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Commonwealth Transfer Compact
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The Commonwealth Transfer Compact specifies conditions under which a Massachusetts community college transfer student may transfer to a public college or university within the state with minimal loss of associate degree credit.
The most recent version of the Transfer Compact was voted on by the Board of Higher Education and took effect in January, 1990. Under the terms of this agreement, "a student shall be eligible for Transfer Compact status if he or she has met the following requirements:
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a. completed an associate degree with a minimum of 60 credit hours exclusive of developmental coursework;
b. achieved a cumulative grade point average of not less than 2.0 (in a 4.0 system) at the community college awarding the degree."
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The agreement further stipulates completion of a minimum general education core, exclusive of developmental coursework, as part of the student's associate degree requirements.
Compact Core for students entering Middlesex Community College beginning with the Spring 1990 semester:
English/Composition/Writing 6 credits
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Behavioral and Social Sciences 9 credits
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Humanities and Fine Arts 9 credits
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Natural or Physical Science 8 credits
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Mathematics (above MA 1106) 3 credits
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The 35 credits in general education specified above are applied toward fulfillment of the receiving institution's (i.e., state college or UMASS campus) general education requirements. A minimum of 25 additional credits will be accepted as transfer credits by the receiving institution. These credits may be transferred as free electives, toward the receiving institution's additional general education requirements, toward the student's major, or any combination, as the receiving institution deems appropriate.
Only college-level course credits consistent with the standards set by Board of Higher Education recommendations are included under this Compact. Credits awarded by Middlesex through CLEP (The College Level Examination Program), challenge examinations, and other life-experience evaluations for course credit may be included when Middlesex certifies that a student qualifies under this Compact.
To complete the baccalaureate degree, a student who transfers under this Compact may be required to take no more than 68 additional credits unless:
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- a. the student changes his or her program upon entering the receiving institution; or
b. the combination of additional general education requirements, if any, and the requirements of the student's major at the receiving institution total more than 68 credits.
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Under these circumstances, transfer students will be subject to the same requirements as native students. (The term "native student" refers to students who began their undergraduate education at the baccalaureate institution.)
To be certified as having achieved Transfer Compact status, the Commonwealth Transfer Compact must be noted on the student's transcript. Each student record is reviewed at graduation.
Please note: The Commonwealth Transfer Compact is available to students who have matriculated at Middlesex Community College prior to September 2009. Students currently participating in the Commonwealth Transfer Compact will be required to complete their associate degrees by August 2013 and must matriculate at a Massachusetts state college or University of Massachusetts campus by Fall 2014 to take advantage of the Commonwealth Transfer Compact benefits.
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Additional Transfer Opportunities
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Middlesex Community College has developed other articulation agreements locally and nationally. These agreements are designed to ease the transfer process, allowing a student to specifically plan a curriculum that will fit a chosen bachelor’s degree program at a selected college or university.
Among the MCC associate degree programs included in these agreements are: Business Administration Transfer, Computer Science, Criminal Justice, Early Childhood Education, Engineering Science Transfer, Fire Protection & Safety Technology, Human Services, Liberal Arts & Sciences, Life Sciences, Nursing, and Physical Sciences. Colleges with MCC articulation agreements include: American University, Bentley College, Emmanuel College, Fitchburg State College, Lesley University, Mass. College of Pharmacy, Mass. College of Liberal Arts, Pine Manor College, Regis College, Rivier College, Salem State College, Suffolk University, UMASS Boston, UMASS Lowell and Vermont College of Norwich University.
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