ASSIST provides the most accurate and up-to-date information about student transfer in California. This site is essential for California community college students looking to transfer.
Complete your major preparation and general education requirements at a California community college to get a guaranteed saved spot at participating four-year universities.
Almost one third of UC students are transfers and almost all of them come from California community colleges. Start your transfer journey to a UC here.
Want to know how the UC campuses determine whether you get into their school? Here you can view the comprehensive review process for transfers to see how campuses make their decisions.
UC TAP is a free online tool to help prospective UC transfer students track and plan their coursework. The tool is designed for use by students transferring from California community colleges, including those students who are seeking a Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG) with one of the six participating UC campuses.
Nothing feels better than getting a guaranteed place at UC. Which is exactly what TAG offers, at any one of six UC campuses. Follow the four steps on this page and secure your UC TAG.
Here you can start your Transfer Success Pathway and see the articulation agreement between your community college and your California State University program. If you’re finishing high school in spring 2023 and enrolling in a community college in fall 2023, you can start your transfer pathway now.
If you have completed 59 or fewer transferable semester units, or 89 or fewer transferable quarter units, by the time you plan to enter a CSU, you are considered a lower-division transfer (LDT) applicant. Learn more about lower division transfer here.
If you will have at least 60 semester or 90 quarter transferable units completed by the time you enter a CSU, you are considered an upper-division transfer applicant. Learn more about upper division transfer here.
CSU campuses require that all admission requirements (Golden 4, units, GPA requirements, supplemental requirements) must be completed by the end of spring for fall admission or by the end of fall for spring admission. Learn more here.
TRANSFERRING TO HBCU, OUT-OF-STATE, AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS
Students who are residents of WICHE states are eligible to request a reduced tuition rate of 150% of resident tuition at participating two- and four-year college programs outside of their home state.
