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Transfer to UMW

Transfer to UMW

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Traditional Transfer

Traditional Transfer

If you’ve earned a high-school diploma, GED, or equivalent, you can apply to transfer to UMW from any two- or four-year school, no matter where you are in your college career. Check out our transfer agreements with various community colleges.

Traditional Transfer

Adult Degree Completion

Adult Degree Completion

Greater flexibility than a traditional bachelor’s degree and helps you translate your career and life experience into academic credit. The Bachelor of Liberal Studies (BLS) Program is designed for adult students who want to complete a bachelor’s degree.

Adult Degree Completion

RN to BSN

RN to BSN

The BSN Completion Program (BSN-C) is for a licensed RN with an associate’s degree from an accredited university/college or diploma nursing program. The student can attend full-time or part-time. Learn to identify and improve patient care within a complex healthcare system.

RN to BSN

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Transfer to UMW

Your transfer checklist

Step One –Apply to UMW

  • Apply online using the UMW application (free) with all accompanying materials.
  • Upload unofficial transcripts to expedite the process.
    • Ask your high school to send an official final transcript to UMW, regardless of age or total transfer credits, or submit your final GED results. (Home-schooled applicants should also provide documentation of their educational experiences.)
    • Ask each college or university you’ve attended to send an official transcript to UMW. The Office of the Registrar will send you an official credit evaluation.

Step Two – Accept the offer to UMW

Step Three – Meet with an academic advisor

Step Four – Register for classes

Step Five – Attend an orientation

Transfer merit scholarships

All applicants who apply by the preferred application filing dates get automatically considered for transfer merit scholarships.

Spring semester: October 15
Summer semester: March 1
Fall semester: April 1

Guaranteed admissions agreement

With an associate’s degree and a 3.0 minimum cumulative GPA, you may qualify for UMW’s Guaranteed admissions agreement with the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) and Richard Bland College.

Each fall, we typically enroll 300 students from the Virginia Community College System and other schools, both inside and outside Virginia, into UMW’s bachelor of arts and sciences programs. The average GPA for admitted transfer students in fall 2021 was 3.31.

Non-degree enrollment program

Students can also choose a non-degree enrollment program, allowing non-degree-seeking students to take classes when space is available.

Have questions about transferring to UMW?

D. Christy Pack
Associate Dean of Admission
dpack@umw.edu
(540) 654-5862

You can also fill out our Request for More Information Form.