Transfer Students

• Cal Poly Pomona requires all transfers to complete the following:

  • Be in good academic standing at the last institutions 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" courses (A1, A2, A3, and B4) with a C- or higher

  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.

•  A1: Oral Communication - A basic public speaking course or other communication course. Must be completed with a "C-" or higher.
• A2: English Composition - An English composition course that emphasizes essay writing or reading and writing concurrently. Must be completed with a "C-" or higher. 
• A3: Critical Thinking - A second semester composition or writing course, or a course in reasoning and effective argumentative writing. Must be completed with a "C-" or higher. Please note, all Engineering majors are exempt from completing Critical Thinking as a part of the admission requirements
• B4: Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning - A mathematics course above the intermediate algebra level. Must be 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.

Cal Poly Pomona admits applicants to their alternate major only if there is additional capacity beyond those admitted as a primary major. This means that you might meet the threshold for your alternate major, but because there is no additional enrollment capacity, you may not be offered admission into your alternate major.

Adding an alternate major on your Cal State Apply application is highly encouraged.

CPP has various majors that are impacted (more people apply than we can accommodate) and therefore, have established supplemental courses that need to completed with a "C" or higher to be considered for admission. To get more information on which majors are impacted and the supplemental courses that are necessary for these majors, please visit our Impacted Majors webpage.

Students that have been or will be awarded an ADT that is deemed similar to the major that they are applying to will have the supplemental coursework waived. To view which ADT is deemed similar please visit the Cal State website.