Transfer Admission Requirements

Learn how your credits will transfer

Thank you for your interest in transferring to Washington State University Vancouver! Whether you are attending a community college or another four-year institution, the admissions counselors in the WSU Vancouver Office of Admissions and the transfer credit equivalencies website can help you determine over the Web how your college work will transfer. WSU Vancouver provides a broad range of services, majors, and degrees to help make your education experience a success.

Before you read the transfer student admission steps, please review the following:

• Transfer credit equivalencies
• Reading your Degree Audit Report (DARS) (via zzusis)
• Programs that produce college credit

Transfer student admission steps

Step 1: Apply early

You can apply online, or you can print a paper version of the WSU application from the Web to fill out and return by mail. Check our dates and deadlines for our priority admissions dates. Those applying online must pay their US $50 application fee with a credit card. All paper applicants remember to complete and sign the application as well as attach the application fee to the form. Make checks or money orders payable to WSU. Return the application to:

If you choose to attend another semester different from the semester indicated on your initial application, you will need to re-apply.

Step 2: Request official transcripts

Request that official transcripts from all colleges you have attended be sent directly to the WSU Vancouver Office of Admissions.

If you have attended school outside the United States

You will need to have an evaluation of your transcript(s) sent directly to Washington State University from a member organization of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) (link to www.naces.org) or an AACRAO (link to www.ies.aacrao.org) international education services evaluation. Transfer applicants should provide a course-by-course detailed transcript evaluation.

Step 3: Make sure you meet WSU's requirements

Make sure that that you meet WSU's requirements for transfer admission. If you have a qualifying college grade-point average (GPA) of 2.5 and at least 27 semester (40 quarter) hours of transferable college credit, you are eligible for admission provided space is available at the time of application. Applicants whose cumulate GPA is lower than a 2.5 will have their record reviewed more comprehensively to determine admission eligibility. If you have fewer than 27 semester (40 quarter) hours of transferable credit, you must also meet the freshman admission requirements.

Step 4: High demand department requirements

Students interested in pursuing a major in a high demand department may be admitted to the University but must also meet requirements for certification to those departments prior to admission to the department.

• Students who have earned the approved transfer associate degree from a Washington community college (DTA, Direct Transfer Agreement) will generally be granted junior standing at the University with all lower-division General Education Requirements (GERs) met.
• Washington community college students should also become familiar with WSU's Transfer Guide. Transfer Guide equivalency information is also available online.
• The Associate of Arts Oregon transfer degree (A.A.O.T.) from an Oregon community college and certain approved Associate's degrees from Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Idaho guarantees completion of the lower-division General Education Requirements, but does not guarantee junior standing or 60 semester credits. For details on specific degrees consult the WSU Vancouver Office of Admissions.
• Students who hold a degree from a community college in another state or a degree other than the approved transfer degree will be granted credit on a course-by-course basis.
• Transfer Students must fulfill all departmental and college requirements for the degree they intend to earn in addition to the General Education Requirements published in the catalog under which they will graduate.

Step 5: Have a copy of your final transcript sent to WSU

Have a copy of your final transcript sent to WSU Vancouver's Office of Admissions. Transfer applicants with fewer than 27 semester (40 quarter) hours will be required to submit high school transcripts, test score results from the SAT, ACT, or WPCT (if taken before 1989), and the WSU Vancouver personal statement responses for consideration.