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Pierce College is well known for university transfer. You can take courses at Pierce that are equivalent to the first two years of study at four-year colleges and universities. You can then transfer your Pierce College credits and enter a bachelor's degree program as a third-year student.

Transferring to a University

Credits from Pierce College are recognized by universities throughout the U.S. Recent Pierce College graduates have been admitted to top American universities, including:

  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Columbia University
  • Cornell University
  • Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), New York
  • Digipen Institute of Technology
  • George Washington University
  • Indiana University, Bloomington
  • New York University (NYU)
  • Oregon State University
  • Purdue University
  • Rutgers University
  • State University of New York (SUNY) Buffalo
  • St. Louis University
  • University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
  • University of California at Davis (UC Davis)
  • University of California at Irvine (UC Irvine)
  • University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
  • University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
  • University of Nevada at Los Vegas (UNLV)
  • University of Washington, Seattle  
  • University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire