California Veteran's Initiative

Transfer Applicant Overview

All California State University campuses welcome applications from transfer students. If you complete college units after the summer following graduation from high school, you are considered a transfer student. The number of units you have completed at the time you enter a CSU determines the admission standards that will apply to your application. It is important to identify which admission requirements apply to you.

The majority of transfer students enter as upper-division transfers. Upper-division transfers must complete at least 60 semester or 90 quarter units before transfer.

Some CSU campuses permit some students to enter as lower-division transfers. If, at the time you will enter the CSU, you have completed 59 or fewer semester or 89 or fewer quarter units you are a lower-division transfer.

All CSU campuses have higher standards for out-of-state students. Some campuses have higher standards for particular majors. Finally, a few campuses have higher standards for all applicants.

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