Transfer Credit Information

First-year students are limited to a maximum of 8 transfer credits (including AP, IB or college courses elected while in high school).

For schools on a semester hour system, 4 semester hours are considered equivalent to 1 Bucknell course credit. Transfer credit is approved at .75 credit for any 3 semester hour courses.

Accepted transfer credits are not included in a student's Bucknell grade point average (GPA) calculation.

Accepted Transfer Credits

• Bucknell may accept transfer course credit from regionally accredited universities or colleges and select foreign schools. Refer to Bucknell transfer course equivalency information to see courses already approved to transfer. Please be aware that a course or institution not on the list can still be considered; this list contains only those reviewed to date.
• To be accepted for transfer credit that will count toward graduation requirements, the course must be comparable to a course offered at Bucknell.
  • If the course content does not have a Bucknell course equivalent, the level of transfer credit will be determined.

  Unaccepted Transfer Credits

  • Pass/fail grades, audits or courses that have already been taken at Bucknell or elsewhere
  • Courses in professional or vocational fields
  • Courses from professional schools
  • Mathematics courses below introductory calculus
  • Language courses that repeat high school work
  • Physical education credits

  To receive transfer credit, you must request an official transcript from the institution where the course was taken. The transcript should be sent to one of the following addresses:

  Incoming First-Year Bucknell students should have transcripts mailed to:
  Office of Admissions
  One Dent Drive
  Bucknell University
  Lewisburg, PA 17837
  appdocs@bucknell.edu

  Currently enrolled Bucknell students should have transcripts mailed to:
  Office of the Registrar
  One Dent Drive
  Bucknell University
  Lewisburg, PA 17837
  registrar@bucknell.edu

  Advanced Placement (AP) Scores

  AP test scores should be sent to our office (CEEB Code 2050). Once we receive an official report of your scores, we will evaluate them and make the appropriate additions to your academic record.

  International Baccalaureate (IB) and Credit

  IB Diploma recipients with a minimum score of 5 on each of the six subject examinations will be awarded six course credits toward their degree requirements at Bucknell.

  Diploma recipients who do not meet the minimum score requirements will receive course credit for only those higher level courses passed with a score of 5 or higher.

  IB Certificate students (non-diploma) will receive course credits for each higher level course passed with an examination score of 5 or higher.

  No credit is awarded for standard-level courses except as noted for IB Diploma recipients above.