Transfer Credit for Students Who Are New to Ithaca College (First Year and Transfer)

Incoming first year students and transfer students who have taken courses at an accredited college or university should have official transcripts sent to the Office of Admission (admission@ithaca.edu).  

Approximately 5–7 business days from the date of acceptance and receipt of official documentation, you should receive an evaluation worksheet via IC Connect.  

Ithaca College accepts Advanced Placement Exams, CLEP exams, and International Baccalaureate Exams. Exam results must be sent electronically from the testing agency directly to Ithaca College for credit to be granted. See links below for additional information regarding each transfer source. 

Ithaca College also awards credit for A-Level Exams.  Exams must be Advanced Level. No credit will be awarded for Advanced Subsidiary.  Original exam certificate must be brought to the Office of the Registrar.  We will make copies of your original certificates and return the originals to you.  

If you took Cambridge Assessment Exams, we can retrieve your test results online instead of having the original certificates. Please provide us with your Cambridge Centre number, Cambridge candidate number, and your date of birth to access your results. This information can be sent to registrar@ithaca.edu. 

In addition, Ithaca College accepts transfer credit for military coursework.  Please have your official Joint Services transcript sent electronically to Ithaca College. Visit the JST website to make your request:  https://jst.doded.mil/jst/ 

Only courses with a C- or higher will be evaluated. Credits are transferable; grades are not. All credits are converted into semester credit hours if they are not already so designated. To view the transfer credit policy, please refer to the catalog section entitled Transfer from another Institution, from the link, scroll to the section titled Credit from External Sources. 

Please see the current course catalog for specific information about: 
A-Level Policy 
Advancement Placement (AP) Policy and Equivalents 
CLEP Policy and Equivalents 
IB Policy and Equivalents 

Please note: Transfer credit cannot be awarded from your high school transcript.

In order to award transfer credit, we must receive an official transcript directly from the credit granting agency.(Students should not send themselves official documents to be forwarded to Ithaca College, they must be sent directly to Ithaca College.)

Do you want to forfeit transfer credit that you have been awarded so you may take the course again at Ithaca College?

Please email the Office of the Registrar at registrar@ithaca.edu, from your Ithaca College email, with details on the specific course you want to forfeit and the credit granting agency. We will remove the credit(s) allowing you to register for the course at Ithaca College. Credit cannot be awarded for the same course twice.

Forfeiting credit is a permanent action.  Once credit has been forfeited this cannot be reversed or undone. 

Transfer Credit for Current IC Students

Current students who have course work taken before enrolling at Ithaca College that has not been evaluated, can still have an evaluation completed. To begin the evaluation process, have official transcripts or exam results sent to the Office of the Registrar at registrar@ithaca.edu. Once transfer credit has been awarded, it will be viewable on your unofficial transcript in HomerConnect or your degree evaluation in Degree Works. Please allow 5-7 business days for the evaluation review once the official documents are received.

Please Note: Transfer credit cannot be awarded from your high school transcript. We must receive an official transcript directly from the credit granting agency. (Students should not send themselves official documents to be forwarded to Ithaca College, they must be sent directly to Ithaca College.)

Petition for Transfer Credit (PTC)

Current Students who wish to take courses elsewhere in the United States should fill out a Petition for Transfer Credit (PTC) form.

(Current students who wish to study abroad should use the appropriate study abroad credit approval form instead of the IC Workflow PTC. Please visit the study abroad website for information: https://www.ithaca.edu/academics/study-abroad/study-abroad-credit-and-grades.)

  • Please log into IC Workflow to access the PTC.
  • As part of the workflow, the Office of the Registrar will verify that the institution in question is accredited.  
  • It will then be routed to the appropriate chair of the relevant department and dean for approval.
  • This form should be submitted before the student takes the course so that there is no question as to how the course credit will be applied to the student's individual degree requirements.
  • Please be aware that you CANNOT transfer in Theme & Perspective courses from other domestic institutions.
  • Additionally, if you want to receive Diversity, Writing Intensive or Quantitative Literacy attribute designations to meet ICC requirements, you must also fill out the appropriate ICC PTC form.
  • Upon completion of transfer coursework, an official transcript should be sent from the approved institution to the Office of the Registrar one of the following ways:
    • ​​​​​​electronically to registrar@ithaca.edu
    • via mail to: Ithaca College Office of the Registrar, 953 Danby Rd, Ithaca NY  14850

International Transfer Credit

Guidelines for Transcript Submission

  • Official transcripts are required from each post-secondary institution attended. These should be sent to Ithaca College directly from your institution, mailed in sealed envelopes bearing the institution's name and address.
  • We cannot accept documents in your possession unless they are in sealed, unopened envelopes.
  • If documents are issued in a language other than English, line-for-line translations must be provided. If the university does not provide English translations, it is recommended that translations be performed by the Minister of Education in your country or from a certified official translator. Certified translations may be attained through:
  • A certified external course-by-course evaluation should be submitted for all postsecondary level studies completed outside of the U.S. We accept evaluations from WES and AACRAO.
  • If you hold a Bachelor's degree and your university graduation date, type of degree and/or major is not listed on your transcipt you must also provide an official copy of your diploma or degree certificate.

All documents submitted to Ithaca College for admission or for transfer credit evaluation become the property of the College and will not be returned.

Articulation Agreements

Ithaca College has developed partnerships with select institutions to provide pathways for students to transfer seamlessly from their college or university to IC, or for current IC students to complete additional bachelors or graduate degrees.

Articulation agreements are formal agreements or partnerships between two or more colleges or schools documenting transfer policies that define a pathway from an academic program in one place to the other.