Transfer to Bergen

Transfer Evaluator Contact

  • For questions, further information, or to send electronic academic transcripts by email, please contact:

Transfer Evaluator
Email: transfertobcc@bergen.edu

  • Mailing address for sending the official academic transcripts (in a sealed envelope from the College/University):

Bergen Community College
ATN: Transfer Evaluator
Paramus Campus, Pitkin Education Center, Room SC-111
400 Paramus Road, Paramus, NJ 07652.

Transfer Students

Through its many articulation agreements, Bergen Community College makes it easy for students to transfer to a four-year institution, while New Jersey’s transfer law allows students a seamless transition to the state’s finest institutions.

Transfer Policy

  • Bergen Community College will accept credits for courses taken at regionally accredited colleges and universities provided that the course is compatible with the curriculum of Bergen Community College, as approved by the faculty, and the course is applicable to the requested program of study.
  • Bergen Community College also accepts transfer credits based on statewide agreements and will consider awarding credits based on established articulation agreements.
  • Only those courses that have received a grade of “C” or better are accepted for transfer. Transfer credits are not included in computing the grade point average and are recorded as “TR” grades.
  • It is the student’s responsibility to provide, in a timely manner, all the transcripts and documents needed to evaluate any previous educational experience.
  • No more than 45 transferred credits will be applied toward earning an associate degree, and no more than 18 transferred credits will be applied toward earning an academic certificate.
    These credits may be earned from a prior Bergen Community College degree/certificate, transfer credits from other institutions, and proficiency and/or CLEP examinations.
  • The balance of credits required for any degree or certificate must be earned through actual course enrollment at Bergen Community College.

Transcript Requirements

  • A student must be admitted to a degree or certificate program in order for his/her official transcript to be reviewed, evaluated and have credits transferred.
  • Only official transcripts are accepted for transfer of credits.
  • Transcripts also may be hand delivered as long as they are in a sealed envelope.
  • An email will be sent to the student’s address on file when a transcript is received and logged in to the student’s academic record.
  • Once the transcript is evaluated and transfer credits posted, a transfer equivalency report will be mailed to the student’s address.
  • Please submit an official college/university transcript from every institution attended to the Transfer Evaluator.

Notes: Transcripts from other institutions will not be released to the students or a third party.

College Students

Current or former college/university students wishing to receive college credit at Bergen Community College (BCC) must deliver an official transcript from each college attended to the Transfer Evaluator in a sealed envelope from the college.

Bergen only accepts courses from Accredited Colleges and Universities.  Look on the college/university’s website or the back of the transcript for one of the following accreditations:

  • Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, WASC (ACCJC)
  • Commission on Institution of Higher Education- New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEAS&C)
  • The Higher Learning Commission (HLC)
  • Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Middle States Commission on Higher Education. (MSCHE)
  • Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)
  • Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
  • Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Senior College and University Commission

Important Information for Transfer Students

  1. An email will be sent to the student’s address on file when a transcript is received and logged into the student’s academic record.
  2. Once the transcript is evaluated and transfer credits posted, a transfer equivalency report will be mailed to the student’s address.
  3. For questions or appeals, students can contact the Transfer Evaluator, by email at transfertobcc@bergen.edu.
  4. Health Profession courses cannot transfer into Bergen Community College.
  5. Post-baccalaureate courses cannot transfer into Bergen Community College.
  6. Computer courses completed more than 5 years prior to application date cannot transfer.
  7. A course code, 199 and 299, may be assigned for college courses that Bergen Community College does not offer, or for three credit science or math courses, where the Bergen Community College course is worth four credits. The 199 and 299 course is an elective within that area of study and may count as a General Education requirement.
  8. Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Computer Science, Information Technology, and Mathematics courses cannot be completed in a Winter/Winterim semester.
  9. Chemistry, Physics, and Biology courses cannot be offered fully online. The lab component MUST be completed in person.
  10. Legal Courses: Only six (6) credits of legal courses can count from a college out of state or out of county. The courses need to be from an ABA accredited program.  The Department Chair of the Paralegal Program would need to make the determination of which, if any, credits are acceptable. Reference: ABA Legal Specialty Transfer Policy (PDF)

High School Students

  • High school students who completed college coursework should have an official transcript from the college that sponsored the coursework sent to the Transfer Evaluator in a sealed envelope from the college.
  • Mailing address for sending the official academic transcripts that verify the completed sponsored college coursework:

Bergen Community College
ATN: Transfer Evaluator
Paramus Campus, Pitkin Education Center, Room SC-111
400 Paramus Road, Paramus, NJ 07652.

Students from Specialty Schools or Institutes

Students must send ACE transcripts for documentation of courses or exams evaluated by the American Council on Education.
ACE transcripts are provided through Credly’s Acclaim. You may also visit ACE Transcripts for more information.

Anthem Institute (formerly Chubb Institute)

  • Student must send transcript to ACE for an evaluation report
  • No agreement is in place for courses to transfer
  • Student would have to bring the report and course descriptions or syllabi to the BCC Academic Department Chairs for evaluation.

Notes: Samples of BCC course descriptions or syllabi are included in or accessible through the College Catalog.

Devry University

  • An accredited college.
  • Student should have an official transcript delivered to Bergen Community College in a sealed envelope from DeVry University. Refer to the Transfer Evaluator Contact information section for mailing information.

Dover Business School

  • Coursework prior to July 1, 2013 is not accepted for transfer.

Eastern International College

  • Coursework prior to July 1, 2020 is not accepted for transfer.

Eastwick College/ Ho-Ho-Kus School

  • Student must send transcript to ACE for an evaluation report
  • No agreement is in place for courses to transfer
  • Student would have to bring the report and course descriptions or syllabi to the BCC Academic Department Chairs for evaluation.

Katherine Gibbs School

  • Coursework is not accepted for transfer.

Lincoln Tech/ Cittone Institute

  • Coursework is not accepted for transfer.

International Students / Foreign Coursework

Students who attended institutions of higher learning in other countries must have their transcript translated into English and evaluated course by course by an agency associated with the Evaluations from National Association of Credential Evaluation Services, www.naces.org, the NACES member must be delivered to the Transfer Evaluator in a sealed envelope from the NACES member.

  • Evaluation must state that credits are from an accredited college/university in order for student to receive credit.
  • Courses that pertain to the country are not accepted as transfer, e.g., law, accounting courses.
  • English courses also are not accepted unless the student studied the English Language/Literature as her/his program of study.
  • Transfer of credit is based solely on the NACES member’s evaluation. If the evaluation does not provide grades, then the course cannot transfer. If the number of credits listed for a course is too minimal, then the course cannot transfer.
  • Course outlines for science, math, and technical courses may be required to earn equivalent credit at Bergen Community College.

Military Personnel

  • Since Bergen Community College is a SOC institution, credit is awarded for basic or recruit training by submitting your official separation paper (Form DD214).
  • An honorable discharge entitles you to two (2) credits for health education, WEX-101, and one (1) credit for physical activity, WEX-112.
  • Military personnel can also submit a Joint Services Transcript which may lead to the awarding of WEX-101, WEX-112, six (6) credits of free electives, plus other credit based on the determination of academic department chairs.

New Jersey Police Officers and Corrections Officers

Bergen Community College (BCC) grants graduates of the Basic Law Enforcement Academies within New Jersey with college credit.
Students need to present their Graduation Certificate to the Transfer Evaluator.

State of New Jersey Police Officers

  • Student is given credit for CRJ 101, CRJ 103, CRJ 109; WEX 101, WEX 112, and WEX 159.
  • Cannot receive credit for courses completed if still in training.
  • Credit is not provided for the “Class 1B Special Law Enforcement Officer” certificate, or the equivalent in other counties.

State of New Jersey Correction Officers

  • Student is given credit for CRJ-101, CRJ-102, CRJ-108, WEX-101, WEX-112, and WEX-159.
  • Cannot receive credit for courses completed if still in training

Emergency Medical Technicians and Firefighters

  • Bergen Community College (BCC) established an agreement with the Bergen County Law & Public Safety Institute to grant graduates of the Institute with college credit.
  • Required Document: Students need to present their Graduate Certificate.

Bergen County Emergency Medical Technicians

  • Student is given credit for WEX-159.

Bergen County Firefighters

  • Firefighter One: Students are given credit for FIR-101.
  • Firefighter Two: Students are given credit for FIR-102.

Approved Articulations Agreements for Professional Certificates

Examinations Accepted for Transfer Credits

Advanced Placement Examinations (AP)

  1. Please review the current Bergen Academic Catalog for a list of approved subject AP Examinations, required scores, credits granted, and equivalent Bergen course credit.
  2. Official Scores must be received by the Transfer Evaluator directly from the College Board before credit is awarded. The college cannot accept student copies of their scores.
  3. Bergen Community Colleges college code is 2032.

College Level Examination Program (CLEP)

  1. Please review the current Bergen Academic Catalog for a list of approved subject CLEP examinations, required scores, credits granted, and equivalent Bergen course credit.
  2. If you have any questions before you take the exam, email transfertobcc@bergen.edu.
  3. Bergen Community College only accepts courses listed in the college catalog, any other courses will not be accepted.
  4. Official Scores must be received by the Transfer Evaluator directly from the College Board before credit is awarded. The college cannot accept student copies of their scores.
  5. For information, review materials, or to register for the CLEP exam go to the College Board website.

International Baccalaureate (IB)

  1. Please review the current Bergen Academic Catalog for a list of approved subject IB Courses, required scores, credits granted, and equivalent Bergen course credit.
  2. If you have any questions before you take the exam, email transfertobcc@bergen.edu.
  3. Bergen Community College only accepts courses listed in the college catalog, any courses not listed will need to be reviewed.
  4. Official Scores must be received by the Transfer Evaluator directly from International Baccalaureate (IB) before credit is awarded. The college cannot accept student copies of their scores.

NYU Foreign Language Proficiency Testing

  1. Through New York University’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies, students may take a foreign language proficiency exam to earn credit at Bergen Community College.
    Visit the NYU website at: http://www.scps.nyu.edu/academics/departments/foreign-languages/testing/process.html for more information.
  2. Students must take the 16-point exam (not the 12-point exam) and score 13 out of 16 points.
  3. Students will receive credit for the first language course (3 credits).
*Important notes:
      1. Students who wish to test in German or French should consider taking the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) exam, from which a student can earn up to 9 credits in Language.
      2. Students who wish to test in Spanish should consider taking the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) exam, from which a student can earn up to 12 credits in Language.