Transferring to Georgia: requirements, credits and deadlines
Transfer acceptance rate: 64.9%
Transfer acceptance rate
Source: Official school data report, section D, 2025-2026
For fall 2025, Georgia admitted 2,452 of 3,780 transfer applicants (64.9%).
Checked November 9, 2026. Takes a lot of transfers
- Fall 2027 deadline
- Mar 1, 2027Source, 2026-2027
- SAT or ACT
- Not requiredSource, 2026-2027
Transfer requirements
Georgia requires a minimum number of college credits. It does not require SAT or ACT scores.
SAT or ACT scoresNot required
High school grades and SAT or ACT scores are not considered for transfer admission, except for the Terry College of Business.
Source, 2026-2027Minimum credits before you applyRequired
Applicants with 30 to 59 transferable hours need a 3.30 transfer GPA. Applicants with 60 or more need a 3.00.
Source, 2026-2027
You need the application with a Statement of Purpose, a $70 non-refundable fee, and official transcripts from every college you attended, including dual enrollment, study abroad and summer transient work.
Source: UGA transfer admission criteria, undated page
Your high school graduation must be at least 12 months before the term you want, and you must have completed at least one year of college by then.
Source: UGA transfer admission criteria, undated page
AP and IB credit counts toward admission only if it appears on a college transcript with a course name and credit hours. UGA does not accept CLEP credit.
Source: UGA transfer FAQs, undated page
The Griffin and Tifton campuses need 60 or more hours and a 3.00, plus campus curriculum requirements and program coordinator authorization.
Source: UGA transfer admission criteria, undated page
What GPA do you need?
Minimum criteria on the Athens campus: 30 to 59 completed transferable hours by the deadline with a 3.30 or higher transfer GPA, or 60 or more hours with a 3.00 or higher. UGA says no GPA or hours level promises admission, and admission is space-as-available.
Source: UGA transfer admission criteria, undated page
A GPA that matches past admits is not a cutoff, and it does not mean you are in.
Will your credits transfer?
UGA has a Transfer Equivalency Tool that shows how courses have been evaluated for previously admitted and current UGA students. The page notes courses may apply differently depending on your intended major.
Source: UGA transfer applicants, undated page; UGA planning for transfer, undated page
Courses that may not transfer include non-academic courses, music performance beyond 4 hours, and physical education beyond 1 hour. To earn a UGA degree, at least 45 of your last 60 semester hours must be completed at UGA.
Source: UGA transfer FAQs, undated page
Credit from a community or technical college is generally listed in its transfer or general education core.
Source: UGA transfer FAQs, undated page
Our read: Run your planned courses through the equivalency tool before you register for them. Your major decides which ones count toward your degree.
Transfer deadlines for fall 2027
For fall 2027 entry, the application deadline is March 1, 2027.
Source: University of Georgia transfer information, 2026-2027
- You send or do something
- The school answers
- January
- March
- May
Only hours you have completed by the March 1 deadline count toward the levels, and all transcripts must reach UGA by March 1. Decisions come on one date, not on a rolling basis.
Source: UGA transfer admission criteria, undated page; UGA summer and fall 2027 transfer admission review, 2026-2027
Our read: Courses you are taking this spring do not count toward your hours. If you are at 28 hours in February, you are not yet over the 30-hour line.
What Georgia looks for
UGA's October 14, 2026 post sets two bands above those minimums. An admission offer goes to students who well exceed the levels: a 3.80 or higher with 30 to 59 hours, or a 3.50 or higher with 60 or more. Students at 3.30 to 3.79 with 30 to 59 hours, or 3.00 to 3.49 with 60 or more, go to secondary review.
Source: UGA summer and fall 2027 transfer admission review, 2026-2027
Secondary review looks at the transfer purpose statement, grade trends, and whether your coursework fits your intended major. UGA expects a waitlist, as it had for fall 2026.
Source: UGA summer and fall 2027 transfer admission review, 2026-2027
Our read: Find your band first. Inside the lower band, the statement of purpose is the one part of the file you can still change.
UGA uses every grade in transferable courses, including D, F and WF, from every college you attended. If you repeat a course, both grades count. A retake does not replace a failing grade.
Source: UGA transfer admission criteria, undated page; UGA transfer FAQs, undated page
High school grades and SAT or ACT scores are not considered. The Terry College of Business has its own testing requirements on a separate page.
Source: UGA transfer admission criteria, undated page
Some majors are in high demand and require a second application into the major after UGA admits you. The page tells you to research your major well before you apply.
Source: UGA transfer FAQs, undated page
Our read: Getting into UGA is not getting into your major. Check your major's entry rules before you apply, not after the decision.
Georgia transfer acceptance rate
Georgia's transfer acceptance rate for fall 2025 was 64.9%. 1,893 transfer students enrolled. The first-year rate the same year was 34.3%.
Source: Official school data report, section D, 2025-2026
The Common Data Set is the official data report colleges publish each year.
Transfer and first-year applicants are different groups. Use the first-year rate as context only.
A high rate does not open every major. Some programs set their own courses and grades.
UGA says you must meet a specific set of criteria by the application deadline to be considered. It plans enrollment for transfers and first-years, and aims to enroll one new transfer student for every two first-year students. About 95 of every 100 transfer students live in Georgia.
Source: UGA summer and fall 2027 transfer admission review, 2026-2027; UGA transfer applicants, undated page
Our read: The count above does not say how many applicants fell under the minimum criteria or how many lived in Georgia. If you are from out of state, the pages we opened do not say how you are treated.
Transfer essays and supplements
UGA calls the Statement of Purpose a chance to say why you want to apply to UGA, and encourages you to explain how your coursework prepared you for your major and supports your goals. The pages we opened give no prompt text and no word limit.
Source: UGA transfer FAQs, undated page; UGA planning for transfer, undated page
Our read: Name your major and the courses that prepared you for it. If you are in the lower band, the committee reads this alongside your grade trend, so explain a bad term plainly and show what changed.
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Questions students ask
What GPA do I need?
At least a 3.30 transfer GPA with 30 to 59 hours, or a 3.00 with 60 or more. UGA's fall 2027 post says offers go to students at 3.80 or higher and 3.50 or higher at those hour counts.
Source: UGA transfer admission criteria, undated page; UGA summer and fall 2027 transfer admission review, 2026-2027
Do I need the SAT or ACT?
UGA does not consider them for transfer admission. The Terry College of Business has its own testing requirements.
Source: UGA transfer admission criteria, undated page
What is the Transfer Pathway?
A program offered to a limited number of students who applied as first-years, were waitlisted, and were not offered first-year admission. They need 30 transferable hours completed by June 15 and must meet the GPA requirements to transfer. They send the application and fee by March 1, and get until June 15 to send transcripts.
Source: UGA Transfer Pathway FAQs, undated page
Can I retake a class to fix my GPA?
Not for admission. UGA counts both grades.
Source: UGA transfer FAQs, undated page
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Sources
- Official school data report, 2025-2026
- UGA transfer admission criteria, undated page
- UGA summer and fall 2027 transfer admission review, 2026-2027
- UGA transfer applicants, undated page
- UGA transfer FAQs, undated page
- UGA planning for transfer, undated page
- UGA Transfer Pathway FAQs, undated page
Numbers come from official reports, read by our tools and checked. Notes were drafted with AI tools from the official pages linked beside them. A person has not reviewed this guide yet. Admission decisions belong to each college, and no one can promise one.