Transfer Student Profile, Fall 2026

New Transfer Students (Preliminary Fall 2026 Cohort)

770

new transfer students

Our Community

34.03%

of new transfer students are members of underrepresented minority populations

40.40%

of new international students transferred to Wright State

69.84%

of new students who were members of the Armed Forces and received military-related benefits transferred to Wright State

Prior Learning

60

average number of transfer hours (semester credit hours)

32.21%

of new transfer students have an associate's degree

44.16%

of new transfer students received the Pell Grant, Fall 2024

New transfer students include all full- and part-time, degree/certificate-seeking transfer-in students who attended Wright State for the first time in Fall 2026, including those who attended Fall 2026 who transferred to Wright State in the prior summer semester (N = 770).


All Degree/Certificate-Seeking Undergraduate Students

2,381 / 28.75%

of Wright State students are transfer students

18 to 65

Age range of Wright State transfer students
Average age: 25

Top Five Majors for Transfer Students
Nursing
Psychology
Organizational Leadership
Elementary Education P–5
Computer Science
Top Five Transfer Community Colleges
Sinclair Community College
Clark State Community College
Edison State Community College
Columbus State Community College
Rhodes State College
Top Five Transfer 4-year Universities
University of Cincinnati
Bowling Green State University
The Ohio State University
Ohio University
Miami University

Transfer students include any student who was a transfer-in student when he/she/they first attended Wright State as a degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate student. Data based upon the total degree-seeking undergraduate student population for Fall 2026 (N = 8,282).


*No application fee for domestic undergraduate applicants.