Transfer Pathway Agreements

The University has articulation agreements with many New Jersey community colleges to facilitate transfer from those institutions to William Paterson. These agreements address transfer admissions for students earning associate's degrees from state community colleges, policies governing acceptance of general education credits, and admission to specific academic programs.

While the official William Paterson University Transfer Credit Policy is to accept a maximum of 60 credits from a New Jersey community college, William Paterson University will accept ALL ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE CREDITS under the program-to-program transfer articulation agreements listed below.  To ensure transfer of ALL ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE CREDITS in an eligible community college major, students must have an official community college transcript declaring an associate's degree in that major AND apply for the articulated William Paterson University bachelor's degree. 

William Paterson University currently cooperates with the following institutions to provide articulation agreements:

  • Bergen County College 
  • Brookdale Community College
  • Camden County College
  • Essex County College
  • Mercer County Community College
  • Middlesex County College
  • County College of Morris
  • Ocean County College
  • Passaic County Community College
  • Raritan Valley Community College
  • Rowan College at Burlington County
  • Sussex County Community College

William Paterson University also participates in the NJ Statewide Transfer Initiative.

Per the Lampitt Law (www.njtransfer.org) when  students transfer into WPU with an A.A. or A.S. from a New Jersey Community College (on or after January 1, 2005) all of WPU's lower level core classes (University Core Curriculum [UCC]) will be waived. William Paterson University will also waive all credits earned at a New Jersey community college for an Associate of Fine Arts (A.F.A).

William Paterson University is currently working on updating the articulation agreements below.  Once each agreement is signed off by both the community college and William Paterson University, the link next to the program will be activated to show the course equivalencies accepted by William Paterson University for the major. 

BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

BROOKDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

BURLINGTON (SEE "ROWAN AT BURLINGTON COUNTY" BELOW)

CAMDEN COUNTY COLLEGE

    MIDDLESEX COUNTY COLLEGE

    MERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

    COUNTY COLLEGE OF MORRIS

    OCEAN COUNTY COLLEGE

    PASSAIC COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

    RARITAN VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

    ROWAN AT BURLINGTON COUNTY

    SUSSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE