Students who have attended any other educational institution after graduating from high school must apply as transfer students.

Application Procedures

Prospective transfer students are encouraged to apply before their junior year in college. Students applying just prior to, or after, the junior year must declare a major and a minor (if required) and should consult with the appropriate academic division concerning the suitability of their preparation for their major.

Required Credentials

To complete their application, transfer students must submit the following to the Admissions Office: 

1. A transfer application form and a nonrefundable $40 application fee.
2. An official transcript from each postsecondary institution attended. These transcripts must be sent directly from the previous institutions to the Admissions Office, Kent State University, P.O. Box 5190, Kent, OH 44242-0001. 
3. A final high school transcript from the following students:
   • Applicants with fewer than 12 semester hours of nonremedial credit earned at other colleges or universities
   • Applicants who, for special reasons, are asked by the Admissions Office to submit a high school transcript
4. Official results of the ACT or the SAT. Test results are not required of applicants who are 21 or older at the time of their first enrollment, who have successfully completed 12 or more semester hours of credit of nonremedial college coursework, or who graduated from high school three or more years prior to application.
5. Verification of high school graduation is required for financial aid purposes. An interview may, in some cases, also be required by the Admissions Office.

It is required that applicants list on the application each institution attended after high school, whether or not credit was earned, and forward separate transcripts from each of these institutions. Questions regarding these requirements should be directed to the Admissions Office prior to application. Failure to comply with these requirements represents falsification of the application and will result in appropriate disciplinary action.

Admission Requirements

Generally, transfer applicants who have taken at least 12 semester hours with a cumulative GPA of at least 2.00 as computed by Kent State University (on a scale of 4.00) may be admitted to the university. Applicants who have taken fewer than 12 semester hours will be evaluated on both their collegiate and high school records. Applicants who have been dismissed from another college or university will not be considered for admission unless the students are eligible to return to that previous institution, have been out of college at least 12 consecutive months since the dismissal, or have completed at least 12 semester hours of credit at another institution with a cumulative GPA of 2.00 or better (on a scale of 4.00).

Selective Admissions

Transfer students will not be directly admitted into the following programs unless they meet specific requirements beyond those for acceptance to Kent State:
• Aeronautics
• Architecture and Environmental Design
• Art
• Bachelor of General Studies program
• Business
• Dance
• Education
• Fashion Design and Merchandising
• Interior Design
• Journalism and Mass Communication
• Music
• Nursing
• Speech Pathology and Audiology
• Theatre

Individual requirements for these programs are listed under the respective departments in this Catalog. Students interested in these selective admissions areas should apply one year prior to the date of anticipated enrollment. Specific questions about these areas can be directed to the Admissions Office or the individual departments.

Transfer Credit Evaluation

An official evaluation of transfer credit will not be completed until students have been admitted to the university and have submitted official transcripts from all postsecondary institutions previously attended.

Generally, only those non-remedial courses in which students have earned a C (2.00) or better at an accredited school (as determined by the Transfer Center) will be considered for transfer. However, transfer credit earned fall 2005 and later from a regionally accredited Ohio college or university will be awarded for all non-remedial courses in which students have earned a grade of D (1.00) or better. Once the Transfer Center has determined which courses are transferable, the college office which houses the student’s major will determine the applicability of these courses toward the desired degree. Some majors may require students to earn higher grades in specific courses or requirements. Students transferring to these majors will be held to the required grade and GPA standards.

Students who have attended schools which are not regionally accredited or which are not candidates for such accreditation will not be granted credit by the Transfer Center for work completed there. The students’ college office, however, can grant such credit at its discretion. Although the evaluation of a student’s performance at a non-accredited school will be considered in the admissions decision, any work completed at an accredited institution will take precedence.

Kent State will accept a maximum of 11 semester hours or 16 quarter hours of correspondence work from an accredited institution. This work does not count toward the final year of required work in residence.

Application Deadlines

Transfer applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Early application helps ensure early consideration for course registration, residence hall preference and financial aid. Therefore, the best time to apply is at least six months prior to anticipated enrollment. The admissions application deadline for architecture (for both summer and fall) is May 1. Please see the College of Architecture and Environmental Design in this catalog for further admission details.

An admission to Kent State University is valid only for the specific term to which the students were first admitted. Students who do not enroll in the term to which they were admitted must submit a new application. The Admissions Office will then determine the students’ admissibility for that term.