Transfer Acceptance Rates at US News Top 50 Fall 2023US News rankCollegeTransfer rateTransfers appliedTransfers accepted1Princeton University2.9%1201352Massachusetts Institute of Technology1.4%1514213Harvard University0.9%1735153.1Stanford University1.8%3141575Yale University1.6%1973326University of Pennsylvania5.3%35131857California Institute of Technology5.7%15997.1Duke UniversityN/AN/A9Brown University5.4%28361529.1Johns Hopkins University6.5%16341069.2Northwestern University13.0%326442312Columbia UniversityN/AN/A12.1Cornell University13.9%576179812.2University of Chicago6.5%12568215University of California, Berkeley24.3%19380471415.1University of California, Los Angeles24.4%25099613017Rice University5.0%13196618Dartmouth College7.3%5994418.1Vanderbilt University16.6%283347120University of Notre Dame26.7%79421221University of Michigan--Ann Arbor36.6%5633206222Georgetown University7.3%255718622.1University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill42.1%3645153524Carnegie Mellon University7.3%13109624.1Emory University19.1%202338624.2University of Virginia34.8%3556123924.3Washington University in St. Louis17.4%155927228University of California, DavisN/AN/A28.1University of California, San Diego58.7%197231158628.2University of Florida44.4%5326236428.3University of Southern California23.5%9100214132University of Texas at Austin33.9%6961235833Georgia Institute of Technology36.2%252591333.1University of California, Irvine40.7%22795927635New York University20.5%8361171235.1University of California, Santa Barbara58.1%176321024635.2University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign50.0%4600230035.3University of Wisconsin--Madison52.9%3974210239Boston College14.1%240533940Rutgers University--New Brunswick55.6%7273404140.1Tufts University10.0%147414840.1University of Washington46.2%4635214043Boston University29.0%5829169143.1The Ohio State University88.0%3828337043.2Purdue University--Main Campus48.4%2937142246University of Maryland, College Park58.8%6016354047Lehigh University33.2%55518447.1Texas A&M University51.8%5207269947.2University of Georgia74.9%3003224847.3University of Rochester41.3%80033047.4Virginia Tech57.6%2890166647.5Wake Forest University28.8%29585
Data source: usnews.com, collegeboard.com
Some notes:
Why these schools? They happen to be the Top 50 National Universities according to US News. We wanted a sampling of the most popular schools that students might be curious about. Keep in mind there are about 2,500 four-year colleges in the US.
As with all statistics, take them with a grain of salt. The numbers change each year, and, if you can make a strong case for transferring, your odds will be much better than what you see here (and, of course, the opposite is true too).
