Transfer Credit Requirements

Before launching into the transfer admissions process, it is essential that students gain a full understanding of the credit requirements at their prospective colleges. After all, many schools require or recommend a minimum number of credits in order to qualify as a transfer applicant and all schools cap the number of credits that they will accept from two-year and four-year colleges. To simplify this quest, we have provided a list of transfer credit requirements at 350+ of the nation's most competitive institutions. Information includes: the minimum GPA to be considered for admission; minimum number of credits needed to transfer; and maximum number of credits accepted by the institution.

*Data collected from institution websites and Common Data Set (CDS) forms.

Table updated July 2020.

Institution	Minimum GPA	Credits Needed to Transfer	Maximum Credits Accepted
Agnes Scott College	3	30	64
Albion College	2.5	24	64
Alfred University	2.5	3	75
Allegheny College	2.5	3	64
Alma College	3	25	N/A
American University	2.0-3.0 (by college)	3	60
Amherst College	3.5	32	64
Appalachian State University	2.3	3	60
Arizona State University	2.5	12	64
Auburn University	2.5	3	64
Augustana College (IL)	2.5	12	N/A
Austin College	3	N/A	68
Babson College	N/A	15	65
Bard College	N/A	15	64
Barnard College	N/A	24	60
Bates College	3.5	3	Two years
Baylor University	2.8	3	60
Belmont University	N/A	3	64
Beloit College	N/A	3	60
Bennington College	N/A	3	64
Bentley College	N/A	3	60
Berea College	2.5	3	N/A
Berry College	N/A	3	58
Birmingham Southern College	N/A	12	64
Boston College	N/A	9	60
Boston University	3.6 (avg)	12	64/80
Bowdoin College	3	3	Two years
Bradley University	N/A	3	66
Brandeis University	N/A	3	64
Brigham Young University	3	3	80-90
Brown University	N/A	30	60
Bryant University	N/A	3	62
Bryn Mawr College	N/A	15	2 years
Bucknell University	3	15	80
Butler University	2.5	12	N/A
California Institute of Technology	N/A	3	N/A
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo	2	60	N/A
Canisius College	2.0-3.0	3	60
Carleton College	N/A	3	2 years
Carnegie Mellon University	N/A	15	N/A
Case Western Reserve University	N/A	3	60
Catholic University	N/A	12	60
Centre College	N/A	3	78
Champlain College	N/A	3	75
Chapman University	N/A	3	N/A
Christopher Newport University	3	15	75
Claremont McKenna College	3.3	3	N/A
Clark University	3	3	64
Clarkson University	N/A	3	N/A
Clemson University	3	30	83
Colby College	N/A	3	64
Colgate University	N/A	3	2 years
College of Charleston	2.6-3.0	3	90
College of the Atlantic	N/A	3	2 years
College of the Holy Cross	N/A	3	2 years
College of the Ozarks	3	3	N/A
College of William and Mary	3.5	3	60
Colorado College	N/A	3	64
Colorado School of Mines	3	3	3 years
Colorado State University	N/A	3	N/A
Columbia University	3.5	24	64
Connecticut College	3	15	N/A
Cooper Union	N/A	18	N/A
Cornell College	N/A	3	64
Cornell University	N/A	12	60
Creighton University	N/A	10	80
CUNY, Baruch College	2.7	3	90
CUNY, Brooklyn College	2.2	12	90
CUNY, City College	2.7	3	90
CUNY, Hunter College	2.9-3.3	3	90
Dartmouth College	3.7	3	2 years
Davidson College	N/A	3	2 years
Denison University	3	3	60
DePaul University	2	3	88
DePauw University	3	3	2 years
Dickinson College	N/A	3	2 years
Drake University	N/A	3	94
Drew University	3	3	80
Drexel University	N/A	3	60
Duke University	N/A	30	2 years
Duquesne University	2.5-3.0	3	90
Earlham College	N/A	3	2 years
East Carolina University	N/A	3	98
Eckerd College	N/A	3	63
Elizabethtown College	N/A	3	84
Elon University	2.7	12	65
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University	2.0-2.5	3	N/A
Emerson College	N/A	9	80
Emory University	3	28	62
Evergreen State College	2	3	135 quarter credits
Fairfield University	N/A	3	60
Florida Atlantic University	2.5	3	N/A
Florida Gulf Coast University	2.0-2.5	12	N/A
Florida Institute of Technology	N/A	3	90
Florida International University	2	3	60
Florida Southern College	3.22 (avg)	3	93
Florida State University	3	12	N/A
Fordham University	3	15	75
Franklin & Marshall College	N/A	12	2 years
Furman University	2	3	64
George Mason University	2.8	24	90
George Washington University	N/A	3	60
Georgetown College	2.5	3	90
Georgetown University	3.9 (avg)	12	60
Georgia College	2.5	30	80
Georgia Institute of Technology	3.3	30	84
Georgia State University	2.5	30	81
Gettysburg College	N/A	3	2 years
Gonzaga University	2.7	3	64
Goucher College	N/A	3	60
Grinnell College	N/A	12	N/A
Gustavus Adolphus College	2.4	3	2 years
Hamilton College	3.3	3	2 years
Harvard University	N/A	30	2 years
Harvey Mudd College	N/A	30	2 years
Haverford College	N/A	30	2 years
Hendrix College	N/A	3	N/A
High Point University	2.5	24	90
Hiram College	N/A	3	N/A
Hobart and William Smith Colleges	N/A	3	2 years
Hofstra University	2.3	24	90
Hollins University	2.5	3	N/A
Hood College	N/A	3	94
Hope College	N/A	3	N/A
Howard University	2.5	15	60
Illinois Institute of Technology	3	3	75
Illinois Wesleyan University	2.5	3	2 years
Indiana University	2.3-2.5	12	N/A
Ithaca College	N/A	3	N/A
James Madison University	2	3	90
Johns Hopkins University	3	12	2 years
Juniata College	2.5	12	90
Kalamazoo College	3.3	3	N/A
Kenyon College	3	2 years	2 years
Kettering University	2	24	72
Knox College	N/A	12	N/A
Lafayette College	N/A	9	2 years
Lake Forest College	2.5	3	N/A
Lawrence University	2.8	3	2 years
Lehigh University	3.3	24	N/A
Lewis & Clark College	3	3	68
Louisiana State University	2.5	30	60
Loyola Marymount University	3.44 (avg)	12	90
Loyola University Chicago	N/A	3	64
Loyola University Maryland	2.7	3	2 years
Macalester College	N/A	12	64
Marietta College	N/A	3	N/A
Marist College	N/A	3	70
Marquette University	2.5	3	N/A
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	N/A	30	2.5 years
McDaniel College	N/A	12	96
Messiah College	2.5	3	N/A
Miami University	2	3	2 years
Michigan State University	3	3	90
Middlebury College	N/A	30 (preferred)	2 years
Millsaps College	N/A	3	80
Milwaukee School of Engineering	2.75-3.0	12	N/A
Mississippi State University	2	3	93
Morehouse College	2.5	26	60
Mount Holyoke College	N/A	16	64
Muhlenberg College	N/A	3	N/A
New College of Florida	N/A	3	2 years
New Jersey Institute of Technology	2	15	87
New York University	N/A	24	64
North Carolina State University	2	30	90
Northeastern University	3.3	12	64
Northwestern University	3	24	60
Oberlin College	N/A	30	64
Occidental College	3.6	32	64
Oglethorpe University	N/A	3	64
Ohio State University	3.2 (avg)	30	75
Ohio University	2	20	N/A
Oregon State University	2.3	16 (preferred)	124 (quarter)
Penn State University	N/A	12	N/A
Pepperdine University	N/A	3	64
Pitzer College	N/A	12	64
Pomona College	N/A	30	two years
Princeton University	N/A	30	two years
Principia College	N/A	3	N/A
Providence College	3	12	56
Purdue University	N/A	12	88
Quinnipiac University	2.5	3	N/A
Ramapo College of New Jersey	2	3	72
Reed College	N/A	24	2 years
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	3	12	60
Rhodes College	N/A	6	64
Rice University	3.2	12	2 years
Ripon College	2	3	N/A
Roanoke College	2.2	3	2 years
Rochester Institute of Technology	N/A	3	1 year
Rockhurst University	N/A	12	N/A
Rollins College	3	3	N/A
Rutgers University	N/A	12	90
Saint John's University (MN)	2.8	3	N/A
Saint Joseph's University	N/A	3	60
Saint Louis University	2.5	3	90
Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame	2.7	12	68
Saint Michael's College	3	3	N/A
Samford University	2.5	3	64
San Diego State University	N/A	60	N/A
San Francisco State University	2	60	90
Santa Clara University	3.3	30	88
Sarah Lawrence College	N/A	30	60
Scripps College	3	3	N/A
Seattle University	3.4 (avg)	3	N/A
Seton Hall University	2.5	6	90
Sewanee: University of the South	3	3	64
Siena College	2.5	3	75
Simmons College	3.3 (avg)	17	80
Skidmore College	N/A	3	60
Smith College	N/A	12	64
Southern Methodist University	2.7	24	60
Southwestern University	3	12	64
Spelman College	3	30	60
St. Edward's University	2.5	3	66
St. John's College, Annapolis	N/A	3	N/A
St. John's College, Santa Fe	N/A	3	N/A
St. Lawrence University	N/A	3	2 years
St. Mary's College of Maryland	N/A	12	90
St. Olaf College	N/A	3	N/A
Stanford University	N/A	3	2 years
Stevens Institute of Technology	N/A	3	2 years
Stonehill College	3	3	60
SUNY, Binghamton University	3	24	96
SUNY, College of Environmental Science and Forestry	2.5	3	N/A
SUNY, Geneseo	3	24	90
SUNY, Maritime College	2.5	15	90
SUNY, New Paltz	2.8	3	90
SUNY, Oneonta	2.5	3	77
SUNY, Oswego	2.3-2.5	12	97
SUNY, Purchase College	3.0 (avg)	24	90
SUNY, Stony Brook University	2.8	24	N/A
SUNY, University at Albany	2.5-3.2	3	90
SUNY, University at Buffalo	2.5	12	90
Susquehanna University	N/A	3	65
Swarthmore College	N/A	30	N/A
Syracuse University	N/A	12	90
Temple University	3.0+ (avg)	15	N/A
Texas A&M University	2.5	24	94
Texas Christian University	2.8	3	2 years
Texas Tech University	2.3	3	90
The College of New Jersey	2.5	3	80
The College of Wooster	N/A	3	64
Thomas Aquinas College	N/A	3	90
Towson University	2	12	90
Trinity College	N/A	3	2 years
Trinity University	N/A	12	2 years
Truman State University	3	3	N/A
Tufts University	3	30	2 years
Tulane University	3	12	60
Union College	3	12	60
University of Alabama	2	24	90
University of Arizona	2.0-2.5	12	64
University of California, Berkeley	3.0-3.5	60	80
University of California, Davis	3.3-3.8 (avg)	60	70
University of California, Irvine	N/A	60	105 (quarter)
University of California, Los Angeles	3.5 (avg)	60	129 (quarter)
University of California, Riverside	2.4-2.8	60	70
University of California, San Diego	3.4-3.8 (avg)	60	70
University of California, Santa Barbara	2.4-2.8	60	N/A
University of California, Santa Cruz	2.4-2.9	60	70
University of Central Florida	2	12	90
University of Chicago	N/A	12	2 years
University of Cincinnati	N/A	3	90
University of Colorado Boulder	N/A	3	N/A
University of Connecticut, Storrs	2.7	12	90
University of Dallas	2.5	3	N/A
University of Dayton	N/A	3	N/A
University of Delaware	2.0-3.2	3	N/A
University of Denver	3	3	90
University of Evansville	2	3	N/A
University of Florida	2	60	N/A
University of Georgia	3.3	30	75
University of Hawaii at Manoa	2.0-2.5	24	90
University of Houston	2.25-2.5	15	90
University of Illinois at Chicago	N/A	By college/program	N/A
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign	2.25+	By college/program	60
University of Iowa	2.5	3	N/A
University of Kansas	2.0-2.5	3	90
University of Kentucky	2	3	90
University of Louisville	2.0-3.0	3	N/A
University of Maine	2.0-3.5	12	90
University of Mary Washington	N/A	3	90
University of Maryland	N/A	12	90
University of Maryland, Baltimore County	2.5	24	90
University of Massachusetts Amherst	2.7	3	75
University of Miami	3.4 (avg)	3	75
University of Michigan	3.0+	30	62
University of Minnesota	N/A	3	N/A
University of Minnesota, Morris	2.8	3	90
University of Mississippi	2	30	90
University of Missouri, Columbia	2.5	24 (or min GPA)	90
University of Missouri, Kansas City	2	3	90
University of Montana	2	12	N/A
University of Nebraska-Lincoln	2	12	90
University of New Hampshire	2.8	16	88
University of North Carolina at Asheville	2.5	3	93
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	3.7 (avg)	3	75
University of North Carolina at Charlotte	2	24	93
University of North Carolina at Greensboro	2	24	93
University of North Carolina at Wilmington	2.5	24	93
University of North Texas	2	3	90
University of Notre Dame	3.75 (avg)	27	2 years
University of Oklahoma	N/A	7	60
University of Oregon	2.25-2.5	6	62
University of Pennsylvania	N/A	24	2 years
University of Pittsburgh	3.0+	24	90
University of Portland	3	3	90
University of Puget Sound	2	3	64
University of Redlands	2.8	3	96
University of Rhode Island	2.8	3	90
University of Richmond	3	24	N/A
University of Rochester	3.0+	8	64
University of San Diego	3.0+	24	90
University of San Francisco	2.5	24	N/A
University of Scranton	3	3	57
University of South Carolina	2.3	3	N/A
University of South Florida	2.5-3.2	12	N/A
University of Southern California	3.7 (avg)	30	64
University of St. Thomas (MN)	N/A	3	N/A
University of Tennessee	2	3	90
University of Texas at Austin	N/A	24	60
University of Texas at Dallas	3	3	90
University of Tulsa	2.8	3	75
University of Utah	2.6	30	90
University of Vermont	2.8	3	90
University of Virginia	3.5 (avg)	24	2 years
University of Washington	3.5 (avg)	5 (quarter)	90 (quarter)
University of Wisconsin	3.0+	3	N/A
Ursinus College	3.0+	3	N/A
Vanderbilt University	3.5+	12	2 years
Vassar College	N/A	3	2 years
Villanova University	3	3	60
Virginia Tech	3	By college/program	90
Wabash College	N/A	3	N/A
Wake Forest University	N/A	3	60
Warren Wilson College	3.5 (avg)	12	64
Washington & Jefferson College	N/A	3	64
Washington and Lee University	3	3	60
Washington State University	2.5	3	90
Washington University	3.5	By college/program	By college/program
Wellesley College	N/A	30	2 years
Wentworth Institute of Technology	N/A	12	2 years
Wesleyan University	N/A	30	60
West Chester University of Pennsylvania	2	3	N/A
Westmont College	N/A	3	N/A
Wheaton College (IL)	N/A	3	N/A
Wheaton College (MA)	N/A	3	N/A
Whitman College	N/A	3	70
Williams College	3.5	30	2 year
Wittenberg University	2	3	94
Wofford College	3	3	90
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	N/A	30	2 years
Xavier University	N/A	3	60
Yale University	N/A	30	2 years
Yeshiva University	3	3	62

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