Transfer Credit

UMKC accepts credit in transfer from accredited institutions of recognized standing, both public and private. Transfer work will not be posted to your UMKC academic record until we have received official transcripts directly from the transferring school or in a sealed envelope. Transfer work is only posted for students working toward a bachelor's degree. Your GPA does not transfer to UMKC unless you are transferring from another University of Missouri school. 

All undergraduate college coursework attempted at institutions, accredited by one of the agencies listed below, will be recorded on the UMKC transcript of students seeking an undergraduate degree, regardless of whether or not it is applicable to a UMKC degree. Credit accepted from another institution may or may not be applicable to specific degree programs. The university reserves the right to make the decision regarding applicability.

Types of transfer credit:

• Test credit
• Coursework at U.S. institutions
• Coursework outside the United States and English-language credit

Required Accreditation

UMKC accepts transfer work from institutions that are accredited by what was formerly referred to as a regional accrediting agency per the Council for Higher Education Accreditation:

• Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, Western Association of Schools and Colleges (ACCJC)
• Higher Learning Commission (HLC)
• Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)
• New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE)
• Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)
• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
• WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC)

About Transfer Credit

• Courses that are remedial, preparatory or non-college-level will not be added to the total hours or used to satisfy degree requirements. We will refer to the transcript key or catalog of the sending institution in making a determination as to the level or purpose of the course in question.
• Transferred courses will be considered upper-division (junior-senior level) and count toward the total number of upper-division hours required if they are earned at a four-year institution and designated by that institution's course numbering system as upper-division courses.
• A transferred course will retain the original number of credit hours for which it was taken at the previous institution, even if the equivalent UMKC course is worth a different number of hours.
• Courses transferred from institutions that award quarter hours will be converted into semester hours at the rate of 1/4 hour = 2/3 semester hour.
• In general, courses with a grade of D or higher will receive full credit in transfer. For some degree programs, a course with a grade of D may not be used to satisfy specific requirements. A transfer student would be required to repeat a specified course on the same basis as a "native" UMKC student who earned a D in the equivalent course.
• Coursework of any age will be accepted in transfer to satisfy general education requirements and electives. If transfer credit is more than 15 years old, or of a specific technical or scientific nature, students may be required to repeat courses that are part of a major or field concentration. Individual UMKC academic units may impose more restrictive coursework age requirements.
• Non-University of Missouri System grades and grade points do not transfer, although the grades earned in transfer courses are printed on the transcript. An admission GPA that considers all attempted coursework is computed at the time of application, and an overall GPA will be computed at any time a student applies for admission to a more selective program within the university. The UMKC transcript reflects the total number of accepted hours earned from all sources, but only calculates the UMKC/UM GPA. Students transferring into UMKC with a certified core should see the appropriate School or College section of this catalog for requirements beyond the core to complete a specific baccalaureate degree.

Official Transcript

In order for your transfer credit to be posted to your UMKC academic record, we must receive an official transcript from each institution you have previously attended.

For your transcript to be considered "official" you must request for it to be sent directly in a sealed envelope by the office of admissions at your previous institution or sent electronically to the UMKC Office of Admissions through either Docufide or eScrip-Safe. If the student receives the transcript before the third party, it is no longer considered by us to be official.