Transfer Requirements: 2023 - 2024

Cal Poly Pomona requires all transfers to complete the following:

• Be in good academic standing at the last instiutions attended
• Have a minimum 2.00 GPA in transferable coursework
• Have a minimum of 60 transferable semester (90 quarter) units
  • 30 (45 quarter) of the 60 semester units must be in General Education
  • Completion of the "Golden Four"

Impacted majors may have required coursework that must completed with a "C" or higher.

Fall applicants must have requirements completed by the end of the Spring term and Spring applicants must have requirements completed by the end of the Summer term.

Please note, Cal Poly Pomona does not accept applicants who are seeking a 2nd Bachelor's degree. We encourage applicants to consider a Graduate degree.

All applicants must meet CSU minimum requirements to be reviewed for admission. Non-local applicants applying to high demand and impacted majors will be held to a higher admission standard as CPP admits applicants based on space available in each major and therefore, should maintain a high GPA and complete all required, recommended and/or preferred coursework.

Please note, an applicant is considered local if the majority of their units come from one of our local area schools or if their AD-T is being awarded by one of our local schools. 

Fall applicants must have requirements completed by the end of the Spring term and Spring applicants must have requirements completed by the end of the Summer term.

Cal Poly Pomona's MFA model for transfer applicants is made up of academic and non-academic factors with a majority of the weight coming from academic criteria.

To be considered for admissions to Cal Poly Pomona, all applicants must meet the minimum CSU eligibility requirements. Once an applicant’s CSU eligibility has been determined, they will then be assessed based on a combination of GPA in all transferable coursework and additional Cal Poly Pomona selection criteria that creates and CPP Elgibility Index for each applicant.

Additional Criteria
The following Cal Poly Pomona selection criteria is taken into admission consideration:

• Academic grade point average in all transferable coursework. 
• Priority to students from our local area.
• Your experiences and special circumstances such as military status, first generation to attend college, work experience, foster youth, extra-curricular activities, leadership positions, work related to major and  approved campus partnerships.
• Completion of preferred, recommended, or required coursework with a "C" or higher 

Please note, while local applicants will have an eligibility index, they will be admissable to a non-impacted program if they meet all of the minimum CSU requirements.