Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have an excellent academic track record. While only about 17 percent of black undergraduate students attend an HBCU, more than 28 percent of African-Americans who receive a bachelor’s degrees obtain them from an HBCU. These colleges and universities are also leading institutions in awarding degrees to African-American students in the life sciences, physical sciences, mathematics and engineering programs.
Thanks to an agreement signed March 17, 2015 between the California Community Colleges and several HBCUs, California community college students who complete certain academic requirements are guaranteed transfer to a participating HBCU.
Resources:
The Cal-HBCU Transfer Grant (Cal-HBCU) Program awards up to $5,000 to participating students who transfer from California Community Colleges to eligible, partnered Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Click here for the list of eligible HBCUs.
Transfer Guarantee Program Benefits:
- Guarantees admission to all partner institutions.
- Application fee waiver code available to the online Common Black College Application.
- One Application for up to four participating partner schools.
- Pre-transfer advisement by program staff and institution representatives.
- Priority consideration for campus housing (when deadlines are met).
- Priority consideration for scholarships for students with a 3.2 GPA or higher based on institutions' available funding.
HBCUs were established primarily to serve the higher education needs of the African-American community, however they are open to students of all ethnicities. There are more than 100 HBCUs in the country, with most located in the South and on the East Coast. Most award bachelor’s degrees in many fields.
Meet the HBCU Transfer Guarantee Pathway Staff:
Requirements:
Any California community college student with a GPA of 2.0 or higher (NOTE: certain partner HBCU will require a higher GPA) is guaranteed admission to all partner HBCU institutions using either of the following two options. While at the California Community College:
Option 1Complete an Associate degree (ADT) using the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) or the California State University General Education Breadth pattern.
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Option 2Complete a minimum of 30 UC or CSU units.
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Those students completing a Associates Degree (Non-ADT) are welcomed to apply to all partner institutions, however, the benefit of guaranteed admissions is not offered and all degree applicable units are subject to transcript evaluation.
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