Transfer Requirements
To be considered for admission on transfer criteria rather than high school criteria, a student must have completed at least 24 hours of transferable, college-level coursework. (These hours must have been earned after high school graduation, not including the summer immediately following graduation.) Students who have less than 24 hours completed will be considered for admission on the basis of the freshman admission requirements in addition to college work that has been completed. (Students transferring from a college/university that doesn't have institutional accreditation will also be considered as first-time freshmen. Credits cannot be transferred to Northwest from a non-institutionally accredited college/university unless the credit was applied to an Associate's degree at a college/university that does have institutional accreditation, in which case the credit will be awarded from the institutionally-accredited college/university.)
Transfer students must submit an application for admission along with official transcripts from colleges/universities with institutional accreditation attended. Students currently enrolled at a college or university should have an official, partial transcript sent when submitting an application for admission. The official transcript should include the complete academic record from the issuing institution and may include in-progress coursework. Students must have a 2.00 (on a 4.00 scale) cumulative college grade point average in transfer in order to be accepted to Northwest. For students with a cumulative college grade point average in transfer below 2.00, consideration will be given based on professional judgment and acceptance may be granted on a probationary basis. If admitted, a transfer student who has less than 30 credit hours in transfer and a college cumulative GPA between 1.75 and 1.99 will be regularly admitted to the University, rather than on probation.