Public Health transfer to UC Berkeley
What UC Berkeley expects public health transfers to finish before fall 2027. Below are Berkeley’s own preparation and selection rules, the programs that give priority and your odds.
Checked against official UC and campus sources in November 2026.
At a glance
- Fall 2025 campus admit rate
- 27.8%
- Selection criteria
- Yes
- TAG at Berkeley
- No TAG
- Admits transfers
- Yes
UC Berkeley admitted 27.8% of community college applicants for fall 2025, and it doesn’t publish admit rates by major. The middle half of admitted transfers had GPAs from 3.65 to 4.00 for fall 2025.
What Berkeley expects
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
- Every Berkeley major
Every Berkeley college requires at least 60 semester (90 quarter) UC-transferable units by the end of the spring term before fall enrollment, and major preparation is listed on ASSIST and in the Berkeley Catalog. Source
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.
Your odds
Move the GPA to see a regular-review range at UC Berkeley.
The same major at other campuses
| Campus | Selection criteria | TAG |
|---|---|---|
| UCLA | Yes | No TAG |
| UC San Diego | Yes | No TAG |
| UC Irvine | Yes | 3.40 |
| UC Santa Cruz | Yes | 3.00 |
| UC Riverside | Yes | Not stated |
| UC Merced | Yes | 3.00 |
Other majors at UC Berkeley
- Aerospace Engineering
- Anthropology
- Bioengineering
- Biological Sciences
- Business Administration
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Civil Engineering
- Cognitive Science
- Communication
- Computer Engineering
- Computer Science
- Data Science
- Earth Science / Geology
- Economics
- Electrical Engineering
- English
- Environmental Engineering
- Environmental Science
- Film and Media Studies
- Global and International Studies
- History
- Linguistics
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Neuroscience
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Statistics
Official links
- UC Berkeley transfer admissionsadmissions.berkeley.edu
- ASSIST: course agreements to UC Berkeleyassist.org
Questions
What GPA do you need to transfer to UC Berkeley for public health?
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.
What classes do I need to transfer to UC Berkeley for public health?
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. Check each course on ASSIST for your college.
Can I get a TAG for public health 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.