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Bishop O'Dowd High School

  • Private
  • Alameda
  • 304 seniors
  • 1,289 students

Bishop O'Dowd High School is a private high school in Alameda County (Oakland Unified) with 304 seniors. In fall 2025, 87% of its 224 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 80%. Its students applied most often to UC Los Angeles (UCLA), UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), and UC San Diego (UCSD).

Year

UC admit rate

87%

194 of 224 applicants, fall 2025

County median 80%

Seniors admitted to a UC

64%

194 of 304 seniors

County median 34%

Seniors who applied to UC

74%

224 of 304 seniors

County median 41%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

9.5%

17 of 179 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

27%

37 of 139 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 13%

Campus by campus, fall 2025

The share of this school's applicants each campus admitted, beside the campus's rate for everyone else. Hardest campus first.

University of California

Bishop O'Dowd High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 9 campuses, about the same at 5 and worse at 1.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    10%

    17 of 179 admitted

    This school10%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.31 (all applicants 4.02)

  • Berkeley13 pts higher

    27%

    37 of 139 admitted

    This school27%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 4.02)

  • Irvine8 pts higher

    30%

    37 of 123 admitted

    This school30%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.95)

  • San Diego5 pts lower

    20%

    34 of 170 admitted

    This school20%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    33%

    59 of 177 admitted

    This school33%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.98)

  • DavisAbout the same

    40%

    63 of 157 admitted

    This school40%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.95)

  • Santa Cruz5 pts higher

    77%

    109 of 142 admitted

    This school77%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.05 (all applicants 3.88)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    90%

    63 of 70 admitted

    This school90%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.82 (all applicants 3.76)

  • MercedAbout the same

    98%

    48 of 49 admitted

    This school98%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.73 (all applicants 3.71)

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. All CA is the campus’s admit rate that fall for applicants from every California high school. Within 3 points counts as about the same. GPA is the UC-calculated GPA (weighted, capped).

California State University

Bishop O'Dowd High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo4 pts lower

    25%

    43 of 170 admitted

    This school25%Overall30%

  • San Diego6 pts higher

    41%

    74 of 181 admitted

    This school41%Overall34%

  • Long BeachAbout the same

    46%

    43 of 93 admitted

    This school46%Overall47%

  • Chico4 pts higher

    98%

    40 of 41 admitted

    This school98%Overall94%

  • San FranciscoAbout the same

    98%

    61 of 62 admitted

    This school98%Overall96%

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. Overall is the campus’s admit rate for all its applicants, from federal IPEDS data (fall 2023, the latest published). Within 3 points counts as about the same.