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Transfer GPA Guidelines

Our transfer GPA guidelines highlight the minimum GPA required to be a competitive applicant for your college or major.

College of Agricultural, Consumer, & Environmental Sciences

  • Agricultural & Consumer Economics: 2.75, depending on applicant pool
  • Computer Science + Animal Sciences: 3.5
  • Computer Science + Crop Sciences: 3.5
  • Dietetics & Nutrition: 3.0
  • Nutrition & Health: 3.0
  • All other majors: 2.5

College of Applied Health Sciences

  • All majors: 2.8-3.0

College of Education

  • Computer Science + Education, Learning Studies: 3.5
  • Early Childhood Professional Education Program: 2.0
  • All other majors: 2.75 minimum; 3.0 or higher is highly recommended

Division of General Studies

  • All students: 3.0

College of Fine & Applied Arts

  • Art & Design majors: 3.0
  • Architectural Studies: 3.0
  • Computer Science + Music: 3.5
  • Dance & Kinesiology Dual Degree: 3.0
  • Landscape Architecture: 2.5
  • Sustainable Design: 2.5
  • Urban Studies & Planning: 2.75 minimum; 3.0 or higher is highly recommended
  • All other majors: 2.25

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

  • Actuarial Science: 2.7 cumulative and 3.0 technical
  • Biochemistry: 3.2 cumulative and 3.2 technical
  • Brain & Cognitive Science: 3.0
  • Chemical Engineering: 3.2
  • All Computer Science +/& majors: 3.5
  • Global Studies: 2.75 minimum; 3.0 or higher is highly recommended
  • Integrative Biology: 2.7 cumulative and 3.0 technical
  • Mathematics: 2.7 cumulative and 3.0 technical
  • Molecular & Cellular Biology: 2.7 cumulative and 3.0 technical
  • Neuroscience: 2.7 cumulative and 3.0 technical
  • Psychology: 3.0
  • Statistics: 2.7 cumulative and 3.0 technical
  • All other majors: 2.7

College of Media

  • Advertising: 3.25
  • Computer Science + Advertising: 3.5
  • All other majors: 3.0

Gies College of Business

  • All majors: 3.5 or higher is highly recommended

Grainger College of Engineering

  • All majors: 3.5 or higher cumulative and technical is highly recommended

School of Information Sciences

  • Information Sciences: 3.0
  • Information Sciences + Data Sciences: 3.67

School of Social Work

  • Social Work: 2.5
  • Social Work iBSW: 2.75
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