San Leandro High School: UC admissions

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

In fall 2025, 155 students from San Leandro High School applied to the University of California and 123 (79%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Davis with 121 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Los Angeles (5 of 88 admitted, 6%), and the easiest was UC Merced (98%). Admitted students had an average UC GPA (weighted, capped) of 3.90.

What stands out

Its rate of admission to at least one UC campus (79%) was 4 points below the Alameda County average (83%). Between 2021 and 2025, UC Berkeley got harder for San Leandro High School students (16% → 6% admitted), while UC Riverside got easier (54% → 84%). Compared with all applicants, its students did better at UC San Diego and worse at UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UC Los Angeles, UC Santa Barbara and UC Santa Cruz.

Fall 2025 results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus15512379%—653.813.90
UC Berkeley11076%11%53.843.91
UC Davis1215747%44%223.864.14
UC Irvine902224%29%33.874.17
UC Los Angeles8856%9%33.894.24
UC Merced595898%94%33.763.77
UC Riverside554684%87%—3.803.92
UC San Diego893640%28%163.904.19
UC Santa Barbara732433%38%—3.824.21
UC Santa Cruz754965%72%103.743.99

“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 campus69% (94/136)64% (108/168)64% (86/134)71% (122/173)79% (123/155)
UC Berkeley16% (15/91)10% (11/113)6% (5/88)4% (5/126)6% (7/110)
UC Davis39% (41/104)40% (49/124)35% (34/98)36% (48/134)47% (57/121)
UC Irvine19% (15/79)21% (20/97)18% (11/60)18% (17/96)24% (22/90)
UC Los Angeles5% (4/74)5% (5/91)10% (5/52)5% (4/85)6% (5/88)
UC Merced85% (33/39)86% (31/36)90% (28/31)91% (50/55)98% (58/59)
UC Riverside54% (19/35)45% (13/29)67% (14/21)70% (28/40)84% (46/55)
UC San Diego28% (20/71)20% (17/87)21% (13/62)19% (17/90)40% (36/89)
UC Santa Barbara29% (19/66)29% (20/69)37% (16/43)29% (22/75)33% (24/73)
UC Santa Cruz60% (46/77)45% (43/95)51% (43/84)62% (63/101)65% (49/75)

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.