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San Diego · San Diego 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

68% of its 916 UC applicants were admitted to at least one campus, 2021–22 to 2024–25.

UC San Diego admitted 59% of its transfer applicants (441 of 752) — below the 62% it admitted from California community colleges overall.

916

UC applicants
2021–22 to 2024–25

621

Admitted to a UC
same four years

440

Enrolled at a UC
same four years

204

UC applicants
Fall 2025

2,495

Cal State applicants
Fall 2021 to Fall 2024

2,125

Admitted to a Cal State
same four falls

1,383

Enrolled at a Cal State
same four falls

85%

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	916	621	68%	75%	3.50	3.56	136 / 204
UC Berkeley	355	100	28%	27%	3.73	3.76	25 / 83
UCLA	501	117	23%	26%	3.77	3.83	23 / 114
UC San Diego	752	441	59%	62%	3.57	3.66	95 / 177
UC Santa Barbara	279	136	49%	61%	3.61	3.68	28 / 49
UC Irvine	425	140	33%	44%	3.66	3.72	34 / 86
UC Davis	211	99	47%	63%	3.56	3.63	26 / 56
UC Santa Cruz	227	132	58%	66%	3.47	3.47	41 / 59
UC Riverside	289	166	57%	63%	3.38	3.45	46 / 68
UC Merced	85	49	58%	65%	3.27	3.38	19 / 26

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	168 / 264GPA 3.50	189 / 258GPA 3.53	135 / 195GPA 3.48	129 / 199GPA 3.49	136 / 204GPA 3.52
UC Berkeley	25 / 111GPA 3.84	31 / 93GPA 3.68	20 / 72GPA 3.64	24 / 79GPA 3.74	25 / 83GPA 3.76
UCLA	27 / 156GPA 3.83	36 / 145GPA 3.80	27 / 97GPA 3.72	27 / 103GPA 3.73	23 / 114GPA 3.74
UC San Diego	113 / 216GPA 3.57	139 / 207GPA 3.61	95 / 163GPA 3.55	94 / 166GPA 3.54	95 / 177GPA 3.58
UC Santa Barbara	28 / 82GPA 3.78	48 / 80GPA 3.56	30 / 63GPA 3.60	30 / 54GPA 3.55	28 / 49GPA 3.61
UC Irvine	38 / 129GPA 3.70	51 / 123GPA 3.70	29 / 88GPA 3.57	22 / 85GPA 3.59	34 / 86GPA 3.66
UC Davis	29 / 71GPA 3.56	30 / 59GPA 3.60	19 / 37GPA 3.45	21 / 44GPA 3.59	26 / 56GPA 3.61
UC Santa Cruz	25 / 57GPA 3.44	40 / 65GPA 3.51	37 / 55GPA 3.44	30 / 50GPA 3.46	41 / 59GPA 3.50
UC Riverside	52 / 92GPA 3.39	48 / 84GPA 3.43	40 / 59GPA 3.35	26 / 54GPA 3.30	46 / 68GPA 3.40
UC Merced	19 / 33GPA 3.26	12 / 23GPA 3.20	14 / 20GPA 3.35	4 / 9	19 / 26GPA 3.39

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

85% of its 2,495 Cal State transfer applicants were admitted to at least one campus, Fall 2021 to Fall 2024.

San Diego State admitted 65% of its transfer applicants (1,390 of 2,139) — above the 45% it admitted from California community colleges overall.

Campus	Applied	Admitted	Admit rate	All CCCs	Enrolled	Fall 2025
Any Cal State	2,495	2,125	85%	89%	1,383	497 / 568
San Diego State	2,139	1,390	65%	45%	1,009	318 / 441
CSU San Marcos	739	461	62%	60%	151	128 / 203
Cal State Long Beach	512	208	41%	48%		41 / 95
Cal State LA	258	222	86%	81%		49 / 54
Cal State Fullerton	246	178	72%	69%		49 / 60
San Francisco State	246	230	93%	91%	11	51 / 58
CSU Northridge	169	96	57%	70%	10	17 / 29
Cal Poly Pomona	152	80	53%	63%		26 / 35
Chico State	135	79	59%	70%		16 / 30
CSU San Bernardino	120	94	78%	84%		10 / 15
Cal Poly Humboldt	115	101	88%	85%		26 / 27
CSU Dominguez Hills	105	97	92%	89%		25 / 25
Cal State East Bay	101	≈73	72%	84%		17 / 22
Sacramento State	101	91	90%	92%		18 / 23
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo	100	≈20	20%	22%		<10 / 27
CSU Channel Islands	88	66	75%	83%		15 / 17
San José State	82	≈59	72%	73%		10 / 15
CSU Bakersfield	76	63	83%	80%		10 / 10
Sonoma State	54	≈25	46%	77%		13 / 13
CSU Monterey Bay	50	≈37	74%	90%		10 / 10
Fresno State	10	≈5	—	73%
Stanislaus State	10	≈5	—	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	563 / 698	538 / 654	538 / 606	486 / 537	497 / 568
San Diego State	331 / 594	344 / 586	391 / 525	324 / 434	318 / 441
CSU San Marcos	97 / 172	89 / 171	132 / 203	143 / 193	128 / 203
Cal State Long Beach	51 / 166	45 / 115	57 / 117	55 / 114	41 / 95
Cal State LA	57 / 72	59 / 71	53 / 57	53 / 58	49 / 54
Cal State Fullerton	52 / 80	33 / 59	44 / 51	49 / 56	49 / 60
San Francisco State	81 / 88	73 / 78	33 / 35	43 / 45	51 / 58
CSU Northridge	28 / 55	26 / 48	21 / 38	21 / 28	17 / 29
Cal Poly Pomona	17 / 55	21 / 42	22 / 28	20 / 27	26 / 35
Chico State	18 / 45	23 / 36	19 / 27	19 / 27	16 / 30
CSU San Bernardino	25 / 33	30 / 40	23 / 26	16 / 21	10 / 15
Cal Poly Humboldt	24 / 30	28 / 32	26 / 30	23 / 23	26 / 27
CSU Dominguez Hills	27 / 30	31 / 34	19 / 21	20 / 20	25 / 25
Cal State East Bay	24 / 30	21 / 28	23 / 29	<10 / 14	17 / 22
Sacramento State	21 / 24	29 / 33	18 / 20	23 / 24	18 / 23
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo	<10 / 38	<10 / 26	<10 / 18	<10 / 18	<10 / 27
CSU Channel Islands	28 / 37	13 / 18	14 / 18	11 / 15	15 / 17
San José State	28 / 32	16 / 21	10 / 16	<10 / 13	10 / 15
CSU Bakersfield	18 / 25	17 / 21	18 / 18	10 / 12	10 / 10
Sonoma State	<10 / 21	15 / 23		<10 / 10	13 / 13
CSU Monterey Bay		16 / 21	<10 / 10	16 / 19	10 / 10
Fresno State	<10 / 10
Stanislaus State		<10 / 10

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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