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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