Requirements Transfer

If you are currently attending another college or university and would like to apply for transfer admission to MSU, you must:

1. complete an application for admission
2. submit your $40.00 application fee (*Starting with Fall 2025, the application fee will increase to a $50.00 application fee for new incoming transfer students.)
3. order official copies of all college transcripts sent directly from the issuing institutions
4. be eligible to return to all previously attended college(s) or university
5. must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 and at least 12 transferable college-level credit hours

If you have earned fewer than 12 hours of college credit, you must meet freshmen admission requirements and have your high school submit an official copy of your transcript .

If you are currently attending another institution and would like to take summer classes at MSU, you must:

1. complete a Transient Application for admission (Please select UNDECIDED as your major.)
2. submit your $40.00 application fee (*Starting with Fall 2025, the application fee will increase to a $50.00 application fee for Summer Guest/Transient students.)
3. order official copies of all college transcripts sent directly from the issuing institutions.
4. be eligible to return to all previously attended college(s) or university.
5. must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 and be currently enrolled for the spring semester prior to the summer

If you attended MSU previously but have sat out a fall or spring semester or more, you must:

1. reactivate your application file by submitting a new application for admission.
2. submit your $10.00 reactivation/re-enrolling fee
3. order official copies of transcripts sent directly from the issuing institutions if you attended a college or university since MSU. You must be eligible to return to these schools and have a minimum cumulative 2.00 GPA from all previously attended institutions.