HBCU Transfer Guarantee

Historically Black Colleges and Universities 

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California community college transfer students with a GPA of 2.0 or higher (NOTE: certain HBCUs will require a higher GPA) are guaranteed admission to HBCU partner schools using either of the following two options:

  • Complete an Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) using IGETC or CSU GE pattern or
  • Complete a minimum of 30 UC or CSU units

Students who qualify for this guarantee can also receive an application fee waiver code for the online Common Black College Application to apply to a participating partner HBCU (four max).  There may be additional prerequisites or other requirements for certain majors. Students completing a non-ADT pathway are welcomed to apply to all partner institutions, however, benefit of guaranteed admissions is not offered. 

Additional program benefits for students under the agreement include priority consideration for housing, consideration for transfer scholarships for students with a 3.2 or higher GPA (based on funding availability), and pre-admission advising.

Find more information on the California Community Colleges Transfer Guarantee Pathway to HBCUs website

Participating HBCU Campuses

Alabama State University Harris-Stowe State University Stillman College
Arkansas Baptist College Huston-Tillotson University Talladega College
Benedict College Jackson State University Texas Southern University
Bethune-Cookman University Kentucky State University Tougaloo College
Bowie State University Lincoln University of MO Virginia State University
Central State University Mississippi Valley State University  Voorhees University 
Claflin University Morehouse College West Virginia State University
Coppin State University  Morris Brown College Wiley College
Dillard University North Carolina Central University  
Edward Waters College Philander Smith College  
Fisk University Shaw University  
Fort Valley State University Southern University and A&M College
Grambling State University Southern University at New Orleans