UC Berkeley Transfer Acceptance Rate and GPA (Fall 2027)

Admission numbers

Fall 2026 admit rate: 20%
Fall 2025, community college: 27.8%
Admitted GPA, middle half: 3.65–4.00
TAG offered: None

Cycle	Who	Applicants	Admits	Admit rate
Fall 2026 (snapshot)	All transfer applicants	26,210	5,248	20%
Fall 2025	Community college applicants	18,427	5,128	27.8%

UC’s fall 2026 numbers are a snapshot taken during the cycle and count transfers from every kind of school. The fall 2025 numbers are final counts.

Your odds at UC Berkeley

Move the GPA and pick a major. The range uses UC Berkeley’s published numbers.

UC-transferable GPA3.40

Intended major

Far reach

About 5–15% in regular review for applicants like you

Major preparation is the factor UC readers weigh most for transfers — often ahead of GPA.

Regular-review estimate for a California resident on track for 60 units and the 7-course pattern, with major prep unconfirmed. The full calculator adds your prep, residency and TAG status.

No TAG at UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley doesn’t offer TAG, and no program guarantees transfer admission there. Every applicant goes through regular review, and each college sets its own GPA floor.

Every UC program that gives transfer priority

Selective majors

Berkeley screens by college first. Engineering needs a 3.5 GPA. Letters and Science, Chemistry, Computing, Data Science and Society, Environmental Design, Rausser and Haas each need at least a 3.0. Letters and Science moves to direct admission to the major starting with fall 2027 admits, so the major you list matters more than before.

Campus rules by major

Major	Rule
Business AdministrationBerkeley Haas	A 3.0 minimum, prerequisites done by spring and no more than five years old, and a separate Haas application due January 31. IGETC and Cal-GETC aren’t accepted.
Aerospace Engineering, Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical EngineeringBerkeley Engineering	A 3.5 minimum GPA by the end of the fall you apply. IGETC won’t prepare you for the major.
All majors	Most colleges need a 3.0 minimum by the end of the fall you apply, Engineering a 3.5.
All majors	Guarantees review of your primary major only.
All majorsEvery campus	Switching into a selective STEM major after admission is, in UC’s words, very slim. Apply to the major you want.

Every major at UC Berkeley

Each major links to UC’s shared course list and the rules every campus adds to it.

Major	Extra campus rule	Courses on UC’s list
Aerospace Engineering	Yes, see above	10
Anthropology	None listed	3
Bioengineering	Yes, see above	10
Biological Sciences	None listed	6
Business Administration	Yes, see above	7
Chemical Engineering	Yes, see above	8
Chemistry	None listed	7
Civil Engineering	Yes, see above	8
Communication	None listed	9
Computer Science	None listed	9
Data Science	None listed	5
Earth Science / Geology	None listed	3
Economics	None listed	3
Electrical Engineering	Yes, see above	9
English	None listed	4
Environmental Engineering	Yes, see above	10
Environmental Science	None listed	7
History	None listed	4
Materials Science and Engineering	Yes, see above	9
Mathematics	None listed	8
Mechanical Engineering	Yes, see above	10
Philosophy	None listed	5
Physics	None listed	5
Political Science	None listed	8
Psychology	None listed	10
Sociology	None listed	3
Statistics	None listed	5

Official links

UC Berkeley transfer admissionsadmissions.berkeley.edu
UC Berkeley transfer admit data (UC)admission.universityofcalifornia.edu
ASSIST: course agreements to UC Berkeleyassist.org

From UC Berkeley’s own pages

Berkeley admits transfers for fall only. Minimums are 60 semester (90 quarter) UC-transferable units, a 3.0 GPA (3.5 for the College of Engineering) and lower-division major preparation, and review weighs academic indicators most heavily. Source
Starting fall 2027, every transfer admitted to the College of Letters and Science is admitted directly into the major chosen on the UC application, with no separate internal declaration process. Only the primary major is guaranteed review. Source
IGETC/Cal-GETC, Essential Skills and UC Reciprocity are no longer required for admission to Letters and Science or the College of Computing, Data Science, and Society. Applicants complete the UC 7-course pattern instead. Source
Haas Undergraduate Business transfer applicants must submit a separate Haas supplemental application by January 31, after the November 30 UC application. Source
New incoming transfer students for 2026-27 are eligible for a one-year campus housing guarantee if they meet all deadlines and conditions. Source

Other UC campuses

Questions

What GPA do you need to transfer to UC Berkeley?

The middle half of admitted transfers had GPAs from 3.65 to 4.00 for fall 2025. UC’s minimum is 2.4 for California residents and 2.8 for nonresidents, but admitted transfers sit well above it.

What is UC Berkeley’s transfer acceptance rate?

27.8% of California community college applicants for fall 2025 (5,128 of 18,427). UC’s fall 2026 snapshot for all transfers shows 20%.

Does UC Berkeley offer TAG?