Transferring from Butte College
Butte College is in Oroville, Butte County, part of the Butte-Glenn Community College District. These are the transfer programs and priorities its students can use.
Checked against the California Community Colleges list, UC and CSU sources in October 2026.
At a glance
- UC campuses with TAG
- 6
- UCLA TAP member
- No
- CSU local priorities or guarantees
- 0
- Extra UC programs
- 0
UC programs open to you
| Program | Here | What it gives |
|---|---|---|
| Transfer Admission Guarantee | Yes | Guaranteed admission to one of six UC campuses if you meet its conditions. Open to every California community college. |
| UCLA Transfer Alliance Program | No | UCLA lists 56 member colleges, and this college isn’t one of them. |
| UCLA ADT pilot | No | Limited to ten partner colleges. |
| UC San Diego UniversityLink | No | Limited to nine San Diego and Imperial County colleges. |
CSU local areas and guarantees
Most CSU campuses treat all of California as local for transfers. Some give students from certain colleges or areas an advantage, or a guarantee.
| Campus | Applies here | Rule |
|---|---|---|
| CSULB | Through your high school | Since fall 2025, transfers count as local if they earned most units at Long Beach City, Cerritos, Golden West, Coastline or Orange Coast College as their last school, graduated from a high school in CSULB’s local area, or are veterans. |
| Cal Poly SLO | Through your high school | Cal Poly gives local preference by high school: graduates of high schools in San Luis Obispo County, northern Santa Barbara County and southern Monterey County. It defines no community college area for transfers. |
Campuses with a college-based rule that doesn’t cover Butte College: SDSU, Cal State Fullerton, SJSU, Sacramento State, Cal State LA, Fresno State, SF State, Cal State San Marcos, Sonoma State.
Private university options
| University | What it offers |
|---|---|
| Saint Mary's | Saint Mary’s gives every California community college transfer a $5,000 Community College Pathway Grant, renewable for up to three years. |
| Whittier | Whittier’s CCC Advantage sets tuition at $28,000 a year for students with 30 transferable units and a 2.9 GPA. |
| APU, Cal Baptist, La Verne, Saint Mary's, Whittier | These universities state on their own pages that they guarantee admission to students with an Associate Degree for Transfer, on their terms. |
Plan your courses
- ASSIST shows which Butte College courses count at each UC and CSU campus.
- UC requirements by major list the courses UC campuses expect before you transfer.
- The UC calculator compares your GPA with all nine campuses.
Questions
Is Butte College a UCLA TAP school?
No. Butte College isn’t on UCLA’s list of 56 Transfer Alliance Program member colleges.
Can Butte College students use a UC TAG?
Yes. Every California community college student can file a TAG at Davis, Irvine, Merced, Riverside, Santa Barbara or Santa Cruz, one per cycle, in September.
Which CSU campuses give Butte College students priority?
None of the CSU campuses with a smaller local area or a college guarantee include this college. Most CSU campuses treat all of California as local for transfers.
Sources
- UCLA Transfer Alliance Program: member colleges
- UCLA: ADT pilot
- UC San Diego: UniversityLink
- San Diego State: local admission area
- Cal State Long Beach: local admission area
- Cal State Fullerton: local admission area
- Cal Poly San Luis Obispo: local admission area
- Sacramento State: local admission area
- Cal State LA: local admission area
- Cal State Fullerton agreement: local admission area
- Fresno State Bulldog Bound: local admission area
- SF State: local admission area
- Cal State San Marcos: local admission area
- Sonoma State: local admission area
- Saint Mary's: transfer program
- Whittier: transfer program
- California Community Colleges: college list