Transferring to Dominican
What Dominican University of California expects from community college transfers. Its deadlines and course rules differ from UC and CSU, so plan for it separately.
Checked against each university’s own pages and Common Data Set in October 2026.
At a glance
- Minimum GPA
- 2.0
- Admission, most majors
- Rolling
- Lower-division units
- Up to 70
- ADT admission guarantee
- Not stated
Application dates
| Date | What |
|---|---|
| August 1 | Fall transfer application deadline for most majors. Dominican uses rolling admission for most majors and accepts applications year-round. |
| March 1 | Fall transfer application deadline for nursing. |
| January 5 | Spring transfer application deadline for most majors. The nursing spring deadline is September 1. |
What you need
- Transfer applicants apply through Dominican's own transfer application, which the admissions page says is free for most students. Recommendation letters are required only for nursing majors. Source
- Transfer applicants need a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA in transferable college units, per the 2025-26 catalog. Dominican defines a transfer student as someone with 24 or more transferable semester units. Source
- Applicants submit an application, an essay, proof of high school graduation and official transcripts of all college coursework, per the 2025-26 catalog. Transfer nursing applicants have separate requirements and prerequisites listed in the BSN section of the catalog. Source
- A maximum of 70 lower-division transfer units may apply toward a Dominican day undergraduate degree, per the 2025-26 catalog. Dominican generally accepts courses that are transferable to the CSU or UC systems. Source
- An Associate of Arts degree earned before enrolling meets all of Dominican's CORE general education requirements, per the 2025-26 catalog. Courses need a C- or better for major or elective credit and a C or better for CORE credit. The catalog does not mention IGETC, Cal-GETC or the ADT by name. Source
More from Dominican
- Dominican says students who transfer with an AA or AS degree can finish their bachelor's degree in two years. Students whose degree has fewer than 60 credits may take longer. Source
- Spring transfer entry is available for most majors and for nursing. Source
- 30 of the final 36 units toward the bachelor's degree must be taken at Dominican, per the 2025-26 catalog. Source
- Adult Degree Completion programs may apply up to 76 lower-division transfer units, per the 2025-26 catalog. Source
- Dominican offers a transcript tool that shows how a student's coursework maps to a Dominican degree before applying. Source
Official links
- Dominican transfer admissiondominican.edu
Other private universities
Questions
When is the Dominican transfer deadline for fall 2027?
Fall transfer application deadline for most majors. Dominican uses rolling admission for most majors and accepts applications year-round.: August 1. Fall transfer application deadline for nursing.: March 1. Spring transfer application deadline for most majors. The nursing spring deadline is September 1.: January 5.