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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