University High School

  • Public
  • Irvine
  • 572 seniors
  • 2,365 students
Year

UC admit rate

83%

289 of 350 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

51%

289 of 572 seniors

County median 23%

Seniors who applied to UC

61%

350 of 572 seniors

County median 30%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

8.3%

25 of 302 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

12%

34 of 284 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 13%

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

University High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 9 campuses, about the same at 7 and worse at 1.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    8%

    25 of 302 admitted

    This school8%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 3.94)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    12%

    34 of 284 admitted

    This school12%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.97)

  • Irvine9 pts higher

    31%

    96 of 311 admitted

    This school31%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.17 (all applicants 3.90)

  • San Diego9 pts lower

    16%

    50 of 319 admitted

    This school16%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.93)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    30%

    87 of 291 admitted

    This school30%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.22 (all applicants 3.91)

  • DavisAbout the same

    37%

    93 of 253 admitted

    This school37%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.94)

  • Santa CruzAbout the same

    71%

    110 of 154 admitted

    This school71%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.02 (all applicants 3.85)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    89%

    190 of 213 admitted

    This school89%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.91 (all applicants 3.87)

  • MercedAbout the same

    99%

    103 of 104 admitted

    This school99%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.87 (all applicants 3.86)

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

University High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.

  • San Luis Obispo13 pts lower

    17%

    23 of 137 admitted

    This school17%Overall30%

  • San Diego9 pts lower

    26%

    33 of 128 admitted

    This school26%Overall34%

  • Long BeachAbout the same

    47%

    54 of 115 admitted

    This school47%Overall47%

  • Pomona5 pts higher

    78%

    69 of 88 admitted

    This school78%Overall74%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    88%

    83 of 94 admitted

    This school88%Overall87%

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.

Where graduates go

Class of 2023 (513 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

89%

454 of 513 graduates

UC or CSU

28%

142 graduates

Community college

40%

205 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC11723%
CSU255%
CA private college285%
Out of state7915%
Community college20540%
Not enrolled5912%
Enrolled in college45489%
Total513100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: Asian, White, Two or more races, Hispanic or Latino, Black or African American
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, English learners
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Where graduates went, as reported by the school

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Class of 2023: graduates enrolled at 5 Ivy League and 29 other top universities, 201 colleges in all.

Including Columbia University, Princeton University and Yale University.

From the school's profile; last checked Sep 2026.

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Academic context

State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2025, and the share of low-income students. A–G is the class of 2023. The tick is the county median.

  • Juniors meeting the English standard 63%County median 64%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 63%County median 40%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 38%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 40%County median 18%
  • Low-income students 23%County median 58%
  • Graduates completing courses 74%County median 57%

Across California

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Campus-by-campus detail for 14 campuses

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