Admissions Pathway

Technical colleges

 

Another Route to USU

You can be an Aggie after attending college elsewhere. Utah State University has credit transfer agreements with all Utah System of Higher Education Technical Colleges in Utah. This provides the opportunity for vocational skills training to assist with your transfer to USU.

What is the Technical College Pathway?

If your high school GPA is below the 2.0 admissions standard required of the Earned Admission Pathway program, completing a 12-credit certificate with a 2.0 GPA through your local Utah Technical College will qualify you for admission to Utah State.

Your Next Steps

  • Read the full terms & conditions and eligibility requirements for the Technical College Pathway.
  • Apply at your local technical college in Utah and complete a certificate worth at least 12 credits with a GPA of 2.0 or higher.
  • Apply for admission to Utah State University (if you have not already done so).
  • Have the technical college send an official copy of your transcript to the USU Admissions Office and contact the Admission Office to let us know that you would like to be considered for admission under the Technical College Pathway.
  • Once you’ve completed the certificate and are admitted to USU, visit our What's Next website for more information about confirming your enrollment, signing an on-campus housing contract, starting orientation, and registering for USU classes.

Deadlines & Timeline

You can apply to Utah State University prior to completing your Utah Technical college certificate but the certificate must be completed before you can be admitted to USU. If you are not able to complete the certificate in time, you can request to have your Utah State application changed to a later semester.  Keep the following USU admission deadlines in mind to avoid having to adjust your admission term to a later semester.

Deadline Types (see tables below) :

  • Priority Admission Deadline: Students that complete their certificate by this date are likely to be admitted prior to the beginning of orientation and registration to ensure the best class selection.
  • Final Admission Deadline: Students admitted after this date must defer admission to a future semester.

Deadlines

  Summer  Fall Spring
Priority Deadline - Complete the 12-credit certificate FEB 5 FEB 5 OCT 14
Final Deadline - Complete the 12-credit certificate MAY 1 AUG 1 DEC 1

Benefits

  • Qualify for Admission – Upon completion of the certificate you will be admitted in good standing to USU.
  • Earn College Credit – Utah State University has credit transfer agreements with all Utah System of Higher Education Technical Colleges in Utah. This provides the opportunity for vocational skills training to assist with your transfer to USU. To receive USU credit, it is generally required that the certificate be earned afterJuly 1, 2023 (see Credit Transfer Requirements for complete details).
  • Develop Skills – Certain majors at USU are purposely built to accept credit earned from Utah Technical Colleges. Go to usu.edu/tdte/programs/stackable for more information about these programs at USU.

Credit Transfer Requirements

  • Any certificate awarded after July 1, 2023, will have the courses individually posted as they appear on the transcript. This includes ALL courses, even if they were completed prior to July 1, 2023.  We will begin by awarding elective credit until these courses are evaluated and articulations are identified. 
  • For transcripts where a certificate is not earned, but work is completed after July 1, 2023, we will post the transfer credit individually as it appears on the transcript. We will begin by awarding elective credit until these courses are evaluated and articulations are identified. 
  • For transcripts where a certificate is not earned, but work is completed prior to July 1, 2023, no credit will be granted for those courses.

Approved Utah Technical Colleges

Terms and Conditions

Please note that by pursuing the Technical College Pathway you are agreeing to the following:

  • I understand that I am not officially a Utah State University student until I begin my first semester at USU.
  • I understand that I can work with USU to change my application to the next available semester if more time is needed to complete the technical college certificate.
  • I understand that I should only sign a housing contract if I feel confident that I can complete the technical college certificate prior to the admissions deadline for the semester I wish to attend USU.

Eligibility Requirements

To qualify for admission through the Technical College Pathway students must:

  • Be an incoming first-year student or transfer student with less than 24 post-high school credits (not including technical college certificate credit).
  • Have applied for admission to USU within the past year (through applynow.usu.edu), met all published deadlines, and meet all USU non-academic admissions criteria.
  • Have completed a certificate worth 12 or more credits with a 2.0 GPA at an approved technical college in Utah.
  • Receive a formal offer of admission from the USU Admission Office.

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