Transfer Students

To be considered for transfer admission, students must submit the following:

• Transfer Student Application or the International Transfer Student Application along with a $30.00 non-refundable application fee.
• Official college transcript from each college previously attended.
• Official high school transcript.
• SFU College Clearance Form (this form is waived is you have completed an associate or bachelor degree)
• SAT I and/or ACT Scores (this is waived if you have completed an associate or bachelor degree or have been out of high school for 5 years or longer)
• Physical Therapy applicants are also required to submit a letter of recommendation from a current professor at your most recent college or university and complete an interview with the Physical Therapy department.
• All Nursing applicants are required to complete an interview with the nursing department.
• Students who were previously enrolled in a Nursing program are required to submit the nursing evaluation/recommendation form.

Application Deadlines

• School of Arts & Letters: Rolling Admission – Fall/Spring
• School of Science: Rolling Admission – Fall/Spring
• School of Business: Rolling Admission – Fall/Spring
• School of Health Science:

  School of Health Science Application Deadlines

  Program	Term	Application Deadline
  Nursing	Fall/Spring	Rolling Admissions
  Exercise Physiology	Fall/Spring	Rolling Admissions
  Physical Therapy	Spring Fall	December 1st May 1st
  Occupational Therapy	Spring Fall	December 1st May 1st

Admissions Requirements

• Transfer candidates must have a minimum of a 2.0 cumulative GPA and 12 transferable credits to be considered for admission to Saint Francis University. Meeting the minimum grade point average does not guarantee admission to all academic programs.
• The Physical Therapy program will accept transfer applications on a space available basis.
• Competitive applicants should have a cumulative GPA of a 3.0 and a 3.0 GPA in math/science.
• 8 credits of Anatomy and Physiology and 4 credits of Exercise Physiology must be completed at Saint Francis University.
• Transfer candidates must have a minimum of a 3.0 cumulative GPA and a 2.8 GPA in math/science requirements to be considered for admission into the nursing program. Students are only eligible to repeat 3 major/collateral courses.
• The Occupational Therapy program will accept transfer applications on a space available basis.
• Transfer candidates must have a minimum of a 2.75 cumulative GPA to be considered for admission into the occupational therapy program.

Transfer Credit

• Students can transfer a maximum of 64 credits to Saint Francis University.
• Grades of “C” or better from accredited colleges and universities will be considered for transfer credit.
• Developmental, review or remedial courses are not transferable. A course for which no credit is given at the original institution cannot be transferred for credit at Saint Francis University.
• Students who attend Pennsylvania community colleges and state universities can find course equivalencies at PA Trac
  
• Students will be exempted from English 103 if they transfer in 28 or more credits and have transferred in 6 credits of a two semester, college level sequence of English composition.
• Transfer credits are not used in the computation of your grade point average at Saint Francis University.
• Military credits can be considered for transfer credit.

Second Degree

• Candidates for a second bachelor’s degree must complete a minimum of 32 credits at Saint Francis University.
• Six credits of Religious Studies must be completed at Saint Francis University in order to fulfill core requirements.