West Ranch High School: UC admissions

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

In fall 2025, 207 students from West Ranch High School applied to the University of California and 156 (75%) were admitted to at least one campus. The most popular choice was UC Los Angeles with 177 applicants. The hardest campus to get into was UC Los Angeles (20 of 177 admitted, 11%), and the easiest was UC Merced (100%). Admitted students had an average UC GPA (weighted, capped) of 4.11.

What stands out

Its rate of admission to at least one UC campus (75%) was about the same as the Los Angeles County average (76%). Between 2021 and 2025, UC San Diego got harder for West Ranch High School students (44% → 26% admitted), while UC Santa Cruz got easier (61% → 82%). Compared with all applicants, its students did better at UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz and worse at UC Davis.

Fall 2025 results by campus

CampusAppliedAdmittedAdmit rateAll applicants’ rateEnrolledAvg GPA appliedAvg GPA admitted
Any UC campus20715675%—704.064.11
UC Berkeley1422215%11%144.154.25
UC Davis1094440%44%—4.114.23
UC Irvine1534328%29%104.084.26
UC Los Angeles1772011%9%124.104.20
UC Merced4444100%94%—4.004.00
UC Riverside807898%87%104.094.12
UC San Diego1754526%28%94.074.27
UC Santa Barbara1506141%38%94.064.28
UC Santa Cruz675582%72%53.964.11

“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 campus68% (154/226)62% (158/253)62% (141/227)63% (156/246)75% (156/207)
UC Berkeley25% (32/127)23% (31/136)19% (24/129)26% (37/143)15% (22/142)
UC Davis44% (40/91)35% (35/101)42% (40/96)32% (38/118)40% (44/109)
UC Irvine21% (36/172)18% (33/182)23% (37/161)20% (36/176)28% (43/153)
UC Los Angeles15% (28/182)12% (25/205)15% (28/186)9% (20/212)11% (20/177)
UC Merced90% (28/31)100% (24/24)96% (26/27)97% (30/31)100% (44/44)
UC Riverside80% (43/54)71% (51/72)74% (49/66)81% (63/78)98% (78/80)
UC San Diego44% (71/163)26% (52/198)23% (41/176)22% (42/193)26% (45/175)
UC Santa Barbara32% (52/162)25% (46/187)26% (42/161)33% (57/172)41% (61/150)
UC Santa Cruz61% (38/62)46% (40/87)69% (56/81)65% (62/95)82% (55/67)

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.