UC admissions by source school data is the foundation for the high-school lookup, school pages, feeder pages, county pages, and UC acceptance-rate views on this site. It is useful because it shows actual historical outcomes by high school. It is limited because those outcomes describe groups of applicants, not one student's odds.
Short answer
UC source data reports how many students from a high school applied to UC, were admitted, and enrolled. The admit rate is admits divided by applicants; many families search for the same number as a UC acceptance rate by high school.
What the dataset can answer
- How many students from a high school applied to UC in a given fall term.
- How many were admitted and how many enrolled.
- How results differ by UC campus, including UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, UC Davis, and the other undergraduate campuses.
- How a school's applicant volume, admit rate, and yield changed over time.
- Which schools send the most admits to a campus in feeder-school rankings.
What each field means
| Field | Meaning | How to use it |
|---|---|---|
| Applicants | Students from a source school who applied to UC. | Use this to understand demand and sample size. |
| Admits | Students who received a UC admission offer. | Use this for feeder-school volume and campus-specific outcome comparisons. |
| Enrollees | Admitted students who enrolled. | Use this to understand whether admits actually chose UC. |
| Admit rate | Admits divided by applicants. | Use this as historical context, not as an individual prediction. |
| Campus view | The same measures filtered to one UC campus. | Use this because UCLA or UC Berkeley can differ sharply from the universitywide rate. |
Common mistakes
- Treating a school's UC admit rate as one student's chance of admission.
- Comparing a 20-applicant school with a 400-applicant school without noticing sample size.
- Using a universitywide UC rate when the real question is UCLA, UC Berkeley, or another specific campus.
- Assuming a high feeder-school rank means a special admissions relationship.
- Reading blank or suppressed values as zero.
Use the data
Start with the high-school lookup, then use school pages, campus feeder pages, county pages, and the UC admission-rate explainer to compare results carefully.
FAQ
What is UC admissions by source school data?
UC admissions by source school data reports applicants, admits, and enrollees by high school, campus, year, and selected student categories. It is a historical school-level dataset, not an individual admissions prediction.
Is UC source data the same as acceptance-rate data?
The source-school tables include the inputs needed to calculate admit rates: admits divided by applicants. Families often search for this as UC acceptance rates by high school.
Why can a school have a high UC admit rate?
A high rate can reflect applicant mix, campus mix, academic preparation, applicant volume, and where students applied. It does not prove that attending the school improves one student's odds.
Why are some school or campus numbers blank?
Small-count rows may be suppressed, omitted, or incomplete. Blank values should be treated as unavailable data rather than zero students or a zero percent admit rate.
Source: University of California Information Center admissions by source school. collegeacceptance.info reorganizes the source-school data into searchable school, campus, county, and feeder-school pages.