Transfer Guides

Minimum Transfer Admission Requirements:

• 24 or more semester credit hours of college coursework.
• 2.0 or higher cumulative GPA.
• Provide official transcripts from all previously attended colleges or universities.

Please note, that some programs have their own application deadlines and require higher GPAs and/or additional materials for admission. If you have earned less than 24 hours you must apply as a freshman. 

If you would like to meet with an Admissions Counselor, set up a virtual pre-admission appointment by visiting: https://apply.govst.edu/portal/virtualappointments. You can also find more information in the academic catalog.

Governors State University is a participant in the Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI), which allows students to follow a general education core curriculum (GECC) that transfers smoothly from over 100 participating schools into all of the undergraduate programs at GovState. For more information, visit our IAI web page found here https://www.govst.edu/iai/.

If you would like an unofficial degree audit, you can go to Jaguar Transcript Evaluator at https://govst.transfer.degree/app/#!/my/account/.  This will also allow you to compare your credits towards the completion of several programs at GovState.   This site has course equates from both community colleges and baccalaureate colleges and universities.

GovState is also a participant in My Credits Transfer/Transferology.  This will allow you to view individual course equates and does include transfer course work from other universities.   You can view this information at https://www.transferology.com/. 

Prospective undergraduate program students can view transfer guides information for specific institutions below:

Black Hawk College
City Colleges of Chicago
College of DuPage
College of Lake County
Elgin Community College
Harper College (William Rainey)
Illinois Valley Community College
John A Logan College
John Wood Community College
Joliet Junior College
Kankakee Community College
Kaskaskia College
Lewis and Clark Community College
McHenry County College
Moraine Valley Community College
Morton College
Oakton Community College
Prairie State College
South Suburban College
Trinity Christian College (Teach-out and Transfer-Out for closure)
Triton College
Waubonsee Community College

You may be able to earn college credit for previous knowledge and skills you have mastered outside a traditional college setting via our Credit for Prior Learning program. Learn more about CPL options, or complete our CPL Self-Assessment, to see if Credit for Prior Learning is right for you.

Governors State University accepts baccalaureate and master's level credits from other regionally accredited colleges and universities on a case-by-case basis, please see the program advisor for additional information.  A list of program advisors can be found at www.govst.edu/advising. 

For transfer information/transfer guides for community colleges not listed above, please contact the university Transfer Coordinator.