Transfer Profile by Major — Fall 2024 | 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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Fall 2024

The College: A - B
Major	Applicants	Admit Rate	25th % for Admits	75th % for Admits
African American Studies	48	33%	3.17	3.67
American Indian Studies	13	15%	3.75	3.92
American Literature and Culture	22	45%	3.65	4.00
Ancient Near East and Egyptology	2	0%	N/A	N/A
Anthropology - B.A.	284	63%	3.57	3.93
Anthropology - B.S.	75	28%	3.49	3.87
Applied Linguistics	47	57%	3.65	4.00
Applied Mathematics, Pre	237	41%	3.86	4.00
Arabic	2	0%	N/A	N/A
Art History	157	58%	3.65	4.00
Asian American Studies	36	31%	3.72	3.93
Asian Humanities	25	36%	3.47	3.86
Asian Languages and Linguistics	44	34%	3.60	3.93
Asian Religions	8	13%	4.00	4.00
Russian Studies	42	31%	3.82	3.92
Asian Studies, Pre	11	27%	3.58	4.00
Astrophysics	81	21%	3.70	3.90
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	7	43%	3.74	3.85
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences/Maths	2	0%	N/A	N/A
* Biochemistry	339	29%	3.79	3.96
* Biology	1,114	20%	3.80	4.00
Biophysics	12	0%	N/A	N/A
* Business Economics, Pre	3,143	10%	3.84	4.00

* 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.

The College: C - E
Major	Applicants	Admit Rate	25th % for Admits	75th % for Admits
Central and East European Languages and Cultures	5	20%	3.90	3.90
Chemistry	198	29%	3.76	3.99
Chemistry/Materials Science	14	29%	3.70	3.97
Chicana and Chicano Studies	47	38%	3.29	3.72
Chinese	24	38%	3.73	3.93
Classical Civilization	12	25%	3.14	3.87
Climate Sciences	7	29%	3.48	3.58
Cognitive Science, Pre	321	23%	3.80	4.00
* Communication	1,139	12%	3.94	4.00
Comparative Literature	33	42%	3.68	3.94
Computational and Systems Biology, Pre	38	47%	3.60	3.91
Data Theory, Pre	285	36%	3.86	4.00
Asian Studies, Pre	11	36%	3.46	4.00
European Language and Transcultural Studies	2	50%	3.52	3.52
European Language and Transcultural Studies with French and Francophone	7	14%	3.92	3.92
European Language and Transcultural Studies with German	5	60%	3.50	3.94
European Language and Transcultural Studies with Italian	1	100%	4.00	4.00
European Language and Transcultural Studies with Italian	1	100%	3.95	3.95
Earth and Environmental Science	48	27%	3.58	3.86
* Ecology, Behavior and Evolution	50	18%	3.85	3.92
* Economics, Pre	1,311	18%	3.85	4.00
Education and Social Transformation, Pre	202	51%	3.54	3.93
Engineering Geology	5	60%	3.34	3.85
English	585	56%	3.63	3.95
Environmental Science	116	34%	3.65	3.85
European Studies, Pre	6	33%	3.86	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.

The College: F - I
Major	Applicants	Admit Rate	25th % for Admits	75th % for Admits
* Financial Actuarial Mathematics, Pre	76	26%	3.92	4.00
Gender Studies	116	56%	3.58	3.91
Geography	85	65%	3.63	3.95
Geography/Environmental Studies	76	54%	3.45	3.82
Geology	23	35%	3.58	3.86
Geophysics	4	50%	3.87	4.00
* Global Studies, Pre	139	36%	3.65	3.96
Greek	2	0%	N/A	N/A
Greek and Latin	3	67%	4.00	4.00
History, Pre	400	58%	3.66	4.00
* Human Biology and Society - B.A., Pre	55	36%	3.74	3.94
* Human Biology and Society - B.S., Pre	94	17%	3.93	4.00
* International Development Studies, Pre	62	31%	3.74	3.94
Iranian Studies	2	50%	3.79	3.79

* 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.

The College: J - L
Major	Applicants	Admit Rate	25th % for Admits	75th % for Admits
Japanese	38	50%	3.50	3.90
Jewish Studies	3	33%	3.85	3.85
Korean	9	44%	3.63	4.00
Labor Studies	48	46%	3.55	3.84
Linguistics	71	46%	3.72	3.98
Linguistics and Asian Languages and Cultures	21	43%	3.85	3.94
Linguistics and Computer Science	214	40%	3.65	3.94
Linguistics and English	13	62%	3.62	3.94
Linguistics and Philosophy	11	0%	N/A	N/A
Linguistics and Psychology	87	44%	3.66	4.00
Linguistics and Spanish	7	43%	3.59	4.00
Linguistics and Anthropology	12	25%	3.59	4.00

* 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.

The College: M - N
Major	Applicants	Admit Rate	25th % for Admits	75th % for Admits
* Marine Biology	67	10%	3.79	3.87
Mathematics for Teaching, Pre	15	47%	3.70	4.00
Mathematics of Computation, Pre	200	47%	3.84	4.00
Mathematics, Pre	205	33%	3.86	4.00
Mathematics/Applied Science, Pre	21	38%	3.83	3.97
* Mathematics/Economics, Pre	128	32%	3.86	4.00
* Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, Pre	152	33%	3.81	4.00
Middle Eastern Studies	8	13%	3.52	3.52
* Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology	222	35%	3.84	4.00
* Neuroscience	204	20%	3.88	4.00

* 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.

The College: P - Z
Major	Applicants	Admit Rate	25th % for Admits	75th % for Admits
Philosophy	339	56%	3.61	3.91
Physics	188	32%	3.76	4.00
Physiological Science	121	23%	3.70	3.96
* Political Science, Pre	1,371	37%	3.81	4.00
Russian Studies	1	0%	N/A	N/A
* Psychobiology, Pre	179	18%	3.82	4.00
* Psychology, Pre	2,358	22%	3.81	4.00
Public Affairs, Pre	105	24%	3.52	3.82
Public Affairs, Pre	170	13%	3.87	4.00
Public Affairs, Pre	184	6%	3.58	3.86
Russian Language and Literature	2	0%	N/A	N/A
Russian Studies	2	50%	3.08	3.08
* Sociology, Pre	1,243	40%	3.77	4.00
Spanish	40	53%	3.52	3.88
Spanish and Community and Culture	6	50%	3.34	3.69
Spanish and Linguistics	11	45%	3.56	3.84
* Statistics and Data Science	501	26%	3.93	4.00
Study of Religion	8	25%	3.38	4.00
Unspecified Major	13	23%	3.32	3.76

* 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 & Architecture
Major	Applicants	Admit Rate	25th % for Admits	75th % for Admits
Architectural Studies	299	7%	3.62	4.00
Art	337	7%	3.35	3.91
Dance	37	16%	3.36	3.77
Design \| Media Arts	345	6%	3.58	3.96
World Arts and Cultures	63	25%	3.30	3.71

Overview by Major in Samueli School of Engineering
Major	Applicants	Admit Rate	25th % for Admits	75th % for Admits
Aerospace Engineering	224	11%	3.78	3.98
Bioengineering	150	12%	3.92	4.00
Chemical Engineering	134	26%	3.82	3.96
Civil Engineering	203	27%	3.78	3.93
Computer Engineering	253	8%	3.93	4.00
Computer Science	2,071	3%	3.96	4.00
Computer Science and Engineering	363	8%	4.00	4.00
Electrical Engineering	450	23%	3.89	4.00
Materials Engineering	45	33%	3.78	4.00
Mechanical Engineering	631	14%	3.91	4.00

Overview by Major in Herb Alpert School of Music
Major	Applicants	Admit Rate	25th % for Admits	75th % for Admits
Ethnomusicology	12	25%	3.16	3.88
Global Jazz Studies	44	18%	3.51	3.88
Music Composition	27	4%	3.54	3.54
Music Education	29	0%	N/A	N/A
Music History and Industry	94	12%	3.62	3.92
Music Performance	48	21%	3.76	3.98
Musicology	13	46%	3.40	3.75

Overview by Major in School of Nursing
Major	Applicants	Admit Rate	25th % for Admits	75th % for Admits
Nursing Prelicensure	307	7%	3.77	3.95

Overview by Major in School of Theater, Film & Television
Major	Applicants	Admit Rate	25th % for Admits	75th % for Admits
Film and Television	727	2%	3.86	4.00
Theater	312	4%	3.71	4.00

Transfer Profile by Major — Fall 2024

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