Transfer Admission Requirements
Admissions Criteria
Associate in Arts (A.A.) applicants
Applicants transferring directly after earning the A.A. degree from a Florida public institution will receive priority consideration for admission, as long as the foreign language admissions requirement and the requirements and milestones for admission to the major/program of interest have been met.
Junior and senior applicants (60 or more semester hours of transferable credit as determined by the Office of Admissions) must:
- Have at least a 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) cumulative GPA on all college work attempted.
- Have at least a 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) GPA on all college work attempted at the last institution.
- Meet the State of Florida's foreign language admission requirement by having two sequential units of the same foreign language in high school or eight semester hours of the same foreign language in college (or documented equivalent proficiency).
- Complete the Florida CLAST or an approved alternative.
- Meet the requirements and milestones for admission to the major/program of interest.
Freshman and sophomore applicants (12-59 semester hours of transferable credit as determined by the Office of Admissions) must:
- Meet freshman admission criteria.
- Have at least a 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) cumulative GPA on all college work attempted.
- Have at least a 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) GPA on all college work attempted at the last institution.
- Complete the Florida CLAST or an approved alternative.
- Meet the requirements and milestones for admission to the major/program of interest.
Florida College-Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST)
The Florida CLAST is an achievement test that measures the communication and computation skills expected of all students who have completed their sophomore year of college. All students are required by Florida statutes and rules of the State Board of Education to satisfactorily complete the Florida CLAST, or an approved alternative to the CLAST, before the granting of admission to upper-division status. Approved alternatives to the CLAST are:
- A minimum critical reading score of 500 on the SAT, or 21 on the ACT English and 22 on the ACT reading, and a minimum math score of 500 on the SAT or 21 on the ACT, or
- A minimum cumulative 2.5 GPA in 6 semester hours of approved college-level English and a minimum cumulative 2.5 GPA in 6 semester hours of approved college-level mathematics (no grade below "C-" is acceptable).