Transferring to UVA: your chances, deadlines and credits
Transfer acceptance rate: 27.1%
Transfer acceptance rate
Source: Official school data report, section D, 2025-2026
For fall 2025, UVA admitted 1,323 of 4,877 transfer applicants (27.1%).
Checked November 10, 2026. Selective
- Interview
- Not requiredSource, 2025-2026
UVA transfer acceptance rate
UVA's transfer acceptance rate for fall 2025 was 27.1%. 864 transfer students enrolled. The first-year rate the same year was 15.6%.
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.
This rate covers everyone who applied. Your major can move it a lot, and the report does not split it by major.
UVA admitted 1,323 of 4,877 transfer applicants for fall 2025. For first-years it admitted 10,086 of 64,457. Transfers got in at a higher rate.
Source: University of Virginia Common Data Set 2025-2026, sections C and D, 2025-2026
864 transfers enrolled that fall, next to 3,978 new first-years. Those counts are fall only. UVA also takes transfers for spring, and spring is not in this report.
Source: University of Virginia Common Data Set 2025-2026, sections C and D, 2025-2026
Our read: That is a real transfer class, not a handful of seats. The total also blends Virginia residents with out-of-state students, and the report does not say how their odds differ.
Transfer requirements
UVA requires an essay. It does not require an interview.
Interviews and standardized test scores are marked not required for transfers.
Source: University of Virginia Common Data Set 2025-2026, sections C and D, 2025-2026
Our read: The good-standing statement means a probation or conduct problem at your current school will surface. Explain it yourself before UVA reads it somewhere else.
Transfer deadlines
- You send or do something
- The school answers
- March
- May
Our read: These dates come from the 2025-2026 report. Confirm the current year on UVA's transfer page before you plan around them.
Source: UVA transfer admission, undated page
Our read: A March 1 fall application can show your fall grades. An October 1 spring application cannot show the term you are in, so your record has to be strong already.
Other terms and dates
- Spring entry: application closes (2025-2026 report)October 1Source, 2025-2026
- Spring entry: decisions (2025-2026 report)December 1Source, 2025-2026
- Spring entry: reply by (2025-2026 report)December 15Source, 2025-2026
What GPA do you need?
The report lists a 2.0 minimum college GPA for transfer applicants.
Source: University of Virginia Common Data Set 2025-2026, sections C and D, 2025-2026
Our read: A 2.0 gets your file read. It does not tell you who got in, and UVA's report prints no typical GPA for admitted transfers.
What UVA looks for
You need 24 semester hours completed or in progress, and you must be one full year past high school by the time you would enter.
Source: University of Virginia Common Data Set 2025-2026, sections C and D, 2025-2026
Students still in high school or home-schooled must apply as first-years, even if dual enrollment will give them an associate degree by graduation.
Source: University of Virginia Common Data Set 2025-2026, sections C and D, 2025-2026
Every transfer applicant sends a high school transcript, all college transcripts, an essay and a statement of good standing from each prior school.
Source: University of Virginia Common Data Set 2025-2026, sections C and D, 2025-2026
Our read: Your high school record stays in the file. If it was weak, your college grades have to be what changes the story.
Our read: We could not open UVA's transfer admission pages, so this guide cannot tell you how each school inside UVA reads a file or which courses it wants first. Check that on UVA's transfer page before you pick a major.
Source: UVA transfer admission, undated page
Transfer essays and supplements
An essay or personal statement is required of every transfer applicant.
Source: University of Virginia Common Data Set 2025-2026, sections C and D, 2025-2026
Our read: We could not open UVA's current prompts, so none are printed here. Read them in the application itself, and note any word limits there.
Source: UVA transfer admission, undated page
Our read: Your transcript and good-standing statement will show your past. Use the essay for the reason you are moving and what you would study at UVA. If a semester went badly, say what changed in a sentence or two.
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Will your credits transfer?
A course needs a grade of at least 2.0 to transfer. At most 60 credit hours come in, from a two-year or a four-year school, and you must finish at least 60 at UVA.
Source: University of Virginia Common Data Set 2025-2026, sections C and D, 2025-2026
Our read: If you have more than 60 credits, the extra ones will not count, and you will be paying for time you already spent. Check the math before you decide to move as a junior or later.
For military training and exams, the report says UVA does not accept ACE, CLEP or DSST credit.
Source: University of Virginia Common Data Set 2025-2026, sections C and D, 2025-2026
Our read: We could not read UVA's course-by-course credit rules, so we cannot say when you find out what counts. Ask UVA before you pay a deposit.
Source: UVA transfer admission, undated page
If it does not work out
Our read: UVA has a spring date, so a fall no does not have to be the end. We could not confirm the rules for applying again. Ask admissions before you count on it.
Source: UVA transfer admission, undated page
Our read: We could not read UVA's aid pages for transfers. Price depends heavily on whether you count as a Virginia resident, so get that answer before you commit.
- University of Southern CaliforniaSimilar odds
- Boston CollegeSimilar odds
- Vanderbilt UniversitySimilar odds
- University of MichiganTakes more transfers
Questions students ask
How many credits do I need before I can apply?
24 semester hours, completed or in progress, and one full year out of high school by the time you would enter.
Source: University of Virginia Common Data Set 2025-2026, sections C and D, 2025-2026
I will finish an associate degree in high school. Can I apply as a transfer?
No. UVA says high school and home-schooled students must apply as first-years, even with an associate degree from dual enrollment.
Source: University of Virginia Common Data Set 2025-2026, sections C and D, 2025-2026
Do I need the SAT or ACT?
The report marks test scores as not required for transfers.
Source: University of Virginia Common Data Set 2025-2026, sections C and D, 2025-2026
Can I start in January?
UVA lists fall and spring as transfer entry terms. The spring application closed October 1 in the 2025-2026 report.
Source: University of Virginia Common Data Set 2025-2026, sections C and D, 2025-2026
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Sources
- Official school data report, 2025-2026
- UVA transfer admission, 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.