Associate Degree for Transfer Students

The Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) is designed to help California community college students transfer to California State University (CSU) schools. Unlike regular AA or AS degrees, the Associate in Art for Transfer (AA-T) and the Associate in Science for Transfer (AS-T) degrees come with certain benefits.

ADT Benefits at CSUN

If you meet CSUN's upper-division transfer admission eligibility requirements and earn a verified AA-T or AS-T degree that matches a major at CSUN, you will:

• Receive priority admission consideration even when a CSUN major is impacted.*
• Enter CSUN with junior standing, ready for upper-division course work.
• Be able to complete the transfer major in 60 more semester units as long as you do not change your major.
• Receive priority registration each semester. 

* Learn more at CSUN Transfer Impaction.

As a student with a verified AA-T or AS-T degree who also meets the CSU’s upper-division transfer admission eligibility requirements, you are guaranteed admission to a CSU though not necessarily to a particular campus or major.

Verify Your ADT Major for CSUN 

IMPORTANT!

• If you plan to earn an ADT at a California community college and transfer to CSUN, verify that your ADT major matches one at CSUN. Matching majors are listed In the table on this page.
• For transfer admission to CSUN under this program, your final transcript must show that you have earned a verified ADT from a California community college.

Find Matching ADT & CSUN Majors.

Keep Your ADT Advantage

Once you're admitted to CSUN as an ADT student, you'll want to maintain your ADT status. Review how to keep your advantage in the CSUN University Catalog at Planning Tools for ADT/STAR Act Students. There, you will also find Degree Road Maps for completing your major in 60 additional units. Your CSUN academic advisor will also assist you.

ADT Resources

Find support for earning an ADT at California Community Colleges.

Find ADT CSU admission requirements, what to do if you’re a STEM major, and why to create a CSU Transfer Planner account.

Find matching majors for all CCCs and CSUs at Associate Degree for Transfer Major & Campus Search.

If you are admitted to CSUN with a verified Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) in a matching major, you can participate in the California Promise Program. You will take the Two-Year Pledge to complete your bachelor’s degree in two additional college years. This means you will take 30 semester units per year, which may include enrolling in summer and winter terms.

If you qualify for California Promise, you will:

• Receive priority registration each semester.
• Receive routine and thorough academic advisement especially for ADT students.

For program requirements, qualifications and the pledge form, visit CSUN’s California Promise Program.

For systemwide details, visit the CSU Statewide California Promise Program.