Transfer Credit Policy

Graduate students may transfer graduate coursework that meet the following conditions:

• The coursework must have been completed from a regionally accredited institution.

• A minimum grade of a “B” was earned for each course.

• The credits must have been completed within the last seven years.

• The course is not listed as one that is required to have been completed at Messiah College.

• Currently enrolled students who wish to take credits at another institution and then have them transferred to Messiah College must have written approval of the Program Coordinator/Director prior to starting coursework.

The following guidelines have been established to maintain academic integrity and quality. For 30 credit hour programs, a student may transfer in up to 20% of the coursework, for those greater than 30 credits hours, a student may transfer up to 30% of the required credits. The Program Coordinator/ Director has the final authority on all transfer credit decisions. Transferred credits become part of the student’s program of study and it is the student’s responsibility to work with his/her advisor to carefully schedule remaining coursework.