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Where grads go — and what it costs & pays

UC admits by campus · Class of 2024

UCB
5 admitted
3 enrolled
Net $13,481/yr avg
Grads earn $92,446 @10yr
UCLA
3 admitted
Net $12,548/yr avg
Grads earn $82,511 @10yr
UCSD
3 admitted
Net $12,470/yr avg
Grads earn $84,943 @10yr
UCI
4 admitted
Net $14,251/yr avg
Grads earn $80,735 @10yr

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Sources: UC Office of the President (admits); IPEDS net price + College Scorecard 10-yr earnings (cost & payoff). Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.

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UC Reach Score ⓘ methodology
UC Application Reach Score ⓘ
N/A
80 applications
UC Admit Rate ⓘ
18.8%
15 / 80 applications
In context: CA median 26.6% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 39.7% · higher than 11% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate ⓘ
20.0%
3 enrolled of 15 admitted
Yield vs. Enrollment Reach: Yield answers "of UC admits, what % chose UC?" — denominator is just the admits. A small admitted cohort can post a low yield even when the school sends a healthy share of its class to UC.
UC Enrollment Reach Score ⓘ
N/A
3 enrollees / — seniors
Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what share ended up at UC?" — denominator is everyone. High Yield with low Enrollment Reach is common at elite privates: most admits matriculate, but the school sends most of its class to non-UC selective colleges.
Selective UC Reach (UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI — incl. the Elite two) ⓘ
N/A
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ
N/A
Senior Class Size ⓘ
N/A
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Total School Enrollment ⓘ
N/A
All grades · CDE Census Day
Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ
3.73
Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ
4.22

UC funnel — which kids are getting in at what GPA

Combining the school's applicant pool GPA, admit pool GPA, actual admit rate, and statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, we can read which GPA tiers tend to get in — and which don't.

Who's actually getting into UC from Early College Academy
Campus 4.00+ GPA 3.70–3.99 GPA 3.30–3.69 GPA < 3.30 GPA
UC Berkeley Real shot Long odds Filtered out Filtered out
Strong shot = ≥30% statewide admit rate at this band · Real shot = 10–29% · Moderate = 5–9% · Long odds = 1–4% · Filtered out = under 1%. Tiers map this school's likely outcomes by GPA tier using statewide CA admit rates from UCOP 2024.

The numbers behind it

Campus Applicant GPA Admit GPA Lift ⓘ Admit rate vs peer schools @ same GPA ⓘ
UC Berkeley 3.90 4.22 +0.32 41.7% Peers +0.29 · matches
Statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, 2024 (for reference)
GPA band UCB UCLA UCSD UCSB UCI UCD
4.00+ 17.1% 14.4% 43.5% 57.3% 46.0% 64.1%
3.70–3.99 2.8% 1.5% 11.2% 9.2% 16.5% 27.5%
3.30–3.69 0.8% 0.9% 1.4% 2.3% 3.4% 9.1%
3.00–3.29 0.5% 0.4% 0.1% 0.5% 0.4% 2.1%
< 3.00 0.6% 0.2% 0.2% 0.5% 0.3% 0.6%
How we infer the tier labels: Each tier comes from the statewide CA admit rate at that GPA band at that UC. The "vs peers" column compares this school's lift (admit GPA − applicant GPA) to the average lift at ~100–300 other CA schools with similar applicant pool GPA. What this isn't: a guarantee. UC comprehensive review weighs essays, course rigor, demographics, and context-of-opportunity beyond GPA. A 3.9 with strong context can land an admit; a 4.0 with weak essays can be denied. Use as a baseline expectation, not a verdict. Per-campus year is shown when it differs from the headline year (UCOP doesn't always publish admit-GPA for every campus every year).

Where Early College Academy sits vs. all California schools ⓘ

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants 5.8 points above what their GPAs predict (22.7% actual vs. 17.0% expected).

Campus Breakdown — 2024

Campus Applicants Admits Enrollees Admit Rate UC Reach Score Yield Avg GPA (App) Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite 12 5 3 41.7% — 60.0% 3.90 4.22
UCLA → Elite 23 3 —† 13.0% — — 3.71 —†
UC San Diego → Selective 10 3 —† 30.0% — — 3.66 —†
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 8 —† —† —† —† — 3.60 —†
UC Irvine → Selective 21 4 —† 19.0% — — 3.73 —†
UC Davis → 6 —† —† —† —† — 3.76 —†
† = UCOP-suppressed (count below 3 students, hidden for privacy — actual value is 0, 1, or 2, not necessarily zero). Campus-level totals may count one student admitted to multiple UC campuses more than once; Admit Volume metrics are not the same as UC Reach, which is measured against the whole senior class. See methodology →

What This Means

Note: the UC Reach Score sums campus-level admits across the top-six UC campuses, so a student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted at each. It reflects competitive admit volume relative to class size — admit-events, not distinct students — which is why a Score can exceed 100.
Senior class size is estimated from CDE grade 12 enrollment data. Reach percentages should be interpreted as approximate.
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At a glance

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Early College Academy is a public high school in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.

In 2024 its students filed 80 UC applications and received 15 offers, a UC admit rate of 18.8% (counted at each campus); 3 enrolled.

More of its graduates enrolled at UC Berkeley than at any other UC campus (3 in 2024); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 8.

Sources: University of California Office of the President (admissions), California Department of Education (enrollment, A-G, college-going), and the school's own published documents where named.

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How many students from Early College Academy got into a UC? In 2024 its students filed 80 UC applications and received 15 offers, a UC admit rate of 18.8% (counted at each campus); 3 enrolled.

Which UC campus do Early College Academy graduates attend most? More of Early College Academy's graduates enrolled at UC Berkeley than at any other UC campus (3 in 2024); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 8.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.

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