UC Berkeley Transfer Acceptance Rate by Major (Fall 2025)
For fall 2025, 22% of transfer applicants to UC Berkeley were admitted (4,989 of 23,054), added up across every major. By major it ranges from 3% in Computer Science to 78% in English.
Below: every UC Berkeley major with transfer preparation listed, 51 of them with their own admit rate. Open one to see its required classes and which classes count at your community college.
Hardest to get into
- Computer Science3%
- Business Administration5%
- Psychology9%
- Public Health9%
- Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences11%
Majors with 50+ transfer applicants, fall 2025.
Most open
- English78%
- Philosophy74%
- Theater and Performance Studies63%
- Gender and Women's Studies61%
- Global Studies59%
Majors with 50+ transfer applicants, fall 2025.
All UC Berkeley majors
- Aerospace Engineering · B.S.16%
- African American Studies · B.A.n/a
- American Studies · B.A.82%
- Analytics · B.A.44%
- Ancient Greek and Roman Civilizations · B.A.n/a
- Anthropology · B.A.39%
- Architecture · B.A.18%
- Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies · B.A.64%
- Astrophysics · B.A.59%
- Bioengineering · B.S.22%
- Business Administration · B.S.5%
- Celtic Studies · B.A.n/a
- Chemical Biology · B.S.28%
- Chemical Engineering · B.S.33%
- Chemistry · B.A. and B.S.n/a
- Chicanx Latinx Studies · B.A.n/a
- Chinese (East Asian Languages) · B.A.n/a
- Civil Engineering · B.S.22%
- Cognitive Science · B.A.18%
- Computer Science · B.A.3%
- Conservation and Resource Studies · B.S.49%
- Data Science · B.A.14%
- Earth and Planetary Science · B.A.n/a
- East Asian Humanities · B.A.n/a
- East Asian Religion, Thought, and Culture · B.A.29%
- Economics · B.A.15%
- Ecosystem Management & Forestry · B.S.n/a
- Electrical & Computer Engineering · B.S.n/a
- Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences · B.S.11%
- Energy Engineering · B.S.21%
- Engineering Mathematics and Statistics · B.S.n/a
- Engineering Physics · B.S.n/a
- English · B.A.78%
- Environmental Economics and Policy · B.S.30%
- Environmental Engineering · B.S.n/a
- Environmental Engineering Science · B.S.n/a
- Environmental Sciences · B.S.12%
- Ethnic Studies · B.A.55%
- French · B.A.n/a
- Gender and Women's Studies · B.A.61%
- Genetics and Plant Biology · B.S.24%
- Geography · B.A.57%
- German · B.A.n/a
- Global Studies · B.A.59%
- Greek · B.A.n/a
- Greek and Latin · B.A.n/a
- History · B.A.31%
- Industrial Engineering & Operations Research · B.S.n/a
- Integrative Biology · B.A.41%
- Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major · B.A.n/a
- Italian Studies · B.A.n/a
- Japanese (East Asian Languages) · B.A.n/a
- Korean Language and Culture (East Asian Languages) · B.A.n/a
- Landscape Architecture · B.A.n/a
- Latin · B.A.n/a
- Legal Studies · B.A.14%
- Materials Science and Engineering · B.S.14%
- Mathematics/Applied Mathematics · B.A.n/a
- Mechanical Engineering · B.S.13%
- Media Studies · B.A.24%
- Microbial Biology · B.S.44%
- Molecular and Cell Biology · B.A.31%
- Molecular Environmental Biology · B.S.37%
- Native American Studies · B.A.n/a
- Neuroscience · B.A.31%
- Nuclear Engineering · B.S.24%
- Nutrition & Metabolic Biology · B.S.n/a
- Philosophy · B.A.74%
- Physics · B.A.36%
- Political Economy · B.A.12%
- Political Science · B.A.13%
- Psychology · B.A.9%
- Public Health · B.A.9%
- Scandinavian · B.A.n/a
- Slavic Languages and Literatures · B.A.n/a
- Social Welfare · B.A.27%
- Society and Environment · B.S.35%
- Sociology · B.A.12%
- Spanish and Portuguese · B.A.n/a
- Statistics · B.A.31%
- Sustainable Environmental Design · B.A.n/a
- Theater and Performance Studies · B.A.63%
- Urban Studies · B.A.33%
Admit rates: UC Information Center, Fall 2025 transfers by major. “n/a” means UC publishes no separate figure for that major, or fewer than 10 students applied.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the UC Berkeley transfer acceptance rate?
Added up across every major in UC's Fall 2025 transfer admissions table, 4,989 of 23,054 transfer applicants to UC Berkeley were admitted, about 22%. The rate for your major can be far from that; the list on this page has each one.
Which UC Berkeley majors are hardest to transfer into?
Among majors with at least 50 transfer applicants for fall 2025, the lowest admit rates were Computer Science (3%), Business Administration (5%), Psychology (9%), Public Health (9%), Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (11%).
Which UC Berkeley majors are easiest to transfer into?
Among majors with at least 50 transfer applicants for fall 2025, the highest admit rates were English (78%), Philosophy (74%), Theater and Performance Studies (63%), Gender and Women's Studies (61%), Global Studies (59%).
Which UC Berkeley majors can I prepare for at a California community college?
UC Berkeley lists major preparation for 83 majors that California community colleges have transfer agreements for. Each one on this page shows the classes UC Berkeley expects and lets you pick your college to see its matching classes.