Fall 2013 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.

For Fall 2013, SJSU ranked all transfer applicants by major based on self-reported grade point average (GPA) and offered admission to sufficient numbers of students to meet the individual major's capacity.

For those who did not meet the individual major's impaction threshold, but who met the CSU eligibility criteria, SJSU offered admission to the "Undeclared" major in sufficient numbers to meet the University capacity. Preference was given to local applicants who earned the majority of their transferable units at the time of application from a Santa Clara county or Santa Cruz county college.

For CSU eligible applicants who did not meet the impaction thresholds below, the applicant's Fall 2013 application was withdrawn as unaccommodated. Applicants in this category met minimum CSU eligibility requirements but did not meet the individual major's GPA threshold.

For SJSU impacted state-wide majors that have limited or no availability elsewhere in the CSU, SJSU may admit applicants at or above the CSU Minimum (these majors are indicated with an asterisk).

Program (Major)

Admit to Program Threshold

Accounting - Business Administration 3.05
Accounting Information Systems - Business Admin. 2.75
Advertising 2.80
Aerospace Engineering 2.40
African-American Studies 2.00
Anthropology 3.10
Art - Animation and Illustration 3.85
Art - Art History and Visual Culture 2.60
Art - Design Studies 2.40
Art - Digital Media Art 2.60
Art - Studio Practice 2.60
Athletic Training 3.15
Aviation* 2.00
Behavioral Science 2.00
Biological Sciences - All Concentrations 2.90
Biomedical Engineering 2.40
Chemical Engineering* 2.00
Chemistry 2.95
Child & Adolescent Development 2.00
Chinese 2.00
Civil Engineering 2.70
Communication Studies 2.40
Communicative Disorders & Sciences 3.20
Computer Engineering 2.50
Computer Science 3.30
Corporate Financial Management - Business Admin. 2.40
Creative Arts 2.00
Dance 2.00
Earth Science 2.00
Economics 2.30
Electrical Engineering 2.40
Engineering 3.00
English 2.50
English - Career Writing 2.50
English - Creative Writing 2.50
Entrepreneurship - Business Admin. 2.40
Environmental Studies - All Concentrations 2.50
Finance - Business Admin. 2.50
Forensic Science - All Concentrations 3.40
French 2.00
French - Prep for Teaching 2.00
Geography 2.00
Geology 2.70
General Business - Business Admin. 2.40
Global Studies 3.00
Graphic Design 2.80
Health Science 3.40
History 2.90
Hospitality, Tourism & Event Mgmt 3.10
Humanities - All Concentrations 2.00
Human Resource Mgmt - Business Admin. 2.60
Industrial & Systems Engineering* 2.00
Industrial Design 3.00
Industrial Technology* 2.00
Interior Design 2.60
International Business - Business Admin. 2.70
Japanese 2.00
Journalism 2.80
Justice Studies 3.25
Kinesiology 3.15
Liberal Studies 2.40
Life Science 2.00
Linguistics 2.00
Management - Business Admin. 2.40
Management Info Systems - Business Admin. 2.70
Marketing - Business Admin. 2.60
Materials Engineering* 2.00
Mathematics - All Concentrations 2.40
Mechanical Engineering 2.55
Meteorology* 2.00
Music - All Concentrations 3.00
Nursing - RN to BSN 2.30
Nutritional Science - All Concentrations 3.50
Philosophy 2.00
Physics 2.00
Political Science 2.80
Pre-Nursing - Undeclared 3.40
Psychology 2.40
Public Relations 2.80
Radio - Television - Film 2.40
Recreation - All Concentrations 2.40
Social Science 2.30
Social Work 2.50
Sociology 2.00
Software Engineering 2.50
Spanish 2.00
Theatre Arts 2.00
Undeclared (Assigned) - Local 3.00
Undeclared (Assigned) - Non Local 3.50