Public Health transfer to UC

At a glance

UC campuses offering it

7 of 9

Admit transfers to it

7

Publish selection criteria

7

UCLA admit rate, fall 2025

6%

UC has no Transfer Pathway for public health, so there is no shared course list. Each campus publishes its own major preparation, and ASSIST shows which of your college’s courses match it.

Campus by campus

“None stated” means the campus page we checked lists preparation without extra selection criteria. Every UC campus still reviews your whole application.

What each campus expects

• UC Berkeley

  Public Health (Bachelor of Arts, College of Letters and Science)

  Courses to finish

  Prerequisites are two biological science courses, a full year of math (one Part I and one Part II course) and two social science courses from two different subject areas. Data C8 is not required before declaring but is strongly encouraged. Source

  Selection

  The department requires a 2.0 GPA in the major prerequisites with C- or higher in each course, plus 2.0 semester and cumulative GPAs. Letters and Science admission itself requires a minimum 3.0 UC-transferable GPA. Source

  Also note

  Starting Fall 2027, all transfer students offered admission to L&S will be directly admitted into the major they selected, with no separate internal process to declare. Source

• UCLA

  Public Health (B.A.) · Public Health (B.S.)

  Courses to finish

  The Fall 2026 guide lists for the B.A. cell and molecular biology (or life concepts), chemical structure or principles, and statistics. Oral communication or writing II, health and society, and cultural competency are strongly recommended. Source

  The Fall 2026 guide lists for the B.S. one year of biology with lab, one year of general chemistry with lab, one year of calculus for life sciences, statistics and organic chemistry. Physics for life sciences with lab is among the strongly recommended courses. Source

  Selection

  Applicants must have a 3.2 GPA at the time of application and no supplemental application is required. Admission to both majors is competitive and based on progress toward the preparation coursework, extracurricular activities and personal insight question responses. Source

  Also note

  Students must be admitted directly into a public health major and cannot switch into either one after admission to UCLA. IGETC or Cal-GETC is not required but strongly encouraged. Source

  For Fall 2027 applicants, requests to change to a major in The College, Education, Engineering, Public Affairs or Public Health are due January 1, 2027. Source

• UC San Diego

  Public Health BS · Public Health with Concentration in Biostatistics BS · Public Health with Concentration in Climate and Environmental Sciences BS · Public Health with Concentration in Community Health Sciences BS · Public Health with Concentration in Epidemiology BS · Public Health with Concentration in Health Policy and Management Sciences BS · Public Health with Concentration in Medicine Sciences BS

  Courses to finish

  The Public Health BS requires one approved biology course (BILD 1 through BILD 61 equivalents) and one approved statistics course (COGS 14B, HDS 60, MATH 11 or PSYC 60 equivalent). Source

  The Biostatistics concentration requires BILD 1, 2, 3, MATH 20A and 20B, and MATH 11 equivalents. The Medicine Sciences concentration requires BILD 1, 2, 3, CHEM 6ABC and 7L, MATH 10A/20A and 10B/20B, and one approved statistics course. Source

  Selection

  Public Health is a selective, screened major. Applicants are screened on the number of preparation courses completed, the grades earned in them and cumulative GPA, with each screening course completed at C (2.0) or better unless otherwise noted. Source

  Also note

  For selective majors (Data Science, Engineering, Public Health) UC San Diego strongly recommends listing an alternate non-selective major on the UC application, and applicants not admitted to the first choice may be admitted to the alternate if space is available. Source

  Required minimum major preparation for screened majors must be completed by the end of the spring term before fall admission. The page does not name a specific admission year. Source

  The minimum transfer GPA for UC San Diego eligibility is 2.4 for California residents and 2.8 for nonresidents. Source

• UC Irvine

  Public Health Sciences, B.S. · Public Health Policy, B.A.

  Courses to finish

  Public Health Sciences requires one year of general chemistry with lab and one year of biology equivalent to UCI Biological Sciences 93 and 94. Source

  Public Health Policy requires one year of social science courses in any combination of anthropology, economics, international studies, social ecology, sociology, political science or psychology. Source

  Selection

  Both majors require a cumulative UC transferable GPA of 3.0 (3.4 for TAG) and a minimum 3.0 GPA across the required courses. Source

• UC Santa Cruz

  Global and Community Health B.S. · Global and Community Health B.A.

  Courses to finish

  Global and Community Health B.S. requires before transfer one general chemistry series (CHEM 3A-3C or 4A-4B), CHEM 8A organic chemistry, BIOL 20A, BIOL 20L and BIOE 20B, and one calculus course (MATH 11A, 16A or 19A). BIOL 20L is not required if BIOL 20A and BIOE 20B were completed at a California community college (2026-27 catalog). Source

  For the B.S., the catalog also recommends a second calculus course, CHEM 8B and 8L, and STAT 7 and 7L before transfer for timely graduation. Source

  Global and Community Health B.A. is non-screening and requires no specific major preparation courses before transfer. Transfers without an articulated GCH 1 equivalent must take it in their first fall quarter or the summer before (2026-27 catalog). Source

  Selection

  Global and Community Health B.S. is a screening major. The required courses must be completed with a C or higher in each course by the end of spring term before fall entry, and the screening policy states no minimum GPA (2026-27 catalog). Source

  Also note

  UCSC has no major titled Public Health on its transfer major lists. Global and Community Health is the closest program. Source

  Global and Community Health B.A. appears on the Fall 2026 non-screening majors list. Source

  The B.A. requires first-year language competency, which can be met partly through a placement assessment. Source

• UC Riverside

  Global and Community Health

  Selection

  UCR's Majors Preparation Guide states that all CHASS majors require a minimum 2.4 GPA in UC-transferable coursework, with required courses passed at C or better unless noted. Global and Community Health itself is not listed in the guide. Source

  Also note

  UCR's majors list has no major titled Public Health. Global and Community Health, listed under CHASS, is the closest program. Source

  The Majors Preparation Guide says not all majors are listed and directs students to ASSIST.org for majors it does not include. Source

• UC Merced

  Public Health, B.A. · Public Health, B.S. (including Pre-Med Emphasis)

  Courses to finish

  Public Health B.A. requires PH 010 and strongly recommends PH 001, PH 005, BIO 003, PSY 001 and ANTH 001 (Fall 2027). Source

  Public Health B.S. requires MATH 018, PSY 010 or PH 010, plus BIO 011 and 012, MATH 011 or 021, and CHEM 002 and 010 (Fall 2027). Source

  Selection

  Public Health B.A. requires IGETC certification and a cumulative GPA of 3.0. Both degrees follow the school rule of no D or F grades in major coursework and at most two in non-major coursework (Fall 2027). Source

  Also note

  Course numbers are UC Merced's own. The page directs community college students to ASSIST.org for equivalent courses. Source

  Public Health is not among the SSHA pilot majors that waive major-specific criteria through Fall 2027. Source

Not offered at UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara.

UCLA’s numbers

UCLA reports these for Public Health B.S. (pre-major) and Public Health B.A. (pre-major), fall 2025, counting all transfer applicants. The GPA range is the middle half of admits. Its community college applicants as a whole were admitted at 26%.

Transfer Admission Guarantee

Six campuses offer TAG. These are the fall 2027 terms for public health at the TAG campuses that offer it, from UC’s TAG matrix.

How TAG works at all six campuses

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Questions

Sources

1. Berkeley: Public Health preparation
2. Berkeley: Public Health notes
3. UCLA: Public Health preparation
4. UCLA: Public Health selection criteria
5. UCLA: Public Health notes
6. San Diego: Public Health preparation
7. San Diego: Public Health selection criteria
8. Irvine: Public Health preparation
9. Santa Cruz: Public Health preparation
10. Santa Cruz: Public Health preparation
11. Santa Cruz: Public Health notes
12. Santa Cruz: Public Health notes
13. Riverside: Public Health selection criteria
14. Riverside: Public Health notes
15. Merced: Public Health preparation
16. Merced: Public Health notes
17. UCLA Transfer Profile by Major, Fall 2025
18. UC TAG Matrix, fall 2027
19. UC TAG Matrix, fall 2027
20. UC TAG Matrix, fall 2027
21. ASSIST