Cottey College welcomes transfer applicants to study for their baccalaureate degree.
NOTE: Transfer students must also meet residency requirements. (Baccalaureate students must complete 30 of the last 40 credit hours at Cottey.)
No grade of “C-“ or lower will be accepted as transfer credit. Transfer students who have been academically dismissed from a previous institution must seek special permission from the Vice President for Student Life and Enrollment to be considered for admission to Cottey College.
Transfer applicants will have their transcripts evaluated on a course-by-course basis. Prospective transfer applicants can receive a Cottey Unofficial Transcript Evaluation by sending a transcript (unofficial is acceptable) to the Office of Academic Records at eval@cottey.edu.
International students submitting postsecondary transcripts from a foreign institution must have an evaluation from an approved National Association of Credential Evaluation Services member (NACES) or from InCRED.
Transfer students must take all courses listed as graduation requirements. Transfer applicants will be admitted unconditionally to Cottey College as transfer students if the following criteria have been met:
- The applicant has earned a minimum of 12 semester hours of college-level work (excluding remedial courses) from a college or university accredited by one of the following accreditation associations after completion of high school or receiving a G.E.D.
- Higher Learning Commission (HLC)
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)
- New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE)
- Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
- WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC)
- Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) Western Association of Schools and Colleges and
- The applicant has achieved a 2.00 G.P.A. or higher on all college-level work.
Transfer applicants with 11 or less transferable credits from an accredited college or university, as above, will have the admission decision based on a combination of secondary and post-secondary transcripts. Students will need to:
- Submit all official college or university transcripts; including any courses taken for college credit while in high school and all credits taken after completion of high school, and
- Submit final high school transcript showing graduation date.
Applications from students with a cumulative college GPA of 1.6–1.9 will be reviewed by the Admission Committee for an admission decision. Students with a transfer GPA of less than 1.6 will not be admitted. Students are required to list all schools attended whether or not credit was received and regardless the age of the record.
Transfer students who have earned an Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, or other degree from an accredited institution of higher education prior to matriculation at Cottey will be exempt from the General Education Core Requirements, but must take one WGS course.
Transfer students with other associate level degrees or with college-level work from other accredited institutions will be considered on an individual basis. This policy does not replace individual program requirements or course prerequisites. Therefore, transfer students may still need to complete lower level coursework to meet program requirements for graduation.