Transfer Students

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• Undergraduate transfer student information
• Returning Penn State students
• Residency Requirement
• Graduate transfer student information
• Articulation/Memorandum Agreements

Undergraduate Transfer Students

Penn State welcomes applications from students who have completed at least 18 semester-hour credits (with at least a 2.0 GPA) at other regionally accredited institutions, provided:

• the course grade you earned is equivalent to a grade of a A, B, or C (2.0) at Penn State
• there is an equivalent course at Penn State
• the credits are useful to your program of study

Students entering Penn State with advanced-standing credits will not earn a grade-point average (GPA) until the completion of their first Penn State course. You must be in degree status or have completed at least one 3-credit course at Penn State before any transferred credit will be recorded on your transcript. Actual letter grades are not transferred from other institutions—just the credit—so your Penn State GPA will not be affected by transfer credits.

For students applying to a World Campus undergraduate degree program, the Penn State Undergraduate Admissions Office determines what courses may transfer to Penn State from other universities.

If you are curious about how your credits might transfer to a World Campus undergraduate degree program, visit the Evaluate Transfer Credit page of the Undergraduate Admissions Office Web site to conduct your own unofficial evaluation.

As part of your application process, you will need to submit the following to the Penn State Undergraduate Admissions Office.

• Official high school transcripts; or GED transcript with available high school records
• Official military transcripts (if applicable)
• Official college or university transcripts (if you attended another institution)
• Official results of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) (if applicable)
• Transfer students do not submit SAT or ACT scores.

Click on your program of interest on our general apply now page to see the admissions process and requirements for that program.

Returning Penn State Students

See the returning Penn State students page to find re-enrollment, reinstatement, and academic renewal processes and which one is best for you.

Residency Requirement

Graduate Transfer Students

Each Penn State academic unit has its own requirements for accepting transfer credits; however, general information about applying as a graduate transfer student can be found on The Graduate School at Penn State Web site. A few general rules follow:

• The courses you want to transfer must appear on a graduate-level transcript from a regionally accredited institution.
• Courses appearing as undergraduate level on your transcript cannot be transferred to a Penn State graduate degree program.
• Courses used to complete a graduate degree at Penn State, or any other university, may not be used as transfer credits in your new Penn State degree program.
• You will need to submit official copies of your academic transcripts to the academic department hosting the degree program to which you are applying for admission.
• No more than 15 nondegree graduate credits can be applied toward a degree program.

For more detailed questions regarding the transfer of graduate-level credits, contact the graduate program coordinator for your degree program of interest. Contact us for more information.

Articulation/Memorandum Agreements

Penn State World Campus has completed formal agreements with some 2-year institutions to provide a seamless transition from an associate degree to a bachelor's degree. To find out if your school has a formal articulation/memorandum agreement, refer to our articulation agreement page.