Transferring College Credits is Advantageous

Universities are more than places of academic learning: they are real communities where relationships are developed and bonds are formed. As such, the community of learners that makes up a university is an important expression of what college life is like. Some students spend several years together and become close friends as part of the journey. The student experience depends to a large extent on the quality of the social interactions that make up the day-to-day experience of being a student.

When students transfer to a university, it is an opportunity to bring fresh perspectives and new ideas to the group. It is important to welcome transfer students into the community, to make them feel part of their new home, to give them space to express themselves, and to listen to what they have to say. The journey of learning becomes richer and more interesting for the whole group when it is made more diverse in this manner.

Transfers allow students the mobility, flexibility, and decision-making necessary to inform their educational experience personally and meaningfully. Rather than feeling stuck in one place or fatalistically bound to one program only, it is a positive development that transfers are easier today than they were several years ago as they promote open-mindedness, intercultural dynamism, growth, and change.

At University of the People, you can transfer up to 75% of your undergraduate degree. For an associate degree, you can transfer up to 45 credits, and up to 90 credits for a bachelor’s degree. UoPeople even accepts transfer credits toward master’s programs (about 15 credits depending on the program). 

In addition to UoPeople’s tuition-free courses (you only pay the course assessment fees), you can transfer courses for only $17 per course. If you transfer courses from a learning partner, you can transfer up to 20 courses at no cost! UoPeople waives the transfer course fee as a partner benefit. 

Transfer to UoPeople today!