Solano Community College: UC admissions

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In fall 2025 transfers, 203 transfer students from Solano Community College applied to the University of California and 148 (73%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Davis with 175 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Los Angeles (8 of 51 admitted, 16%), and the easiest was UC Merced (74%). Admitted transfer students had an average transfer GPA of 3.53.

What stands out

Between 2021 and 2025, UC Riverside got harder for Solano Community College transfer students (71% → 55% admitted), while UC Santa Barbara got easier (46% → 61%). Compared with all applicants, its students did better at UC Davis and worse at UC Irvine, UC Los Angeles and UC Santa Cruz.

Fall 2025 transfers results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus20314873%—1163.433.53
UC Berkeley951819%22%93.483.77
UC Davis17511264%56%813.413.61
UC Irvine471532%39%43.443.74
UC Los Angeles51816%23%33.523.88
UC Merced382874%72%33.233.40
UC Riverside422355%67%—3.153.39
UC San Diego452351%52%83.393.59
UC Santa Barbara332061%59%—3.423.68
UC Santa Cruz663959%68%63.303.41

“All applicants’ rate” is the campus admit rate across all transfer applicants that year, including out-of-state and international.

Five-year trend

Campus20212022202320242025
Any UC campus69% (158/228)74% (144/194)73% (148/202)80% (171/213)73% (148/203)
UC Berkeley16% (16/99)28% (26/92)25% (24/95)25% (22/87)19% (18/95)
UC Davis58% (113/194)69% (107/155)67% (110/165)67% (124/186)64% (112/175)
UC Irvine38% (23/60)34% (18/53)35% (18/51)37% (16/43)32% (15/47)
UC Los Angeles14% (9/66)22% (11/51)19% (12/62)18% (9/49)16% (8/51)
UC Merced65% (20/31)75% (21/28)57% (26/46)55% (12/22)74% (28/38)
UC Riverside71% (24/34)70% (19/27)58% (21/36)65% (15/23)55% (23/42)
UC San Diego44% (21/48)59% (26/44)74% (34/46)58% (23/40)51% (23/45)
UC Santa Barbara46% (23/50)58% (25/43)57% (21/37)58% (18/31)61% (20/33)
UC Santa Cruz47% (29/62)66% (51/77)65% (43/66)66% (39/59)59% (39/66)

Admit rate, with admitted / applied in parentheses.

Where would your GPA land?

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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.