If you have earned higher education credits, we want to help you transfer your hard work to a degree at Colorado State University. Whether you’ve taken college classes in high school, enrolled at another college or university, or have earned your associate’s degree, learn how those credits may transfer to CSU.

Requirements and recommendations

CSU has quantitative reasoning (math or statistics) and college composition graduation requirements. If you are transferring 60 or more credits, you must meet these requirements by the end of your first semester of enrollment at CSU to continue into your second semester. Academic advisors discuss these graduation requirements during orientation.

Credits that transfer to CSU may not meet specific degree requirements at CSU. This may impact students transferring more than 90 credits most significantly since it may result in a higher number of elective credits, therefore requiring more than 120 credits to graduate from CSU.

Transferring an associate's degree

Colorado degree and transfer admission guarantee

Transfer students who have completed an Associate of Arts or an Associate of Science degree from a regionally accredited state of Colorado community or junior college will be guaranteed admission providing that:

  • It is the last institution you attended AND
  • You achieved a cumulative 2.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) from ALL institutions attended.

Important notes:

Entry into a specific major may be dependent on completion of appropriate prerequisite courses and provided that enrollment limitations have not been met.

The transfer admission guarantee applies to transfer applicants who have earned their AA/AS after graduating from high school (or equivalent). Students who concurrently achieve their high school diploma and an AA/AS are considered freshman applicants and not eligible for the transfer guarantee.

Out-of-state degree

An associate’s degree from a regionally accredited institution outside of Colorado can demonstrate completion and include agreements from the college’s state. If you have an out-of-state degree and are admitted to CSU, the official transfer credit evaluation will look course by course to see how those classes apply to your CSU major.

Transferring credits from college

Colorado State awards credit in transfer for college-level academic courses completed with a grade of C- or better at an institution accredited by a regional accrediting association.

For students with credentials from domestic institutions, the official transfer evaluation is completed within 30 business days after admission. The evaluation of university-level work completed at institutions outside of the U.S. may require additional information from the applicant and consultation with academic departments and thus typically takes longer.

Once the official transfer evaluation is complete, students are emailed and can view their transfer evaluation within RAMweb. The CSU record reflects credits granted in transfer but not the grades earned at other institutions.

Transferring credits from high school or exams

CSU grants credit for specific high school and test-based credentials, including Advanced Placement (AP) exams (typically scores of 3,4,5); International Baccalaureate (standard and higher level, grades of 4 and higher); CLEP exams (typically a score of 50 or higher); military education approved by ACE; British A-Level passes; German Abitur and Italian Maturita. Official test results and transcripts are required for the review for credit.

CSU also may award credit for classes taken internationally by U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

Will my credits transfer?

These tools will help you figure out which credits will transfer to Colorado State, whether you have already been admitted or are several years away from applying.