College of the Desert

Palm Desert · Riverside County. Its record sending transfer students to the University of California and the California State University: applicants and admits at every campus, 2021 through Fall 2025, from UC's and CSU's own data.

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At a glance

72% of its 988 UC applicants were admitted to at least one campus, 2021–22 to 2024–25.

UC San Diego admitted 59% of its transfer applicants (297 of 503) — below the 62% it admitted from California community colleges overall.

988

UC applicants
2021–22 to 2024–25

712

Admitted to a UC
same four years

471

Enrolled at a UC
same four years

232

UC applicants
Fall 2025

3,321

Cal State applicants
Fall 2021 to Fall 2024

3,026

Admitted to a Cal State
same four falls

1,772

Enrolled at a Cal State
same four falls

91%

Cal State admit rate
any campus

UC, campus by campus

Campus	Applied	Admitted	Admit rate	All CCCs	Admitted GPA	All CCCs	Fall 2025
Any UC	988	712	72%	75%	3.50	3.56	171 / 232
UC Berkeley	260	69	27%	27%	3.76	3.76	17 / 63
UCLA	460	109	24%	26%	3.82	3.83	32 / 128
UC San Diego	503	297	59%	62%	3.61	3.66	69 / 120
UC Santa Barbara	287	141	49%	61%	3.67	3.68	49 / 83
UC Irvine	540	215	40%	44%	3.68	3.72	45 / 124
UC Davis	199	105	53%	63%	3.58	3.63	27 / 55
UC Santa Cruz	232	126	54%	66%	3.45	3.47	51 / 68
UC Riverside	734	466	63%	63%	3.46	3.45	118 / 171
UC Merced	118	76	64%	65%	3.36	3.38	16 / 32

Applied and admitted are totals for 2021–22 through 2024–25, full academic years. "All CCCs" is the same figure for every California community college combined. Admitted GPA is UC's average transfer GPA of the students it admitted, pooled across the four years. Fall 2025 is admitted / applied for fall entry only. Campuses marked TAG offer a Transfer Admission Guarantee. UC hides admit counts under 3; "≈" means one or more years were hidden and counted as 1. "—" means fewer than 20 applicants.

UC, year by year

Campus	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25	Fall 2025
Any UC	191 / 269GPA 3.46	156 / 212GPA 3.53	173 / 246GPA 3.49	192 / 261GPA 3.51	171 / 232GPA 3.43
UC Berkeley	9 / 65GPA 3.93	19 / 61GPA 3.75	19 / 64GPA 3.73	22 / 70GPA 3.73	17 / 63GPA 3.73
UCLA	28 / 127GPA 3.85	24 / 106GPA 3.84	23 / 105GPA 3.80	34 / 122GPA 3.78	32 / 128GPA 3.75
UC San Diego	80 / 134GPA 3.63	68 / 107GPA 3.64	74 / 129GPA 3.54	75 / 133GPA 3.63	69 / 120GPA 3.57
UC Santa Barbara	41 / 94GPA 3.74	32 / 66GPA 3.64	35 / 63GPA 3.63	33 / 64GPA 3.66	49 / 83GPA 3.67
UC Irvine	53 / 143GPA 3.71	48 / 113GPA 3.70	55 / 143GPA 3.58	59 / 141GPA 3.72	45 / 124GPA 3.67
UC Davis	27 / 68GPA 3.65	29 / 50GPA 3.59	24 / 41GPA 3.49	25 / 40GPA 3.59	27 / 55GPA 3.63
UC Santa Cruz	33 / 69GPA 3.45	31 / 61GPA 3.42	25 / 43GPA 3.41	37 / 59GPA 3.50	51 / 68GPA 3.35
UC Riverside	132 / 207GPA 3.42	105 / 151GPA 3.48	112 / 193GPA 3.50	117 / 183GPA 3.45	118 / 171GPA 3.39
UC Merced	27 / 44GPA 3.31	13 / 23GPA 3.50	16 / 25GPA 3.26	20 / 26GPA 3.41	16 / 32GPA 3.40

Admitted / applied, with UC's average GPA of admitted students where it publishes one (5 or more). A blank means UC withheld the figure: fewer than 5 applicants.

Cal State, campus by campus

91% of its 3,321 Cal State transfer applicants were admitted to at least one campus, Fall 2021 to Fall 2024.

San Diego State admitted 31% of its transfer applicants (227 of 722) — below the 45% it admitted from California community colleges overall.

Campus	Applied	Admitted	Admit rate	All CCCs	Enrolled	Fall 2025
Any Cal State	3,321	3,026	91%	89%	1,772	768 / 821
CSU San Bernardino	2,403	2,185	91%	84%	1,117	547 / 578
Cal State Fullerton	905	615	68%	69%	133	157 / 198
Cal State Long Beach	888	355	40%	48%	65	82 / 191
San Diego State	722	227	31%	45%	66	59 / 119
Cal Poly Pomona	536	350	65%	63%	94	78 / 106
CSU San Marcos	477	250	52%	60%	64	63 / 108
Cal State LA	373	286	77%	81%	25	63 / 69
CSU Northridge	261	143	55%	70%	23	45 / 79
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo	205	≈20	10%	22%		<10 / 47
Chico State	182	128	70%	70%	11	37 / 45
San Francisco State	159	137	86%	91%		36 / 39
CSU Dominguez Hills	141	121	86%	89%		22 / 27
Cal State East Bay	109	90	83%	84%		23 / 27
Cal Poly Humboldt	102	91	89%	85%		27 / 31
CSU Channel Islands	101	82	81%	83%		26 / 34
Sacramento State	89	80	90%	92%		22 / 23
San José State	89	61	69%	73%		11 / 16
CSU Bakersfield	76	62	82%	80%		14 / 23
Fresno State	68	≈33	49%	73%		<10 / 11
CSU Monterey Bay	60	≈46	77%	90%		19 / 20
Sonoma State	26	≈10	38%	77%
Stanislaus State	22	≈10	45%	92%

Transfer applicants for fall entry, totals for Fall 2021 through Fall 2024. "Any Cal State" counts each student once however many campuses they applied to. "All CCCs" is the same rate for every California community college combined. Fall 2025 is admitted / applied. CSU hides any group under 10: "≈" means a hidden admit count was counted as 5, "—" means fewer than 20 applicants. CSU counts every application filed, including ones later withdrawn or left incomplete, so its admit rates read lower than a campus's own.

Year by year

Campus	Fall 2021	Fall 2022	Fall 2023	Fall 2024	Fall 2025
Any Cal State	919 / 990	747 / 832	637 / 713	723 / 786	768 / 821
CSU San Bernardino	708 / 749	532 / 597	449 / 513	496 / 544	547 / 578
Cal State Fullerton	154 / 264	149 / 233	152 / 196	160 / 212	157 / 198
Cal State Long Beach	95 / 272	88 / 208	87 / 200	85 / 208	82 / 191
San Diego State	29 / 230	67 / 225	69 / 115	62 / 152	59 / 119
Cal Poly Pomona	75 / 163	73 / 132	93 / 114	109 / 127	78 / 106
CSU San Marcos	65 / 110	47 / 102	59 / 119	79 / 146	63 / 108
Cal State LA	92 / 128	74 / 103	56 / 68	64 / 74	63 / 69
CSU Northridge	50 / 87	34 / 63	21 / 52	38 / 59	45 / 79
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo	<10 / 63	<10 / 46	<10 / 39	<10 / 57	<10 / 47
Chico State	29 / 50	34 / 55	32 / 40	33 / 37	37 / 45
San Francisco State	46 / 51	39 / 46	24 / 30	28 / 32	36 / 39
CSU Dominguez Hills	35 / 39	36 / 45	23 / 27	27 / 30	22 / 27
Cal State East Bay	24 / 33	29 / 32	17 / 22	20 / 22	23 / 27
Cal Poly Humboldt	26 / 29	23 / 25	19 / 23	23 / 25	27 / 31
CSU Channel Islands	21 / 28	25 / 28	21 / 24	15 / 21	26 / 34
Sacramento State	26 / 29	21 / 23	11 / 12	22 / 25	22 / 23
San José State	16 / 28	12 / 18	18 / 22	15 / 21	11 / 16
CSU Bakersfield	15 / 23	14 / 14	15 / 19	18 / 20	14 / 23
Fresno State	12 / 19	11 / 19	<10 / 16	<10 / 14	<10 / 11
CSU Monterey Bay	20 / 20	16 / 20	<10 / 10	<10 / 10	19 / 20
Sonoma State	<10 / 13	<10 / 13
Stanislaus State	<10 / 10	<10 / 12

Admitted / applied, fall entry. A blank means CSU withheld the figure: fewer than 10 applicants.

Fall 2027 transfer deadlines

Sep 1 – Sep 30, 2026Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG) filingDavis, Irvine, Merced, Riverside, Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz. File in September for the following fall.
Oct 1 – Nov 30, 2026UC and Cal State applicationsFiling opens October 1; the deadline for Fall 2027 is November 30. FAFSA and the California Dream Act Application open October 1 too.
Dec 15, 2026 – Jan 31, 2027Transfer Academic UpdateAdd fall grades and planned spring and summer courses. January 31 is the priority deadline.
Mar 2, 2027Financial aid and Cal Grant GPAFAFSA or Dream Act application and the Cal Grant GPA Verification Form.
Mar 1 – May 1, 2027UC decisionsCampuses release Fall 2027 transfer decisions between March 1 and May 1.
Jun 1, 2027Accept an offerStatement of Intent to Register due to the campus you choose.

From UC Admissions and the California State University, for students transferring in fall 2027. Some campuses also admit for winter or spring: TAG in May, applications in July.

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Source: University of California Information Center, "Admissions by source school" — Counts of full year transfers by race/ethnicity and Average transfer GPA, by California community college, campus and academic year, read September 29, 2026. The California State University, "Applications, Admissions, and Enrollment" dashboard — undergraduate transfers by institution of origin, campus and fall term, read September 30, 2026. Compare every college →

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