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General Transfer Student Requirements

  • 24 transferable semester hours from a regionally accredited institution. Students are encouraged to complete college coursework in English, math, science, social science, and history.
    • Applicants with less than 24 transferable credit hours may be reviewed and may be asked to send SAT or ACT scores.
  • Minimum 2.0 cumulative college GPA for all college-level courses.
  • The student must be in good standing and eligible to return to the last school attended and have earned 24 or more transferable credit hours.  
  • Completion of the minimum high school course requirements.
  • Students under the age of 21 by the time of enrollment at NCCU are required to have completed all first-year admission requirements (i.e., both MAR and MCR).
  Under 21 Years Old 21 Years or Older AA or AS Degree
Official HS Transcript Required Not Required Not Required
Official College Transcript(s) Required Required Required
2.0 Cumulative GPA Required Required Required
24 Transferable Credits Required Required Required
Good Standing with Most Recent Institution Required Required Required
SAT or ACT Scores (less than 24 transferable credits) Required Not Required Not Required

Deadlines

Fall July 1
Spring November 15
Summer April 15

Transfer applicants may be exempt from having to meet freshman requirements and from sending high-school transcripts and/or standardized test scores if they fall in one of the following categories:

  • Applicants who were awarded their high-school diploma prior to 1988 or are at least 21 years old prior to the beginning of classes and have a cumulative average of at least a “C ”or better
  • Applicants who have obtained either an associate of arts, an associate of science, an associate of fine arts, or a baccalaureate or higher-level degree.
  • Applicants who have completed a degree under an articulation agreement (i.e., community college).
  • Applicants who have completed 24 or more transferable credit hours of college coursework. 

Please note the following:

  • NCCU will not accept a transfer course with a grade lower than a “C.” Accepted courses are recorded on a student’s transcript; grades and grade points are not calculated.

NCCU does not accept transfer credit from challenge examinations or for course work for which grades of pass/fail (P/F) have been given. The maximum number of transferable credits from a two-year college is 64 semester hours. The maximum number of transferable credits from a four-year college is 90 semester hours.