To open and complete an application, follow the instructions outlined on your student type’s admissions requirements page. You’ll report that you attended another college or university, select your intended program of study and outline your academic history.
Rowan Online
Transferring Your Credits
Save money, graduate faster and thrive on your terms by transferring credits toward a Rowan Online program. The resources gathered below will help you get started on completing your degree.
How Will Your Credits Transfer?
Want to see how your previously earned credits will apply toward a Rowan Online degree? Explore the following course equivalency tools to get an overview of your progress before you open an application.
Transfer Equivalency Digital Portal (TREQ)
The Rowan Transfer Equivalency Digital Portal (TREQ) provides an overview of how college credits and qualifying exams will transfer based on our established course equivalencies. Get started by creating a free account, selecting a major and entering your credits.
Transferology
Transferology compares your college coursework and military learning experiences against course equivalencies nationwide to build your credit transfer assessment. You need only create a free account and add your college and military credits/exams to determine your progress toward a Rowan degree.
Undergraduate Transfer Credit Database
Our Undergraduate Transfer Credit Equivalent Database lists equivalencies for undergraduate courses that we’ve accepted from other institutions. You don’t need an account – just submit your current or past institution(s) and course name(s) to check specific courses.
How to Transfer Credits to Rowan Online
As you’ll see below, we’ve built transfer credit options into our general admissions process. This ensures a smooth transition into Rowan and helps you avoid repeating courses.
2. Send Official Transcripts
As per the application instructions, submit transcripts from all institutions where you completed college-level coursework or qualifying exams. Although we accept unofficial transcripts for admission decisions, Rowan’s Registrar office requires official transcripts for a formal transfer credit evaluation.
3. Check Self-Service Banner Once Accepted
Once accepted into Rowan Online, you’ll gain access to the university’s Self-Service Banner system. You can review the results of the Registrar office's transfer credit evaluation (once it's completed) in your Banner account.
4. Choose Your Courses
Working alongside a Rowan Online Student Success Coach, review the degree requirements that your transfer credits satisfy. Your Success Coach will help you plot out a schedule to complete your outstanding classes over the coming semesters.
Ways to Earn Transfer Credits
Thanks to our transfer-friendly course equivalency policies, Rowan offers transfer credit opportunities for a variety of previous learning experiences, including college coursework, qualifying exams and military training. Explore the options below for details.
Transfer Credits from Community College
Rowan University accepts up to 90 credits earned from an accredited community college and will count them toward your online bachelor’s degree program. Note that you will need to earn at least 30 credits from Rowan to graduate with a bachelor’s degree.
Rowan also offers robust transfer credit agreements to many community college graduates:
- In accordance with New Jersey’s State-wide Transfer Agreement, graduates of in-state community colleges can transfer all their earned credits from an associate’s degree to a Rowan bachelor’s degree. The transfer credits will fulfill the first two years’ worth of course requirements for a Rowan Online bachelor degree program, so qualifying students will start as juniors upon enrollment.
- Additionally, graduates from one of Rowan’s partner county colleges – Rowan College at Burlington County (RCBC) and Rowan College of South Jersey (RCSJ) – receive guaranteed admission to a degree completion program alongside the full credit transfer and junior status upon enrollment.
Transfer Credits from a Four-Year Institution
Rowan University accepts up to 90 credits earned from an accredited four-year institution and will count them toward your online bachelor’s degree program. Note that you will need to earn at least 30 credits from Rowan to graduate with a bachelor’s degree.
College Credit for Advanced Placement and Similar Coursework
Rowan offers transfer credits for qualifying scores on a handful of external assessments, including the Advanced Placement (AP), College Level Exam Program (CLEP), and International Baccalaureate (IB) exams. To earn these credits, you must request the proctor agencies send your official scores to our Admissions department. We will assess those materials alongside your official transcripts once you submit an application.
If you received transfer credits for AP courses at another institution, you must still submit your official scores for evaluation by our Admissions team. You can use the Rowan Transfer Equivalency Digital Portal (TREQ) tool linked above to see how your AP scores will apply toward a Rowan degree.
College Credit for Military Training
Active-duty, reservist and veteran service members can earn credits toward an online degree for their military courses. Specifically, we evaluate Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Space Force Joint Services Transcripts (JSTs) as well as Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) transcripts, aligning military occupational specialties and leadership training with equivalent university coursework.
We also award transfer credits for documented subject mastery through DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSSTs) [formerly Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES)], Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) and Agile Combat Employment (ACE)-evaluated training.
Refer to the Military & Veteran Student Admission Requirements page for details on how to receive college credits for your military training.
Transferring my credits was really easy. I just sent my transcript, and a week later, I received a call that my credits were transferred. It was that simple.
Flerida V. | Rowan Online Student
BA in Liberal Studies
Transferring Credits FAQs
Where do I send my transcripts?
Please request your official transcripts to be sent directly to Rowan from the issuing institution for processing. Transcripts are not considered official if you email or mail them yourself. If your transferring institution uses a third-party vendor to send transcripts electronically, ask the office to send materials to electronic-transcripts@rowan.edu.
If paper copies are your only option, send them to Rowan University’s Office of Admissions, 225 Rowan Blvd, Glassboro, NJ 08028-2265.
Is the Registrar’s transfer credit evaluation the same thing as the TREQ transfer credit report?
No. TREQ provides an informal transfer credit assessment to give you an overview of how your previously earned credits may count toward a Rowan degree. The Registrar’s evaluation is a formal process made alongside your intended program of study’s department. Therefore, your transfer credit assessment from the Registrar may differ from TREQ’s.
How many transfer credits does Rowan Online accept?
We accept up to 90 transfer credits from accredited institutions. However, note that you must earn a minimum of 30 credits at Rowan to graduate.
To see how credits from a community college, another four-year institution or military training will transfer to one of our online bachelor’s degree programs, use the course equivalency tools linked above.
Can my credits from a different online university transfer to my Rowan Online degree?
Yes! Rowan Online accepts transferable credits from all accredited institutions, including online universities.
How does the Registrar’s transfer credit evaluation work? Are the office’s decisions final?
Working alongside your intended program of study’s office, the Registrar’s office will evaluate your previously earned credits based on established transfer equivalencies (for courses accepted by Rowan in the past) and case-by-case determinations (for courses never before transferred to Rowan). Through course matching, the Registrar will count equivalent courses to your Rowan degree program’s requirements. The office may count courses without a Rowan equivalent as free electives, though this is up to the Registrar’s discretion.
Once you receive the results of your transfer credit evaluation, you may appeal their decisions by completing and submitting a Credit Appeal Form. You can download the form and review all transfer credit policies on the Registrar’s website.
Will my transfer credits affect my Rowan GPA?
Although grades earned in courses taken at other institutions will appear on your Rowan transcript, they will not count toward your Rowan University GPA.
Questions? Contact Rowan Online
Need help with your application? Unsure about your transfer credits? Reach out—we’re here to assist.
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(856) 256-4747Primary Email
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