Earn Your Associate's Degree Through Reverse Transfer
Through reverse transfer, WGU students can use the academic credits they have earned in their WGU coursework to satisfy associate's degree requirements at a community college. If you completed some credits at your community college (but not enough to earn an associate's degree), reverse transfer allows you to transfer your credits BACK to fulfill the two-year degree program requirements. It's a way to add a valuable credential to your education!
Start the process by completing the steps below!
Participating Community Colleges
WGU has reverse transfer agreements with all of its partner community colleges. View the list of these institutions.
Instructions for Participation
- Log into your student portal
- Select Student Support from the top
- Select Student Services from the drop down
- Select the FERPA Authorization Release Form
- Select Reverse Transfer
- Consent must be set for long term use
- Organization Name must be "National Student Clearinghouse"
- Enter Full Name
- Accept terms
- Select submit at the bottom of the form.
- You will receive a confirmation email that your FERPA Authorization Request for Reverse Transfer Participation has been processed.
Criteria for Notification
If you have transferred to WGU from one of our partner community colleges and you have a cumulative total of at least 65 credit hours (this number may be higher, as it is dependent upon the criteria established by the individual community colleges) you may be eligible for the potential awarding of your earned associate's degree. By submitting the form, you are giving WGU permission to submit your transcript information to your transferring community college for evaluation of credits.
* If you do not meet the criteria set forth above but have a combination of credits earned that may meet the requirements to earn an associate's degree at one of our partner community colleges, please follow “What steps do I take to begin the process?”. Your records will be included in the review by your community college.
If you attended other schools and have credits that may also be applied toward a possible associate degree from one or our partner community colleges, please have those transcripts sent also. See the Contact Information section for the appropriate address to send transcripts.
Contact information:
Western Governors University
ATTN: Office of the Registrar
4001 South 700 East, Suite 300
Salt Lake City, UT 84107-2533