Transfer Admissions
Applicants who have attended college, university and/or proprietary school after graduating from high school or have received a GED/TASC, are considered transfer or advanced standing students. This applies whether or not you are seeking transfer credit and/or changing your program of study. An official transcript from each college university and/or proprietary school attended and proof of high school graduation is required of all applicants.
Transfer admission is based on a student's overall grade point average (GPA), including courses taken at all institutions attended since graduating high school.
For students transferring with fewer than 12 credits, applicants must demonstrate a 2.0 grade point average, meet CUNY Proficiency Requirements and qualify based on the high school average, or GED/ TASC score in effect for freshmen at the time of admission.
Students transferring to York College must complete at least 40 credits at York College, with at least half of the credits in the major program taken at York College. For some programs, students will be required to take additional credits to complete the requirements for the baccalaureate degree. For the Bachelor of Arts degree at least 90 credits must be in the liberal arts. For the Bachelor of Science degree at least 60 liberal arts credits are required. For Bachelor of Music degree at least 30 liberal arts credits are required. An overall minimum "C" average in all college work is required for graduation from York College. To apply, please visit CUNY's Website.
Evaluation of Prior College Credits (Transfer Credits)
The official evaluation of all courses taken previously at other accredited institutions is done by the Office of the Registrar in conjunction with the academic departments.
In general, credit is granted for a course which is considered equivalent to a course at York College for which the student received the grade of "D" or better at a unit of the City University of New York, or "C" or better at any other accredited institution.
Blanket credit is given for courses, within disciplines available at York, which have no precise equivalent. Although a student will not receive transfer credit for a "D" grade from a college outside of The City University of New York, the student may be exempt from repeating the course if it is prescribed at York College. Transfer students must seek academic advisement from their major department prior to enrolling at the college.
Students cannot receive credit a second time for a course already completed at another institution. Credits will not be granted from school(s) not listed on the student's admissions application.
Maximum Credits Accepted
Although all transferable credits will be evaluated by the Office of the Registrar, a maximum of 68 credits will be accepted from a two-year non-CUNY college or degree program. A maximum of 80 credits will be accepted from a non-CUNY senior college.
Special Examinations
Credit(s) will be granted for the following examinations:
ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages)
AICE (Cambridge Advance International Certificate Education Program)
AP (Advanced Placement)
CLEP (College Level Examination Program)
CPEP (College Proficiency Examination Program)
DLPT (Defense Language Proficiency Test)
DSST (DANTES Subject Standardized Tests)
ECE (Excelsior College Exams)
NYU Language Exam
USAFI (United States Armed Forces Institute)
Credit(s) will be given for the above examinations, which test knowledge in specific subjects rather than general knowledge. Upon a student's request and approval of the departments involved, a student may be granted credits or be exempt from courses by presenting evidence of "C" or better performance on any of the above college-level examinations. A maximum of 16 credits may be earned in this manner, except nursing majors, who may earn up to 20 credits.