Transfer Profile by Major - Fall 2021 | UCLA Undergraduate Admission

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.

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Majors in the School of Theater, Film and Television

Fall 2021

The College: A - B
Major	Applicants	Admit Rate	25th % for Admits	75th % for Admits
African American Studies	59	34%	3.40	3.81
African and Middle Eastern Studies, Pre	2	50%	3.76	3.76
American Indian Studies	12	42%	3.54	3.68
American Literature and Culture	30	33%	3.46	3.98
Ancient Near East and Egyptology	6	50%	3.45	3.86
Anthropology - B.A.	349	39%	3.74	3.99
Anthropology - B.S.	85	27%	3.64	3.91
Applied Linguistics	49	33%	3.69	3.91
Applied Mathematics, Pre	269	37%	3.86	4.00
Arabic	5	100%	3.75	4.00
Art History	169	41%	3.80	3.94
Asian American Studies	27	30%	3.56	3.96
Asian Humanities	48	23%	3.75	3.87
Asian Languages and Linguistics	23	39%	3.77	4.00
Asian Religions	6	33%	3.90	4.00
Asian Studies, Pre	82	12%	3.83	4.00
Astrophysics	57	23%	3.83	3.92
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	14	14%	3.82	3.93
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences/Maths	2	50%	3.98	3.98
* Biochemistry	343	29%	3.78	4.00
* Biology	1,362	13%	3.82	4.00
Biophysics	11	0%	N/A	N/A
* Business Economics, Pre	2,848	9%	3.91	4.00

The College: C - E
Major	Applicants	Admit Rate	25th % for Admits	75th % for Admits
Central and East European Languages and Cultures	2	50%	3.83	3.83
Chemistry	286	23%	3.84	4.00
Chemistry/Materials Science	23	22%	3.86	3.89
Chicana and Chicano Studies	77	35%	3.52	3.77
Chinese	36	25%	3.88	4.00
Classical Civilization	18	28%	3.56	3.79
Climate Sciences	8	0%	N/A	N/A
Cognitive Science, Pre	269	34%	3.83	4.00
* Communication	1,221	9%	3.93	4.00
Comparative Literature	59	34%	3.72	3.92
Computational and Systems Biology, Pre	25	16%	3.77	3.91
Data Theory, Pre	211	29%	3.88	4.00
European Language and Transcultural Studies with French and Francophone	9	100%	3.55	3.91
European Language and Transcultural Studies with German	1	100%	3.95	3.95
European Language and Transcultural Studies with Italian	3	100%	3.54	3.85
Earth and Environmental Science	70	11%	3.59	3.93
* Ecology, Behavior and Evolution	63	16%	3.75	3.89
* Economics, Pre	1,486	13%	3.91	4.00
Education and Social Transformation, Pre	160	26%	3.73	3.94
Engineering Geology	4	25%	4.00	4.00
English	692	32%	3.75	3.96
Environmental Science	143	27%	3.64	3.93
European Studies, Pre	11	36%	3.55	3.94

The College: F - I
Major	Applicants	Admit Rate	25th % for Admits	75th % for Admits
* Financial Actuarial Mathematics, Pre	125	33%	3.93	4.00
French	6	50%	3.50	4.00
French and Linguistics	4	0%	N/A	N/A
Gender Studies	155	40%	3.70	3.92
Geography	99	51%	3.61	3.94
Geography/Environmental Studies	70	50%	3.60	3.88
Geology	20	30%	3.78	4.00
Geophysics	3	0%	N/A	N/A
German	1	0%	N/A	N/A
* Global Studies, Pre	228	21%	3.85	4.00
Greek	1	0%	N/A	N/A
Greek and Latin	1	0%	N/A	N/A
History, Pre	496	38%	3.80	4.00
* Human Biology and Society - B.A., Pre	102	21%	3.79	4.00
* Human Biology and Society - B.S., Pre	141	15%	3.79	3.93
* International Development Studies, Pre	107	27%	3.83	3.95
Iranian Studies	3	0%	N/A	N/A
Italian	4	25%	4.00	4.00
Italian and Special Fields	2	50%	3.72	3.72

The College: J - L
Major	Applicants	Admit Rate	25th % for Admits	75th % for Admits
Japanese	67	51%	3.68	3.93
Jewish Studies	4	50%	3.80	4.00
Korean	19	37%	3.46	3.91
Labor Studies	33	61%	3.60	4.00
Latin	1	100%	3.54	3.54
Latin American Studies, Pre	5	40%	3.57	3.86
Linguistics	102	48%	3.79	3.94
Linguistics and Asian Languages and Cultures	28	32%	3.74	3.91
Linguistics and Computer Science	54	43%	3.69	3.98
Linguistics and English	17	47%	3.62	3.85
Linguistics and French	1	100%	3.50	3.50
Linguistics and Philosophy	13	31%	3.76	3.99
Linguistics and Psychology	109	38%	3.75	3.94
Linguistics and Scandinavian Languages	1	0%	N/A	N/A
Linguistics and Spanish	11	18%	3.94	4.00
Linguistics and Anthropology	18	44%	3.68	3.97

The College: M - N
Major	Applicants	Admit Rate	25th % for Admits	75th % for Admits
* Marine Biology	69	1%	3.98	3.98
Mathematics for Teaching, Pre	45	33%	3.85	3.96
Mathematics of Computation, Pre	111	45%	3.80	3.97
Mathematics, Pre	269	31%	3.84	4.00
Mathematics/Applied Science, Pre	37	16%	3.86	3.92
* Mathematics/Economics, Pre	192	35%	3.90	4.00
* Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, Pre	202	22%	3.78	3.94
Middle Eastern Studies	14	7%	3.91	3.91
* Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology	221	29%	3.84	4.00
* Neuroscience	212	20%	3.76	3.95
Nordic Studies	10	30%	3.77	4.00

The College: P - Z
Major	Applicants	Admit Rate	25th % for Admits	75th % for Admits
Philosophy	364	41%	3.77	4.00
Physics	188	37%	3.84	3.96
Physiological Science	165	18%	3.66	3.94
* Political Science, Pre	1,531	30%	3.83	4.00
Portuguese and Brazilian Studies	1	0%	N/A	N/A
* Psychobiology, Pre	207	19%	3.82	4.00
* Psychology, Pre	2,543	17%	3.83	4.00
Public Affairs, Pre	136	25%	3.67	3.89
Russian Language and Literature	2	50%	4.00	4.00
Russian Studies	4	50%	3.92	3.94
Scandinavian Languages and Cultures	1	0%	N/A	N/A
* Sociology, Pre	1,679	28%	3.82	4.00
Spanish	59	32%	3.49	3.80
Spanish and Community and Culture	26	38%	3.51	3.70
Spanish and Linguistics	7	43%	3.69	3.93
Spanish and Portuguese	6	67%	3.44	3.88
* Statistics, Pre	288	34%	3.92	4.00
Study of Religion	10	20%	3.62	3.92

* 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.

Overview by Major in School of the Arts and Architecture
Major	Applicants	Admit Rate	25th % for Admits	75th % for Admits
Architectural Studies	253	10%	3.76	4.00
Art	300	8%	3.56	3.91
Dance	53	13%	3.62	3.92
Design \| Media Arts	362	5%	3.28	3.72
World Arts and Cultures	53	19%	3.40	4.00

Overview by Major in Samueli School of Engineering
Major	Applicants	Admit Rate	25th % for Admits	75th % for Admits
Aerospace Engineering	227	11%	3.78	3.93
Bioengineering	159	13%	3.77	3.95
Chemical Engineering	164	23%	3.80	3.98
Civil Engineering	257	19%	3.74	3.94
Computer Engineering	207	6%	3.92	4.00
Computer Science	1,996	2%	3.96	4.00
Computer Science and Engineering	340	8%	4.00	4.00
Electrical Engineering	339	34%	3.85	4.00
Materials Engineering	36	36%	3.78	3.94
Mechanical Engineering	572	19%	3.86	4.00

Overview by Major in Herb Alpert School of Music
Major	Applicants	Admit Rate	25th % for Admits	75th % for Admits
Ethnomusicology	8	38%	2.90	3.84
Global Jazz Studies	37	22%	3.38	3.70
Music Composition	27	0%	N/A	N/A
Music Education	38	8%	3.31	4.00
Music History and Industry	46	33%	3.77	3.94
Music Performance	48	10%	3.52	3.87
Musicology	6	50%	3.10	4.00

Overview by Major in School of Nursing
Major	Applicants	Admit Rate	25th % for Admits	75th % for Admits
Nursing Prelicensure	404	2%	3.84	3.94

Overview by Major in School of Theater, Film and Television
Major	Applicants	Admit Rate	25th % for Admits	75th % for Admits
Film and Television	828	1%	3.37	3.94
Theater	312	3%	3.78	3.99

Transfer Profile by Major - Fall 2021

The College

School of the Arts and Architecture

Samueli School of Engineering

Herb Alpert School of Music

School of Nursing

School of Theater, Film and Television