SUNY Empire State Transfer Agreement
Associate’s Degree Required: Yes
Learning Format: Many degree programs are 100% online.
General Agreement Highlights (other than Nursing):
- Students must graduate from Westchester Community College.
- WCC students who complete an A.A., A.S. or A.A.S. degree with a GPA of 2.0 or higher will be guaranteed acceptance to SUNY Empire and will transfer with junior standing.
- SUNY Empire will fully accept in transfer an A.A., A.S., or A.A.S. degree from WCC.
- A maximum of 79 lower-division credits will be applied toward the completion of the articulated SUNY Empire Bachelor’s degree program.
- Waiver of the $50 admission/orientation fee.
- All fees waived for military members (active-duty, guard, reserve, and veterans) along with their spouses. Waived fees include: orientation fee, college fee, student activity fee, technology fee, health and wellness fee, portfolio (assessment) fee, and program amendment fee.
Nursing Program Agreement Highlights:
- Students must graduate with an A.A.S. in Nursing from WCC with a 2.8 or higher GPA to be eligible to enroll in the SUNY Empire Nursing B.S. Online Degree Program.
- All Nursing coursework must have a C+ or higher and all liberal arts and science courses must be a C or higher.
- SUNY Empire will accept up to 79 lower-division credits in transfer, including 64 credits from the WCC A.A.S. in Nursing towards SUNY Empire’s Nursing B.S. Online Degree Program.
- Upon acceptance, students must complete a minimum of 41 credits of upper-division major nursing coursework to graduate from Empire’s RN to BSN program.
Transfer Scholarship:
- SUNY Empire will provide a one-time $100 transfer scholarship once matriculated at SUNY Empire.
- SUNY Empire offers other scholarships to transfer students. Visit: SUNY Empire’s Scholarships page:
- Westchester Community College Scholarship information, go to www.sunywcc.edu/scholarships
Official Transfer Agreement:
WCC/SUNY Empire Transfer Agreement
Official Nursing Transfer Agreement
WCC/SUNY Empire Nursing Transfer Agreement
Transfer Pathways:
| Westchester Community College Associate’s Degree and Degree Type | SUNY Empire Bachelor’s Degree and Degree Type | ||
| Accounting | A.S. | Accounting | B.S. |
| Business Management- Human Resource Mgmt. | A.S. | Human Resource Management | B.S. |
| Business Management- Management | A.S. | Management | B.S. |
| Business Management- SUNY Transfer | A.S. | Management | B.S. |
| Civil Technology | A.A.S. | Science, Mathematics & Technology | B.A., B.S., B.P.S. |
| Communications & Media Arts | A.A. | The Arts | B.A., B.S., B.P.S. |
| Computer Information Systems | A.A.S. | Science, Mathematics & Technology | B.A., B.S., B.P.S. |
| Computer Science | A.S. | Science, Mathematics & Technology | B.A., B.S., B.P.S. |
| Criminal Justice – Correction | A.A.S. | Public Affairs | B.A., B.S., B.P.S. |
| Criminal Justice – Police | A.A.S. | Public Affairs | B.A., B.S., B.P.S. |
| Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management | A.A.S. | Management | B.S. |
| Cybersecurity | A.A.S. | Security Studies | B.S. |
| Digital Filmmaking | A.S. | The Arts | B.A., B.S., B.P.S. |
| Electrical Technology | A.A.S. | Science, Mathematics & Technology | B.A., B.S., B.P.S. |
| Environmental Science | A.S. | Science, Mathematics & Technology | B.A., B.S., B.P.S. |
| Environmental Studies | A.S. | Science, Mathematics & Technology | B.A., B.S., B.P.S. |
| Fashion Design & Technology | A.A.S. | The Arts | B.A., B.S., B.P.S. |
| Fashion Merchandising | A.A.S. | Management | B.S. |
| Foods & Nutrition | A.S. | Science, Mathematics & Technology | B.A., B.S., B.P.S. |
| Health & Human Performance | A.S. | Science, Mathematics & Technology | B.A., B.S., B.P.S. |
| Health Information Technology | A.A.S. | Science, Mathematics & Technology | B.A., B.S., B.P.S. |
| Health Studies | A.S. | Allied Health | B.S. |
| Human Services | A.A.S. | Community and Human Services | B.A., B.S., B.P.S. |
| Human Services | A.S. | Community and Human Services | B.A., B.S., B.P.S. |
| Journalism | A.S. | Cultural Studies | B.A., B.S., B.P.S. |
| LAS: Childhood Education-Art | A.S. | Educational Studies | B.A., B.S. |
| LAS: Childhood Education-English | A.S. | Educational Studies | B.A., B.S. |
| LAS: Childhood Education-History | A.S. | Educational Studies | B.A., B.S. |
| LAS: Childhood Education-Mathematics | A.S. | Educational Studies | B.A., B.S. |
| LAS: Humanities | A.A. | Human Development | B.A., B.S. |
| Mechanical Technology | A.A.S. | Science, Mathematics & Technology | B.A., B.S., B.P.S. |
| Nursing | A.A.S. | Nursing | B.S. |
| Office Technologies | A.A.S. | Management | B.S. |
| Paralegal | A.A.S. | Public Affairs | B.A., B.S., B.P.S. |
| Paramedic | A.A.S. | Allied Health | B.S. |
| Performing Arts | A.S. | The Arts | B.A., B.S., B.P.S. |
| Radiologic Technology | A.A.S. | Allied Health | B.S. |
| Respiratory Care | A.A.S. | Allied Health | B.S. |
| Veterinary Technology | A.A.S. | Science, Mathematics & Technology | B.A., B.S., B.P.S. |