Admission for Transfer Students
Welcome to Austin Peay! This information applies to you if you have
attempted 12 or more college credit-hours and are not a veteran/member of
the armed forces. If you have attempted fewer than 12 college credit-hours,
please visit our Freshman Admission
website. If you are a veteran or member of the armed services, please visit
our Military/Veterans
Admission page.
APSU Transfer Center
We know transferring from one college to another can be stressful. To help
ease your transition, we offer special transfer student services through our
Transfer Center. Please contact Transfer
Coordinator Megan Mitchell, (931) 221-7280 or (800) 844-APSU with any
questions or concerns.
Admission Requirements for Transfer Students
You must...
- Currently be in good standing with the last institution you attended
- Not be on academic suspension from your last institution
- Meet the following minimum GPA requirements:
- 1.5 GPA if you've attempted 12-29 credit-hours
- 1.8 GPA if you've attempted 30-45 credit-hours
- 1.9 GPA if you've attempted 46-59 credit-hours
- 2.0 GPA if you've attempted 60 or more credit-hours
- Meet APSU's
criteria for unconditional admission
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Criteria for Unconditional Admission
If you will be under age 21 at the time of
enrollment…
To be fully admitted to APSU, you must have
ONE of the following:
- An ACT score of 20 or higher
- A SAT score of 940 or higher
- A high school GPA of 2.85 or higher on a 4.0
scale
- A GED score of 450 or higher with a “passing”
notation
AND ONE of
the following:
AND ONE of
the following:
- No more than one ACT subscore of 18 or less in
English or math
- No more than one SAT subscore of 460 or less in
critical reading and math
If you will be age 21 or
older at the time of enrollment…
To be fully admitted to APSU, you must
- Provide academic transcripts that prove you
graduated high school OR prove you earned a GED
average score of 450 with a passing notation. (If
you earned a GED before January 2002, you must have
an average score of 45.)
AND
- Complete the COMPASS assessment, earning no more
than one subscore that requires enrollment in an
enhanced core English or mathematics class.
Transfer Student Application Process
- Complete the online
application for admission or call our office at (800)
844-APSU to request a paper application. You will pay a
nonrefundable $15 application fee.
- Ask your previous college(s), high school or GED test center
staff person to send copies of your transcripts/GED scores
directly to the APSU Office of Admissions.
- You can use the
Transcript Request Form to do this. We need this
information, even if you do not want to transfer your class
credits to APSU.
- If you graduated from high school or earned a GED before 1989,
we do not need your high school transcript or GED scores.
- Take the COMPASS test if you cannot submit valid ACT or SAT
scores AND have not earned credits for college-level English
composition and/or college-level math. Contact APSU's
Testing Center at (931) 221-6269 for COMPASS test
information.
- Submit a certificate of immunization form. You'll need to
complete this form and have it signed by a certified healthcare
provider. Click
here
to print the form.
- Transfer equivalencies are available for our Tennessee Board of
Regents community college and Hopkinsville Community College
(KY)
here.
Application Deadline
All required information must be received prior to admission,
evaluation of transfer credit and registration. Application
deadlines can be found
here.
