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St. Joseph High School

  • Private
  • Santa Barbara
  • 123 seniors
  • 507 students

St. Joseph High School is a private high school in Santa Barbara County (Santa Maria Joint Union High) with 123 seniors. In fall 2025, 49% of its 35 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 75%. Its students applied most often to UC Los Angeles (UCLA), UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), and UC San Diego (UCSD).

Year

UC admit rate

49%

17 of 35 applicants, fall 2025

County median 75%

Seniors admitted to a UC

14%

17 of 123 seniors

County median 17%

Seniors who applied to UC

28%

35 of 123 seniors

County median 24%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

11%

3 of 27 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 16 applicants, fall 2025

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

St. Joseph High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 4 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 1.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    11%

    3 of 27 admitted

    This school11%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 4.03)

  • San Diego10 pts higher

    35%

    7 of 20 admitted

    This school35%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 4.01)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    29%

    7 of 24 admitted

    This school29%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.97)

  • Davis9 pts lower

    29%

    4 of 14 admitted

    This school29%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.98)

  • Irvine

    too few applicants to report17 applied

  • Berkeley

    too few applicants to report16 applied

  • Santa Cruz

    ~73% · 3 yrs pooled7 applied

  • Riverside

    too few applicants to report5 applied

  • Merced

    too few applicants to report— applied

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

St. Joseph High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 3 of 4 campuses, worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo26 pts higher

    56%

    33 of 59 admitted

    This school56%Overall30%

  • San Diego19 pts lower

    16%

    7 of 44 admitted

    This school16%Overall34%

  • Long Beach7 pts higher

    55%

    18 of 33 admitted

    This school55%Overall47%

  • Sacramento6 pts higher

    100%

    12 of 12 admitted

    This school100%Overall94%

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.