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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

70% of its 2,260 UC applicants were admitted to at least one campus, 2021–22 to 2024–25.

UCLA admitted 21% of its transfer applicants (252 of 1,175) — below the 26% it admitted from California community colleges overall.

2,260

UC applicants
2021–22 to 2024–25

1,575

Admitted to a UC
same four years

1,169

Enrolled at a UC
same four years

559

UC applicants
Fall 2025

5,437

Cal State applicants
Fall 2021 to Fall 2024

4,658

Admitted to a Cal State
same four falls

2,963

Enrolled at a Cal State
same four falls

86%

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	2,260	1,575	70%	75%	3.53	3.56	380 / 559
UC Berkeley	865	216	25%	27%	3.75	3.76	50 / 245
UCLA	1,175	252	21%	26%	3.85	3.83	73 / 332
UC San Diego	1,822	1,102	60%	62%	3.59	3.66	255 / 479
UC Santa Barbara	846	448	53%	61%	3.66	3.68	111 / 211
UC Irvine	1,144	398	35%	44%	3.71	3.72	111 / 332
UC Davis	577	316	55%	63%	3.63	3.63	93 / 163
UC Santa Cruz	596	374	63%	66%	3.48	3.47	125 / 168
UC Riverside	674	402	60%	63%	3.43	3.45	129 / 194
UC Merced	201	121	60%	65%	3.37	3.38	49 / 62

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	430 / 599GPA 3.51	384 / 540GPA 3.53	369 / 538GPA 3.56	392 / 583GPA 3.52	380 / 559GPA 3.59
UC Berkeley	46 / 220GPA 3.78	33 / 195GPA 3.77	72 / 212GPA 3.73	65 / 238GPA 3.73	50 / 245GPA 3.74
UCLA	59 / 331GPA 3.88	53 / 256GPA 3.84	73 / 279GPA 3.84	67 / 309GPA 3.85	73 / 332GPA 3.85
UC San Diego	289 / 469GPA 3.57	274 / 428GPA 3.56	272 / 434GPA 3.61	267 / 491GPA 3.61	255 / 479GPA 3.65
UC Santa Barbara	112 / 231GPA 3.72	90 / 182GPA 3.65	121 / 206GPA 3.67	125 / 227GPA 3.61	111 / 211GPA 3.69
UC Irvine	103 / 313GPA 3.71	92 / 264GPA 3.74	109 / 273GPA 3.69	94 / 294GPA 3.69	111 / 332GPA 3.77
UC Davis	70 / 145GPA 3.59	78 / 149GPA 3.61	88 / 136GPA 3.65	80 / 147GPA 3.68	93 / 163GPA 3.66
UC Santa Cruz	84 / 158GPA 3.48	92 / 148GPA 3.44	95 / 143GPA 3.54	103 / 147GPA 3.46	125 / 168GPA 3.51
UC Riverside	120 / 189GPA 3.40	105 / 163GPA 3.49	87 / 165GPA 3.45	90 / 157GPA 3.37	129 / 194GPA 3.50
UC Merced	39 / 63GPA 3.26	33 / 53GPA 3.41	27 / 46GPA 3.51	22 / 39GPA 3.34	49 / 62GPA 3.54

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

86% of its 5,437 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 (2,934 of 4,533) — above the 45% it admitted from California community colleges overall.

Campus	Applied	Admitted	Admit rate	All CCCs	Enrolled	Fall 2025
Any Cal State	5,437	4,658	86%	89%	2,963	1,106 / 1,260
San Diego State	4,533	2,934	65%	45%	2,068	716 / 971
CSU San Marcos	1,817	1,105	61%	60%	341	330 / 500
Cal State Long Beach	1,192	551	46%	48%	94	129 / 272
Cal State Fullerton	650	435	67%	69%	25	136 / 169
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo	544	96	18%	22%		33 / 171
San Francisco State	541	502	93%	91%	60	99 / 110
Cal Poly Pomona	499	302	61%	63%	26	78 / 110
Cal State LA	436	352	81%	81%	12	71 / 80
Chico State	318	213	67%	70%	13	46 / 79
CSU Northridge	317	171	54%	70%	10	31 / 52
San José State	299	207	69%	73%	10	39 / 68
Cal Poly Humboldt	250	219	88%	85%	10	56 / 59
Cal State East Bay	241	202	84%	84%		44 / 54
CSU Channel Islands	225	170	76%	83%		25 / 35
CSU San Bernardino	221	180	81%	84%		37 / 40
Sacramento State	218	197	90%	92%		47 / 56
Sonoma State	172	106	62%	77%		29 / 33
CSU Monterey Bay	169	149	88%	90%		21 / 29
CSU Bakersfield	134	105	78%	80%		22 / 37
Fresno State	127	72	57%	73%		10 / 19
CSU Dominguez Hills	125	109	87%	89%		23 / 34
Stanislaus State	53	≈43	81%	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	1,198 / 1,498	1,118 / 1,322	1,155 / 1,311	1,187 / 1,306	1,106 / 1,260
San Diego State	695 / 1,294	679 / 1,122	779 / 1,064	781 / 1,053	716 / 971
CSU San Marcos	243 / 441	220 / 380	301 / 489	341 / 507	330 / 500
Cal State Long Beach	129 / 342	108 / 247	162 / 294	152 / 309	129 / 272
Cal State Fullerton	85 / 165	90 / 154	112 / 145	148 / 186	136 / 169
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo	26 / 143	16 / 112	33 / 137	21 / 152	33 / 171
San Francisco State	158 / 165	129 / 140	104 / 117	111 / 119	99 / 110
Cal Poly Pomona	51 / 123	58 / 144	101 / 122	92 / 110	78 / 110
Cal State LA	87 / 115	85 / 111	95 / 107	85 / 103	71 / 80
Chico State	26 / 71	43 / 74	75 / 87	69 / 86	46 / 79
CSU Northridge	40 / 92	35 / 69	46 / 75	50 / 81	31 / 52
San José State	56 / 91	55 / 76	49 / 65	47 / 67	39 / 68
Cal Poly Humboldt	52 / 58	49 / 53	54 / 67	64 / 72	56 / 59
Cal State East Bay	48 / 61	63 / 67	49 / 57	42 / 56	44 / 54
CSU Channel Islands	43 / 56	45 / 58	38 / 55	44 / 56	25 / 35
CSU San Bernardino	37 / 40	74 / 96	34 / 45	35 / 40	37 / 40
Sacramento State	60 / 66	39 / 46	56 / 60	42 / 46	47 / 56
Sonoma State	22 / 43	30 / 45	19 / 38	35 / 46	29 / 33
CSU Monterey Bay	37 / 38	38 / 48	30 / 35	44 / 48	21 / 29
CSU Bakersfield	25 / 37	27 / 33	26 / 33	27 / 31	22 / 37
Fresno State	20 / 33	20 / 40	18 / 30	14 / 24	10 / 19
CSU Dominguez Hills	43 / 47	17 / 20	19 / 25	30 / 33	23 / 34
Stanislaus State	<10 / 11	11 / 13	17 / 18	10 / 11

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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