Office of Admissions

Under the transfer policies of the SUNY Board of Trustees, New York State residents who are graduates of A.A. and A.S. degree programs at Schenectady County Community College are guaranteed an opportunity to continue their education on a full-time basis at a SUNY baccalaureate campus. Graduates of parallel programs shall be accorded full junior status, shall be granted full credit for general education courses taken at SCCC, and shall be given the opportunity to complete the bachelor's degree within four additional semesters of full-time work. In order to be eligible for transfer under this guarantee, students must have submitted all required materials by March 1 for the fall semester, and October 1 for the spring semester.

The College has developed a number of formal transfer agreements with many four-year public and private colleges and universities. These comprehensive agreements identify those institutions and indicate the patterns of study at SCCC which will maximize the transfer of credit to the desired four-year institution. Among those schools with specific transfer articulation agreements with SCCC are:

State University of New York:

• SUNY at Albany
• SUNY at Binghamton
• State University College at Buffalo
• SUNY Empire State College
• SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
• SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale
• State University College at Fredonia
• State University College at New Paltz
• State University College at Oneonta
• State University College at Plattsburgh
• State University College at Potsdam

Other Colleges and Universities:

• Cazenovia College
• College of Saint Rose
• CUNY, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
• Daniel Webster College
• Dowling College
• Eastern Kentucky University
• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• Hartwick College
• Hilbert College
• Johnson& Wales University (Rhode Island)
• Lynn University (Florida)
• Manhattan College
• Manhattanville College
• Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
• Mount Saint Mary College
• Niagara University
• Paul Smiths College of Arts and Sciences
• Regents College
• The Sage Colleges
• Siena College
• Southern Vermont College
• Syracuse University
• Union College
• University of Bridgeport (Connecticut)

These colleges and universities have specific requirements for admission in conjunction with completion of the SCCC programs involved in the various transfer agreements. Students wishing to investigate the possibility of transferring should consult the Office of Student Development Services or the department chairperson responsible for their program early on in their studies at SCCC.