Spring 2020 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 Spring 2020 admission.

For Spring 2020, 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 (August 31).

Preference was given to local applicants through a .25 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 Spring 2020 applicants in mid-October. 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Withdrawn unaccommodated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your alternate major, but because there is no additional enrollment capacity in that major, your application will be withdrawn as unaccommodated.

**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 major-specific preparatory coursework completed as submitted on the supplemental application.

GPA Thresholds by Major

Program (Major) Admit to Program Threshold
Advertising 2.50
Aerospace Engineering Closed to applications
African-American Studies 2.10
Animation and Illustration Closed to applications
Anthropology 2.10
Applied Math - Applied & Computational See below
Applied Math - Economics & Actuarial See below
Applied Math - Statistics See below
Art - Art History and Visual Culture 2.10
Art - Digital Media Art Closed to applications
Art - Photography 2.10
Art - Pictorial Arts 2.10
Art - Spatial Arts 2.10
Art - Studio (Prep for Teaching, SS) 2.10
Art - Studio Practice 2.10
Aviation See below
Behavioral Science 2.10
Biological Sciences Closed to applications
Biological Sciences - Ecology & Evolution Closed to applications
Biological Sciences - Marine Biology Closed to applications
Biological Sciences - Microbiology Closed to applications
Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology Closed to applications
Biological Sciences - Systems Physiology Closed to applications
Biomedical Engineering Closed to applications
Business Admin. - Accounting^ 3.00
Business Admin. - Accounting Info Syst^ 2.60
Business Admin. - Business Analytics Closed to applications
Business Admin. - Corporate Accounting Finance Closed to applications
Business Admin. - Entrepreneurship^ 2.60
Business Admin. - Finance Closed to applications
Business Admin. - General Closed to applications
Business Admin. - Global Operations Management Closed to applications
Business Admin. - Human Resource Management^ 2.60
Business Admin. - International Business Closed to applications
Business Admin. - Management^ 2.40
Business Admin. - Management Info Systems^ 2.60
Business Admin. - Marketing Closed to applications
Chemical Engineering^ See Below
Chemistry - Biochemistry 2.60
Chemistry, B.A. 2.60
Chemistry, B.S. 2.60
Chicana and Chicano Studies 2.10
Child & Adolescent Dev. (Prep for Teaching, MS) 2.10
Child & Adolescent Development 2.10
Chinese 2.10
Civil Engineering Closed to applications
Communication Studies^ 2.00
Communicative Disorders & Sciences 2.70
Computer Engineering Closed to applications
Computer Science Closed to applications
Creative Arts 2.10
Dance 2.10
Design Studies Closed to applications
Earth Science See below
Ecology and Evolution See below
Economics, B.A. 2.10
Economics, B.S. 2.10
Electrical Engineering Closed to applications
Engineering Closed to applications
English 2.00
English - Professional and Technical Writing 2.10
English - Creative Writing 2.10
English (Prep for Teaching, SS) 2.10
Environmental Studies - all concentrations 2.00
Forensic Science - Biology^ 3.00
Forensic Science - Chemistry 3.00
French 2.10
Geography 2.10
Geology See below
Global Studies 2.10
Graphic Design Closed to applications
History 2.10
Hospitality, Tourism & Event Mgmt 2.40
Humanities - American Studies 2.10
Humanities - Liberal Arts 2.10
Humanities - Religious Studies 2.10
Industrial & Systems Engineering^ See below
Industrial Design Closed to applications
Industrial Tech - Computer Network System Management See below
Industrial Tech - Manufacturing Systems See below
Interior Design Closed to applications
Japanese 2.10
Jazz Studies 2.10
Journalism 2.50
Justice Studies^ 3.00
Justice Studies - Criminology^ 3.00
Kinesiology^ See below
Kinesiology (Prep for Teaching, SS) See below
Liberal Stud (Prep for Teaching, MS) 2.40
Linguistics 2.10
Marine Biology See below
Materials Engineering See below
Mathematics See below
Mathematics (Prep for Teaching, SS) See below
Mechanical Engineering Closed to applications
Meteorology See below
Meteorology - Climate Science See below
Music - Composition 2.10
Music - Performance 2.10
Music Education 2.10
Music, B.A. 2.10
Nursing, RN to BSN only See below
Nutritional Science - Applied Nutrition and Food Sciences^ 3.00
Nutritional Science - Food Management 2.50
Organizational Studies 2.00
Packaging 2.50
Philosophy 2.00
Physics, B.A. See below
Physics, B.S. See below
Physics (Prep for Teaching, SS) See below
Political Science 2.10
Psychology, B.A.^ 3.20
Psychology, B.S.^ 3.20
Public Health^ 3.00
Public Health - Health Services^ 3.00
Public Relations^ 2.50
Recreation - Recreation Management 2.80
Recreation - Therapeutic Recreation^ 2.80
Social Science (Prep for Teaching, SS) 2.10
Social Work Closed to applications
Sociology 2.20
Sociology - Community Change 2.20
Sociology - Race & Ethnic Studies 2.20
Sociology - Social Interaction 2.20
Sociology - Women,Gender,Sexuality 2.20
Software Engineering Closed to applications
Spanish 2.10
Speech-Communications (Prep for Teaching, SS) 2.10
Television, Radio, Film 2.10
Theatre Arts 2.10
Undeclared - Pre-Nursing Closed to applications

^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

This major did not have enrollment capacity to admit applicants for Spring 2020

Aviation

This major had the capacity to admit all applicants above a 2.10 GPA.

Biological Sciences - without a concentration

This major did not have enrollment capacity to admit applicants for Spring 2020

Biological Sciences (all concentrations)

This major did not have enrollment capacity to admit applicants for Spring 2020

Biomedical Engineering

This major did not have enrollment capacity to admit applicants for Spring 2020

Chemical 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.

Chemistry, B.A.

Applicants who completed one or more course requirements were admitted above a 2.00 GPA.

All other applicants were admitted above a 2.60 GPA.

Chemistry, B.S.

Applicants who completed one or more course requirements were admitted above a 2.00 GPA.

All other applicants were admitted above a 2.60 GPA.

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Applicants who completed one or more course requirements were admitted above a 2.00 GPA.

All other applicants were admitted above a 2.60 GPA.

Civil Engineering

This major did not have enrollment capacity to admit applicants for Spring 2020.

Computer Engineering

This major did not have enrollment capacity to admit applicants for Spring 2020.

Computer Science

This major did not have enrollment capacity to admit applicants for Spring 2020.

Earth Science

Applicants who completed one or more course requirements were admitted above a 2.00 GPA.

All other applicants were admitted above a 2.60 GPA.

Ecology and Evolution

This major did not have enrollment capacity to admit applicants for Spring 2020.

Electrical Engineering

This major did not have enrollment capacity to admit applicants for Spring 2020.

General Engineering

This major did not have enrollment capacity to admit applicants for Spring 2020.

Geology

Applicants who completed one or more course requirements were admitted above a 2.00 GPA.

All other applicants were admitted above a 2.60 GPA.

Industrial & Systems Engineering

Applicants who completed three course requirements were admitted above a 2.70 GPA.

Applicants who completed two course requirements 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.

Industrial Technology - Computer Network System Management

This major had the enrollment capacity to admit all applicants above a 2.10 GPA.

Industrial Technology - Manufacturing Systems

This major had the enrollment capacity to admit all applicants above a 2.10 GPA.

Kinesiology

Applicants who completed one course requirement were admitted above a 2.10 GPA.

All other applicants were admitted above a 2.60 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 2.10 GPA.

All other applicants were admitted above a 2.60 GPA.

Marine Biology

This major did not have enrollment capacity to admit applicants for Spring 2020.

Materials Engineering

This major had the enrollment capacity to admit all applicants above a 2.10 GPA.

Mathematics - all concentrations

Applicants who completed one or more course requirements were admitted above a 2.00 GPA.

All other applicants were admitted above a 2.60 GPA.

Mechanical Engineering

This major did not have enrollment capacity to admit applicants for Spring 2020.

Meteorology

Applicants who completed one or more course requirements were admitted above a 2.00 GPA.

All other applicants were admitted above a 2.60 GPA.

Meteorology - Climate Science

Applicants who completed one or more course requirements were admitted above a 2.00 GPA.

All other applicants were admitted above a 2.60 GPA.

Nursing - RN to BSN

Applicants to this major were referred to the Nursing Department for consideration.

Nursing - Pre-Nursing Undeclared

This major did not have enrollment capacity to admit applicants for Spring 2020.

Physics

Applicants who completed one or more course requirements were admitted above a 2.00 GPA.

All other applicants were admitted above a 2.60 GPA.

Software Engineering

This major did not have enrollment capacity to admit applicants for Spring 2020.