Helpful Transfer Resources
There are many things to think about when transferring to another college or university to earn your bachelor’s degree. Please see the Transfer Planning Checklist for a step-by-step process for selecting a transfer institution.
Here are some helpful resources to get you started on your journey!
COOL: College Opportunities Online Locator
This website allows you to compare almost 7,000 colleges and universities when searching by location and/or academic program.
The Education Trust: College Results
This web page allows you to use an interactive tool to find out the student graduation rates at colleges and universities and compare rates of institutions with similar student populations or characteristics.
Office of Student Financial Assistance: State Grant and Scholarship Programs
This web site provides a list of each State of Florida Grant and Scholarship Program, many of which can be used by community college transfer students to help pay for your education at the college or university where you transfer. Some of these programs include private colleges and universities in Florida, in addition to the state universities. This website also includes application procedures and forms, tools for mapping and calculating your future educational costs, and award status.
Higher Education Transfer Alliance (HETA)
This web site provides a directory of colleges and universities that are committed to reviewing transfer admissions applications based on a set of criteria developed by HETA.
U.S. Department of Education: Nationally Recognized Accrediting Agencies:
This website lists the regional and national accrediting agencies recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education as reliable authorities concerning the quality of education or training offered by the institutions of higher education or higher education programs they accredit.
CHEA (Council for Higher Education Accreditation)
This web site provides information about accreditation organizations for higher education, including national accreditation organizations that are recognized by US Department of Education.
Accreditation Mills and Diplomas
This web site provides important information about how to avoid institutions that offer degrees that may have not be legitimate institutions of higher education or may not provide the level of quality deemed acceptable by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
American Council on Education (ACE)
This webpage describes the mission of the national organization designed to encourage collaboration among higher education institutions and with other organizations, and facilitate the transfer and award of academic credit for nontraditional learning.
CollegeStepz
CollegeStepz is the website for students and professional staff members to explore options in higher education, including helpful information on individual colleges and universities.
Service Members Opportunity College (SOC)
SOC provides educational opportunities to servicemembers, who, because they frequently moved from place to place, had trouble completing college degrees. SOC coordinates associate and bachelor's degrees in a variety of curriculum areas for the armed services. Within each curriculum or degree network, member colleges agree to accept each other's credits in transfer.
The following web sites provide interactive tools to find colleges and universities and financial aid opportunities:
