Transfer Student Admissions

Students requesting transfer to NHTI should submit all documents listed for general admission and must meet the specific admission requirements for their desired program. In addition, official transcripts from postsecondary institutions attended are needed to evaluate transfer credit.

• Only those courses required in the desired program will be considered.
• Courses must be equivalent in content and credit hours to those required in the desired program.
• Grades must be a C or higher, based on NHTI standards.
• Science and other technical courses, including but not limited to Anatomy and Physiology I and II and Microbiology, taken more than 5 years prior to the desired date of entry must be repeated to be applied toward most Allied Health programs. Time limits may apply to computer or major field courses; final decisions rest with the department chair.
• Most general education courses do not have time limits; final decisions rest with the department chair.
• College credit will be granted to students with military training, experience, or coursework recognized by the American Council on Education. Students seeking credit for their military experience will submit a hard copy of their military transcript to the Admissions Office for the review/evaluation process. 
• International Baccalaureate (IB) exams are considered for transfer credit if scores from the International Baccalaureate Organization are submitted. Of the 2 IB exam levels, only the higher-level exams where a score of 5, 6, or 7 has been achieved will be considered for transfer credit. Credit will not be given for standard-level exams.
• CLEP and AP exams are considered for transfer credit if scores from the College Entrance Examination Board are submitted. Students who have taken AP and IB exams do not receive credit for both.
  • AP Exam equivalencies
  • CLEP exam equivalencies
• Challenge exams, credit by exam, and pass/fail courses taken at other institutions will not be considered for transfer credit.
• Course descriptions, syllabi, and course outlines may be requested.
• The director of Admissions, in consultation with the VPAA and department chair, if necessary, is responsible for determining the appropriateness and acceptance of transfer credits.
• Students seeking transfer credit for prior completed college coursework at an institution outside the U.S. need to provide an official course-by-course foreign credential evaluation to the Admissions Office for review; a list of accredited credential evaluation services can be viewed at www.naces.org/members.html.

Transfer credits may be used to satisfy degree course requirements. Grades associated with such credits will not be included in the determination of GPA, which reflects only achievement in courses completed at NHTI.

Transferring into an Allied Health program for advanced standing (i.e., transferring a clinical course from another institution to begin the program in an upper-level course at NHTI) is based on clinical site availability and the specific transfer policy of the individual department.

In the event a student fails an NHTI course, subsequently and satisfactorily completes a comparable course at another institution, and requests transfer, those credits may be used to satisfy NHTI program requirements at the discretion of the department chair. The grade received at NHTI will remain a part of the student’s transcript, and it will be used in determining the student’s GPA. Only by successfully repeating the failed course at NHTI will the failing grade be discounted from the student’s GPA calculation.