Information on Transfer Credit Articulation Agreements and Official Transcripts
Transfer Credit
The student will be required to complete the necessary courses to achieve graduation status. An official transcript is one sent directly to UA Grantham from the Registrar of the issuing educational institution. UA Grantham does not return documents submitted directly by prospective students.
To apply for and receive transfer credit for previous college/ university work, American Council on Education (ACE) – evaluated work experience or credit by exam programs, students must submit:
- An official copy of college transcripts from institutions previously attended
- Employer course certificates with description of course content and class hours
- Joint Services Transcript (JST), Defense Activity for Non- Traditional Education Support (DANTES/DSST) transcript, College Level Examination Program (CLEP) score, and/or Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) transcript
In order to officially award transfer of said credits, the official college transcripts must be received by University of Arkansas Grantham no later than one (1) enrollment period (eight (8) weeks) of starting. Students unable to produce official college transcripts for all transferred courses within the designated period will not have credits applied to their degree program. If, at a later date, the student is able to secure official college transcripts, he/she may request a re-evaluation of college credits to be applied toward their selected degree program.
After the evaluation is complete, an Evaluations Representative will prepare a Degree Plan – a custom curriculum of the remaining courses the evaluator anticipates being necessary for graduation based on documents received at the time of evaluation.
It is the responsibility of the student to provide transcripts prior to enrollment/registration to ensure that he/she is not enrolled/ registered in courses at UA Grantham for which he/she will receive transfer credit. A student who enrolls/registers in a course that may be awarded later as transfer credit will not be issued a refund for that course in which he/she was enrolled prior to receiving transcripts if the course proves to be unnecessary.
Course equivalency
Transfer credit is awarded on a course-by-course basis for courses with equivalent content and value as the corresponding UA Grantham course(s). UA Grantham is guided by the credit recommendations of the American Council on Education in its evaluations of military training and testing-service examinations.
Amount of credit accepted
The amount of transfer credit accepted is dependent upon the declared program of study and UA Grantham’s residency requirement.
Transfer credit policy: Undergraduate Program
Generally, undergraduate college-level courses completed at institutions accredited by accrediting agencies recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and/or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, or foreign equivalent, will transfer, provided that grades of at least “C” are earned, and the course is similar in content and scope to work offered at University of Arkansas Grantham. Developmental courses will not be considered for transfer.
- You must complete at least 25% of the required credit hours with courses from UA Grantham to earn the associate degree.
- You must complete at least 25% of the required credit hours with courses from UA Grantham to earn the bachelor degree.
- RN to BSN program: Registered Nurses who earned an ADN degree and whose education and licensing are completed prior to matriculation into the RN to BSN program will receive 81 credit hours. For more information, see:
- Black Hawk College
- Butler Community College
- Carl Sandburg College
- Colby Community College
- Danville Area Community College
- Fort Scott Community College
- Hill College
- Holyoke Community College
- Labette Community College
- Lamar State College Port Arthur
- Lewis and Clark Community College
- Joliet Junior College
- MiraCosta College
- Moberly Area Community College
- Mt. San Jacinto College
- Neosho County Community College
- Oakton Community College
- Ozarks Technical Community College
- Palomar College
- State Fair Community College
- Tarrant County Community College
- Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College
- The maximum transfer and PLA combined credit limit is 75% for an undergraduate degree program. PLA credit is limited to 25% for an undergraduate degree program.
Transfer credit policy: Graduate Program
Grades of “B” or better will be accepted for graduate-level courses completed at institutions accredited by accrediting agencies recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and/or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, or foreign equivalent, as long as they were completed within the last 10 years, including credits earned at UA Grantham.
- You must successfully complete at least 50% of courses in the enrolled degree program at UA Grantham to earn a master’s degree.
- MSN programs: the Nursing programs accept no external transcripted credits
- No more than six courses from one completed UA Grantham master’s program may be applied to completing a second or subsequent master’s program. Completed capstone courses may not be applied to second or subsequent master’s degree programs.
- The maximum transfer and PLA combined credit limit is 50% for a graduate degree program.
Foreign Transcript Evaluation
An applicant who has completed secondary/university- level courses in a foreign country that are comparable to course credits in the American education system must have his/her courses evaluated and official copies of the evaluations sent to UA Grantham. Foreign transcript evaluations are accepted from any agency that is a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services or the Association of International Credential Evaluators.
Transferability of UA Grantham Credit
University of Arkansas Grantham is accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC). Other schools may not accept transfer course credits earned at University of Arkansas Grantham. Acceptance of transfer of credit earned at University of Arkansas Grantham is determined by the institution to which the credits will be transferred. Although UA Grantham makes every effort to enhance the transferability of credit to other institutions, a student should always contact the registrar at the college or university of interest to determine whether credit from UA Grantham will transfer to that institution.
Articulation Agreements
UA Grantham aims to make college degrees attainable for all students—regardless of the path they take to get there. Our articulation agreements allow for the easy, pre-determined transfer of credits between UA Grantham and other colleges and universities. These programs are designed to help students retain credit for the courses they’ve already taken and keep pace to graduation.
- Air University Associate to Baccalaureate Cooperative (AU-ABC)
- Bellevue University
- California Institute of Arts & Technology
- Centriq Training
- Coffeyville Community College
- Concorde Career Colleges (Concorde)
- DAU
- Kendall College
- Labette Community College (LCC)
- Lee College
- Lone Star College
- Manhattan Area Technical College (MATC)
- Metropolitan Community College (MCC)
- New Mexico Junior College
- North Central Kansas Technical College (NCK Tech)
- Northwest Kansas Technical College (Northwest Tech)
- Penn Foster College
- State Fair Community College (SFCC)
- State Technical College of Missouri (STCM)
- Tarrant County College
- University of the Virgin Islands
- Westminster College
- Wichita Area Technical College (WATC)
- William Woods University
Official UA Grantham Transcripts
Students and graduates may order official University of Arkansas Grantham transcripts through our Transcript Ordering Center. Both electronic and paper transcripts are available.