Earning an Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) makes it easy to transfer from a California community college into the CSU system.  The new joint transfer program from the California Community Colleges and the California State Universities makes it easier for students to transfer between the two school systems.  For the first time in California history, community college students who complete an ADT will be guaranteed admission to the California State University (CSU) system. The guarantee itself means that students who earn an ADT and meet the CSU minimum eligibility requirements are guaranteed admission to a CSU, but not necessarily to a particular campus or major.  With the ADT, you may be given a GPA bump when applying to an impacted campus outside your local area or an impacted major that is deemed similar. Transfer students enter the CSU system with junior standing. If you are admitted to a program deemed similar to your ADT, you will only need to complete 60 additional semester units (or 90 quarter units) to earn a bachelor’s degree and will not be required to repeat courses that are similar to those completed at the community college as part of your associate degree. For more information about the Associate Degree for Transfer, please click HERE.  

If you are working on an Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) at your community college with the goal of applying to CSU as well as UC, there’s a lot of overlap in coursework. The three core courses for the UC Transfer Pathway and the ADT are the same. Additional courses required for CSU may be eligible for UC credit at some campuses. Check ASSIST for details. For more information about University of California Admission Transfer Pathways, please click HERE.