
The transfer acceptance rate for the University of California, Santa Cruz for the application year 2024 stands at 64.42%, with 7,807 out of 12,123 applicants accepted. This rate is slightly lower than the previous year’s acceptance rate of 64.53% for 2023, which saw 7,252 admits from 11,239 applications. Historically, the acceptance rates have shown an upward trend from 58.48% in 2021 to 61.01% in 2022, reflecting increased competitiveness. The average GPA of accepted transfer students remains high at 3.92, indicating that UCSC continues to attract well-qualified candidates.