Transfer Student
Transfer students from other colleges or universities may be admitted to NMSU Grants Campus as regular students in good standing if their previous college cumulative grade point average is 2.0 or higher. Transfer students with a grade point average below 2.0 may be admitted on probation.
Transfer students from other colleges or universities
must submit:
- An application and a $15 non-refundable application fee.
- Official academic transcripts from all colleges previously attended.
- Official high school or GED transcript.
- Financial aid transcript if applying for assistance.
- Evidence that they are eligible to return to the last institution attended.
All transcripts must be sent directly to the NMSU Grants Campus Admissions Office by the registrar of each institution attended. A student who conceals the fact that he/she has attended another college or university and does not have the Registrar submit a transcript for each institution, whether or not credit was earned, will be subject to immediate suspension.
New Mexico State University at Las Cruces evaluates courses from post-secondary institutions that are regionally accredited or are candidates for regional accreditation. Transfer students will receive full credit for coursework completed with a grade of C or better, provided the classes are similar or equivalent to courses offered at NMSU. A transfer student may, on the basis of an evaluation of his/her transcripts, receive credit for courses taken at other institutions in which a grade of D was received; however, NMSU does not accept the transfer of courses with D grades which satisfy basic academic competency (basic skills) in English and mathematics. NMSU will not accept transfer credit for four-credit basic skills courses (such as ENGL 111G and CCDM 114N) when the incoming course carries less than three credit hours.
Grades earned in courses taken at other institutions are not included in the calculation of NMSU grade point average.
Once a student has been admitted to NMSU, an evaluation of credits is done on a course-by-course basis to determine general transferability to the university. Credits from non-accredited institutions may be evaluated by the student's academic dean after the student has completed two semesters in fulltime status with satisfactory grades.