General Transfer Credit Practices

An official credit evaluation is completed based on official transcripts and records; an official transcript is one that is produced and sealed by the originating institution and delivered or mailed unopened to the Enrollment Services office. 

At this time, EvCC only accepts electronic transcript submission through the sending school’s 3rd party transcript delivery services, e.g. National Student Clearinghouse, Parchment services, or from within the Washington state community and technical college system.

Because completion of at least 30 EvCC credits are required for eligibility for an associate degree, a maximum of 60 quarter credits may be applied as transfer credit toward a degree. A maximum of two-thirds of the credits required for a certificate may be applied as transfer credit.

Only those credits that meet certificate or degree requirements may be applied. 

Semester credits earned at another college or university are converted to quarter credits on a basis of 1.5 quarter credits for each semester credit. For example, 3 semester credits = 4.5 quarter credits. 

EvCC does not grant credit for religion or theology courses that are sectarian in nature. Credit for life or work experience, or advanced standing, given by another institution is not transferable to EvCC. Transfer credit will not be awarded for duplicate coursework. 

For certain programs, some credits may be non-applicable due to their age. Students should make an appointment with their program advisor for more information. 

Generally, only lower-division (100 and 200-level) coursework (or equivalent) will be considered. Exceptions may be granted on a case by case basis.

Awarded transfer credits from transcript evaluation completed will not be shown on the EvCC transcript - only the total number of transfer credits awarded and the name of the institution from which the credits came will be shown. 

Awarded Academic Credit for Prior Learning and Test Credits from official score reports evaluation completed after Fall 2021 will appear on the transcript. 

Details of the transfer credits can be found in the Transfer Credits page or Academic Advisement Report in the ctcLink and Starfish Degree Planner. Awarded transfer credits do not count towards the student’s EvCC GPA.