CSU impacted majors for transfers
An impacted major gets more eligible applicants than it has room for, so the campus ranks them. These are the impacted programs for transfer students at every Cal State campus.
Checked against official CSU and campus sources in October 2026.
Popular majors, by campus
| Major area | Impacted for transfers at |
|---|---|
| Nursing | Cal Poly Humboldt, Cal State East Bay, Cal State Fullerton, Cal State LA, Cal State San Marcos, Chico State, CSU Bakersfield, CSU Channel Islands, CSUSB, Fresno State, Sacramento State, SF State, Sonoma State, Stanislaus State |
| Business | Cal State San Marcos, Fresno State, Sacramento State, Sonoma State |
| Computer science | Cal Poly Pomona |
| Biology | Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State San Marcos, Fresno State |
| Engineering | Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State San Marcos, Fresno State |
| Film and media | CSUN |
| Social work and health | Cal Poly Pomona, CSUSB, Fresno State |
Grouped by keyword from each campus’s impacted list. A campus can be impacted for one program in an area and open in another, so check the campus page.
Every campus
| Campus | Whole campus impacted | Impacted majors for transfers |
|---|---|---|
| Cal Poly Humboldt | No | Nursing (RN to BSN) |
| Cal Poly Pomona | No | Animal Health Science, Animal Science (General and Pre-Vet), Aerospace, Civil, Computer, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Architecture, Biology, Computer Science |
| Cal Poly SLO | Yes | All undergraduate majors |
| Cal State East Bay | No | Nursing (Pre-Licensure BSN), Nursing (Pre-Licensure BSN), criteria |
| Cal State Fullerton | Yes | All undergraduate majors, Nursing (Upper-Division Transfer BSN pathway), Nursing (Upper-Division Transfer BSN pathway), selection |
| Cal State LA | No | Nursing, Basic Pre-Licensure BSN |
| Cal State Monterey Bay | No | None listed |
| Cal State San Marcos | No | Business Administration, Nursing (Traditional BSN), Biological Sciences and Electrical Engineering |
| Chico State | No | Nursing (basic BSN), Music BA, Recording Arts option |
| CSU Bakersfield | No | Nursing (Traditional BSN) |
| CSU Channel Islands | No | Nursing (BSN, Track I generic pre-licensure, Camarillo) |
| CSU Dominguez Hills | No | None listed |
| CSULB | Yes | None listed |
| CSUN | No | Cinema and Television Arts, B.A. (Film Production and Television Production options), Music, B.A. |
| CSUSB | No | Pre-Nursing, Pre-Social Work |
| Fresno State | No | Agricultural business, Agricultural education, Animal science, Architectural studies, Biology, Construction management, Civil, Computer, Electrical and Mechanical engineering, Enology, Food sciences, Human nutritional sciences, Liberal studies, Nursing (basic and RN to BSN), Plant science, Pre-health, Social work, Viticulture, Nursing (Traditional BSN), Social Work (BASW) |
| Sacramento State | No | Business Administration (all options), Graphic Design (BFA), Nursing (Traditional Pre-Licensure BSN) |
| SDSU | Yes | All majors and pre-majors |
| SF State | No | Nursing (BSN and ADN-BSN), Impacted majors in general |
| SJSU | Yes | All undergraduate programs |
| Sonoma State | No | Nursing (Pre-Licensure BSN), Nursing (RN to BSN, Post-Licensure), Business Administration (Online), Management |
| Stanislaus State | No | Nursing |
What impaction means
- A CSU campus or program is impacted when qualified applicants outnumber available spaces, and impacted universities may use additional screening criteria. Universities without program or university impaction are open to all CSU-eligible applicants.
- For 2027-28, CSU lists five universities where all undergraduate programs, pre-programs and undeclared options are impacted. They are Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Long Beach, San Diego State and San José State.
- Campus impaction means a campus has reached its enrollment capacity and cannot accommodate all eligible undergraduate applicants. Impacted universities may use additional criteria to screen applications.
- CSU's 2025 impaction report says several programs ended impaction for fall 2026 or sooner under AB 2973. They include Television, Film and Media Studies and Computer Science at Cal State LA, Criminal Justice at Sacramento State, Criminal Justice, Psychology and Kinesiology (Allied Health) at Cal State San Bernardino, and Psychology at Sonoma State.