Profile of Admitted Transfer Students by Major
Fall 2017
Please note:
- One critical element we are not able to quantify here is the completion of major preparation requirements. Click in the major name below to see the courses you should pursue towards a specific major.
- An asterisk [*] next to a major name below indicates that the number of applications to this major greatly exceeds the space available. In most cases, this means that both the GPAs and completion of preparatory coursework from successful applicants tend to exceed the overall average.
- College of Letters and Science
A - B | C - E | F - I | J - L | M - N | P - W | Undeclared and total - School of the Arts and Architecture
- School of Engineering and Applied Science
- School of Music
- School of Nursing
- School of Theater, Film, and Television
| College of Letters and Science | |||||
Letters and Science: A - B |
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| Major | Applicants | Admit Rate |
Enroll Rate |
25th % for Admits |
75th % for Admits |
| African American Studies | 69 | 57% | 85% | 3.18 | 3.53 |
| African and Middle Eastern Studies, Pre | 6 | 17% | 100% | 3.23 | 3.23 |
| American Indian Studies | 9 | 56% | 40% | 3.18 | 3.42 |
| American Literature and Culture | 44 | 73% | 66% | 3.39 | 3.73 |
| Ancient Near East and Egyptology | 5 | 40% | 100% | 3.46 | 3.62 |
| Anthropology - B.A. | 401 | 56% | 64% | 3.50 | 3.85 |
| Anthropology - B.S. | 79 | 20% | 63% | 3.53 | 3.85 |
| Arabic | 11 | 55% | 83% | 3.40 | 3.59 |
| Art History | 143 | 52% | 65% | 3.49 | 3.86 |
| Asian American Studies | 57 | 33% | 58% | 3.20 | 3.69 |
| Asian Humanities | 52 | 42% | 68% | 3.57 | 3.88 |
| Asian Religions | 6 | 50% | 67% | 3.48 | 3.64 |
| Asian Studies, Pre | 120 | 62% | 62% | 3.52 | 3.83 |
| Astrophysics | 46 | 24% | 27% | 3.82 | 4.00 |
| Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences | 17 | 0% | |||
| * Biochemistry | 391 | 28% | 48% | 3.64 | 3.94 |
| * Biology | 876 | 18% | 51% | 3.68 | 3.90 |
| Biophysics | 17 | 29% | 40% | 3.63 | 3.92 |
| * Business Economics, Pre | 2,011 | 11% | 51% | 3.85 | 4.00 |
Letters and Science: C - E |
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| Major | Applicants | Admit Rate |
Enroll Rate |
25th % for Admits |
75th % for Admits |
| Central and East European Languages and Cultures | 5 | 40% | 50% | 3.94 | 4.00 |
| Chemistry | 299 | 29% | 49% | 3.71 | 3.93 |
| Chemistry/Materials Science | 22 | 45% | 50% | 3.72 | 3.94 |
| Chicana & Chicano Studies | 67 | 49% | 58% | 3.36 | 3.57 |
| Chinese | 72 | 46% | 67% | 3.29 | 3.77 |
| Classical Civilization | 13 | 54% | 0% | 3.55 | 3.68 |
| Cognitive Science, Pre | 146 | 35% | 49% | 3.64 | 3.90 |
| *Communication Studies | 955 | 12% | 71% | 3.92 | 4.00 |
| Comparative Literature | 66 | 59% | 62 | 3.23 | 3.74 |
| Computational and Systems Biology, Pre | 3 | 33% | 0% | 3.80 | 3.80 |
| Earth and Environmental Science | 31 | 6% | 100% | 3.69 | 3.88 |
| * Ecology, Behavior and Evolution | 44 | 14% | 33% | 3.76 | 3.91 |
| * Economics, Pre | 1,349 | 14% | 43% | 3.86 | 4.00 |
| Engineering Geology | 7 | 43% | 33% | 3.70 | 3.82 |
| * English | 643 | 42% | 53% | 3.58 | 3.90 |
| Environmental Science | 109 | 16% | 59% | 3.75 | 3.91 |
| European Studies, Pre | 6 | 17% | 0% | 3.15 | 3.15 |
| French | 21 | 48% | 50% | 3.57 | 3.78 |
| French and Linguistics | 6 | 50% | 33% | 3.71 | 4.00 |
Letters and Science: F - I |
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| Major | Applicants | Admit Rate |
Enroll Rate |
25th % for Admits |
75th % for Admits |
| Gender Studies | 195 | 61% | 68% | 3.28 | 3.70 |
| Geography | 84 | 65% | 73% | 3.40 | 3.75 |
| Geography/Environmental Studies | 55 | 42% | 65% | 3.66 | 3.95 |
| Geology | 34 | 12% | 25% | 3.61 | 3.95 |
| Geophysics | 8 | 38% | 67% | 3.54 | 3.67 |
| German | 11 | 36% | 25% | 3.32 | 4.00 |
| * Global Studies, Pre | 167 | 30% | 46% | 3.79 | 3.97 |
| Greek | 1 | 0% | |||
| Greek and Latin | 5 | 20% | 100% | 3.23 | 3.23 |
| History, Pre | 479 | 64% | 70% | 3.47 | 3.92 |
| * Human Biology and Society, Pre - B.A. | 51 | 12% | 50% | 3.57 | 3.88 |
| * Human Biology and Society, Pre - B.S. | 46 | 7% | 0% | 3.35 | 3.80 |
| * International Development Studies, Pre | 139 | 29% | 54% | 3.79 | 4.00 |
| Iranian Studies | 8 | 75% | 67% | 3.42 | 3.68 |
| Italian | 3 | 0% | |||
| Italian and Special Fields | 2 | 50% | 100% | 3.38 | 3.38 |
Letters and Science: J - L |
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| Major | Applicants | Admit Rate |
Enroll Rate |
25th % for Admits |
75th % for Admits |
| Japanese | 76 | 64% | 61% | 3.45 | 3.87 |
| Jewish Studies | 8 | 38% | 100% | 3.70 | 3.94 |
| Korean | 23 | 57% | 77% | 3.57 | 3.83 |
| Latin | 1 | 0% | |||
| Latin American Studies, Pre | 15 | 33% | 80% | 3.55 | 3.65 |
| Linguistics | 121 | 64% | 65% | 3.54 | 3.78 |
| Linguistics and Anthropology | 16 | 44% | 14% | 3.31 | 3.83 |
| Linguistics and Asian Languages and Cultures | 48 | 54% | 62% | 3.55 | 3.86 |
| Linguistics and Computer Science | 42 | 36% | 80% | 3.44 | 3.67 |
| Linguistics and English | 11 | 55% | 33% | 3.41 | 3.85 |
| Linguistics and French | 3 | 33% | 0% | 3.87 | 3.87 |
| Linguistics and Italian | 2 | 50% | 0% | 3.21 | 3.21 |
| Linguistics and Philosophy | 5 | 40% | 50% | 3.39 | 4.00 |
| Linguistics and Psychology | 45 | 47% | 48% | 3.55 | 3.86 |
| Linguistics and Scandinavian Languages | 3 | 67% | 0% | 3.41 | 3.90 |
| Linguistics and Spanish | 6 | 67% | 25% | 3.55 | 3.92 |
| Applied Linguistics | 14 | 57% | 50% | 3.65 | 3.89 |
Letters and Science: M - N |
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| Major | Applicants | Admit Rate |
Enroll Rate |
25th % for Admits |
75th % for Admits |
| * Marine Biology | 43 | 2% | 0% | 3.82 | 3.82 |
| Mathematics, Pre | 226 | 41% | 66% | 3.73 | 3.92 |
| Applied Mathematics, Pre | 204 | 45% | 41% | 3.70 | 3.94 |
| Mathematics/Applied Science, Pre | 28 | 21% | 17% | 3.53 | 3.88 |
| Mathematics/Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences | 11 | 27% | 100% | 3.90 | 4.00 |
| Mathematics/Economics, Pre | 129 | 41% | 47% | 3.84 | 3.97 |
| Financial Actuarial Mathematics, Pre | 206 | 39% | 61% | 3.86 | 4.00 |
| Mathematics for Teaching, Pre | 42 | 26% | 36% | 3.65 | 3.85 |
| Mathematics of Computation, Pre | 48 | 33% | 44% | 3.79 | 3.93 |
| * Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, Pre | 126 | 33% | 55% | 3.67 | 3.91 |
| Middle Eastern Studies | 23 | 17% | 25% | 3.59 | 4.00 |
| * Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology | 176 | 38% | 52% | 3.67 | 3.92 |
| * Neuroscience | 159 | 24% | 71% | 3.68 | 3.92 |
Letters and Science: P - W |
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| Major | Applicants | Admit Rate |
Enroll Rate |
25th % for Admits |
75th % for Admits |
| Philosophy | 380 | 49% | 54% | 3.57 | 3.86 |
| Physics | 205 | 39% | 24% | 3.76 | 3.97 |
| Physiological Science | 102 | 20% | 70% | 3.63 | 3.86 |
| * Political Science, Pre | 1,108 | 37% | 48% | 3.70 | 3.93 |
| Portuguese | 4 | 25% | 100% | 3.50 | 3.50 |
| * Psychobiology, Pre | 157 | 23% | 78% | 3.60 | 3.87 |
| * Psychology, Pre | 1,680 | 21% | 79% | 3.71 | 3.94 |
| Study of Religion | 13 | 31% | 25% | 3.52 | 3.89 |
| Russian Language and Literature | 4 | 25% | 0% | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Russian Studies | 3 | 0% | |||
| Scandinavian Languages and Cultures | 1 | 0% | |||
| * Sociology, Pre | 1,239 | 37% | 60% | 3.68 | 3.93 |
| Spanish | 70 | 54% | 39% | 3.24 | 3.82 |
| Spanish and Community and Culture | 33 | 52% | 59% | 3.30 | 3.66 |
| Spanish and Linguistics | 12 | 50% | 33% | 3.14 | 3.56 |
| Spanish and Portuguese | 6 | 67% | 25% | 3.25 | 3.66 |
| Statistics, Pre | 285 | 34% | 45% | 3.85 | 4.00 |
Letters and Science: Undeclared and Total |
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| Major | Applicants | Admit Rate |
Enroll Rate |
25th % for Admits |
75th % for Admits |
| Undeclared - Social Sciences | 5 | 100% | 80% | 3.00 | 4.00 |
| total | 17,055 | 30% | 59% | 3.57 | 3.91 |
| School of the Arts and Architecture | |||||
| Major | Applicants | Admit Rate |
Enroll Rate |
25th % for Admits |
75th % for Admits |
| Architectural Studies | 148 | 22% | 44% | 3.71 | 3.92 |
| Art | 192 | 13% | 76% | 3.28 | 3.67 |
| Dance | 19 | 32% | 100% | 2.96 | 3.67 |
| Design | Media Arts | 207 | 4% | 100% | 3.56 | 3.76 |
| World Arts and Cultures | 24 | 29% | 57% | 3.50 | 3.82 |
| total | 590 | 13% | 66% | 3.39 | 3.83 |
| School of Engineering and Applied Science | |||||
| Major | Applicants | Admit Rate |
Enroll Rate |
25th % for Admits |
75th % for Admits |
| Aerospace Engineering | 161 | 16% | 60% | 3.78 | 4.00 |
| Bioengineering | 165 | 10% | 47% | 3.78 | 4.00 |
| Chemical Engineering | 236 | 26% | 39% | 3.85 | 4.00 |
| Civil Engineering | 221 | 17% | 47% | 3.81 | 4.00 |
| Computer Science | 1,288 | 5% | 58% | 3.88 | 4.00 |
| Computer Science and Engineering | 373 | 12% | 32% | 3.88 | 4.00 |
| Electrical Engineering | 410 | 24% | 60% | 3.80 | 4.00 |
| Materials Engineering | 68 | 21% | 36% | 3.84 | 4.00 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 576 | 10% | 36% | 3.80 | 4.00 |
| total | 3,498 | 12% | 48% | 3.83 | 4.00 |
| School of Music | |||||
| Major | Applicants | Admit Rate |
Enroll Rate |
25th % for Admits |
75th % for Admits |
| Ethnomusicology | 33 | 12% | 75% | 3.11 | 3.36 |
| Music | 84 | 15% | 85% | 3.56 | 3.80 |
| Music History | 13 | 23% | 100% | 3.20 | 4.00 |
| total | 130 | 15% | 85% | 3.32 | 3.77 |
| School of Nursing | |||||
| Major | Applicants | Admit Rate |
Enroll Rate |
25th % for Admits |
75th % for Admits |
| Nursing | 164 | 7% | 75% | 3.73 | 3.86 |
| Nursing-Gen/Prelicensure | 164 | 7% | 75% | 3.73 | 3.86 |
| School of Theater, Film and Television | |||||
| Major | Applicants | Admit Rate |
Enroll Rate |
25th % for Admits |
75th % for Admits |
| Film and Television | 586 | 2% | 78% | 3.62 | 3.98 |
| Theater | 212 | 6% | 83% | 3.61 | 3.89 |
| total | 798 | 3% | 81% | 3.62 | 3.93 |