Palmdale High School

• Los Angeles≈About the same

  10%

  5 of 51 admitted

  This school10%All CA10%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.68)

• Berkeley≈About the same

  14%

  3 of 22 admitted

  This school14%All CA13%

  Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.83)

• Irvine▲5 pts higher

  27%

  14 of 52 admitted

  This school27%All CA22%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.12 (all applicants 3.74)

• San Diego▲8 pts higher

  33%

  13 of 40 admitted

  This school33%All CA25%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.15 (all applicants 3.75)

• Santa Barbara▲8 pts higher

  41%

  15 of 37 admitted

  This school41%All CA32%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.12 (all applicants 3.61)

• Davis≈About the same

  36%

  9 of 25 admitted

  This school36%All CA37%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.73)

• Santa Cruz▼19 pts lower

  53%

  10 of 19 admitted

  This school53%All CA71%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.83 (all applicants 3.45)

• Riverside▼18 pts lower

  70%

  32 of 46 admitted

  This school70%All CA87%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.85 (all applicants 3.56)

• Merced▼20 pts lower

  76%

  19 of 25 admitted

  This school76%All CA96%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.67 (all applicants 3.47)

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▼12 pts lower

  35%

  25 of 72 admitted

  This school35%Overall47%

• Pomona▼24 pts lower

  50%

  19 of 38 admitted

  This school50%Overall74%

• Fullerton≈About the same

  87%

  27 of 31 admitted

  This school87%Overall87%

• Northridge▼14 pts lower

  79%

  85 of 108 admitted

  This school79%Overall93%

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.