16/23)33% (11/33)
UC Irvine4% (3/73)8% (6/75)4% (3/68)27% (18/67)19% (11/59)
UC Los Angeles7% (6/82)12% (12/102)9% (8/88)9% (7/80)10% (6/58)
UC Merced100% (25/25)89% (16/18)91% (10/11)100% (6/6)93% (28/30)
UC Riverside61% (25/41)71% (25/35)68% (23/34)81% (26/32)92% (44/48)
UC San Diego39% (22/56)60% (43/72)56% (29/52)46% (27/59)39% (16/41)
UC Santa Barbara25% (15/61)35% (23/66)29% (14/49)33% (14/43)39% (18/46)
UC Santa Cruz44% (14/32)70% (14/20)56% (14/25)61% (11/18)47% (8/17)

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.