# Transfer Profile

**Source**: https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-profile/2025
**Parent**: https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-requirements

When we review transfer applicants, we look at a [wide variety of factors](https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-requirements), some more easily quantifiable than others.

## Transfer Applications

Transfer Applications for Fall 2025

|  | Total |
| --- | --- |
| Applicants | 28,288 |
| Admits | 6,466 |
| Enrolled | 3,935 |
| Admit Rate | 23% |

## Academic Performance

GPA statistics for admitted transfer students

| GPA | Median | Middle 25% - 75% |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Transfer GPA | 3.91 | 3.77-4.00 |

## Background

Ethnicity or Race Statistics\
% of entering class (domestic only)\*

| Ethinicity or Race | Transfers |
| --- | --- |
| Native American | 1% |
| African American | 6% |
| Chicano/Latino | 26% |
| Asian | 34% |
| White | 30% |
| Unknown | 3% |

\* 13% of the entering transfer class are international students

39%

of transfers (domestic) are first-generation college students

33%

of entering transfers (domestic) are from underrepresented backgrounds

78%

of the transfer class receive financial aid\
(2023)

92%

of admitted transfers come from a California community college

## Statistics About Admitted Transfer Students

Overview by College and School Applied To

|  | Applicants | % of Applicants | Admits | Admit Rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Total | 28,288 | 100% | 6,466 | 23% |
| [The College](https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-profile/major#The_College) | 21,089 | 75% | 5,790 | 27% |
| [Samueli School of Engineering](https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-profile/major#Samueli_School_of_Engineering) | 4,600 | 16% | 504 | 11% |
| [School of Theater, Film & Television](https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-profile/major#School_of_Theater_Film_and_Television) | 895 | 3% | 29 | 3.2% |
| [School of the Arts & Architecture](https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-profile/major#School_of_the_Arts_and_Architecture) | 1,143 | 4% | 78 | 6.8% |
| [Herb Alpert School of Music](https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-profile/major#Herb_Alpert_School_of_Music) | 257 | 1% | 45 | 18% |
| [School of Nursing](https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-profile/major#School_of_Nursing) | 304 | 1% | 20 | 6.6% |

Click on the name of the college/school above to see these figures by major.

Overview by School Type Transferring From

|  | Applicants | % of Applicants | Admits | % of Admits | Admit Rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [CA Community Colleges](https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-profile/community-college) | 22,583 | 80% | 5,940 | 92% | 26% |
| Other UC Campuses | 2,234 | 8% | 330 | 5% | 15% |
| CA State Universities | 687 | 2% | 28 | 0% | 4.1% |
| Other Schools | 2,784 | 10% | 168 | 3% | 6.0% |

## Admitted Transfer Student Profiles From Past Years

- [Fall 2024](https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-profile/2024)
- [Fall 2023](https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-profile/2023)
- [Fall 2022](https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-profile/2022)
- [Fall 2021](https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-profile/2021)

## Additional Links

- [Admissions Statistics](https://www.apb.ucla.edu/campus-statistics/admissions)
- [Enrollment Statistics](https://www.apb.ucla.edu/campus-statistics/enrollment)
- [Graduation Statistics](https://www.apb.ucla.edu/campus-statistics/graduation-retention)
- [UC Information Center](https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter)

## Frequently Asked Questions

How are UC-to-UC transfers looked upon in the transfer admission process?
:   California community college transfer applicants are given priority consideration, then UC-to-UC transfer applicants are considered.