# Transfer Profile

**Source**: https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-profile/2023
**Parent**: https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-profile/2024

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 2023

|  | Total |
| --- | --- |
| Applicants | 23,974 |
| Admits | 6,189 |
| Enrolled | 3,696 |
| Admit Rate | 26% |

## Academic Performance

GPA statistics for admitted transfer students

| GPA | Median | Middle 25% - 75% |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Transfer GPA | 3.88 | 3.72-4.00 |

## Background

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

| Ethnicity or Race | Transfers |
| --- | --- |
| African American | 6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1% |
| Asian | 34% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 27% |
| White | 29% |
| Unknown | 3% |

\* 7% of the entering transfer class are international students

41%

of transfers (domestic) are first-generation college students

34%

of entering transfers (domestic) are from underrepresented backgrounds

## Statistics About Admitted Transfer Students

Overview by College and School Applied To

|  | Applicants | % of Applicants | Admits | Admit Rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Total | 23,974 | 100% | 6,189 | 26% |
| [The College](https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-profile/2023/major#The_College) | 17,706 | 74% | 5,600 | 32% |
| [Samueli School of Engineering](https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-profile/2023/major#Samueli_School_of_Engineering) | 3,829 | 16% | 421 | 11% |
| [School of Theater, Film & Television](https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-profile/2023/major#School_of_Theater_Film_and_Television) | 903 | 4% | 28 | 3.1% |
| [School of the Arts & Architecture](https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-profile/2023/major#School_of_the_Arts_and_Architecture) | 1,011 | 4% | 91 | 9% |
| [Herb Alpert School of Music](https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-profile/2023/major#Herb_Alpert_School_of_Music) | 195 | 1% | 23 | 12% |
| [School of Nursing](https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-profile/2023/major#School_of_Nursing) | 330 | 1% | 26 | 7.9% |

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/2023/community-college) | 19,091 | 80% | 5,715 | 92% | 30% |
| Other UC Campuses | 1,741 | 7% | 296 | 5% | 17% |
| CA State Universities | 587 | 2% | 28 | 0% | 4.8% |
| Other Schools | 2,555 | 11% | 150 | 2% | 5.9% |

## Admitted Transfer Student Profiles From Other Years

- [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)
- [Fall 2020](https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-profile/2020)

## 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.