Cathedral Catholic High School

  • Private
  • San Diego
  • 399 seniors
  • 1,698 students

Cathedral Catholic High School is a private high school in San Diego County (San Dieguito Union High) with 399 seniors. In fall 2025, 60% of its 182 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 72%. Its students applied most often to UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and UC San Diego (UCSD).

Year

UC admit rate

60%

109 of 182 applicants, fall 2025

County median 72%

Seniors admitted to a UC

27%

109 of 399 seniors

County median 22%

Seniors who applied to UC

46%

182 of 399 seniors

County median 29%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

12%

16 of 137 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

11%

10 of 93 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

Cathedral Catholic High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 9 campuses, about the same at 5 and worse at 2.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    12%

    16 of 137 admitted

    This school12%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.29 (all applicants 4.05)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    11%

    10 of 93 admitted

    This school11%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 4.05)

  • Irvine9 pts lower

    13%

    9 of 68 admitted

    This school13%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.98)

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    26%

    27 of 102 admitted

    This school26%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 4.03)

  • Santa Barbara7 pts lower

    26%

    36 of 140 admitted

    This school26%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.31 (all applicants 4.04)

  • Davis9 pts higher

    46%

    33 of 71 admitted

    This school46%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 4.06)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    73%

    44 of 60 admitted

    This school73%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.07 (all applicants 3.88)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    89%

    24 of 27 admitted

    This school89%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.06 (all applicants 3.94)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    15 of 15 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.75 (all applicants 3.75)

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

Cathedral Catholic High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo5 pts lower

    24%

    32 of 131 admitted

    This school24%Overall30%

  • San Diego4 pts higher

    39%

    49 of 126 admitted

    This school39%Overall34%

  • Long Beach5 pts lower

    42%

    22 of 52 admitted

    This school42%Overall47%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    89%

    24 of 27 admitted

    This school89%Overall87%

  • San MarcosAbout the same

    93%

    40 of 43 admitted

    This school93%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.