Transfer Admission Rates

Looking to transfer into the school of your dreams?

It’s important to realistically assess your chances of acceptance as transfer acceptance rates vary greatly among the nation’s selective colleges and universities. For example transfer students are accepted a rate lower than 5% at Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Princeton, Caltech, and a handful of other highly-selective schools. On the other end of the spectrum, excellent schools like University of Georgia, Ohio State University, and Southern Methodist University all sport acceptance rates well above 50%. The numbers in the following table offer a sortable database of freshmen vs. transfer admission rates.

*Data collected from various institution websites and Common Data Set (CDS) forms.

Table Updated November 2023

InstitutionTransfer Admission RateFreshman Admission Rate
138600Agnes Scott College35%67%
210669Allegheny College22%64%
131159American UniversityAU9%41%
164465Amherst College6%7%
197869Appalachian State UniversityApp State87%83%
104151Arizona State UniversityASU89%90%
100858Auburn University46%44%
164580Babson College24%22%
189088Bard CollegeNot Reported60%
189097Barnard College25%9%
160977Bates College5%14%
223232Baylor University89%46%
238333Beloit College36%66%
230816Bennington College51%45%
164739Bentley University54%58%
156295Berea College45%25%
164748Berklee College of Music56%54%
196079Binghamton University41%42%
142115Boise State University82%84%
164924Boston CollegeBC14%17%
164988Boston UniversityBU29%14%
161004Bowdoin College9%9%
165015Brandeis University26%39%
230038Brigham Young University-ProvoBYU67%67%
217156Brown University5%5%
217165Bryant University60%69%
211273Bryn Mawr College26%31%
211291Bucknell University24%33%
150163Butler University42%82%
110404California Institute of TechnologyCaltech6%3%
111081California Institute of the ArtsNot Reported29%
110422California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoCal Poly20%30%
110529California State Polytechnic University-Pomona72%55%
110556California State University-Fresno82%95%
110565California State University-Fullerton61%67%
110583California State University-Long Beach47%40%
110592California State University-Los Angeles78%87%
173258Carleton College10%17%
211440Carnegie Mellon UniversityCMU7%11%
201645Case Western Reserve University30%27%
131283Catholic University of America62%86%
156408Centre College21%62%
230852Champlain College61%56%
111948Chapman University59%73%
112260Claremont McKenna CollegeCMC6%10%
165334Clark University46%50%
190044Clarkson University94%78%
217882Clemson University58%43%
161086Colby College3%8%
190099Colgate University14%12%
217819College of Charleston87%76%
160959College of the Atlantic70%60%
166124College of the Holy Cross10%36%
231624College of William and MaryW&M45%33%
126678Colorado CollegeCC29%14%
126775Colorado School of Mines47%58%
126818Colorado State UniversityCSU64%91%
190150Columbia University in the City of New York11%4%
128902Connecticut College33%40%
190372Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art15%22%
153162Cornell College74%79%
190415Cornell University14%7%
181002Creighton University56%76%
190512CUNY Bernard M Baruch College55%50%
190594CUNY Hunter College62%48%
182670Dartmouth College7%6%
198385Davidson College22%17%
202523Denison University35%22%
144740DePaul University64%70%
150400DePauw University31%66%
212009Dickinson College37%35%
153269Drake University46%67%
184348Drew University91%73%
212054Drexel University54%80%
198419Duke UniversityNot Reported6%
212106Duquesne University77%87%
150455Earlham College41%73%
198464East Carolina UniversityECU84%92%
133492Eckerd College36%65%
212197Elizabethtown College69%81%
198516Elon University65%74%
133553Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University46%65%
165662Emerson College57%43%
165671Emmanuel College48%80%
139658Emory University19%11%
129242Fairfield University8%52%
191126Fashion Institute of TechnologyFIT59%53%
133669Florida Atlantic UniversityFAU87%81%
133881Florida Institute of Technology63%64%
133951Florida International UniversityFIU76%64%
134079Florida Southern College44%57%
134097Florida State UniversityFSU28%25%
191241Fordham University50%54%
212577Franklin and Marshall CollegeF&M42%36%
441982Franklin W Olin College of Engineering100%19%
218070Furman University32%67%
232186George Mason UniversityGMU88%90%
131469George Washington UniversityGWU34%49%
131496Georgetown University7%12%
139861Georgia College & State University87%80%
139755Georgia Institute of TechnologyGeorgia Tech36%17%
139940Georgia State University59%61%
212674Gettysburg College39%56%
235316Gonzaga University66%70%
162654Goucher College53%81%
153384Grinnell College15%11%
212805Grove City College51%71%
173647Gustavus Adolphus College67%74%
191515Hamilton College8%12%
166018Hampshire College54%69%
150756Hanover College40%74%
166027Harvard University1%3%
115409Harvey Mudd CollegeHMC9%13%
212911Haverford College14%14%
107080Hendrix College43%60%
170286Hillsdale College10%21%
191630Hobart William Smith Colleges44%68%
191649Hofstra University52%69%
170301Hope College51%80%
131520Howard UniversityHU62%53%
145725Illinois Institute of TechnologyIIT38%61%
145646Illinois Wesleyan University51%42%
151351Indiana University-BloomingtonIUB68%82%
153603Iowa State University81%90%
191968Ithaca College54%75%
232423James Madison UniversityJMU77%78%
162928Johns Hopkins UniversityJHU6%7%
213251Juniata College68%76%
170532Kalamazoo College34%80%
155399Kansas State University86%95%
203535Kenyon College33%34%
169983Kettering University53%81%
146427Knox College68%73%
213385Lafayette College26%34%
146481Lake Forest College57%60%
239017Lawrence University45%72%
192323Le Moyne College66%78%
213543Lehigh University33%37%
209056Lewis & Clark College61%69%
159391Louisiana State UniversityLSU65%76%
117946Loyola Marymount UniversityLMU37%41%
146719Loyola University ChicagoLUC62%79%
163046Loyola University Maryland42%83%
173902Macalester College17%28%
161299Maine Maritime Academy91%62%
192819Marist College64%63%
239105Marquette University77%87%
166683Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMIT1%4%
140447Mercer University90%75%
204024Miami University-Oxford79%88%
171100Michigan State UniversityMSU66%88%
171128Michigan Technological University59%86%
230959Middlebury College8%13%
239318Milwaukee School of EngineeringMSOE35%63%
176080Mississippi State University71%70%
178411Missouri University of Science and TechnologyMUST82%81%
180461Montana State University55%73%
140553Morehouse College58%59%
166939Mount Holyoke CollegeMHC41%40%
214175Muhlenberg College34%66%
262129New College of Florida76%75%
185828New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNJIT61%66%
187967New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologyNMIT55%74%
193900New York UniversityNYU20%12%
199193North Carolina State UniversityNC State46%47%
167358Northeastern University30%7%
147767Northwestern University13%7%
204501Oberlin College6%35%
120254Occidental CollegeOxy29%39%
204796Ohio State UniversityOSU88%53%
204857Ohio UniversityOU68%87%
204909Ohio Wesleyan University39%52%
209542Oregon State UniversityOSUNot Reported83%
214777Pennsylvania State UniversityPSU; Penn State57%55%
121150Pepperdine University34%49%
121257Pitzer College10%18%
121345Pomona College7%7%
194578Pratt Institute-Main31%45%
186131Princeton University3%6%
217402Providence College66%53%
243780Purdue University-Main Campus48%53%
130226Quinnipiac University74%84%
186201Ramapo College of New Jersey79%70%
209922Reed College24%44%
194824Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteRPI61%65%
217493Rhode Island School of DesignRISDNot Reported19%
221351Rhodes College21%48%
227757Rice University5%9%
195003Rochester Institute of TechnologyRIT49%67%
136950Rollins College54%50%
152318Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyRHIT49%73%
184782Rowan University77%77%
186371Rutgers University-Camden57%77%
186380Rutgers University-New BrunswickRU56%66%
186399Rutgers University-Newark66%74%
183239Saint Anselm College57%82%
179159Saint Louis UniversitySLUNot Reported85%
231059Saint Michael's College56%85%
122409San Diego State UniversitySDSU37%39%
122755San Jose State UniversitySJSU70%75%
122931Santa Clara UniversitySCU45%52%
195304Sarah Lawrence CollegeSLC51%50%
123165Scripps College11%28%
236595Seattle University57%85%
195474Siena College92%71%
167783Simmons University42%76%
195526Skidmore College29%26%
167835Smith College21%23%
399911Soka University of AmericaN/A57%
228246Southern Methodist UniversitySMU52%52%
228343Southwestern University29%45%
195216St Lawrence UniversitySLU57%63%
174844St. Olaf College25%56%
163976St. John's College50%50%
245652St. John's College67%54%
163912St. Mary's College of Maryland71%77%
243744Stanford University2%4%
196176State University of New York at New Paltz64%58%
137546Stetson University93%94%
186867Stevens Institute of Technology39%46%
167996Stonehill College52%73%
196097Stony Brook University54%49%
196219SUNY at Purchase College80%78%
196167SUNY College at Geneseo70%75%
196103SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry47%70%
216287Swarthmore College2%7%
196413Syracuse University50%52%
216339Temple University78%80%
228723Texas A & M University-College Station52%63%
228875Texas Christian UniversityTCU82%56%
229115Texas Tech University76%67%
187134The College of New JerseyTCNJ71%64%
206589The College of Wooster39%56%
193654The New School63%57%
100751The University of Alabama65%80%
180489The University of Montana78%95%
137847The University of Tampa33%26%
221759The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleUTK72%68%
228778The University of Texas at AustinUT Austin34%31%
228787The University of Texas at DallasUTD; UT Dallas81%85%
221519The University of the South51%52%
124292Thomas Aquinas CollegeN/A85%
216366Thomas Jefferson University50%87%
164076Towson University83%79%
130590Trinity College39%36%
229267Trinity University35%31%
178615Truman State University43%45%
168148Tufts University10%10%
160755Tulane University of Louisiana50%11%
196866Union College38%47%
128328United States Air Force AcademyUSAFAN/A13%
130624United States Coast Guard AcademyUSCGANot Reported15%
197027United States Merchant Marine AcademyNot Reported29%
197036United States Military AcademyUSMAN/A12%
164155United States Naval AcademyN/A11%
196088University at Buffalo72%68%
100663University of Alabama at BirminghamUAB82%87%
104179University of ArizonaUA67%87%
106397University of Arkansas60%79%
110635University of California-BerkeleyUCB: UC Berkeley24%11%
110644University of California-DavisUCD; UC DavisNot Reported37%
110653University of California-IrvineUCI; UC Irvine41%21%
110662University of California-Los AngelesUCLA24%9%
445188University of California-MercedUC Merced64%89%
110671University of California-RiversideUCR; UC Riverside61%69%
110680University of California-San DiegoUCSD; UC San Diego59%24%
110705University of California-Santa BarbaraUCSB; UC Santa Barbara58%26%
110714University of California-Santa CruzUCSC; UC Santa Cruz61%47%
132903University of Central FloridaUCF62%41%
144050University of ChicagoUChicago7%5%
201885University of Cincinnati-Main Campus53%86%
126614University of Colorado Boulder73%79%
129020University of ConnecticutUConn69%55%
224323University of Dallas42%59%
130943University of DelawareUD50%72%
127060University of DenverUD60%78%
134130University of FloridaUF44%23%
139959University of GeorgiaUGA75%43%
225511University of Houston88%66%
142285University of Idaho57%74%
145600University of Illinois at ChicagoUIC62%79%
145637University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUIUC50%45%
153658University of Iowa73%86%
155317University of KansasKU86%88%
157085University of KentuckyUK81%95%
157289University of Louisville67%80%
161253University of Maine86%94%
232681University of Mary Washington85%86%
163268University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyUMBC85%81%
163286University of Maryland-College ParkUMD59%44%
166629University of Massachusetts-AmherstUMass Amherst70%64%
166638University of Massachusetts-BostonUMass Boston80%81%
166513University of Massachusetts-LowellUMass Lowell88%86%
135726University of MiamiUM42%19%
170976University of MichiganUMich37%18%
174233University of Minnesota-Duluth58%81%
174251University of Minnesota-Morris32%78%
174066University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesUMN56%75%
176017University of MississippiOle Miss90%97%
178396University of Missouri-ColumbiaMizzou69%79%
181464University of Nebraska-LincolnUNL51%79%
182281University of Nevada-Las VegasUNLV76%85%
182290University of Nevada-RenoUNR80%86%
183044University of New HampshireUNH78%87%
199111University of North Carolina at AshevilleUNC Asheville94%74%
199120University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUNC Chapel Hill42%17%
199139University of North Carolina at CharlotteUNCC; UNC Charlotte90%80%
199148University of North Carolina at GreensboroUNCG; UNC Greensboro94%92%
199218University of North Carolina WilmingtonUNC Wilmington90%69%
152080University of Notre DameUND27%13%
207500University of OklahomaOU67%73%
209551University of Oregon69%86%
215062University of PennsylvaniaUPenn5%7%
215293University of Pittsburgh46%49%
209825University of Portland89%93%
236328University of Puget Sound62%83%
121691University of Redlands53%82%
217484University of Rhode IslandURI70%76%
233374University of Richmond36%24%
195030University of Rochester41%39%
122436University of San DiegoUSD63%53%
122612University of San FranciscoUSF61%71%
215929University of Scranton53%84%
218663University of South CarolinaUSC66%64%
137351University of South FloridaUSF58%44%
123961University of Southern CaliforniaUSC24%12%
174914University of St Thomas42%78%
231174University of VermontUVM74%60%
234076University of VirginiaUVA35%19%
377555University of Washington-Bothell Campus69%83%
236948University of Washington-SeattleUW46%48%
240444University of Wisconsin-MadisonUW-Madison53%49%
216524Ursinus College85%82%
221999Vanderbilt UniversityVandy17%7%
197133Vassar College13%19%
216597Villanova University24%23%
234030Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVCU85%91%
233921Virginia TechVirginia Tech58%57%
152673Wabash College44%61%
199847Wake Forest University29%21%
234207Washington and Lee UniversityW&L; WLU4%17%
164216Washington College55%75%
236939Washington State UniversityWSU73%83%
179867Washington University in St LouisWashU17%11%
168218Wellesley College18%14%
168227Wentworth Institute of Technology84%92%
130697Wesleyan University20%14%
216764West Chester University of Pennsylvania89%88%
238032West Virginia UniversityWVU58%77%
125727Westmont College70%82%
149781Wheaton College82%89%
168281Wheaton College61%80%
237057Whitman College61%48%
125763Whittier College100%94%
210401Willamette University53%81%
168342Williams College3%8%
218973Wofford College48%60%
168421Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWPI58%57%
130794Yale University2%5%
197708Yeshiva UniversityYU100%63%

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