Undergraduate Transfer Evaluation Services

If you entered or re-entered City College in Fall 2013 or after, all prior coursework from CUNY Schools is transferable for full credit. A maximum of 90 transfer credits may be applied to your CCNY undergraduate degree regardless of what school you previously attended. CUNY students with completed A.A. or A.S. degrees are exempt from general education requirements. If your degree was not granted at the time of your application to City College, please notify your Transfer Credit Evaluator that your degree has been granted, and your degree will be indicated in the CUNYfirst upon confirmation of an updated transcript. If you earned a Bachelor's degree prior to enrolling in another undergraduate degree program at CCNY, you will receive 90 credits in transfer. 

Transfer Evaluation Services begins the evaluation process as soon as we know you have: 1) been accepted to City College, 2) filed your intent to enroll, and 3) paid your commitment deposit, and/or 4) made an appointment to see your academic advisor in order to enroll in classes. Students at each of these 4 levels of status will receive priority over students who have submitted applications later. The goal of the Transfer Evaluation Services Team is to ensure that all students have had a transfer evaluation by the time they see their academic advisor. 

If you took college courses in high school, you must request an official college transcript to be submitted to Transfer Evaluation Services by the school where the courses were taken so that the coursework can be evaluated and all transferrable credits posted to your CUNYfirst record. 

The exceptions is if your courses were taken at a CUNY school: your transcript should be evaluated automatically and the transferrable credits posted to your CUNYfirst record. Please confirm with Transfer Evaluation Services that this has been done if you do not see the credits posted by the time of your academic advising appointment.

If you took  AP examinations, you must request an official score report from the College Board to be submitted to the CUNY University Application Processing Center (UAPC). Please note that it may take 6-8 weeks for UAPC to process and load the scores into CUNYfirst before CCNY can evaluate them and post the credits to your CUNYfirst record. You are strongly encouraged to request your score report from the  College Board online: www.collegeboard.org in order for it to be processed and uploaded before you are ready to enroll for courses. A combined maximum of 32 credits may be transferred for pre-college course work and transfer credit for examinations.  

If a course from a non-CUNY school does not have a match to an area of study at CCNY or if no course like it is given at CCNY for credit, then the course is non-transferable (e.g., physical education, remedial/developmental course work, nursing or technical training). In many cases, courses have not been transferred because your final courses are "in progress" on the original transcript you submitted with your application. Please be sure your previous college sends a final official transcript to CCNY with your last semester grades. If you attended a CUNY college, please notify your Transfer Credit Evaluator and your updated transcript will be accessed on your behalf. Your financial aid, academic progress, and ability to register for subsequent semesters may be affected, if your final official transcript is not submitted. Please send your transcript to the address listed at the top of this page.

The Transfer Evaluation Services Team evaluates your coursework taken at other schools and posts the transferrable credits based on course equivalencies here at CCNY. You must see your academic advisor to plan your course of study. It is important to bring an unofficial copy of your transcript(s) with you when you meet you’re your advisor.

Students with A.A. and A.S. degrees from CUNY colleges are not required to take core or general education courses (though your major department my request you take a specific requirement if it is a major requirement). Students with U.S. or U.S. equivalent bachelor's degrees are not usually required to take core courses. If you have an A.A.S. degree from a CUNY college or an associate's degree from a non-CUNY college, you may be required to take core courses. In order to determine which course you must take to satisfy your degree and major requirements you must see an academic advisor. For more information on core or general education requirement please click here.

If you transferred from another CUNY school and completed a required course there, you will have met that requirement at City, as well. When your transcripts are evaluated the courses will be reviewed for any requirement designations (RDs) from your former CUNY college and the same RD will be assigned to the equivalent CCNY course. Provide your transfer credit evaluator with a syllabus to review for a match to CCNY courses and core requirements. Not all core requirements are the same in all universities, we will try to match core requirements whenever possible.

In order to complete your evaluation, a separate transcript for each school is required. Colleges do not generally share records received from other schools. If you applied to your former CUNY school through the CUNY University Application Processing Center (UAPC), we will be able to retrieve your transcripts electronically. If you gave a hard copy of your transcript to the admissions office of your former school, we will not be able to retrieve it, and you must supply us with an official transcript. Please see the note at the top of this page about official transcripts.

If you made a request for a review of a previously unevaluated transcript or course, we will update your evaluation and send you a notification of the update as soon as possible.

It is not necessary to make an appointment to have a transfer course evaluation. Once we have received the necessary information and you have reached the appropriate stage in the admissions process as discussed above, we will begin your evaluation. Again students who have made advising appointments will be given priority over students who have paid their commitment fee, who will be given priority over admitted students who have done nothing more than simply indicated that they intend to enroll at CCNY. Should we need more information in order to complete the evaluation we will contact you. PLEASE NOTE WELL: WE DO NOT EVALUATE TRANSCRIPTS FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT YET BEEN ADMITTED TO CCNY

The Transfer Evaluation Services Team can only evaluate COMPLETED coursework for students who have been admitted to CCNY. It is not possible to complete a transfer evaluation for everyone who requests one who has NOT been admitted to CCNY or for coursework that has not yet been completed.

However, if you are a current CUNY student, we encourage you to use the Transfer What If tool in DegreeWorks to see how all of your credits for courses you have taken and are currently taking will transfer and apply to (i.e. satisfy) the requirements for your particular degree.

The Transfer Explorer tool provides you and everyone else--inside and outside of CUNY--with quick and easy access to information about how ANY CUNY course at ANY CUNY college will transfer to ANY other CUNY college. Transfer Explorer will tell you (and anyone else), for a particular CUNY course at a particular college, what kind of credit every other CUNY college will give that course if a student who has taken that course transfers within CUNY.

If you have been awarded a different equivalency than you see displayed on this website, you may consider submitting a Transfer Credit Appeal.

Transfer Evaluation Services follows established CCNY guidelines and CUNY guidelines when conducting your evaluation. If you feel an error has been made in your evaluation or you have further information that would help your evaluator complete your evaluation, please schedule an appointment by e-mailing your evaluator. Give your full name and EMPLID number and the specific reason you are requesting an appointment. Bring any supporting materials that may help with a review of your evaluation such as updated official transcripts, program descriptions, course syllabi and course catalogs. Contact information for Transfer Credit Evaluators is above.

In most cases you will be given 30 days to respond to a request for an official transcript or updated transcript. If you are unable to obtain the transcript within that time frame, please notify your Transfer Credit Evaluator. If you do not submit an official transcript to complete your file, a service indicator may be placed on your record. Failure to supply a final official transcript could impact your financial aid., your academic progress and your ability to register for subsequent semesters.

In most cases, English, Speech, and U.S History courses from countries where English is not the official and/or predominant language are not transferable.

In most cases, grades will be transferred with your courses, but they will not be included in your GPA at CCNY. However, graduation honors are computed on the basis of all college work taken by students, including work taken at institutions other than City College.

Each student's transcript is evaluated course-by-course following the guidelines for the major or program and with attention to academic requirements. CCNY professional schools have stricter guidelines and higher grade requirements for transfer credit.

In most cases a "partial" evaluation is given when more information is needed to complete the evaluation, such as the last semester grades from your former school for course that were in progress at the time of your application and previous transcript submission, an Advanced Placement (AP) score report, a syllabus for a specific course, or an updated transcript that shows your degree has been granted. When you've submitted the requested information your evaluation will be completed and you will receive another notification

Your evaluator's name appears on your MyCity page. Please contact your evaluator by e-mail to schedule an appointment. Transfer Credit Evaluator's contact information are also located at the top of this page. When you come to meet your evaluator, please bring with you supporting materials (college catalogs, program descriptions, or course syllabi) and any information requested on your transfer credit evaluation. Please be aware that the evaluators' work hours vary and you must confirm an appointment time to meet with your evaluator.

An Admissions staff member would be glad to meet with you to discuss options for transferring to City College. Until the CCNY campus has returned to a 100% post-pandemic work schedule, you may schedule an appointment with an Admissions staff member at the Virtual Front Desk at https://calendly.com/ccnyadmissions/virtualservice. Please note that Admissions Counselors specifically are available at the Virtual front Desk on Thursdays.