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2024-2025 University Transfer Acceptance Rates

Compare transfer acceptance rates at 31 top colleges and universities, from Harvard (0.7%) to UNC (36.5%). Explore transfer admissions statistics, compare acceptance rates side by side, and click any school for a detailed breakdown of transfer admissions data.

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Most Selective

.7%

Harvard · Fall 2025

Most Accessible

36.5%

UNC· Fall 2025

Last Updated

October, 2026

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Compare 2024-2025 Elite University Transfer Rates by School

Compare transfer acceptance rates at elite colleges and universities, ranked by acceptance rate. Filter transfer admissions data by the UC system, Ivy League, top private universities, leading public universities, or liberal arts colleges.

School	Category	Acceptance Rate ↑	Details
Harvard	Ivy League	.7%	View →
Yale	Ivy League	1.5%	View →
Stanford	Elite Private	2.0%	View →
Dartmouth	Ivy League	6.7%	View →
Princeton	Ivy League	1.9%	View →
Williams	Liberal Arts	3.2%	View →
Brown	Ivy League	7.2%	View →
Columbia	Ivy League	9.0%	View →
Carnegie Mellon	Elite Private	5.8%	View →
Johns Hopkins	Elite Private	6.4%	View →
UPenn	Ivy League	2.3%	View →
Amherst	Liberal Arts	8.7%	View →
Swarthmore	Liberal Arts	9.2%	View →
Boston College	Elite Private	12.7%	View →
Emory	Elite Private	16.8%	View →
Cornell	Ivy League	9.3%	View →
USC	Elite Private	21.6%	View →
NYU	Elite Private	21.9%	View →
UCLA	UC System	22.7%	View →
UC Berkeley	UC System	24.0%	View →
Notre Dame	Elite Private	27.6%	View →
UVA	Public Top Tier	33.0%	View →
Georgia Tech	Public Top Tier	36.2%	View →
UNC-Chapel Hill	Public Top Tier	45.0%	View →
Northwestern	Elite Private	12%	View →
Duke	Elite Private	1.9%	View →
MIT	Elite Private	2.5%	View →
WashU	Elite Private	12.2%	View →
Georgetown	Elite Private	13.2%	View →
Rice	Elite Private	16.8%	View →
Vanderbilt	Elite Private	18.9%	View →
University of Michigan	Public Top Tier	42.0%	View →
Caltech	Elite Private	6.2%	View →

How to read this table: Transfer acceptance rate is the percentage of transfer applicants offered admission during each school’s most recently reported cycle admissions cycle. Lower rates indicate more selective transfer admissions. Data is sourced from each school’s 2024-2025 Common Data Set (CDS).

UC System

UC Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

25.5%

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

27.9%

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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Ivy League

Harvard

Cambridge, MA

.7%

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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Yale

New Haven, CT

1.5%

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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Dartmouth

Hanover, NH

6.7%

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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Princeton

Princeton, NJ

1.9%

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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Brown

Providence, RI

7.2%

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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Columbia

New York, NY

9.0%

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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UPenn

Philadelphia, PA

2.3%

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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Cornell

Ithaca, NY

9.3%

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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Elite Private University

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

1.6%

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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NYU

New York, NY

22.1%

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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USC

Los Angeles, CA

22%

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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Johns Hopkins

Baltimore, MD

5.3%

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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Carnegie Mellon

Pittsburgh, PA

5.6%

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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Emory University

Atlanta, GA

16.2%

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

25.1%

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

29%

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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Northwestern

Evanston, IL

12%

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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Duke

Durham, NC

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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MIT

Cambridge, MA

2.4%

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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WashU

St. Louis, MO

14.0%

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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Georgetown

Washington, DC

5.9%

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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Rice

Houston, TX

6.9%

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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Vanderbilt

Nashville, TN

21.8%

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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Caltech

Pasadena, CA

6.2%

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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Public Top Tier

UNC-Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

36.5%

Transfer Acceptance Rate· Fall 2025

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UVA

Charlottesville, VA

31.9%

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

34.9%

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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Liberal Arts Colleges

Swarthmore College

Swarthmore, PA

0.0%

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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Amherst College

Amherst, MA

8.6%

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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Williams College

Williamstown, MA

2.8%

Transfer Acceptance Rate · Fall 2025

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