TRANSFER STUDENTS

If you’re already in college but need a change, transferring to Georgia State can provide you with the opportunities you need to succeed — in school and after graduation.

Note: If you are enrolled in an associate degree pathway at Georgia State’s Perimeter College and wish to transition to the Atlanta Campus for a bachelor’s degree program, follow our instructions for Transition Students.

EARLY DEADLINES
Fall Semester: February 1
Spring Semester: October 1
Summer Semester: February 1
REGULAR DEADLINES
Fall Semester: July 1
Spring Semester: December 11
Summer Semester: May 1

Steps To Apply

Try the Transfer Credit Predictor

Check course credit equivalencies using our new Transfer Credit Predictor at gsu.transfer.degree or click the button below.

TRANSFER CREDIT PREDICTOR

1. Submit Your Application

Complete the Undergraduate Application.

Make sure you list every college and university you’ve ever attended on your application. Inaccuracies are cause for denial or dismissal.

2. Pay Application Fee

You will need to pay a $60 nonrefundable application fee when you submit your application. You can use a credit card or authorize a draft from a checking account.

After you pay this fee, your application will be valid for the fall, spring and summer semesters of one full academic year.
If you submit your application but need to change your entry term to another semester within the same academic year, complete a Reactivation Application.
If you submit your application but need to change your entry term to a semester in another academic year, you must submit a new Undergraduate Application and application fee.

Note: Deadlines are subject to change.

3. Submit Transcripts

We’ll need your official transcripts from every college or university you’ve attended. Schools may send them to us electronically through an approved transcript company at electronictranscript@gsu.edu or mail them to us here:

Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 4009
Atlanta, GA 30302-4009

Georgia State’s approved transcript companies are Parchment, Escrip-safe, National Student Clearinghouse, Credential Solutions or Joint Services Transcript.

Tips

If you’re still enrolled in classes when you submit your application, you will also need to send us your final transcripts upon completion of your coursework.
We do not accept student copies of transcripts, official transcripts that have already been opened or scanned, faxed or emailed copies of transcripts.

4. Check Course Credit Equivalencies

Check course credit equivalencies using our new Transfer Credit Predictor at gsu.transfer.degree.*

If you have completed fewer than 30 semester credit hours or 45 quarter credit hours of college-level coursework, you’ll also need to submit an official high school transcript and electronic test scores for the SAT, ACT or both. For more information, review our requirements for high school applicants.

*This information is for reference only and does not automatically guarantee or preclude the transferable course credit. Equivalencies are subject to change upon official evaluation by Georgia State.

5. Check Your Status

Want to know where you stand? Log in to the Status Check to track your progress online and ensure you meet deadlines and other requirements.

If your application has been admitted, review our Accepted Student Next Steps.

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Requirements & Guidelines

Transfer Requirements

To transfer to Georgia State, you must:

Have a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.5 for all college-level coursework attempted at previously attended regionally accredited institutions. (Excludes developmental and remedial classes.)
Have completed 30 semester credit hours or 45 quarter credit hours of college-level coursework. If you haven’t met this requirement, you’ll need to submit an official high school transcript and electronic test scores for the SAT, ACT or both. For more information, review our requirements for high school applicants. Check course credit equivalencies using our new Transfer Credit Predictor at gsu.transfer.degree.
Be eligible to re-enroll at the last institution you attended.
Have completed all Required High School Curriculum units and Learning Support coursework required by any previously attended University System of Georgia school.

Note: Admission to Georgia State is a selective process. Meeting the minimum admission requirements does not guarantee acceptance.

Transfer Credit

You may receive transfer credit for courses at accredited institutions of higher education as long as the courses parallel Georgia State’s curriculum. The department administering the degree program determines how credit hours may be used to satisfy specific course requirements and may elect to test the student’s proficiency in transferred course work.

Transfer Credit Guidelines

Check course credit equivalencies using our new Transfer Credit Predictor at gsu.transfer.degree*.
Development, vocational and occupational courses are not acceptable for transfer credit.
You can apply no more than 12 semester credit hours of D grades — whether as resident credit (completed at Georgia State) or transfer credit — toward your degree requirements. No credit will be awarded for a course completed at a foreign institution with a grade that is equivalent to a D in the U.S.
To be acceptable for transfer credit, English composition courses must have been completed with a grade of C or higher.
Additional restrictions for transferring D grades may be included in certain degree programs.
Courses completed at two-year colleges are typically awarded lower-division credit.
You can earn no more than 30 total semester hours by extension or correspondence.
Georgia State does not grant credit for college-level General Educational Development tests or courses completed at the United States Armed Forces Institute or any U.S. armed forces service school, except for military academies.

Academic Residence Requirement

To earn a bachelor’s degree from Georgia State, you have to satisfy our academic residence requirement:

Earn 39 credit hours at Georgia State for courses numbered 3000 or higher with a grade point average of at least 2.0.
Complete one-half of the courses that constitute your major or 11 credit hours in the major, whichever is less, at Georgia State.

Note: You cannot use credit by examination, credit by validation, credit earned through College Level Examination Program tests or Advanced Placement courses, or credit for courses specifically excluded by university policy to meet the academic residence requirement.

*This information is for reference only and does not automatically guarantee or preclude the transferable course credit. Equivalencies are subject to change upon official evaluation by Georgia State.

Establishing Georgia Residency

To qualify for in-state tuition, you must establish Georgia residency. Here’s how that works:

You or your parent(s) must have lived in Georgia for at least 12 consecutive months immediately before your enrollment at a college or university.
If you entered Georgia to attend an educational institution, your time in school is not normally counted toward the 12-month residence requirement.
Your “legal residence” is your permanent home.
You must not only live in Georgia but also intend to remain in Georgia indefinitely.

For more information, contact the Enrollment Services Center.

Upcoming Transfer Events

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WHERE DO I STAND?

About Us

As a rapidly growing public research university rooted in a major city, we’re flipping the script on the conventional college experience.

EXPERIENCE THE STATE WAY

Learn About Tuition

Check out our Cost Calculator, financial aid and scholarships to get an idea of what you’ll spend to attend Georgia State.

WE'LL HELP MAKE IT EASY

Application Status

Use your Panther ID number to track your progress and ensure you meet deadlines and other requirements.

WHERE DO I STAND?

Contact Us

Our admissions counselors are here to guide you through the application and acceptance process. Connect with yours today. View our team of undergraduate admissions counselors.

Please send all electronic transcripts to electronictranscript@gsu.edu. If you have any international admissions or credential questions, please contact adminternational@gsu.edu.

404-413-2500

transfer@gsu.edu

Sparks Hall, Suite 200

33 Gilmer St. SE

Atlanta, GA 30303

Our admissions counselors are here to guide you through the application and acceptance process. Connect with yours today. View our team of undergraduate admissions counselors.

Please send all electronic transcripts to electronictranscript@gsu.edu. If you have any international admissions or credential questions, please contact adminternational@gsu.edu.

Scott Burke

Assistant Vice President for Undergraduate Admissions

Email Scott Burke

Specialty: Freshman Applicants

Out of State Areas: Massachusetts

Romina Torres-Aranda

Director of Undergraduate Admissions

Email Romina Torres-Aranda

Specialty: Freshman Applicants, High School Counselor Liaison, Latinx Students

Out of State Areas: California, Puerto Rico

Peace Li

Associate Director, International Recruitment

Phone: 404-413-2500

Email Peace Li

Specialty: Undergraduate International Students

Ta'Keyah Holder

Assistant Director, Transfer Recruitment

Phone: 404-413-2328

Email Ta’Keyah Holder

Ryan McLaughlin

Assistant Director of Honors Recruitment

Phone: 404-413-5577

Email Ryan McLaughlin

Campus: Atlanta

Specialty: Honors

Lan Nguyen

Assistant Director, International Recruitment

Phone: 404-413-2037

Email Lan Nguyen

Specialty: Undergraduate International Students

Sonya Ovbey

Assistant Director, Welcome Center

Phone: 404-413-2066

Email Sonya Ovbey

Alex Thomas

Assistant Director, Freshmen Recruitment

Email Alex Thomas

Specialty: Financial Aid Liaison, Freshman Applicants, High School Counselor Liaison, Home-School, Metro Atlanta Private Schools

Out of State Areas: Connecticut, District of Columbia, Idaho, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Virginia, Wisconsin

Tony Wahab

Assistant Director, Customer Management

Phone: 770-274-5208

Email Tony Wahab

Susanna Alhabeil

Freshmen Admissions Counselor

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Campus: Atlanta

Georgia Counties: Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Gwinnett – North, Gwinnett – South, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Madison, Oconee, Walton, White, Whitfield

Out of State Areas: Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Michigan, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming

Davohn Brown

Enrollment Service Specialist

Phone: 404-413-2186

Email Davohn Brown

Campus: Atlanta

Regina Daniels

Transfer Admissions Counselor

Phone: 404-413-2045

Email Regina Daniels

Campus: Atlanta

Specialty: State Farm, Transfer, Transition

Celynna Dimaranan

Campus Visit Coordinator

Phone: 404-413-2065

Email Celynna Dimaranan

Campus: Atlanta

Specialty: Campus Visits

Donna Frazier

Freshman Admissions Counselor

Phone: 678-891-4128

Email Donna Frazier

Campus: Decatur

Specialty: GSU-62, Non-traditional, Perimeter College

Georgia Counties: Baker, Brooks, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Colquitt, Cook, Coweta, Crawford, DeKalb, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Harris, Lamar, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marion, Meriwether, Miller, Mitchell, Muscogee, Peach, Pike, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Seminole, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Troup, Upson, Webster, Worth

Out of State Areas: Arkansas, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming

Ashley Frost

Freshman Admissions Counselor

Email Ashley Frost

Campus: Atlanta

Specialty: Freshman Applicants, Perimeter Academy

Georgia Counties: Baldwin, Burke, Butts, Clayton, Columbia, DeKalb, Glascock, Greene, Jasper, Jefferson, Jones, Lincoln, McDuffie, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Richmond, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington, Wilkes

Out of State Areas: Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia

Ashley Holden

Transfer Admissions Counselor

Email Ashley Holden

Campus: Atlanta

Specialty: Transfer, Transient, Veterans

Khristin Isley

International Admissions Counselor

Phone: 678-891-3672

Email Khristin Isley

Campus: Clarkston

Specialty: Undergraduate International Students

DiAna Kelley

Freshman Admissions Counselor

Phone: 404-413-2515

Email DiAna Kelley

Campus: Atlanta

Specialty: Atlanta Public Schools, Dual Enrollment, Freshman Applicants

Georgia Counties: Fulton – South

Out of State Areas: Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania

LaToya Luther

Enrollment Service Specialist

Phone: 678-891-4129

Email LaToya Luther

Campus: Clarkston

Specialty: Perimeter College

Brandi Marcocci

Enrollment Service Specialist

Phone: 678-891-2849

Email Brandi Marcocci

Campus: Newton

Dieh’l Martin

In-house Admissions Counselor

Phone: 404-413-2016

Email Dieh’l Martin

Campus: Alpharetta

Specialty: Perimeter College

Warren McDaniels III

Admissions Counselor

Phone: 470-547-5590

Email Warren McDaniels III

Campus: Atlanta

Specialty: Campus Visits, Freshman Applicants

Stephanie Molina

Freshman Admissions Counselor

Email Stephanie Molina

Campus: Atlanta

Specialty: Freshman Applicants, Latinx Students, Panther Excellence, Success Academy

Georgia Counties: Bartow, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Candler, Carroll, Catoosa, Charlton, Chatham, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb, Coweta, Dade, Douglas, Effingham, Emanuel, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Glynn, Gordon, Haralson, Heard, Jenkins, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Screven, Walker, Wayne

Out of State Areas: Florida, Indiana

Omar Nelson

Freshman Admissions Counselor

Phone: 404-413-2068

Email Omar Nelson

Campus: Atlanta

Specialty: Freshman Applicants, Re-entry

Georgia Counties: Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley, Clinch, Coffee, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Echols, Evans, Fayette, Henry, Houston, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Johnson, Lanier, Laurens, Monroe, Montgomery, Pierce, Pulaski, Spalding, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Turner, Twiggs, Ware, Wheeler, Wilcox, Wilkinson

Out of State Areas: Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas