Cathy Punchello-Cobos, University registrar and associate vice president

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New Online Tool Helps You Determine Potential Transfer Credits

Find out if credits earned elsewhere may transfer to your TESU degree program.

Thomas Edison State University has launched a transfer equivalency tool, CollegeTransfer.net, designed to assist you in determining whether previously earned or planned credits may be transferred to your degree program.

"It is a valuable planning tool for prospective students and applicants, but it will also help guide many of our enrolled students who take courses or pursue sources of credit elsewhere and transfer those credits into their degree program," said Cathy Punchello-Cobos, registrar and associate vice president at the University. "The tool includes potential credit equivalencies from all New Jersey community colleges and many state schools as well as out-of-state institutions that routinely transfer credits to the University."

Learn which earned or planned credits you can potentially transfer into your degree program.

Punchello-Cobos noted that the University expects to add institutions and sources of credit to the tool in the coming months.

"If students do not see a course that they completed at another institution, it may still be accepted as transfer credit," she said. "The University will accept credit in transfer for courses completed at colleges and universities accredited by the six regional accrediting agencies recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as well as courses and examinations approved through the National College Credit Recommendation Service (National CCRS) and the American Council on Education (ACE) College Credit Recommendation Service."

The University will also accept transfer credits from military service schools as recommended by ACE, and credits for licenses, certifications and programs of study approved by the University's Graduate or Undergraduate Council as well as credit recommendations from an approved international credit evaluation service.

"Our generous transfer credit policies are designed to allow adult students flexibility in applying previously earned credits to their degree program as well as determine their preferred methods to earn the credits they need to finish their degrees," said Punchello-Cobos.

Still not sure if your previously earned or planned credits may transfer to a degree program at the University? We can help. Contact Learner Support Center staff via email at LSC@tesu.edu.


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