Transferring Made Easier

Plan to graduate from a Minnesota State University?
Riverland community college is a great place to start.

You can take your first two years of college with Riverland and transfer to a four-year college or university to complete your degree.

Transferring is a popular choice for many students in Minnesota. Each year, more than 40 percent of all new students at Minnesota State Universities are transfer students. In fact, two-thirds of all Riverland graduates who transfer choose a school in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System.

Since Minnesota State Colleges and Universities is a united system, the schools work together to make transferring easier by offering the Minnesota transfer curriculum, a set of courses that will transfer to any Minnesota State College or University. At Riverland, the Minnesota transfer curriculum is built into the Associate of Arts (AA) degree.

If you spend two years at Riverland completing the 64-credit AA degree, and transfer to a Minnesota State College or University, you will have satisfied the first two years of a fouryear degree program. Additionally, your two years at Riverland will cost approximately one third less than if you completed them at a four-year Minnesota State College or University. The transfer option is an economical choice for students.

 Helpful Links for Transfer Students

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All these links and more information on Transferring can be found at www.mntransfer.org

 Transferring to Riverland

Request official transcript(s) be forwarded directly to Riverland Admissions Office from ALL previously attended colleges, universities and schools (whether coursework was successful or unsuccessful).

After notification of acceptance for admission, transcript credits will be evaluated for transfer. A written evaluation should indicate which courses transfer and which do not; the courses that specifically meet degree requirements may not be decided until a student participates in orientation or has chosen a major.

If there are questions about the evaluation, students should contact the Registrar. If the transfer evaluation does not meet the student's satisfaction, the student can make an appeal to the Vice President of Academic Affairs.