Credits earned at regionally accredited colleges or universities will be considered for transfer to the Maine College of Health Professions at the time of student admission to the College. A student cannot transfer additional credits from other colleges or universities after admission and matriculation to the College. Matriculated students are those who have formally applied for acceptance into a degree or certificate program and have officially started the program.
Only those courses determined by the appropriate Dean and/or Program Director to be equivalent to the courses included in a specific program curriculum plan will be considered for transfer of credits. The grade received for an approved transfer course will be listed as “TR” on the College transcript and the grade will not be calculated into the student’s cumulative grade point average.
To transfer credits to the College, the student must:
- Request an official transcript be mailed directly from the institution where the credits were earned to the Registrar’s Office.
- Provide an official course description from the year the credits were earned. Check with the Registrar to determine the necessity of the course description.
- Only courses in which the student earned a C or higher will be considered for transfer.
Certificate Programs:
- Transfer credits may be accepted for General Education Courses as stated in this policy.
- All program-specific courses must be taken at the College.
- Exceptions will be reviewed on an individual basis by the Dean. These courses must be congruent with the course descriptions published in the College catalog.
Associate of Applied Science Degree:
- Degree specific courses for transfer credits must have been successfully completed within 2 years of matriculating into a program of study at the College.
- A minimum of fifty percent (50%) of degree credit coursework must be completed through the College. Specific programs will require additional credits from the College.
- Exceptions will be reviewed on an individual basis by the Dean. These courses must be congruent with the course descriptions published in the College catalog.
Bachelor’s Degree:
- A minimum of twenty-five percent (25%) of degree credit coursework must be completed through the College. Specific programs may require additional credits from the College.
- Some courses have changed substantially over time. There may be situations in which courses taken more than 10 years ago may not transfer into the College.
- Exceptions will be reviewed on an individual basis by the Dean. These courses must be congruent with the course descriptions published in the College catalog.
Master’s Degree:
- Request an official transcript be mailed directly from the institution where the credits were earned to the MCHP’s Registrar’s Office.
- Provide an official course description or syllabus from the year the credits were earned. Check with the Registrar to determine the necessity of the course description or syllabus.
- Only courses in which the student earned a C or higher will be considered for transfer.
- Prior learning and transfer credit policy for the master's degree programs dictates that only credits earned at regionally accredited colleges or universities will be considered for transfer to MCHP at the time of student admission to the College. Students may not transfer additional credits from other colleges or universities after admission and matriculation to the College.
- A minimum of forty percent (40%) of degree credit coursework must be completed at MCHP (for the RN to MSN programs only).
- Master’s degree-specific required courses must be completed at MCHP.
- Exceptions will be reviewed on an individual basis by the Program Dean.
Approved:______________________________________________________________________
Monika Bissell, DBA
President
March 2025