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LEVEL UP YOUR DEGREE

Flexible, Affordable Paths to a Bachelor's Degree

The School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS) partners with community colleges to serve transfer students pursuing bachelor's degrees in a fully online, flexible environment designed for those balancing work, family, and other commitments alongside their coursework.

Up to 64 credit hours may transfer toward 120-credit-hour bachelor’s degrees, depending on course content and degree requirements. Associate of Arts (A.A.), Associate of Science (A.S.), and Associate of Fine Arts (A.F.A.) degrees are transfer-friendly pathways.

 

Affordable Pathways

Reduced tuition for community college graduates, ensuring affordability and minimizing student debt.

Flexible Learning

Fully online and hybrid bachelor’s degree options, designed for working adult learners.

Generous Transfer Credit

Supportive transfer policies, including recognition of AA/AS degrees and acceptance of credit for prior learning.

Explore Your Transfer Credit Options

Request a Free Transfer Credit Evaluation

Determine how your transfer credit applies to a Loyola degree and your timeline to completion by requesting a Free Transfer Credit Evaluation. The transcript evaluation is an unofficial document, and an error will not exempt you from a requirement.

Transfer Friendly

Loyola SCPS accepts transfer credit earned from regionally accredited institutions. We can accept up to 64 credit hours across all two-year institutions (community colleges), and an unlimited number of credit hours from four-year universities. Students who have completed either an A.A., A.S., or General Education Core Curriculum will have met Loyola's Core Curriculum requirements, with the exception of mission-specific courses. Half of a student's major requirements can be satisfied with transfer credit. BA Management major has transfer credit policy unique to this major and students can review this policy and others in the Academic Catalog.

Time to Completion

Students who have completed 30 or more transfer credits may follow either the Illinois General Education curriculum or the Loyola CORE requirements to satisfy general education requirements. Students with less than 30 will follow the CORE. We’ll advise you how to choose the most effective path for you. Just submit your transcripts. For more information, see itransfer.org.

Determine how your transfer credit applies to a Loyola degree and your timeline to completion by requesting a Free Transfer Credit Evaluation.

Additionally, Transferology allows student to create an account and track how their classes from other institutions will transfer to Loyola. Learn more here: https://www.transferology.com/index.htm.

Knowledge Based Credit

Adult students, in particular, often have a reservoir of college-level learning gained through professional and personal accomplishments that they can use to earn non-traditional credit toward select SCPS programs. At SCPS, students may apply up to 36 non-traditional credit hours (CLEP, DSST, ACE) to the completion of their undergraduate degree.

Ready to Obtain Your Degree?

Our diverse range of applied programs and courses are designed to help you achieve the success you envision for yourself. 

 

Undergraduate Programs

Ranked in the Top 25 nationally by US News & World Report, our online bachelor's degree programs provide high-quality content and are taught by invested, expert faculty.

Top 5

*Best Online Bachelor's Degree in Psychology nationally

Top 10

*Best Online Bachelor's Degree in Business nationally

Top 25

*Best Online Bachelor's Degree nationally

#1

*Business in Chicago

#1

*Psychology in Chicago

#2

*Online Bachelor's Degrees in Chicago

*U.S. News & World Report, 2026

 

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Our flexible formats and applied courses are tailored to support you obtaining your Bachelor's degree.

Explore Your Transfer Credit Options

Request a Free Transfer Credit Evaluation

Determine how your transfer credit applies to a Loyola degree and your timeline to completion by requesting a Free Transfer Credit Evaluation. The transcript evaluation is an unofficial document, and an error will not exempt you from a requirement.

Our flexible formats and applied courses are tailored to support you obtaining your Bachelor's degree.