How Credits Transfer
In general, credits earned by taking college-level courses from other regionally accredited colleges and universities will transfer, provided that the courses are similar in scope and content to those offered for credit at Hunter College. A maximum of 70 credits can be transferred from Associate Degree granting institutions and 90 credits from Baccalaureate granting institutions.
Students may use the resources below to find course equivalencies at Hunter:
Below are examples of coursework Hunter does not accept for credit:
- ESL/Remedial/Developmental courses
- Freshmen orientation/experience courses
- Firemen/police studies
- EMT training
- Secretarial/office technology courses
- Hospitality management
- Pharmacological
- Non-CUNY nursing courses (CUNY nursing courses are transferable for transfer students from CUNY community colleges who have earned an AA or AS degree and have also been accepted in the Nursing Program)
- Medical professional training
- Non-Transferable CUNY Courses (PDF)
Transferring Grades
Grades from previous college credits do not transfer; the student’s Grade Point Average (GPA) at Hunter is calculated solely on the basis of work taken at Hunter College.