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Transfer

Transfer to UMUC

With our flexible transfer policy, we put you well on your way in accelerating your career growth and putting you one step closer in achieving your degree.

With our highly qualified instructors, dedicated support team, and a wide variety of academic programs (insert link for Programs of Study) for you to choose from, UMUC values your educational and career goals and is here for your every need.

UMUC accepts up to

  • 70 credits from two-year colleges
  • 90 credits from four-year institutions

We are regionally accredited, so our academic programs are highly regarded by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. UMUC is also one of the 11 degree-granting institutions in the renowned University System of Maryland.

You may be able to transfer credits from:

Transfer to Other Institutions

Summary of Credit Sources

How to Transfer Credits to UMUC

  • To receive an official evaluation of your transfer credits, you will need to apply to UMUC.
  • Once UMUC receives all of your official transcripts, an official evaluation will be completed for you automatically.
  • View your evaluation online by logging into MyUMUC and selecting "MyAdvising" and "View My Advisement Report."
  • Once you review your evaluation, contact your local Academic Advisor at so that he or she can review program requirements with you and answer any other questions.

Transfer Credit Policies

In order to protect your investment in your educational endeavors and the value of your degree, UMUC will not award credit for courses that repeat work done elsewhere. Students who have earned credit at other colleges or universities are responsible for determining whether courses they plan to take at UMUC would duplicate any previously earned credit. In certain disciplines, some course work from community colleges may overlap the same course work from that of beginning upper-level UMUC courses. Students who are in doubt should consult an Academic Advisor before registering.

Credit toward a UMUC degree may be assigned for work completed through the kinds of institutions described in the following sections:

  • As many as 45 credits may be counted toward the associate's degree from a two-year college or university
  • As many as 90 credits may be counted toward a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited four-year college or university

UMUC does not accept credits for:

  • Remedial, pre-college, or sectarian religious courses in transfer.
  • An undergraduate degree if a student is applying the same UMUC credits twice towards a dual major or with another regionally accredited institution concurrently.
  • Transfer that was earned during a period of disciplinary suspension or dismissals.

A student who wants to transfer credit from other institutions to UMUC should complete the following:

  • Request a review of previous credit from an Academic Advisor to determine the applicability of those credits to a degree from UMUC.
  • Submit all official transcripts from colleges and universities attended, as well as documentation of military and professional learning and pertinent test scores (e.g. CLEP, AP, etc.).

Please note: No transfer credit is accepted without official transcripts.

Transfer credit from approved colleges and universities may be accepted when the grade earned was C or better and the course applies to the student's curriculum. C-minus (C-) grades cannot be transferred.

Credit from Junior Colleges or Community Colleges

A total of 70 credits from approved two-year institutions (junior colleges or community colleges) may be applied toward a bachelor's degree at UMUC. A student who has already completed 70 credits may not apply further credit from a junior college or a community college to a degree from UMUC.

A student who initially enrolled in any public community college of Maryland will be admitted to UMUC in conformance with the policy developed and approved by the Maryland Higher Education Commission.

Credit from Other Colleges and Universities

When the grade earned was at least C (2.0), transfer credits from approved two- and four-year colleges and universities may be accepted for courses that apply to the student's curriculum and do not duplicate other courses for which credit has been awarded. Transfer credit for another institution's course-challenge examinations and prior learning program may be accepted if it is listed on the transcript with a passing grade.

Approved institutions include those accredited by the following regional associations:

  • Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Higher Education
  • Northwest Commission of Colleges and Schools
  • North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, The Higher Learning Commission
  • New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Commission on Institutions of Higher Education
  • New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Commission on Technical and Career Institutions
  • Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  • Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities
  • Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges

Other institutions may be approved based on agreements and/or joint programs with UMUC.

How to submit transcripts from schools you previously attended

 

Vocational and Technical Credit

Vocational and technical credit from approved organizations, when applicable, may be accepted as elective credit only. This credit may be applied toward a degree at UMUC, up to the following limits:

  • 18-credit certificate: a maximum of 3 credits
  • Associate's degree: a maximum of 12 credits
  • Bachelor's degree: a maximum of 21 credits of coherently related work

Noncollegiate Courses

UMUC will accept for credit professional (not technical) noncollegiate courses applicable to the student's curriculum that have been evaluated by either (1) ACE (if the courses are listed in the National Guide to Educational Credit for Training Programs) or (2) the University of the State of New York National College Credit Recommendation Service (formerly Program on Non-Collegiate Sponsored Instruction).

Transfer to Other Institutions

A UMUC student planning to transfer to another college or university should seek guidance directly from that institution. The institution receiving the credit will supply the most accurate information about its requirements and whether specific UMUC courses will fit its curricula.

Summary of Credit Sources

Credit Sources
18-Credit Cert.
 Associate Baccalaureate
A. Maximum number of credits transferrable from approved four-year institutions
9 cr.
45 cr.
90 cr.
B. Maximum number of credits transferrable from approved two-year institutions
9
45
70
C. Maximum number of credits transferable from a combination of the nontraditional sources, listed below, not to exceed:
9
30
60
Breakdown: Maximum number of credits allowed from each nontraditional source
1. American Council on Education (ACE) approved standardized college examinations (AP, DLPT, CLEP, DSST, and Excelsior), innovative learning and professional training programs.
9
30
60
2. Study completed in military service schools and professional credit, on the basis of American Council on Education (ACE) recommendations on credit.
9
30
60
3. Study completed in Military Occupational Specialties (e.g. MOS, NER), portfolio assessment (e.g. Portfolio), course-challenge exams, and/or UMUC Asia foreign language exams combined.
6
15
30
(maximum of 15 credits from portfolio assessment from a community college)
D. Maximum number of vocational/technical credits transferable from accredited institutions and military sources, applicable as elective credit only.
Note: A maximum combination of military service school/professional credit and military vocational/technical credits cannot exceed 60 credits.
3
12
21
Any combination of the above sources not to exceed:
9
45
90

NOTE: For further information on transferring examination credit, please contact a UMUC Academic Advisor.