Costa Mesa High School

• Berkeley▲5 pts higher

  18%

  4 of 22 admitted

  This school18%All CA13%

  Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.85)

• Irvine≈About the same

  25%

  13 of 52 admitted

  This school25%All CA22%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.12 (all applicants 3.79)

• San Diego▲6 pts higher

  31%

  13 of 42 admitted

  This school31%All CA25%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.84)

• Santa Barbara▼4 pts lower

  29%

  8 of 28 admitted

  This school29%All CA32%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.83)

• Davis▲9 pts higher

  46%

  6 of 13 admitted

  This school46%All CA37%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.89)

• Santa Cruz▲12 pts higher

  83%

  15 of 18 admitted

  This school83%All CA71%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.85 (all applicants 3.81)

• Riverside▲9 pts higher

  96%

  23 of 24 admitted

  This school96%All CA87%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.83 (all applicants 3.79)

• Merced▲4 pts higher

  100%

  11 of 11 admitted

  This school100%All CA96%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.76 (all applicants 3.76)

• Los Angeles

  too few applicants to report38 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).

• Long Beach▲4 pts higher

  51%

  34 of 67 admitted

  This school51%Overall47%

• Fullerton▲6 pts higher

  93%

  50 of 54 admitted

  This school93%Overall87%

• Los Angeles≈About the same

  92%

  11 of 12 admitted

  This school92%Overall92%

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.