San Marcos High School

• Los Angeles≈About the same

  9%

  15 of 161 admitted

  This school9%All CA10%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.29 (all applicants 4.06)

• Berkeley▼6 pts lower

  8%

  10 of 129 admitted

  This school8%All CA13%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.26 (all applicants 4.05)

• Irvine≈About the same

  19%

  30 of 156 admitted

  This school19%All CA22%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 4.01)

• San Diego≈About the same

  24%

  45 of 190 admitted

  This school24%All CA25%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.97)

• Santa Barbara≈About the same

  32%

  52 of 162 admitted

  This school32%All CA32%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.99)

• Davis≈About the same

  37%

  38 of 103 admitted

  This school37%All CA37%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.98)

• Santa Cruz▲8 pts higher

  79%

  84 of 106 admitted

  This school79%All CA71%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.08 (all applicants 3.95)

• Riverside▲6 pts higher

  93%

  67 of 72 admitted

  This school93%All CA87%

  Admitted students' average GPA 4.01 (all applicants 3.97)

• Merced≈About the same

  93%

  43 of 46 admitted

  This school93%All CA96%

  Admitted students' average GPA 3.98 (all applicants 3.91)

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).

• San Luis Obispo▼8 pts lower

  22%

  36 of 164 admitted

  This school22%Overall30%

• San Diego▲7 pts higher

  41%

  104 of 251 admitted

  This school41%Overall34%

• Long Beach≈About the same

  50%

  67 of 133 admitted

  This school50%Overall47%

• San Jose≈About the same

  82%

  37 of 45 admitted

  This school82%Overall80%

• San Marcos≈About the same

  98%

  191 of 194 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.