# Transfer Profile

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

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 2024

|  | Total |
| --- | --- |
| Applicants | 27,177 |
| Admits | 6,177 |
| Enrolled | 3,832 |
| Admit Rate | 23% |

## Academic Performance

GPA statistics for admitted transfer students

| GPA | Median | Middle 25% - 75% |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Transfer GPA | 3.90 | 3.77-4.00 |

## Background

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

| Ethnicity or Race | Transfers |
| --- | --- |
| Native American | 1% |
| African American | 7% |
| Chicano/Latino | 28% |
| Asian | 34% |
| White | 28% |
| Unknown | 3% |

\* 9% of the entering transfer class are international students

41%

of transfers (domestic) are first-generation college students

35%

of entering transfers (domestic) are from underrepresented backgrounds

78%

of the transfer class receive financial aid\
(2023)

93%

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 | 27,177 | 100% | 6,177 | 23% |
| [The College](https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-profile/2024/major#The_College) | 19,959 | 73% | 5,545 | 28% |
| [Samueli School of Engineering](https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-profile/2024/major#Samueli_School_of_Engineering) | 4,524 | 17% | 456 | 10% |
| [School of Theater, Film & Television](https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-profile/2024/major#School_of_Theater_Film_and_Television) | 1,039 | 4% | 27 | 2.6% |
| [School of the Arts & Architecture](https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-profile/2024/major#School_of_the_Arts_and_Architecture) | 1,081 | 4% | 89 | 8.2% |
| [Herb Alpert School of Music](https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-profile/2024/major#Herb_Alpert_School_of_Music) | 267 | 1% | 39 | 15% |
| [School of Nursing](https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/transfer/transfer-profile/2024/major#School_of_Nursing) | 307 | 1% | 21 | 6.8% |

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/2024/community-college) | 21,519 | 79% | 5,685 | 92% | 26% |
| Other UC Campuses | 2,079 | 8% | 293 | 5% | 14% |
| CA State Universities | 684 | 3% | 41 | 1% | 6.0% |
| Other Schools | 2,895 | 11% | 158 | 3% | 5.5% |

## 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.