Transfer Nursing Students

Information for students applying to School of Nursing

Nursing students are advised to apply as soon as possible and well before the deadline. The School of Nursing does close admissions to students once it reaches its capacity for incoming students each year. Typically this occurs around May 1st of each year. Transfer nursing students can only apply for the Fall semester.

Federal and merit based financial aid may be available to transfer nursing students. To be considered you must submit the FAFSA prior to the application deadlines above. CUA's FAFSA code is 001437.

Required pre-requisites for Transfer Degree Nursing:

• minimum of 8 semester hours in human anatomy and physiology with a laboratory
• minimum of 3 credits in microbiology with a laboratory
• minimum of 3 credits in human growth and development
• minimum of 4 credits in organic/biochemistry with a laboratory
• 3 credits of basic statistics
• 2 credits of human nutrition
• 6 credits of humanities
• 6 credits of social sciences

A grade point average of 3.0 is required for anatomy and physiology, microbiology and chemistry.