Fall 2018 Impaction Results by Major
All majors at SJSU are impacted for transfers, meaning that all applicants compete for space in the major, based on the applicant's cumulative GPA for all transferable courses completed at the time of application.** In addition, all domestic transfer applicants must have submitted a supplemental application to be considered for Fall 2018 admission.
For Fall 2018, SJSU will rank all transfer applicants by major based on self-reported grade point average (GPA) (as submitted on SJSU's supplemental application) and offer admission to applicants in sufficient numbers to meet that individual major's capacity. Please note that SJSU did not consider any updates made to your CalStateApply application after the priority filing period (November 30).
Preference was given to local applicants through a .20 GPA increase for those applicants who earned the majority of their transferable units at the time of application from a Santa Clara county or Santa Cruz county college.
SJSU began admitting Fall 2018 applicants in early March. Please continue to check your MySJSU account for updates to your admission status and messages posted about our progress in our admission process. Applicants in a Decision Pending (DP) status are still under consideration for admission.
Impaction results categories
Provisionally admitted
Additional details about requirements to maintain eligibility to enroll are included in admission materials. Applicants in this category include:
- Applicants who met the impaction threshold for their primary major as listed below
- Applicants who met the impaction threshold for their alternate major AND there was additional capacity to enroll students in that major.
Withdrawn unaccommodated
Applicants in this category include:
- Applicant who met minimum CSU eligibility requirements but did not meet the individual major's impaction threshold.
SJSU will admit an applicant to their alternate major only if there is additional capacity beyond those admitted as a primary major. This means that you might meet the threshold for your alternate major, but because there is no additional enrollment capacity in that major, your application will be withdrawn as unaccommodated.
**Beginning Fall 2016, some SJSU programs gave preference to transfer applicants who completed program-specific preparatory courses. Please see the programs with supplemental coursework section below for the impaction results for those majors. For these majors, applicants were ranked on a combination of the self-reported GPA and coursework completed as submitted on the supplemental application.
GPA Thresholds by Major
Program (Major) | Admit to Program Threshold |
---|---|
Advertising^ | 2.00 |
Aerospace Engineering^ | See below |
African-American Studies | 2.00 |
Animation and Illustration^ | 3.80 |
Anthropology^ | 2.80 |
Applied Math - Applied & Computational^ | See below |
Applied Math - Economics & Actuarial | See below |
Applied Math - Statistics | See below |
Art - Art History and Visual Culture | 2.00 |
Art - Digital Media Art^ | 3.20 |
Art - Photography | 2.00 |
Art - Pictorial Arts | 2.00 |
Art - Spatial Arts | 2.00 |
Art - Studio (Prep for Teaching, SS) | 2.00 |
Art - Studio Practice | 2.00 |
Aviation^ | See below |
Behavioral Science^ | 2.20 |
Biological Sciences^ | See Below |
Biological Sciences - Ecology & Evolution | See below |
Biological Sciences - Marine Biology | See below |
Biological Sciences - Microbiology | See below |
Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology | See below |
Biological Sciences - Systems Physiology | See below |
Biomedical Engineering^ | See below |
Business Admin. - Accounting^ | 3.30 |
Business Admin. - Accounting Info Syst^ | 2.40 |
Business Admin. - Business Analytics^ | 3.30 |
Business Admin. - Corporate Accounting Finance^ | 3.60 |
Business Admin. - Entrepreneurship^ | 2.60 |
Business Admin. - Finance^ | 3.30 |
Business Admin. - General^ | 3.65 |
Business Admin. - Global Operations Management^ | 2.30 |
Business Admin. - Human Resource Mgmt^ | 2.90 |
Business Admin. - International Business^ | 2.70 |
Business Admin. - Management^ | 2.90 |
Business Admin. - Management Info Systems^ | 3.10 |
Business Admin. - Marketing^ | 2.80 |
Chemical Engineering^ | See below |
Chemistry - Biochemistry^ | See below |
Chemistry, B.A.^ | See below |
Chemistry, B.S.^ | See below |
Child & Adolescent Dev. (Prep for Teaching, MS) | 2.00 |
Child & Adolescent Development | 2.00 |
Chinese | 2.00 |
Civil Engineering^ | See below |
Communication Studies^ | 2.40 |
Communicative Disorders & Sciences^ | 2.20 |
Computer Engineering^ | See below |
Computer Science^ | See below |
Creative Arts | 2.00 |
Dance | 2.00 |
Design Studies | 2.00 |
Earth Science | See below |
Economics, B.A.^ | 2.00 |
Economics, B.S.^ | 2.00 |
Electrical Engineering^ | See below |
Engineering^ | See below |
English | 2.00 |
English - Professional and Technical Writing | 2.00 |
English - Creative Writing | 2.00 |
English (Prep for Teaching, SS) | 2.00 |
Environmental Studies - all concentrations^ | 2.20 |
Forensic Science - Biology^ | 2.80 |
Forensic Science - Chemistry^ | 2.90 |
French | 2.00 |
Geography | 2.00 |
Geology | See below |
Global Studies | 2.20 |
History^ | 2.30 |
Hospitality, Tourism & Event Mgmt | 2.00 |
Humanities - American Studies | 2.00 |
Humanities - Asian Studies | 2.00 |
Humanities - European Studies | 2.00 |
Humanities - Liberal Arts | 2.00 |
Humanities - Middle East Studies | 2.00 |
Humanities - Religious Studies | 2.00 |
Industrial & Systems Engineering^ | See below |
Industrial Design^ | 3.70 |
Industrial Tech - Comp. Electronics & Network Tech.^ | See below |
Industrial Tech - Manufacturing Systems^ | See below |
Japanese | 2.00 |
Jazz Studies | 2.00 |
Journalism | 2.00 |
Justice Studies^ | 3.20 |
Justice Studies - Criminology^ | 3.20 |
Kinesiology^ | See below |
Kinesiology (Prep for Teaching, SS)^ | See below |
Liberal Stud (Prep for Teaching, MS)^ | 2.00 |
Linguistics | 2.00 |
Materials Engineering^ | See below |
Mathematics^ | See below |
Mathematics (Prep for Teaching, SS) | See below |
Mechanical Engineering^ | See below |
Meteorology | See below |
Meteorology - Climate Science | See below |
Music - Composition | 2.00 |
Music - Performance | 2.00 |
Music Education | 2.00 |
Music, B.A. | 2.00 |
Nursing, RN to BSN only^ | See below |
Nutritional Science^ | 2.40 |
Nutritional Science - Dietetics^ | 3.00 |
Nutritional Science - Packaging | 2.30 |
Organizational Studies | 2.00 |
Philosophy | 2.00 |
Physics, B.A.^ | See below |
Physics, B.S.^ | See below |
Physics (Prep for Teaching, SS)^ | See below |
Political Science^ | 2.30 |
Psychology, B.A.^ | 2.85 |
Psychology, B.S.^ | 2.85 |
Public Health^ | 2.50 |
Public Health - Health Services^ | 2.80 |
Public Relations^ | 2.60 |
Recreation | 2.50 |
Recreation - Recreation Management^ | 3.10 |
Recreation - Therapeutic Recreation^ | 3.10 |
Social Science (Prep for Teaching, MS) | 2.30 |
Social Science (Prep for Teaching, SS) | 2.30 |
Social Work^ | 2.30 |
Sociology^ | 2.40 |
Sociology - Community Change | 2.40 |
Sociology - Race & Ethnic Studies | 2.40 |
Sociology - Social Interaction | 2.40 |
Sociology - Women,Gender,Sexuality | 2.40 |
Software Engineering^ | See below |
Spanish | 2.00 |
Speech-Communications (Prep for Teaching, SS)^ | 2.40 |
Television, Radio, Film | 2.00 |
Theatre Arts | 2.00 |
Undeclared - Pre-Nursing^ | See below |
^This major did not have additional capacity to admit applicants as alternate majors.
Impaction Results for Programs with Supplemental Coursework
Applicants to the majors below were ranked on a combination of self-reported GPA and major-specific coursework completed.
Aerospace Engineering
Applicants who completed three course requirements were admitted above a 3.00 GPA.
Applicants who completed two course requirements were admitted above a 4.00 GPA.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants with fewer than two course requirements completed.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants as alternate majors.
Aviation
Applicants who completed one or more course requirements were admitted above a 2.00 GPA.
All other applicants were admitted above a 3.00 GPA.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants as alternate majors.
Biological Sciences - without a concentration
Applicants who completed two or more course requirements were admitted above a 2.70 GPA.
Applicants who completed one course requirement were admitted above a 3.70 GPA.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants with fewer than two course requirements completed.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants as alternate majors.
Biological Sciences (all concentrations)
Applicants who completed one or more course requirements were admitted above a 2.00 GPA.
All other applicants were admitted above a 2.40 GPA.
Biomedical Engineering
Applicants who completed three course requirements were admitted above a 2.50 GPA.
Applicants who completed two course requirements were admitted above a 3.50 GPA.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants with fewer than two course requirements completed.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants as alternate majors.
Chemical Engineering
Applicants who completed three course requirements were admitted above a 2.90 GPA.
Applicants who completed two course requirements were admitted above a 3.90 GPA.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants with fewer than two course requirements completed.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants as alternate majors.
Chemistry, B.A.
Applicants who completed two or more course requirements were admitted above a 2.00 GPA.
Applicants who completed one course requirements were admitted above a 3.00 GPA.
All other applicants were admitted above a 4.00 GPA.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants as alternate majors.
Chemistry, B.S.
Applicants who completed two or more course requirements were admitted above a 2.00 GPA.
Applicants who completed one course requirements were admitted above a 3.00 GPA.
All other applicants were admitted above a 4.00 GPA.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants as alternate majors.
Chemistry - Biochemistry
Applicants who completed two or more course requirements were admitted above a 2.00 GPA.
Applicants who completed one course requirements were admitted above a 3.00 GPA.
All other applicants were admitted above a 4.00 GPA.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants as alternate majors.
Civil Engineering
Applicants who completed three course requirements were admitted above a 2.80 GPA.
Applicants who completed two course requirements were admitted above a 3.80 GPA.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants with fewer than two course requirements completed.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants as alternate majors.
Computer Engineering
Applicants who completed four course requirements were admitted above a 3.60 GPA.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants with fewer than four course requirements completed.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants as alternate majors.
Computer Science
Applicants who completed five course requirements were admitted above a 3.50 GPA.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants with fewer than five course requirements completed.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants as alternate majors.
Earth Science
This major had the enrollment capacity to admit all eligible applicants for Fall 2018.
Electrical Engineering
Applicants who completed four course requirements were admitted above a 3.20 GPA.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants with fewer than four course requirements completed.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants as alternate majors.
General Engineering
Applicants who completed one or more course requirements were admitted above a 2.00 GPA.
All other applicants were admitted above a 2.40 GPA.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants as alternate majors.
Geology
This major had the enrollment capacity to admit all eligible applicants for Fall 2018.
Industrial & Systems
Applicants who completed two or more course requirements were admitted above a 2.00 GPA.
Applicants who completed one course requirements were admitted above a 3.00 GPA.
All other applicants were admitted above a 4.00 GPA.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants as alternate majors.
Industrial Technology - Computer Electronics and Network Technology
This major had the enrollment capacity to admit all eligible applicants for Fall 2018.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants as alternate majors.
Industrial Technology - Manufacturing Systems
This major had the enrollment capacity to admit all eligible applicants for Fall 2018.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants as alternate majors.
Kinesiology
Applicants who completed one course requirement were admitted above a 2.80 GPA.
All other applicants were admitted above a 3.30 GPA.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants as alternate majors.
Kinesiology - Prep for Teaching
Applicants who completed one course requirement were admitted above a 2.80 GPA.
All other applicants were admitted above a 3.30 GPA.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants as alternate majors.
Materials Engineering
This major had the enrollment capacity to admit all eligible applicants for Fall 2018.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants as alternate majors.
Mathematics - all concentrations
This major had the enrollment capacity to admit all eligible applicants for Fall 2018.
Mathematics and Applied Mathematics-Applied and Computational, did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants as alternate majors.
Mechanical Engineering
Applicants who completed three course requirements were admitted above a 3.25 GPA.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants with fewer than three course requirements completed.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants as alternate majors.
Meteorology
This major had the enrollment capacity to admit all eligible applicants for Fall 2018.
Meteorology - Climate Science
This major had the enrollment capacity to admit all eligible applicants for Fall 2018.
Nursing - RN to BSN
This major had the enrollment capacity to admit all eligible applicants for Fall 2018.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants as alternate majors.
Nursing - Pre-Nursing Undeclared
Applicants who completed five course requirements* were admitted above a 3.60 GPA.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants with fewer than five course requirements completed.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants as alternate majors.
Physics
This major had the enrollment capacity to admit all eligible applicants for Fall 2018.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants as alternate majors.
Software Engineering
Applicants who completed four course requirements were admitted above a 3.30 GPA.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants with fewer than four course requirements completed.
This major did not have the enrollment capacity to admit applicants as alternate majors.