Transfer Students

Transfer Student Profile

Transfer Eligibility

Cal Poly Pomona uses a multifactor admissions (MFA) model to create a Cal Poly Pomona eligibility index (CPP Index) for an applicant’s desired major. This admission model considers an applicant’s GPA along with other non-academic attributes (click "MFA Model" to view) to determine an applicant’s admissibility.

Must be in good academic standing at the last institution attended.
Must have minimum 2.00 GPA in transferable coursework.
Must have at least minimum of 60 transferable semester units (90 quarter).
- 30 of the 60 semester units (45 quarter), must be in General Education.
- Completion of the "Golden Four
  - A1: Oral Communication
  - A2: English Composition
  - A3: Critical Thinking
  - B4: Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning

To get more information about CSU eligibility requirements, please visit our Transfer Requirements webpage.

Eligibility Index Admissions Category and Attribute Scoring
Admission Category	Attribute Scoring
CPP Applicant Points	(GPA X 925) + 1100
Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT)	Equivalent of .1 (impacted) and .2 (non-impacted) GPA bump
Local Area or Veteran/Military	Local Admission Area Military Status of Active Duty, National Guard, Reserve, or Veteran
First Generation	Parents with: no high school, some high school, high school graduate and 2 year college graduate
Youth Services	Ward of the Court, Foster Youth or Unaccompanied Youth
Campus Partnerships	Civil Engineering Transfer Pathway (Mt. Sac, Citrus, Victor Valley Colleges)
Leadership Experience	Student Government, Athletics, Leadership, Volunteer/Community Service, Clubs, etc.
Work Experience	Hours worked and work related to major
Required/Recommended/Preferred Coursework	Impacted Majors and High Demand Majors

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.

Admit Eligibility Index for the College of Agriculture
Program (Major)	Local	Non-Local
Agribusiness & Food Industry Management	2950	2950
Agriculture Science	2950	2950
Animal Health Science*	3715
Animal Science*	4168
Apparel Merchandising & Management	2950	2950
Food Science & Technology	2950	2950
Nutrition	2950	2950
Plant Science	2950	2950

*= Impacted Major