Santa Margarita Catholic High School
- Private
- Orange
- 421 seniors
- 1,779 students
UC admit rate
67%
125 of 186 applicants, fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
30%
125 of 421 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
44%
186 of 421 seniors
UC Los Angeles admit rate
11%
16 of 148 applicants, fall 2025
UC Berkeley admit rate
20%
20 of 98 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
Santa Margarita Catholic High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 4 of 9 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 3.
- Los AngelesAbout the same
11%
16 of 148 admitted
This school11%All CA10%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 3.93)
- Berkeley7 pts higher
20%
20 of 98 admitted
This school20%All CA13%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.14 (all applicants 3.94)
- Irvine9 pts higher
31%
35 of 113 admitted
This school31%All CA22%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.11 (all applicants 3.86)
- San Diego6 pts lower
19%
26 of 138 admitted
This school19%All CA25%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 3.90)
- Santa Barbara12 pts lower
20%
29 of 143 admitted
This school20%All CA32%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.91)
- DavisAbout the same
36%
30 of 83 admitted
This school36%All CA37%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.06 (all applicants 3.89)
- Santa Cruz9 pts lower
63%
40 of 64 admitted
This school63%All CA71%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.01 (all applicants 3.83)
- Riverside4 pts higher
91%
52 of 57 admitted
This school91%All CA87%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.78 (all applicants 3.77)
- Merced4 pts higher
100%
28 of 28 admitted
This school100%All CA96%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.67 (all applicants 3.67)
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
Santa Margarita Catholic High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 2 of 4 campuses, about the same at 1 and worse at 1.
- San Luis Obispo10 pts lower
20%
23 of 117 admitted
This school20%Overall30%
- San DiegoAbout the same
33%
43 of 132 admitted
This school33%Overall34%
- Fullerton9 pts higher
96%
44 of 46 admitted
This school96%Overall87%
- San Marcos4 pts higher
100%
14 of 14 admitted
This school100%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.
Campus-by-campus detail for 13 campuses
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