University of illinois urbana champaign transfer acceptance rate

Application Requirements

You've come to the right place to continue your education.

All Transfer applicants must meet the following core requirements to apply:

  • Use the UIC web application. Printed applications will not be accepted.
    • Late application process
  • The $60 nonrefundable application fee or fee waiver.
  • Official college/university transcripts, submitted electronically or via mail, from every college/university you’ve attended. Unofficial transcripts will not be accepted. 

Want to know more? Walk through the UIC Admissions process or check out our FAQ.

College-specific requirements

Colleges and programs have minimum credit hour and prerequisite requirements.

See the program-specific transfer guides for an overview of transfer admission requirements.

Transfer Guides

See Transferology to determine which specific courses transfer to UIC from a participating college or university. 

Transferology

Other Requirements

Additional requirements may apply to the following applicants:

Applicants to programs with supplemental documents

Applicants to the programs below must submit supplemental documents with their Common Application or UIC Web Application.

  • Nursing
  • Health Information Management
  • Public Health
  • Theatre programs
  • Music programs

Honors College applicants

Honors College applicants must be admitted as undergraduates prior to review and include the following with their application: 

  • An essay submitted with the application.
  • Letters of recommendaiton

International applicants

International applicants must meet the core transfer requirements as well as display evidence of English competency and financial certifications. See Undergraduate International Admissions Requirements for details. ​​

Applicants with foreign credentials

A mandatory, non-refundable $100 International Credential Evaluation Fee is assessed for all undergraduate degree-seeking applicants who have post-secondary coursework taken outside the United States. International applicants who have only U.S. coursework are not required to submit this fee. Study abroad coursework by U.S. students is excluded from this policy. The fee is assessed once per application term. Payment of the fee will be requested online through the application system.

Applicants with fewer than 36 hours at time of enrollment

  • High school transcripts are required for any transfer applicant with fewer than 36 graded, transferable hours of credit at the time of application.
  • ACT or SAT scores can be submitted and are encouraged if they can count towards credit that satisfies your program's prerequisites.
  • Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) test scores are encouraged, particularly if they may count towards credit that satisfies your program's prerequisites. 

Partnership Programs

Since Brown's admission process is highly selective, the Office of College Admission seeks to admit candidates who will be academically successful and who will add to Brown's undergraduate community. We look for applicants who have demonstrated engagement in and out of the classroom and who will continue to do so at Brown. Our transfer students bring a variety of perspectives and backgrounds, to make Brown's undergraduate student body a thorough reflection of the diversity of identity and perspective that exists in the nation and in the world.

We hope that the following transfer admission statistics will give you a better picture of the type of applicants we admit.

Transfer Application Cycle202020212022
Number Applied 2,293 2,746 2,828
Number Admitted  77 118 149
Percent Admitted 3.4% 4.3% 5.3%
Number Enrolling  57 81 102
Percent Enrolling 74% 68.6% 68.5%
SAT EBRW (Middle 50% of Admits) 720-770 730-770 740-780
SAT Math (Middle 50% of Admits) 720-790 750-790 770-800
ACT Composite (Middle 50% of Admits)     33-35 33-35 33-35
ACT Composite Superscore (Middle 50% of Admits) -- -- 34-35
Average College GPA of admits 3.98 4.00 3.93

In the last four years the Office of Admission has admitted transfer students from 137 different colleges and universities worldwide. Here is a sample of the colleges that sent new transfers to Brown.

  • American University
  • American University Of Sharjah
  • Amherst College
  • Anne Arundel Community College
  • Bard College
  • Bard College at Simon's Rock
  • Barnard College
  • Barton County Cmty College
  • Bates College
  • Berkeley City College
  • Boston College
  • Boston University
  • Bowdoin College
  • Brandeis University
  • Brigham Young Univ
  • Bristol Community College
  • Bryn Mawr College
  • Bucknell University
  • Bunker Hill Community College
  • Cambridge University
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Case Western Reserve Univ
  • Central Texas College
  • City College Of San Francisco
  • Claremont Mckenna College
  • Coastal Carolina Community College
  • Colby College
  • Colgate University
  • College Of Marin
  • College Of William And Mary
  • Colorado College
  • Columbia Univ Columbia College
  • Community C Air Force
  • Community Coll Baltimore Cnty
  • Community College Of Rhode Island
  • Cornell University
  • Cosumnes River College
  • Cuny Laguardia Community Coll
  • Dartmouth College
  • Deep Springs College
  • Defense Language Institute
  • Depaul University
  • Dickinson College
  • Duke University
  • Ecole Polytechnique
  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide/Online (Florida)
  • Emory University
  • Franklin And Marshall College
  • Frederick Community College
  • George Washington University
  • Georgetown University
  • Georgia Institute Of Technology
  • Grinnell College
  • Grossmont College
  • Hamilton College
  • Harvard Undergrad
  • Harvey Mudd College
  • Haverford College
  • Howard University
  • Hutchinson Community College
  • Illinois Wesleyan University
  • Indiana Univ Bloomington
  • Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis
  • Inst Tech Autonomo De Mexico
  • Irvine Valley College
  • Ithaca College
  • Jacksonville University
  • James Madison University
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Kenyon College
  • Lafayette College
  • Liberty University
  • Long Beach City College
  • Los Angeles City College
  • Loyola Marymount University
  • Loyola University Chicago
  • Marist College
  • Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
  • Massasoit Community College
  • Mcgill University
  • Miami-Dade Cmty Coll South
  • Michigan State University - East Lansing
  • Middlebury College
  • Mira Costa College
  • Monmouth University
  • Mount San Antonio College
  • Navarro College
  • New York University
  • Northeastern University
  • Northern Virginia Cmty College
  • Northwestern University
  • Ohio State Univ Columbus
  • Oxford College Of Emory University
  • Palomar College
  • Pasadena City College
  • Pennsylvania St Univ
  • Pierce College
  • Pikes Peak Community College
  • Pomona College
  • Princeton University
  • Providence College
  • Purdue Univ West Lafayette
  • Queens University
  • Quinnipiac University
  • Rice University
  • Rutgers - New Brunswick
  • Rutgers University
  • Sciences Po-Paris Inst Po Stud
  • Skidmore College
  • Smith College
  • Southern Methodist University
  • Stanford University
  • Suny - Binghamton University
  • Swarthmore College
  • Syracuse University
  • Trinity College Ct
  • Trinity University
  • Tufts University
  • Tulane University
  • United States Air Force Academy
  • Univ British Columbia
  • Univ Connecticut
  • Univ Pittsburgh
  • Univ Toronto Canada
  • University Of Arkansas - Main Campus
  • University Of California - Berkeley
  • University Of California - Los Angeles
  • University Of California - San Diego
  • University Of California - Santa Barbara
  • University Of Chicago
  • University Of Colorado - Boulder
  • University Of Florida
  • University Of Illinois - Urbana / Champaign
  • University Of Kansas - Main Campus
  • University Of Maryland - College Park
  • University Of Maryland - University College
  • University Of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • University Of Miami
  • University Of Michigan - Ann Arbor
  • University Of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
  • University Of North Carolina - Charlotte
  • University Of Notre Dame
  • University Of Oregon - Eugene
  • University Of Oxford
  • University Of Pennsylvania
  • University Of Redlands
  • University Of Rhode Island
  • University Of Richmond
  • University Of Rochester
  • University Of Southern California
  • University Of St Andrews
  • University Of Sydney
  • University Of Texas - Austin
  • University Of Texas - Dallas
  • University Of Virginia - Charlottesville
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Vassar College
  • Virginia Commonwealth Univ
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University
  • Wake Forest University
  • Washington University In Saint Louis
  • Wellesley College
  • Wesleyan University
  • West Virginia University - Morgantown
  • Williams College
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  • Yale Nus College
  • York University

How hard is it to transfer into UIUC?

UIUC admitted 47.1% of transfers for 2021 fall admission, according to their 10-day fall transfer report. Out of 4,245 applicants, they accepted 2001 students and enrolled 1,266 (a yield of 63.3%).

What GPA do you need to get into University of Illinois Champaign?

The University of Illinois GPA requirements vary between UIUC's many colleges. However, the middle 50% of students overall have a GPA between 3.50-3.94. The most selective colleges in UIUC are the Gies College of Business (3.61-3.95) and the Grainger College of Engineering (3.75-4.00).

Is it easier to get accepted as a transfer student?

According to a report from the National Association for College Admission Counseling, the average rate of admission for a transfer applicant is 62 percent. Comparatively, first-time freshman applicants are admitted at a rate of 66 percent.

Does UIUC accept transfers?

Requirements vary depending on your credit level and intended program of study. Our Transfer Handbook is designed to help you determine what you need to do in order to transfer to UIUC, while our Transfer Guide gives an overview of course and GPA requirements.