Transfer (vs. Freshman) Admission Rates
Looking to transfer into the school of your dreams? It’s important to realistically assess your chances of acceptance as transfer admission rates vary greatly among the nation’s selective colleges and universities. For example transfer students are accepted a rate lower than 2% at Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Princeton, Caltech, and a handful of other highly-selective schools. On the other end of the spectrum, excellent schools like Hofstra, Elon, James Madison, University of Georgia, and Southern Methodist University all sport acceptance rates above 60%. The numbers in the following table, which offers a sortable database of freshmen vs. transfer admission rates, was collected from various institution websites and via a survey of college admission officers. All data is collected from each institution’s 2018-19 Common Data Set.
Table Updated August 2019
| Institution | Transfer Admission Rate | Freshman Admission Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Kenyon College | 29.5% | 35.8% |
| Kalamazoo College | 47.1% | 72.8% |
| Juniata College | 58.1% | 70.2% |
| Johns Hopkins University | 9.4% | 10.6% |
| James Madison University | 74.1% | 71.1% |
| Ithaca College | 48.5% | 68.5% |
| Indiana University | 65.1% | 76.9% |
| Illinois Wesleyan University | 42.3% | 58.5% |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | 58.2% | 58.2% |
| Howard University | 39.7% | 31.4% |
| Hope College | 61.5% | 75.8% |
| Hood College | 65.6% | 71.4% |
| Hollins University | 51.9% | 63.9% |
| Hofstra University | 63.2% | 63.2% |
| Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 41.7% | 56.9% |
| High Point University | 48.4% | 76.9% |
| Haverford College | 18.6% | 18.8% |
| Harvey Mudd College | 7% | 14.5% |
| Harvard University | 1.0% | 4.7% |
| Hampshire College | 64.9% | 62.9% |
| Hamilton College | 21.3% | 21.3% |
| Gustavus Adolphus College | 56.3% | 66.2% |
| Grinnell College | 3.5% | 24.4% |
| Goucher College | 65.2% | 80.4% |
| Gonzaga University | 66.3% | 65.6% |
| Gettysburg College | 33.8% | 45.4% |
| Georgia State University | 62.9% | 57.4% |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | 29.3% | 21.5% |
| Georgia College | 87.7% | 77.8% |
| Georgetown University | 6.6% | 14.5% |
| Georgetown College | 43.5% | 47.9% |
| George Washington University | 40.5% | 41.9% |
| George Mason University | 82.6% | 81.1% |
| Furman University | 47.7% | 61.1% |
| Franklin & Marshall College | 38.0% | 35.3% |
| Fordham University | 43.6% | 46.0% |
| Florida State University | 28.5% | 36.8% |
| Florida International University | 75.6% | 58.6% |
| Florida Institute of Technology | 47.8% | 65.0% |
| Florida Atlantic University | 72.9% | 59.3% |
| Fairfield University | 34.4% | 60.3% |
| Evergreen State College | 92.7% | 95.2% |
| Emory University | 24.6% | 18.5% |
| Emerson College | 59.9% | 35.6% |
| Elon University | 68.6% | 72.1% |
| Yeshiva University | 22.1% | 60.3% |
| Eckerd College | 30.6% | 67.7% |
| Yale University | 1.8% | 6.9% |
| East Carolina University | 85.1% | 82.2% |
| Xavier University | 42.4% | 73.8% |
| Earlham College | 50.7% | 54.4% |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 37.3% | 41.6% |
| Duquesne University | 87.9% | 71.8% |
| Wofford College | 45.1% | 63.6% |
| Duke University | 6.6% | 8.9% |
| Wittenberg University | 41.9% | 73.7% |
| Drexel University | 48.1% | 76.9% |
| Williams College | 3.1% | 13.0% |
| Drew University | 84.7% | 69.2% |
| Whittier College | 69.4% | 75.9% |
| Drake University | 50.3% | 67.7% |
| Whitman College | 43.8% | 50.4% |
| Dickinson College | 24.5% | 49.1% |
| Wheaton College (MA) | 46.0% | 69.8% |
| Denison University | 37.2% | 33.9% |
| Wheaton College (IL) | 81.9% | 82.6% |
| DePauw University | 47.8% | 62.5% |
| Westmont College | 69.3% | 62.4% |
| DePaul University | 59.3% | 67.5% |
| West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 85.8% | 74.4% |
| Davidson College | 16.4% | 19.5% |
| Wesleyan University | 24.1% | 17.5% |
| Dartmouth College | 1.5% | 8.7% |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology | 64.1% | 76.0% |
| Creighton University | 42.9% | 71.4% |
| Wellesley College | 16.2% | 19.5% |
| Cornell University | 17.1% | 10.6% |
| Washington and Lee University | 5.4% | 21.2% |
| Cornell College | 63.4% | 60.9% |
| Washington University | 20.2% | 15.0% |
| Cooper Union | 15.6% | 16.0% |
| Washington State University | 77.3% | 77.2% |
| Connecticut College | 35.0% | 37.8% |
| Washington & Jefferson College | 31.2% | 82.4% |
| Columbia University | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| Wake Forest University | 5.3% | 29.4% |
| Colorado State University | 63.8% | 83.7% |
| Wabash College | 47.8% | 65.1% |
| Colorado School of Mines | 46.6% | 49.2% |
| Virginia Tech | 51.1% | 64.8% |
| Colorado College | 11.2% | 15.0% |
| Villanova University | 25.0% | 29.2% |
| College of the Holy Cross | 36.8% | 38.0% |
| Vassar College | 12.8% | 24.6% |
| College of the Atlantic | 76.6% | 67.3% |
| Vanderbilt University | 25.2% | 9.6% |
| College of William and Mary | 87.9% | 36.9% |
| Ursinus College | 59.3% | 70.9% |
| College of Charleston | 84.3% | 79.3% |
| University of Wisconsin | 53.4% | 51.7% |
| Colgate University | 21.8% | 24.9% |
| University of Washington | 48.7% | 48.7% |
| Colby College | 2.5% | 13.1% |
| University of Virginia | 37.1% | 26.4% |
| Clemson University | 67.3% | 47.2% |
| University of Vermont | 73.9% | 67.6% |
| Clark University | 46.7% | 59.4% |
| University of Utah | 57.1% | 66.9% |
| Claremont McKenna College | 6.4% | 9.3% |
| University of Tulsa | 30.0% | 40.8% |
| Christopher Newport University | 69.5% | 67.8% |
| University of Texas at Dallas | 80.3% | 80.8% |
| Chapman University | 54.0% | 53.6% |
| University of Texas at Austin | 23.9% | 38.5% |
| Centre College | 47.2% | 73.1% |
| University of Tennessee | 71.4% | 77.8% |
| Catholic University | 54.0% | 83.7% |
| University of St. Thomas (MN) | 76.7% | 81.9% |
| Case Western Reserve University | 22.8% | 29.3% |
| University of Southern California | 24.6% | 13.0% |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 7.3% | 17.1% |
| University of South Florida | 62.9% | 42.7% |
| Carleton College | 9.7% | 19.8% |
| University of South Carolina | 65.6% | 63.1% |
| Canisius College | 90.1% | 78.7% |
| University of Scranton | 46.7% | 73.2% |
| Calvin College | 51.0% | 83.5% |
| University of San Francisco | 53.1% | 64.6% |
| California Poly, San Luis Obispo | 15.9% | 30.2% |
| University of San Diego | 49.9% | 52.9% |
| California Institute of Technology | 1.9% | 6.6% |
| University of Rochester | 23.2% | 31.4% |
| CUNY, Hunter College | 27.9% | 36.4% |
| University of Richmond | 35.0% | 30.2% |
| CUNY, City College | 87.5% | 38.0% |
| University of Rhode Island | 61.5% | 70.7% |
| CUNY, Brooklyn College | 44.3% | |
| University of Redlands | 75.0% | |
| CUNY, Baruch College | 45.3% | 39.3% |
| University of Puget Sound | 56.3% | 88.3% |
| Butler University | 67.8% | |
| University of Portland | 70.1% | 75.4% |
| Bucknell University | 22.1% | 33.0% |
| University of Pittsburgh | 51.3% | 59.3% |
| Bryn Mawr College | 15.3% | 34.1% |
| University of Pennsylvania | 7.6% | 8.4% |
| Bryant University | 58.7% | 75.7% |
| University of Oregon | 67.8% | 83.4% |
| Brown University | 7.7% | 7.7% |
| University of Oklahoma | 89.9% | 77.7% |
| Brigham Young University | 57.3% | 64.5% |
| University of Notre Dame | 21.5% | 17.7% |
| Brandeis University | 24.6% | 31.1% |
| University of North Texas | 80.8% | 71.3% |
| Bradley University | 55.9% | 66.8% |
| University of North Carolina at Wilmington | 82.6% | 61.2% |
| Bowdoin College | 1.3% | 10.3% |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 91.9% | 83.8% |
| Boston University | 42.8% | 22.1% |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 88.2% | 67.2% |
| Boston College | 33.7% | 27.9% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 35.4% | 21.9% |
| Birmingham Southern College | 35.3% | 57.0% |
| University of North Carolina at Asheville | 98.1% | 82.2% |
| Bentley University | 52.4% | 43.2% |
| University of New Hampshire | 61.4% | 76.8% |
| Bennington College | 61.7% | 57.0% |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 49.8% | 79.6% |
| Beloit College | 42.2% | 56.4% |
| University of Montana | 86.6% | 88.2% |
| Belmont University | 65.1% | 82.5% |
| University of Missouri, Kansas City | 57.2% | 56.5% |
| Baylor University | 84.0% | 51.6% |
| University of Missouri, Columbia | 65.4% | 77.8% |
| Bates College | 3.4% | 17.8% |
| University of Mississippi | 56.9% | 88.0% |
| Barnard College | 21.8% | 13.9% |
| University of Minnesota, Morris | 49.0% | 62.8% |
| Bard College | 70.9% | 64.6% |
| University of Minnesota | 46.0% | 51.8% |
| Babson College | 36.5% | 24.4% |
| University of Michigan | 39.4% | 22.8% |
| Austin College | 40.5% | 55.3% |
| University of Miami | 53.5% | 32.1% |
| Auburn University | 65.7% | 75.4% |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst | 51.5% | 59.9% |
| Arizona State University | 83.7% | 84.8% |
| University of Maryland, Baltimore County | 81.5% | 57.9% |
| Appalachian State University | 87.5% | 69.5% |
| University of Maryland | 56.8% | 47.1% |
| Amherst College | 4.4% | 12.8% |
| University of Mary Washington | 66.0% | 71.8% |
| American University | 61.8% | 31.5% |
| University of Maine | 84.0% | 92.3% |
| Allegheny College | 31.5% | 63.6% |
| University of Louisville | 70.9% | 72.9% |
| Alfred University | 78.4% | 62.7% |
| University of Kentucky | 85.8% | 94.5% |
| Albion College | 63.4% | 68.2% |
| University of Kansas | 88.8% | 91.7% |
| Agnes Scott College | 26.3% | 70.4% |
| University of Iowa | 67.5% | 82.7% |
| University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign | 51.0% | 62.1% |
| University of Illinois at Chicago | 55.8% | 75.5% |
| University of Houston | 91.0% | 62.3% |
| University of Hawaii at Manoa | 81.5% | 83.5% |
| University of Georgia | 75.6% | 48.6% |
| University of Florida | 47.0% | 38.8% |
| University of Denver | 44.7% | 56.5% |
| University of Delaware | 59.0% | 62.4% |
| University of Dayton | 41.3% | 72.0% |
| University of Dallas | 49.5% | 39.1% |
| University of Connecticut, Storrs | 61.1% | 48.8% |
| University of Colorado Boulder | 72.3% | 81.5% |
| University of Cincinnati | 49.3% | 73.1% |
| University of Chicago | 5.4% | 7.3% |
| University of Central Florida | 67.9% | 42.5% |
| University of California, Santa Cruz | 67.6% | 47.4% |
| University of California, Santa Barbara | 56.6% | 32.1% |
| University of California, San Diego | 49.5% | 30.2% |
| University of California, Riverside | 67.3% | 51.5% |
| University of California, Los Angeles | 24.1% | 14.0% |
| University of California, Irvine | 41.6% | 28.8% |
| University of California, Davis | 55.4% | 41.2% |
| University of California, Berkeley | 20.7% | 14.7% |
| University of Arizona | 67.0% | 84.4% |
| University of Alabama | 62.5% | 59.1% |
| United States Naval Academy | 8.5% | |
| United States Military Academy | 11.5% | |
| United States Merchant Marine Academy | 22.2% | |
| United States Coast Guard Academy | 14.2% | |
| United States Air Force Academy | 11.4% | |
| Union College | 30.3% | 38.7% |
| Tulane University | 38.2% | 17.3% |
| Tufts University | 14.5% | 14.6% |
| Truman State University | 64.3% | 65.3% |
| Trinity University | 30.1% | 34.2% |
| Trinity College | 25.7% | 33.5% |
| Towson University | 87.6% | 79.0% |
| The College of Wooster | 45.2% | 54.2% |
| The College of New Jersey | 45.3% | 49.8% |
| Texas Tech University | 82.4% | 70.7% |
| Texas Christian University | 57.8% | 40.7% |
| Texas A&M University | 53.9% | 67.3% |
| Temple University | 80.1% | 58.5% |
| Syracuse University | 49.2% | 49.9% |
| Swarthmore College | 18.9% | 9.5% |
| Susquehanna University | 49.4% | 72.3% |
| Stonehill College | 50.5% | 69.6% |
| Stevens Institute of Technology | 23.1% | 41.4% |
| Stanford University | 1.1% | 4.4% |
| St. Olaf College | 36.5% | 49.9% |
| St. Mary's College of Maryland | 78.3% | 80.1% |
| St. Lawrence University | 39.0% | 46.1% |
| Spelman College | 38.5% | 39.3% |
| Southwestern University | 33.5% | 45.0% |
| Southern Methodist University | 74.3% | 51.2% |
| Smith College | 32.5% | 31.0% |
| Skidmore College | 41.9% | 26.9% |
| Siena College | 84.4% | 80.1% |
| Sewanee: University of the South | 69.7% | 65.2% |
| Seton Hall University | 79.0% | |
| Seattle University | 48.3% | 75.6% |
| Scripps College | 16.1% | 24.2% |
| Sarah Lawrence College | 47.3% | 55.8% |
| Santa Clara University | 45.6% | 49.9% |
| San Francisco State University | 78.2% | 71.8% |
| San Diego State University | 19.9% | 34.4% |
| Samford University | 69.9% | 82.1% |
| Saint Michael's College | 73.7% | 82.6% |
| Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame | 63.0% | 81.9% |
| Saint Louis University | 48.4% | 57.5% |
| SUNY, University at Buffalo | 63.3% | 55.9% |
| SUNY, University at Albany | 56.7% | 52.1% |
| SUNY, Stony Brook University | 45.0% | 42.0% |
| SUNY, Purchase College | 45.7% | 42.5% |
| SUNY, Oswego | 59.6% | 53.6% |
| SUNY, New Paltz | 48.9% | 41.3% |
| SUNY, Geneseo | 59.6% | 64.8% |
| SUNY, College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 43.9% | 61.4% |
| SUNY, Binghamton University | 42.8% | 39.8% |
| Rutgers University | 55.2% | 60.1% |
| Rollins College | 47.0% | 66.6% |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | 51.1% | 66.0% |
| Rice University | 11.4% | 11.1% |
| Rhodes College | 22.1% | 44.6% |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 57.3% | 43.0% |
| Reed College | 22.8% | 35.0% |
| Ramapo College of New Jersey | 75.9% | 62.9% |
| Quinnipiac University | 72.5% | |
| Purdue University | 40.9% | 57.9% |
| Providence College | 29.1% | 49.0% |
| Princeton University | 0.9% | 5.5% |
| Pomona College | 8.2% | 7.6% |
| Pitzer College | 10.0% | 13.3% |
| Pepperdine University | 31.0% | 35.7% |
| Penn State University | 46.3% | 56.5% |
| Oregon State University | 69.5% | 80.6% |
| Ohio University | 66.3% | 78.3% |
| Ohio State University | 84.3% | 52.0% |
| Oglethorpe University | 51.8% | 61.6% |
| Occidental College | 19.0% | 37.3% |
| Oberlin College | 32.4% | 36.2% |
| Northwestern University | 15.3% | 8.4% |
| Northeastern University | 31.1% | 19.3% |
| North Carolina State University | 41.6% | 46.6% |
| New York University | 24.6% | 20.9% |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology | 68.0% | 63.7% |
| New College of Florida | 61.4% | 76.8% |
| Muhlenberg College | 40.0% | 61.8% |
| Mount Holyoke College | 39.5% | 50.9% |
| Morehouse College | 35.8% | 57.9% |
| Mississippi State University | 67.8% | 57.0% |
| Milwaukee School of Engineering | 41.5% | 63.1% |
| Middlebury College | 9.1% | 16.7% |
| Michigan State University | 53.3% | 77.7% |
| Miami University | 51.9% | 74.6% |
| Messiah College | 71.6% | 78.9% |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4.3% | 6.7% |
| Marquette University | 76.1% | 81.7% |
| Marlboro College | 100.0% | 92.2% |
| Marist College | 70.3% | 46.2% |
| Macalester College | 13.2% | 41.2% |
| Loyola University Maryland | 55.1% | 78.7% |
| Loyola University Chicago | 58.1% | 67.9% |
| Loyola Marymount University | 37.9% | 47.1% |
| Louisiana State University | 68.2% | 74.2% |
| Lewis & Clark College | 49.4% | 73.8% |
| Lehigh University | 23.7% | 22.3% |
| Lawrence University | 39.0% | 62.5% |
| Lake Forest College | 47.5% | 57.9% |
| Lafayette College | 14.2% | 29.4% |
| Knox College | 67.4% | 74.2% |
| Kettering University | 47.9% | 70.4% |
