CSU Transfer Requirements

What is impaction?
When the number of applications received by a CSU campus from qualified applicants is greater than the number of available spaces, a campus is considered “impacted” for undergraduate degree programs or for undergraduate students who apply from outside the local admission area.

• Campus Impaction: ALL majors at all levels are impacted. An impacted campus is allowed to use additional criteria to screen applications.
• Major Impaction: There are more qualified applicants applying into the major than there are available spaces for. Some campuses may require certain major requirements to be completed before transfer for impacted majors.
• No Impaction: Campuses without the impaction designation at the program or campus level are open to all CSU eligible applicants. These campuses will only require minimum transfer requirements to be completed to be eligible for transfer. They also do not have a local area preference.

Click here to check impaction status for CSU majors and universities.

Academic Program Impaction for 2024-25

The following campuses are campus impacted, which means ALL undergraduate programs, pre-programs, and undeclared/undecided programs are impacted for the following campuses:
Click on the campus for major specific requirements

• Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• CSU Fullerton
• Cal State LA
• CSU Long Beach
• San Diego State University
• San José State University

Transfer Application

• CSU Application
• Transfer Application Guide
• Cal State Apply Applicant Help Center

Majors

• ADT Similar Major Search Tool
• A Degree With a Guarantee
• CSU Major Search
• Search CSU Impacted Campus/Majors
• CSU Impacted Programs Matrix

Additional Resources

• CSU Local Admission Service Areas
• EOP Program Info
• AB540 Nonresident Tuition Exemption for CSU