Transferring Your Credit

Thomas Edison State University has one of the most flexible transfer credit policies in the country.

• If you studied at an accepted institutionally accredited community college, you may transfer and apply up to 90 credits.
• If you studied at an accepted institutionally accredited four-year institution, you may fulfill all your degree requirements with transfer credit except the two required courses from TESU:
  • SOS-1100: Fact, Fiction or Fake? Information Literacy Today
  • Capstone Course
• If you have studied at more than one institution, we can accept your credits, provided the institutions have an accepted institutional accreditation.

Get a full evaluation of your credits when you apply.

Learn more about transferring credit at Thomas Edison State University.

Non-Collegiate Providers

• Thomas Edison State University generally accepts the credit recommendations of ACE and NCCRS, however the University reserves the right to determine which recommendations will be accepted.
• The University will accept a maximum of 90 undergraduate credits for a baccalaureate degree and 45 semester hours for an associate’s degree from non-collegiate providers regardless of the source of the credit. See FAQs