In fall 2025, 27,971 transfer applicants applied to the 91 UCLA majors listed below and 6,417 (23%) were admitted. Among majors with at least 100 applicants, the hardest to get into were Film & Television (3%), Design Media Arts (4%) and Theater (5%), and the most accessible were Art History (63%), Anthropology (60%) and Philosophy (59%).
Fall 2025 transfer results by major
| Major | Area | Applied | Admitted | Admit rate | 2024 rate | Admitted GPA (middle 50%) | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aerospace Engineering | Engineering | 265 | 35 | 13% | 11% | 3.88–4.00 | 17 |
| African American Studies | Social Sciences | 21 | 8 | 38% | 33% | 3.17–3.42 | 5 |
| American Indian Studies | Social Sciences | 12 | 4 | 33% | — | 3.37–3.54 | 3 |
| American Literature & Culture | Arts & Humanities | 11 | 8 | 73% | 45% | 3.48–3.76 | 6 |
| Anthropology | Social Sciences | 374 | 226 | 60% | 55% | 3.55–3.92 | 124 |
| Applied Linguistics | Other/Interdisciplinary | 41 | 22 | 54% | 57% | 3.54–3.91 | 10 |
| Architectural Studies | Architecture | 344 | 27 | 8% | 7% | 3.80–3.92 | 15 |
| Art | Arts & Humanities | 327 | 17 | 5% | 7% | 3.44–3.87 | 14 |
| Art History | Arts & Humanities | 163 | 103 | 63% | 58% | 3.59–3.94 | 61 |
| Asian American Studies | Social Sciences | 30 | 13 | 43% | 31% | 3.52–3.94 | 4 |
| Asian Humanities | Social Sciences | 25 | 13 | 52% | 36% | 3.73–3.92 | 4 |
| Asian Languages and Linguistics | Arts & Humanities | 21 | 10 | 48% | 34% | 3.65–3.94 | 7 |
| Asian Studies | Social Sciences | 46 | 20 | 43% | 31% | 3.54–3.96 | 9 |
| Astrophysics | Physical Sciences/Math | 67 | 23 | 34% | 21% | 3.77–3.95 | 5 |
| Biochemistry | Life Sciences | 321 | 91 | 28% | 29% | 3.82–3.97 | 46 |
| Bioengineering | Engineering | 166 | 17 | 10% | 12% | 3.96–4.00 | 6 |
| Biology | Life Sciences | 1,162 | 202 | 17% | 20% | 3.82–4.00 | 131 |
| Biophysics | Life Sciences | 19 | 6 | 32% | — | 3.84–3.94 | 3 |
| Chemical Engineering | Engineering | 147 | 50 | 34% | 26% | 3.80–3.97 | 15 |
| Chemistry | Physical Sciences/Math | 216 | 57 | 26% | 29% | 3.80–4.00 | 23 |
| Chicana & Chicano Studies | Social Sciences | 29 | 12 | 41% | 38% | 3.45–3.76 | 6 |
| Chinese | Arts & Humanities | 25 | 10 | 40% | 38% | 3.75–3.93 | 4 |
| Civil Engineering | Engineering | 177 | 40 | 23% | 27% | 3.75–3.94 | 17 |
| Classical Civilization | Other/Interdisciplinary | 15 | 5 | 33% | 25% | 3.69–3.88 | 4 |
| Communication | Other/Interdisciplinary | 964 | 121 | 13% | 12% | 3.92–4.00 | 93 |
| Comparative Literature | Arts & Humanities | 39 | 21 | 54% | 42% | 3.61–3.93 | 10 |
| Computer Engineering | Engineering | 358 | 23 | 6% | 8% | 3.94–4.00 | 14 |
| Computer Science | Computer Science | 1,655 | 80 | 5% | 3% | 4.00–4.00 | 41 |
| Computer Science & Engineering | Engineering | 369 | 33 | 9% | 9% | 3.94–4.00 | 15 |
| Dance | Arts & Humanities | 55 | 11 | 20% | 16% | 3.72–3.94 | 6 |
| Design Media Arts | Arts & Humanities | 360 | 15 | 4% | 6% | 3.54–3.94 | 14 |
| Earth and Environmental Science | Physical Sciences/Math | 45 | 9 | 20% | 27% | 3.55–3.73 | 5 |
| Ecology, Behavior & Evolution | Life Sciences | 52 | 7 | 13% | 18% | 3.66–3.90 | 3 |
| Electrical Engineering | Engineering | 629 | 112 | 18% | 23% | 3.93–4.00 | 72 |
| English | Arts & Humanities | 561 | 315 | 56% | 56% | 3.63–3.95 | 163 |
| Environmental Science | Life Sciences | 105 | 35 | 33% | 34% | 3.63–3.90 | 19 |
| Ethnomusicology | Arts & Humanities | 12 | 4 | 33% | — | 3.48–3.81 | 4 |
| European Languages and Transcultural Studies With French and Francophone | Arts & Humanities | 5 | 4 | 80% | — | 3.65–3.94 | 3 |
| Film & Television | Arts & Humanities | 632 | 17 | 3% | 2% | 3.72–3.97 | 15 |
| Gender Studies | Social Sciences | 92 | 58 | 63% | 56% | 3.62–3.92 | 25 |
| Geography | Social Sciences | 60 | 37 | 62% | 65% | 3.66–3.92 | 20 |
| Geography/Environmental Studies | Other/Interdisciplinary | 70 | 38 | 54% | 54% | 3.61–3.92 | 24 |
| Geology | Physical Sciences/Math | 30 | 10 | 33% | 35% | 3.64–3.86 | 4 |
| Japanese | Arts & Humanities | 42 | 26 | 62% | 50% | 3.59–3.91 | 21 |
| Labor Studies | Business | 35 | 16 | 46% | 46% | 3.66–3.86 | 12 |
| Linguistics | Arts & Humanities | 67 | 39 | 58% | 46% | 3.62–3.95 | 25 |
| Linguistics & Anthropology | Arts & Humanities | 11 | 6 | 55% | — | 3.74–3.87 | 4 |
| Linguistics & Asian Languages & Cultures | Arts & Humanities | 21 | 12 | 57% | 43% | 3.61–3.85 | 6 |
| Linguistics & Computer Science | Arts & Humanities | 188 | 76 | 40% | 40% | 3.63–3.90 | 58 |
| Linguistics & Philosophy | Arts & Humanities | 15 | 6 | 40% | — | 3.52–3.98 | 3 |
| Linguistics & Psychology | Arts & Humanities | 84 | 33 | 39% | 44% | 3.58–3.90 | 24 |
| Linguistics & Spanish | Arts & Humanities | 6 | 5 | 83% | 43% | 3.56–3.80 | 3 |
| Materials Engineering | Engineering | 43 | 17 | 40% | 33% | 3.64–3.88 | 11 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Engineering | 794 | 97 | 12% | 14% | 3.92–4.00 | 41 |
| Microbiology – Immunology – Molecular Genetics | Life Sciences | 206 | 60 | 29% | 33% | 3.81–4.00 | 39 |
| Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology | Life Sciences | 285 | 86 | 30% | 35% | 3.87–4.00 | 57 |
| Music Industry | Arts & Humanities | 119 | 35 | 29% | 12% | 3.65–4.00 | 26 |
| Neuroscience | Life Sciences | 226 | 50 | 22% | 20% | 3.81–3.95 | 31 |
| Nursing – Four Year Program | Nursing | 305 | 20 | 7% | 7% | 3.70–3.95 | 20 |
| Philosophy | Arts & Humanities | 335 | 199 | 59% | 56% | 3.60–3.92 | 99 |
| Physics | Physical Sciences/Math | 237 | 74 | 31% | 32% | 3.84–4.00 | 24 |
| Physiological Science | Life Sciences | 153 | 31 | 20% | 23% | 3.80–3.95 | 26 |
| Pre Human Biology and Society | Other/Interdisciplinary | 156 | 30 | 19% | 24% | 3.87–4.00 | 23 |
| Pre International Development Studies | Social Sciences | 50 | 16 | 32% | 31% | 3.80–3.98 | 8 |
| Pre-Applied Mathematics | Physical Sciences/Math | 379 | 135 | 36% | 41% | 3.89–4.00 | 65 |
| Pre-Business Economics | Business | 3,379 | 342 | 10% | 10% | 3.89–4.00 | 209 |
| Pre-Cognitive Science | Other/Interdisciplinary | 306 | 79 | 26% | 23% | 3.82–3.95 | 44 |
| Pre-Data Theory | Physical Sciences/Math | 163 | 75 | 46% | 36% | 3.79–3.93 | 44 |
| Pre-Economics | Social Sciences | 1,519 | 246 | 16% | 18% | 3.91–4.00 | 130 |
| Pre-Education and Social Transformation | Education | 235 | 130 | 55% | 51% | 3.58–3.92 | 70 |
| Pre-Financial Actuarial Mathematics | Physical Sciences/Math | 92 | 18 | 20% | 26% | 3.88–4.00 | 14 |
| Pre-Global Studies | Other/Interdisciplinary | 152 | 63 | 41% | 36% | 3.66–3.93 | 37 |
| Pre-History | Arts & Humanities | 453 | 264 | 58% | 58% | 3.68–4.00 | 175 |
| Pre-Mathematics | Physical Sciences/Math | 268 | 84 | 31% | 33% | 3.89–4.00 | 38 |
| Pre-Mathematics for Teaching | Physical Sciences/Math | 35 | 9 | 26% | — | 3.88–4.00 | 6 |
| Pre-Mathematics of Computation | Physical Sciences/Math | 217 | 105 | 48% | 47% | 3.87–4.00 | 51 |
| Pre-Mathematics/Applied Science | Physical Sciences/Math | 36 | 9 | 25% | 38% | 3.97–4.00 | 4 |
| Pre-Mathematics/Economics | Physical Sciences/Math | 149 | 52 | 35% | 32% | 3.91–4.00 | 26 |
| Pre-Political Science | Social Sciences | 1,517 | 512 | 34% | 37% | 3.83–4.00 | 369 |
| Pre-Psychobiology | Social Sciences | 183 | 31 | 17% | 18% | 3.84–3.97 | 27 |
| Pre-Psychology | Social Sciences | 2,391 | 509 | 21% | 22% | 3.79–4.00 | 392 |
| Pre-Public Affairs | Public Admin | 120 | 55 | 46% | 24% | 3.56–3.86 | 45 |
| Pre-Public Health | Other Health Science | 493 | 61 | 12% | 10% | 3.90–4.00 | 37 |
| Pre-Sociology | Social Sciences | 1,199 | 487 | 41% | 40% | 3.74–3.98 | 337 |
| Pre-Statistics and Data Science | Physical Sciences/Math | 780 | 180 | 23% | 26% | 3.94–4.00 | 93 |
| Precomputational Biology | Life Sciences | 29 | 16 | 55% | — | 3.82–3.99 | 8 |
| Spanish | Arts & Humanities | 38 | 22 | 58% | 53% | 3.48–3.98 | 10 |
| Spanish and Community and Culture | Social Sciences | 9 | 4 | 44% | — | 3.53–4.00 | 3 |
| Study of Religion | Arts & Humanities | 15 | 6 | 40% | — | 3.40–3.80 | 4 |
| Theater | Arts & Humanities | 263 | 12 | 5% | 4% | 3.86–4.00 | 10 |
| World Arts & Culture | Arts & Humanities | 56 | 8 | 14% | 25% | 3.58–3.78 | 7 |
Majors are listed as UC names them; “Pre-” majors are the entry point for majors with prerequisites. Majors with very few applicants may not appear. GPA is the 25th–75th percentile UC-transferable GPA of admitted students.
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Source: University of California Office of the President, UC Information Center: Freshman admissions by discipline and Transfers by major. UC reports freshman results by broad discipline (the major area students applied to, such as Engineering), not by individual major; transfer results are by individual major. GPA ranges are the 25th–75th percentile of admitted students (freshman: weighted, capped UC GPA; transfer: UC-transferable GPA). Counts include all applicants (California, out-of-state and international). Small counts are suppressed by UC. This site is independent and not affiliated with the University of California. Admit rates describe past applicants, not any individual student’s chances.