Transfer Programs

Joint Admission Opportunities

Northern Essex maintains joint admissions agreements with the following schools:

• UMass Lowell
• Salem State University
• Emmanuel College (BSN in Nursing Only)
• Regis College

Joint admissions agreements guarantee your acceptance if you:

• complete your associate’s degree
• have a GPA of 2.0 or higher (2.5 for Regis College Joint Admission students)

Transfer Connections Program

Northern Essex Community College and Salem State University are here to help you plan your transfer journey by earning your associate degree at Northern Essex and successfully completing your bachelor’s degree at Salem State.

Learn about the Transfer Connections Partnership with Transfer Connections Coach, Sharon German. 

Transfer Checklist

Follow the steps in our Transfer checklist to ensure a seamless transfer!

Massachusetts Independent College Guarantee

The Massachusetts Independent College Transfer Guarantee is a partnership agreement between NECC and private colleges and universities in Massachusetts. 

MassTransfer Pathways

When you start at NECC and then transfer to a state university or a University of Massachusetts campus, you can take advantage of the MassTransfer Pathways. 

NECCUM

If you would like to take a class at the college you are transferring to while still a student at NECC, then check out NECCUM (Northeast Consortium of Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts).

Transfer Agreements

Transfer agreements help to ensure you are taking the right courses and electives in your program so you can have a seamless transfer from NECC to the four-year college or university of your choice. To explore the transfer agreements we have with other colleges and universities and for additional information, please contact:

Michelle Sunday, Director of Transfer, Articulation, & Academic Center Advising

msunday@necc.mass.edu

978-556-3719   

Spurk Building C – C-315, Haverhill Campus