UC Santa Cruz Transfer Acceptance Rate by Major (Fall 2025)
For fall 2025, 72% of transfer applicants to UC Santa Cruz were admitted (7,987 of 11,152), added up across every major. By major it ranges from 46% in Neuroscience to 98% in Psychology.
Below: every UCSC 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
- Neuroscience46%
- Technology and Information Management46%
- Computer Science51%
- Biology51%
- Electrical Engineering59%
Majors with 50+ transfer applicants, fall 2025.
Most open
- Psychology98%
- Mathematics Theory and Computation95%
- Earth Sciences94%
- Global and Community Health88%
- Philosophy86%
Majors with 50+ transfer applicants, fall 2025.
All UCSC majors
- Agroecology · B.A.32%
- Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism · B.A.83%
- Applied Mathematics · B.S.n/a
- Applied Physics, Computational Physics Concentration · B.S.n/a
- Applied Physics, Standard Concentration · B.S.n/a
- Art · B.A.78%
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · B.S.61%
- Biology · B.A.51%
- Biology · B.S.51%
- Biomolecular Engineering and Bioinformatics · B.S.n/a
- Biotechnology · B.A.36%
- Business Management Economics · B.A.65%
- Business Management Economics with Accounting Concentration · B.A.n/a
- Chemistry · B.A.61%
- Chemistry · B.S.61%
- Chemistry, Biochemistry Concentration · B.S.61%
- Cognitive Science · B.S.63%
- Computer Engineering · B.S.75%
- Computer Game Design · B.S.61%
- Computer Science · B.A.51%
- Computer Science · B.S.51%
- Earth Sciences · B.S.94%
- Earth Sciences, Geology Concentration · B.S.94%
- Earth Sciences, Geophysics Concentration · B.S.94%
- Earth Sciences, Ocean Sciences Concentration · B.S.94%
- Earth Sciences, Planetary Sciences Concentration · B.S.94%
- Earth Sciences/Anthropology Combined · B.A.n/a
- Ecology and Evolution · B.S.67%
- Economics · B.A.78%
- Economics/Mathematics Combined · B.A.n/a
- Education, Democracy, and Justice · B.A.78%
- Electrical Engineering · B.S.59%
- Environmental Sciences · B.S.n/a
- Environmental Studies · B.A.59%
- Environmental Studies, Conservation Science and Policy Concentration · B.A.59%
- Environmental Studies, Geographic Information Systems Concentration · B.A.59%
- Environmental Studies, Global Environmental Justice Concentration · B.A.59%
- Environmental Studies/Biology Combined Major · B.A.n/a
- Environmental Studies/Economics Combined Major · B.A.n/a
- Games and Playable Media · B.A.96%
- Global and Community Health · B.A.88%
- Global and Community Health, Biomedical Concentration · B.S.88%
- Global and Community Health, Public and Community Health Concentration · B.S.88%
- Global Economics · B.A.n/a
- Language Studies · B.A.n/a
- Linguistics · B.A.n/a
- Marine Biology · B.S.61%
- Mathematics · B.A.77%
- Mathematics · B.S.77%
- Mathematics Education · B.A.85%
- Mathematics Theory and Computation · B.S.95%
- Microbiology · B.S.64%
- Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology · B.S.68%
- Music · B.M.77%
- Network and Digital Technology · B.A.n/a
- Neuroscience · B.S.46%
- Philosophy · B.A.86%
- Physics (Astrophysics) · B.S.n/a
- Physics, General Concentration · B.S.72%
- Physics, Quantum Information Science Concentration · B.S.72%
- Plant Sciences · B.S.n/a
- Psychology · B.A.98%
- Robotics Engineering · B.S.64%
- Science Education · B.S.n/a
- Sociology · B.A.69%
- Sociology, Digital Justice Studies Concentration · B.A.69%
- Technology and Information Management · B.S.46%
- Theater Arts · B.A.66%
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 Santa Cruz transfer acceptance rate?
Added up across every major in UC's Fall 2025 transfer admissions table, 7,987 of 11,152 transfer applicants to UC Santa Cruz were admitted, about 72%. The rate for your major can be far from that; the list on this page has each one.
Which UC Santa Cruz majors are hardest to transfer into?
Among majors with at least 50 transfer applicants for fall 2025, the lowest admit rates were Neuroscience (46%), Technology and Information Management (46%), Computer Science (51%), Biology (51%), Electrical Engineering (59%).
Which UC Santa Cruz majors are easiest to transfer into?
Among majors with at least 50 transfer applicants for fall 2025, the highest admit rates were Psychology (98%), Mathematics Theory and Computation (95%), Earth Sciences (94%), Global and Community Health (88%), Philosophy (86%).
Which UC Santa Cruz majors can I prepare for at a California community college?
UC Santa Cruz lists major preparation for 68 majors that California community colleges have transfer agreements for. Each one on this page shows the classes UCSC expects and lets you pick your college to see its matching classes.