MassTransfer

RCC students thinking about transferring to a Massachusetts state college/university should consider MassTransfer.

What is MassTransfer (MT)?

• MassTransfer is a collaboration between the Commonwealth’s community colleges, state universities and the University of Massachusetts system. The goal of MassTransfer is for students to be able to transfer seamlessly from their community college to a State University/Umass campus.  

MassTransfer consists of three main components that are all designed to maximize transferrability. 

• General Education Foundation (MT Block)
• Associate 2 Bachelor Degree Pathways
• Commonwealth Commitment

State Colleges/Universities Participating in MassTransfer:

UMass Amherst	UMass Boston
UMass Dartmouth	UMass Lowell
Bridgewater State University	Fitchburg State University
Framingham State University	Mass. College of Liberal Arts
Mass. Maritime Academy	Mass. College of Art & Design
Salem State University	Westfield State University
Worcester State University

RCC's MassTransfer Programs which have the MT Gen Ed Foundation 

Arts & Humanities	Theatre Arts
Business Administration	Biological Sciences
Broadcast Media Technology	English
Health Careers	Liberal Arts
Physical Science	Social Science
Music	Visual Arts

 

MassTransfer General Education Foundation (MassTransfer Block)

The first MassTransfer benfeit for students is known as the MassTransfer General Education Foundation (also called the MassTransfer Block). This is a set of 34 general requirement courses for most undergraduate degrees at a two and four-year higher ediucation institution. The courses in the MT block are shown below.

When a student completes the MassTransfer General Education Foundation, the recieving State Universities or UMass Campus can only require 6 additional credits of their general education requirements. This means you can focus mainly on your major-specific courses when you transfer.

* Please note that students who complete the general education foundation will have this noted on their RCC transcript but it will not guarantee admission to the four-year institution or waive tuition credit.

Complete 34 credits of general education foundation and save an average of 11% on your bachelor’s degree!

MassTransfer General Education Foundation & RCC Courses 

Subject Areas	Credits	Roxbury Community College Courses
English Composition/Writing	6 Credits	ENG 101, ENG 102
Behavioral/Social Sciences	9 Credits	ECE 100, ECE 101, SSI Courses
Humanities/Fine Arts	9 Credits	ENG 110, ENG 220, ENG 221, ENG 225, ENG 226, ENG 232, HUM courses, LAN courses
Natural/Physical Science	7 Credits	SCI courses
Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning	3 Credits	MAT courses (MAT 103, 120,201,203,204,205,225,244)
Total	34 Credits	• A grade of D or higher is required in all general education foundation courses for the block to be stamped on an RCC transcript.

How Can The MassTransfer General Educational Foundation Work For Your RCC Associate Degree?

RCC's AA Degrees: Roxbury Community Colleges Associate in Arts degrees have the above MassTransfer General Education Foundation courses embedded in their programs. In other words, if you complete your RCC associate in arts, you will have completed the MassTransfer General Education Foundation courses. 

RCC's AS Degree: RCC’s Associate in Science degrees are generally transferrable but may require additional courses to meet the MassTransfer General Education Foundation(MT Block above). Visit RCC's Academic Advising Office to make sure you are taking the correct additional courses to meet this MT Block

 

MassTransfer Associates to Bachelors (A2B) Pathways

Complete your RCC associate degree before transferring and save an average of 28% on your bachelor’s degree!

Graduate RCC and have the following MassTransfer benefits depending on your final GPA:

• Transfer with GPA 2.0+ and have guaranteed transfer of credits, no application fee, no application essay.
• Transfer with GPA 2.5+ and have above benefits and guaranteed university admission (depending on program at the bachelor institution).
• Transfer with GPA 3.0+ and have the above benefits & MassTransfer 100% Tuition Credit for two years, provided student: Matriculates within one year of receiving associate degree; Enrolls continuously (full- or part-time) in day program; and Achieves 3.00 GPA after first two semesters.(This benefit does NOT include college/university fee's)

* Click the link for more about the MassTransfer Tuition Credit https://www.mass.edu/masstransfer/tools/tuitioncredit.asp

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The Massachusetts Guarantee

For students looking at four-year private independent colleges/universities, the Massachusetts Guarantee offers similar benefits to MassTransfer in certain degree programs.

What is the Massachusetts Guarantee?

• The Massachusetts Guarantee is a partnership agreement between the state’s community colleges and many state private independent colleges and universities. Based on MassTransfer, the goal of this program is for seamless transfer to many private colleges in Massachusetts with the following benefits:

  	Guaranteed transfer of associate degree credits
  	No application fee or admission essay
  	Guaranteed admission Given the student has met all eligibility criteria for the selected Massachusetts Guarantee institution and the institution has available capacity within the intended major
  	Junior status upon enrollment
  	Scholarship and financial incentives Varying by institution

  There are many colleges participating in the Mass. Guarantee.

  Boston area and Cambridge Colleges/Universities include:
• Emmanuel College
• Suffolk University
• Fisher College
• Mass College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences 
• Lasell University
• Lesley University

Visit the Massachusetts Guarantee Website for a full list of participating four-year private colleges/univeristies.

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Navigating the world of transfer student scholarships can be challenging. There are many colleges/universities that will have their own scholrships(many times called merit scholarships).  There are also private and public non-profit organizations that will have scholrship opportunities for transfer students.

Below is a list of both college/university and general websites listing various scholrships opportunities.

Please note: The Umass Boston Foster Furcolo Scholarship and the Boston University RCC Student Transfer Scholarship require an Nomination Form from the RCC Coordinator of Transfer Services. All RCC students will be emailed regarding this selective process when the nomination is open (normally every spring semester for the following fall semester)

Bridgewater State University

University of Massachusetts Boston

University of Massachusetts Amherst

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Emerson College Next Step Scholarship

Northeastern University

Simmons University

Additional Scholarship Websites

• Big Future/College Board 

• Obama Foundation: Voyager Scholarship for Public Service
• Phi Theta Kappa Transfer Scholarships
• New England Transfer Association Scholarship

• Scholarships by Major 

• Cappex 

• CollegeNet.com 

• Best Colleges

• GraduateTutor.com 

• Hispanic Scholarship Fund 

• Jack Kent Cook Transfer Scholarship

• LGBTQ Students-Point Foundation Transfer Scholarship 

• Scholarship America 

• Scholarships.com 

• United Negro College Fund 

• Great Value Colleges

• Early Childhood Educators Scholarship Program

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 Roxbury Community College has a variety of transfer agreements, also known as articulation agreements, with both private and public colleges/universities. A transfer agreement is designed to maximize courses from Roxbury to the partner institution.

Below is a list of various associate to bachelor transfer agreements designed for students looking to transfer in a variety of fields of study. Each agreement may have a variety of benefits for students so make sure to inquire with the transfer representative at the four-year college about agreement specifics.

Associate to Bachelor Degree Transfer Agreements and Programs

• Emerson College (RCC Health Careers majors transfer to Emersons B.S in Communication Sciences and Disorders)
• Northeastern College of Professional Studies Associate to Masters Workforce Accelerator
  • Students interested in the NEU A2M Program must have:
    • 2.7 GPA or higher
    • Have accumilated 30 credits at RCC
    • Be in one of the following RCC Associate Degree's:
      • Biotechnology, Information Systems Technology, or Health Careers
  • Contact Tahir Abbas, A2M Navigator at: tabbas@rcc.mass.edu   
• William James College (Any RCC Associate Degree and transfer to WJC's Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Human Services program)
• UMass Boston (RCC's Urban Sustainability Advocacy, Social Science, Liberal Arts A.A degrees transfer to UMass Boston's Community Development B.A degree) 
• Wentworth Institute of Technology (RCC's Information System Technology A.S degree transfers to WIT's Information Technology B.S degree) 

• Quincy College (RCC Information System Technology graduates transfer to QCC's B.S in Computer Science)
• Quincy College (RCC Business Administration and Business Management to QCC's B.S in Business Management

Associate to Associate Degree with Bunker HIll Community College for RCC IST students to BHCC Cybersecurity

You can also see additional transfer agreement information on each Associate of Arts and Associate of Science program page. Please note, some of these agreements are in review.

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Course Equivalency Databases

To determine whether courses transfer from RCC to four-year colleges/universities, it is important to understand a few key factors:

* One, if a course is transferrable, it may transfer as either as a course to course (i.e English Comp to English Comp) or course to elective. Keep in mind, if the course transfer as an elective, it still is counting towards the 120 credits for your bachelor degree.

* Two, if you are looking at course transferrability to colleges/universities beyond the New England region, you will want to contact each college and meet with their transfer admissions rep to guage the college transfer credit policy and procedure.   

* Three, colleges/universities will do pre-admission credit evauation for you so it is important to ask them about this possibility. 

For detailed information on Massachusetts state college/university course equivalencies click the following link:

Massachusetts Course Equivalency Database 

For individual Massachusetts state college and university course equivalency databases, click the following links:

• • • Bridgewater State University
    • Framingham State University
    • Westfield State University
    • UMass Boston
    • UMass Dartmouth
    • UMass Lowell

For Massachusetts private college/university course equivalency databases, click the following links:

• • • Bentley University
    • Boston University
    • Curry College
    • Emmanuel College
    • Suffolk University
    • Wentworth Institute of Technology

Disclaimer: While Roxbury Community College will make every effort to provide accurate information, it is the responsibility of the student to confirm with the four-year college or university as to the validity and accuracy of the information provided.

• Step One: Send an official Roxbury CC transcript to the University you are applying to by requesting an official college transcript. 
• Step Two: Send a final Roxbury CC transcript after you have received your final grades from the academic semester. 

*Note: Check with the Roxbury CC Registrar’s Office to ensure that your graduation status is recorded on your transcript before you request a final transcript.

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MassTransfer Application

• If you are an RCC student planning to apply to a Massachusetts State University or Umass, you most likely will be applying as a MassTransfer student. Click the following link for the steps to apply: https://www.mass.edu/masstransfer/a2b/application.asp

Common Application

• Many private colleges/universities use the Transfer Common Application. click the following link for a step by step tutorial on how to apply via the Common App: https://www.commonapp.org/apply/transfer-students  

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• To explore transfer options beyond Roxbury CC, make a virtual or on-campus appointment with Evan Desatnick, Coordinator of Transfer Affairs & Articulation Services via Bookings at: Transfer Services Student Appointments (office365.com)

• You can also email: transfercenter@roxbury.edu 

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