How Credits
Transfer

Thomas More University accepts credits from any post-secondary degree-granting institution of higher education accredited by one of the six regional accrediting associations recognized by the U.S. Department of Education:

• Higher Learning Commission (HLC)
• Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)
• New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc., Commission on Institutions of Higher Learning (NEASC-CHE)
• Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)
• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC)
• Western Association of Schools and College, Accreditation Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities (WASC-SCUC)
• Western Association of Schools and college, Accrediting Commission for Community Colleges and Junior Colleges (WASC-ACCJC)

Courses taken at post-secondary institutions of higher education not accredited by one of the six regional accrediting associations will be considered on an individual basis. To check the status of an institution’s accreditation, please visit the Department of Education.

If you are transferring from an international institution, please see our International Admission page for more information.

Credits will be reviewed and/or accepted if a student carries a grade of C- or better in their completed courses. Courses not awarded credit by the student’s previous institution(s) cannot be transferred. Remedial, developmental, and technical/vocational courses are not accepted as transfer credit.

Thomas More University accepts up to 90 transferred credit hours and equivalency credits to be applied to a bachelor’s degree; it allows as many as 44 transferred credit hours and equivalency credits to be applied to an associate’s degree; and as many as 12 transferred credit hours and equivalency credits to be applied to a certificate. No more than 60 semester hours will be awarded in transfer from a two- year institution.

Transfer equivalencies are evaluated by the registrar and academic department and applied by the Registrar. Credit is granted for academic work comparable to that offered at Thomas More University.

Grade point averages (GPAs) from other institutions do not transfer to Thomas More. A Thomas More GPA will be established after a student’s first semester of classes.

Courses with a Pass/Satisfactory grade will typically only be accepted as general elective credit only.

Students must earn at least 25% of their credit hours through instruction offered by Thomas More University, exclusive of transfer credit and credit earned through the consortium program.

In order to earn a degree in a specific major, students must complete at least 18 of the required major hours from Thomas More for a bachelor’s degree or 9 hours for an associate degree.

Thomas More University accepts some extra-institutional learning credit based on the recommendation of the American Council on Education (ACE). Extra-Institutional Learning includes, but is not limited to: ACE, RECALL, CLEP, Dantes, Challenge Test, and credit for work or professional training, including military training.

Of the accepted number of transfer credits listed above, the maximum number of credits awarded for “extra-institutional learning” which may be applied to a bachelor’s degree is 60, to the associate degree is 30, and to the certificate is 8.