Biology at Every CSU: Impaction and GPA for Transfers, Fall 2027

At a glance

CSU campuses compared: 22
Impacted for transfers: 8
Impacted in every major: 5
Publish a GPA figure: 3

Campus by campus

Whether biology is impacted for upper-division transfers in 2027-28, any GPA figure the campus publishes for it, and the programs where the Biology 2.0 AS-T counts as similar.

Campus	Impacted for transfers	Published GPA figure	Similar to the ADT
Cal Poly Humboldt	No	—	Anthropology BS (Biological Anthropology Concentration), Biology BS (Cellular/Molecular Biology), Biology BS (General Biology) and 2 more
Cal Poly Pomona	Yes: Biology	CPP index 4077 (local). No non-local value shown.Biology, 2026-2027 application cycle	Biology (B.S.), Science, Technology, and Society-General (B.S.)
Cal Poly SLO	Yes, every major	—	—
Cal State East Bay	No	—	—
Cal State Fullerton	Yes, every major	—	—
Cal State LA	No	—	—
Cal State Monterey Bay	No	—	—
Cal State San Marcos	Yes: Biological Sciences	—	—
Chico State	No	—	—
CSU Bakersfield	No	—	—
CSU Channel Islands	No	—	BA Biology
CSU Dominguez Hills	No	—	—
CSULB	Yes, every major	2.5 minimum GPABiology, Marine Biology, Microbiology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Mathematics, Geology, Earth Systems, Fall 2027 and spring 2028 applicants	—
CSUN	No	—	BA - Biology - General, BS - Biology / Biotechnology option, BS - Biology / Ecology and Evolutionary Biology option and 1 more
CSUSB	No	—	Biology, B.S.
Fresno State	Yes: Biology	—	—
Sacramento State	No	—	—
SDSU	Yes, every major	2.80 minimum GPABiology and its emphases, Criminal Justice, Microbiology (B.S.), Fall 2027 applicants	Biology (B.S.), Biology (Cellular and Molecular Biology) (B.S.), Biology (Ecology) (B.S.) and 3 more
SF State	No	—	B.A. Biology (General), B.S. Biology, Concentration in Cell and Molecular Biology, B.S. Biology, Concentration in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology and 3 more
SJSU	Yes, every major	—	—
Sonoma State	No	—	—
Stanislaus State	No	—	—

“Not listed as impacted” means the official list we checked doesn’t name it, so confirm with the campus. Published GPA figures may be a minimum, a range or a past cutoff, as labeled. Similar-program lists come from each campus’s own ADT page, and a dash means the campus didn’t publish one we could read.

The ADT for biology

The matching transfer degree is the Biology 2.0 AS-T. Finishing it guarantees admission to some CSU campus with junior standing, though not to a particular campus or major.

At some campuses a similar ADT also adds to your GPA in competitive review: Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State LA, CSULB, SDSU, SF State describe a 0.1 boost on their own pages, each with its own conditions.

How the ADT guarantee works across the CSU

Building a balanced list

Campus-wide impacted campuses rank every applicant: Cal Poly SLO, Cal State Fullerton, CSULB, SDSU, SJSU. Apply to at least one campus where biology isn’t impacted.
Impacted programs often favor local-area applicants. Check the local area on each campus page.
Major prep courses count as much as GPA in impacted programs. Finish them by the end of spring before you transfer.

Also applying to UC?

Biology transfer to UC lists UC’s shared course list, TAG lines and UCLA’s admit rate for the major.

Other majors at the CSU

Questions

Which CSU campuses are impacted for biology?

8 of 22 campuses, counting the 5 where every major is impacted. The table above names each one.

Is there an ADT for biology?

Yes, the Biology 2.0 AS-T. It guarantees admission to a CSU campus with junior standing, not to a specific campus or major.

Biology at every CSU