ODU offers Guaranteed Admission to eligible graduates from select community colleges outside Virginia to ease the transfer process. We will guarantee your admission to ODU if you:

  1. Indicate your intent to enroll in an approved program and to transfer to ODU, and
  2. Meet ODU's academic requirements for transfer.

Learn More About Guaranteed Admission

View the Signed Transfer Agreement (PDF)

Approved Out-of-State Colleges and Degree Types

All institutions in the Alabama Community College System are approved. This includes:

  • Bevill State Community College
  • Bishop State Community College
  • John C. Calhoun State Community College
  • Central Alabama Community College
  • Chattahoochee Valley Community College
  • Coastal Alabama Community College
  • Drake State Community & Technical College
  • Enterprise State Community College
  • Gadsden State Community College
  • Ingram State Technical College
  • Jefferson State Community College
  • Lawson State Community College
  • Lurleen B. Wallace Community College
  • Marion Military Institute
  • Northeast Alabama Community College
  • Northwest Shoals Community College
  • Reid State Technical College
  • Shelton State Community College
  • Snead State Community College
  • Southern Union State Community College
  • Trenholm State Community College
  • Wallace State Community College
  • Wallace Community College-Dothan
  • Wallace Community College-Selma

Approved transfer degree programs at these colleges are:

  • Associate in Arts (AA)
  • Associate in Science (AS)

All Arizona Community Colleges are approved. This includes:

  • Arizona Western College
  • Central Arizona College
  • Cochise College
  • Coconino Community College
  • Eastern Arizona College
  • Maricopa Community Colleges:
    • Chandler-Gilbert Community College
    • Estrella Mountain Community College
    • GateWay Community College
    • Glendale Community College
    • Mesa Community College
    • Paradise Valley Community College
    • Phoenix College
    • Rio Salado College
    • Scottsdale Community College
    • South Mountain Community College
  • Mohave Community College
  • Northland Pioneer College
  • Pima Community College
  • Yavapai College

Approved transfer degree programs at these colleges are:

  • Associate of Arts (AA)
  • Associate of Business (ABus)
  • Associate of Science (AS)
  • Associate of Arts of Elementary Education (AAEE)

All institutions in the California Community Colleges are approved. You can find a complete list of the 118 individual colleges on the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office website.

Approved transfer degree programs at these colleges are:

  • Associate in Arts for Transfer (AA-T)
  • Associate in Science for Transfer (AS-T)

All institutions in the Colorado Community College System are approved. This includes:

  • Arapahoe Community College
  • Colorado Northwestern Community College
  • Community College of Aurora
  • Community College of Denver
  • Front Range Community College
  • Lamar Community College
  • Morgan Community College
  • Northeastern Junior College
  • Otero College
  • Pikes Peak State College
  • Pueblo Community College
  • Red Rocks Community College
  • Trinidad State College

Approved transfer degree programs at these colleges are:

  • Associate of Arts (AA)
  • Associate of Science (AS)

The University of the District of Columbia Community College (UDC-CC) is approved.

Approved transfer degree programs at this college are:

  • Associate in Arts (AA)
  • Associate of Science (AS) in Liberal Arts

Colleges in the University System of Georgia are approved. This includes:

  • Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
  • Atlanta Metropolitan State College
  • College of Coastal Georgia
  • Dalton State College
  • East Georgia State College
  • Georgia Gwinnett College
  • Georgia Highlands College
  • Gordon State College
  • Perimeter College (GSU)
  • South Georgia State College

Approved transfer degree programs at these colleges are:

  • Associate of Arts (AA)
  • Associate of Science (AS)

All University of Hawai'i Community Colleges are approved. This includes:

  • Hawai'i Community College
  • Honolulu Community College
  • Kapi'olani Community College
  • Kau'i Community College
  • Leeward Community College
  • Maui College
  • Windward Community College

Approved transfer degree programs at these colleges are:

  • Associate of Arts (AA)

All colleges in the Illinois Community College System are approved. This includes:

  • Black Hawk College
  • Carl Sandburg College
  • City Colleges of Chicago (Harold Washington College, Harry S.Truman College, Kennedy-King College; Malcolm X College, Olive-Harvey College, Richard J. Daley College, Wilbur Wright College)
  • College of Lake County;
  • East St. Louis Community College Center
  • Danville Area Community College
  • Elgin Community College
  • College of DuPage
  • Harper College
  • Heartland Community College
  • Highland Community College
  • Illinois Central College
  • Illinois Eastern Community Colleges(Frontier CC; Lincoln Trail College; Olney Central College)
  • Illinois Valley Community College
  • John A. Logan College
  • John Wood Community College
  • Joliet Junior College
  • Kankakee Community College
  • Kaskaskia College
  • Kishwaukee College
  • Lake Land College
  • Lewis and Clark Community College
  • Lincoln Land Community College
  • McHenry County College
  • Moraine Valley Community College
  • Morton College
  • Oakton College
  • Parkland College
  • Prairie State College
  • Rend Lake College
  • Richland Community College
  • Rock Valley College
  • Sauk Valley Community College
  • Shawnee Community College
  • South Suburban College
  • Southeastern Illinois College
  • Southwestern Illinois College
  • Spoon River College
  • Triton College
  • Waubonsee Community College

Approved transfer degree programs at these colleges are:

  • Associate in Arts (AA)
  • Associate of Science (AS)

All institutions in the Maryland Association of Community Colleges are approved. This includes:

  • Allegany College of Maryland
  • Anne Arundel Community College
  • Baltimore City Community College
  • Carroll Community College
  • Cecil College
  • Chesapeake College
  • College of Southern Maryland
  • Community College of Baltimore County
  • Frederick Community College
  • Garrett College
  • Hagerstown Community College
  • Harford Community College
  • Howard Community College
  • Montgomery College
  • Prince George's Community College
  • Wor-Wic Community College

Approved transfer degree programs at these colleges are:

  • Associate of Arts (AA)
  • Associate of Science (AS)
  • Associate of Arts in Teaching (AAT)
  • Associate of Science in Engineering (ASE)

We also have transfer agreements with Anne Arundel Community College, Hagerstown Community College and Howard Community College for select Associate of Applied Science degrees.

All institutions in the Massachusetts Association of Community Colleges are approved. This includes:

  • Berkshire Community College
  • Bristol Community College
  • Bunker Hill Community College
  • Cape Cod Community College
  • Greenfield Community College
  • Holyoke Community College
  • Massachusetts Bay (MassBay) Community College
  • Massasoit Community College
  • Middlesex Community College
  • Mount Wachusett Community College
  • North Shore Community College
  • Northern Essex Community College
  • Quinsigamond Community College
  • Roxbury Community College
  • Springfield Technical Community College 

Approved transfer degrees from these colleges are:

  • Associate in Arts (AA)
  • Associate in Science (AS)

All institutions in the New Jersey Council of County Colleges are approved. This includes:

  • Atlantic Cape Community College
  • Bergen Community College
  • Brookdale Community College
  • Camden County College
  • County College of Morris
  • Essex County College
  • Hudson County Community College
  • Mercer County Community College
  • Middlesex College
  • Ocean County College
  • Passaic County Community College
  • Raritan Valley Community College
  • Rowan College at Burlington County
  • Rowan College of South Jersey
  • Salem Community College
  • Sussex County Community College
  • UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ
  • Warren County Community College

Approved transfer degree programs at these colleges are:

  • Associate in Arts (AA)
  • Associate in Science (AS)
  • Associate in Applied Science (AAS)

All institutions in the North Carolina Community College System are approved. This includes:

  • College of the Albemarle
  • Craven Community College
  • Davidson County Community College
  • Durham Technical Community College
  • Edgecombe Community College
  • Fayetteville Technical Community College
  • Forsyth Technical Community College
  • Gaston College
  • Guilford Technical Community College
  • Halifax Community College
  • Haywood Community College
  • Isothermal Community College
  • James Sprunt Community College
  • Johnston Community College
  • Lenoir Community College
  • Martin Community College
  • Mayland Community College
  • McDowell Technical Community College
  • Mitchell Community College
  • Montgomery Community College
  • Nash Community College
  • Pamlico Community College
  • Piedmont Community College
  • Pitt Community College
  • Randolph Community College
  • Richmond Community College
  • Roanoke-Chowan Community College
  • Robeson Community College
  • Rockingham Community College
  • Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
  • Sampson Community College
  • Sandhills Community College
  • South Piedmont Community College
  • Southeastern Community College
  • Southwestern Community College
  • Stanly Community College
  • Surry Community College
  • Tri-County Community College
  • Vance-Granville Community College
  • Wake Technical Community College
  • Wayne Community College
  • Western Piedmont Community College
  • Wilkes Community College
  • Wilson Community College

Approved transfer degree programs at these colleges are:

  • Associate in Arts (AA)
  • Associate in Science (AS)

We also have transfer agreements with Wake Technical Community College that connect certain AAS degrees to ODU's Dental Hygiene Post-Licensure and Civil Engineering Technology bachelor's programs.

All institutions in the South Carolina Technical College System are approved. This includes:

  • Aiken Technical College
  • Central Carolina Technical College
  • Denmark Technical College
  • Florence-Darlington Technical College
  • Greenville Technical College
  • Horry-Georgetown Technical College
  • Midlands Technical College
  • Northeastern Technical College
  • Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College
  • Piedmont Technical College
  • Spartanburg Community College
  • Technical College of the Lowcountry
  • Tri-County Technical College
  • Trident Technical College
  • Williamsburg Technical College
  • York Technical College

Approved transfer degree programs at these colleges are:

  • Associate in Arts (AA)
  • Associate in Science (AS)
  • Associate in Arts-Direct Transfer (DTA)
  • Associate in Science-Transfer (AS-T)

All institutions in The College System of Tennessee are approved.

  • Chattanooga State Community College
  • Cleveland State Community College
  • Columbia State Community College
  • Dyersburg State Community College
  • Jackson State Community College
  • Motlow State Community College
  • Nashville State Community College
  • Northeast State Community College
  • Pellissippi State Community College
  • Roane State Community College
  • Southwest Tennessee Community College
  • Volunteer State Community College
  • Walters State Community College

Approved transfer degree programs at these colleges are:

  • Associate of Arts (AA)
  • Associate of Science (AS)

All institutions in the Texas Association of Community Colleges are approved. This includes:

  • Central: Blinn College, Central Texas College, Hill College, McLennan Community College, Navarro College, Temple College, Austin Community College District
  • East: Angelina College, Kilgore College, Northeast Texas Community College, Panola College,   Paris Junior College, Texarkana College, Trinity Valley Community College, Tyler Junior College
  • North: Cisco College, Collin College, Dallas College, Grayson College, North Central Texas College, Ranger College, Tarrant County College District, Vernon College, Weatherford College
  • South: Alamo Colleges, Coastal Bend College, Del Mar College, Laredo College, South Texas College, Southwest Texas Junior College, Texas Southmost College, Victoria College
  • Southeast: Alvin Community College, Brazosport College, College of the Mainland, Galveston College, Houston Community College, Lee College, Lone Star College System, San Jacinto College, Wharton County Junior College
  • West: Amarillo College, Clarendon College, El Paso Community College, Howard College, Midland College, Odessa College, South Plains College, Western Texas College, Frank Phillips College

Approved transfer degree programs at these colleges are:

  • Associate in Arts (AA)
  • Associate in Science (AS)

All institutions managed by the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges are approved. This includes:

  • Bates Technical College
  • Bellevue College
  • Bellingham Technical College
  • Big Bend Community College
  • Cascadia College
  • Centralia College
  • Clark College
  • Clover Park Technical College
  • Columbia Basin College
  • Edmonds College
  • Everett Community College
  • Grays Harbor College
  • Green River College
  • Highline College
  • Lake Washington Institute of Technology
  • Lower Columbia College
  • North Seattle College
  • Olympic College
  • Peninsula College
  • Pierce College
  • Renton Technical College
  • Seattle Central College
  • Shoreline Community College
  • Skagit Valley College
  • South Puget Sound Community College
  • South Seattle College
  • Spokane Community College
  • Spokane Falls Community College
  • Tacoma Community College
  • Walla Walla Community College
  • Wenatchee Valley College
  • Whatcom Community College
  • Yakima Valley College

Approved transfer degree programs at these colleges are:

  • Associate in Arts Direct Transfer Agreement (AA-DTA)
  • Associate in Science Direct Transfer Agreement (AS-DTA)
  • Associate of Arts and Sciences Direct Transfer Agreement (AAS-DTA)
  • Associate in Science-Transfer Degree (AS-T)

All institutions in the West Virginia Community and Technical College System are approved. This includes:

  • Blue Ridge Community and Technical College
  • BridgeValley Community and Technical College
  • Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College
  • Mountwest Community and Technical College
  • New River Community and Technical College
  • Pierpont Community and Technical College
  • Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College
  • West Virginia Northern Community College
  • West Virginia University at Parkersburg

Approved transfer degree programs at these colleges are:

  • Associate in Arts (AA)
  • Associate in Science (AS)

State Authorization and Licensure Disclosures

ODU participates in the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA), which allows online delivery of distance education to other member states. However, some of our online degree programs are designed to lead to a professional credential or license that is required for employment (such as a teaching license) and may not meet requirements in every state. We encourage you to check professional licensure requirements in your state before applying to ODU.

Review State Authorization and Licensure Disclosures