Green River - A Leader in University Transfer
Our 2+2 transfer program offers students an opportunity to start their four-year bachelor's degree. The transfer program provides courses equivalent to the first two years of a university degree. Students can take two years at Green River College, then transfer to a university to complete their four-year degree.
Program Information
University Transfer Majors
Our ten most popular majors are Engineering, Business, Computer Science, Aviation, Communication, Pre-health (medicine, dentistry, pharmacy), Information Technology, Psychology, Art and Design. However, you can prepare to transfer to almost any major.
University Transfer Pathway (UTP)
Green River College's University Transfer Pathway Program provides Conditional Admissions and Designated Pathways to nearly 40 partner institutions in the United States and abroad. Green River College international students have been admitted to hundreds of universities all over the US. Students gain the qualifications needed for admission at Green River and transfer to top universities as third-year juniors. Admission is not guaranteed, but our students have been very successful in gaining admission to top universities.
Cost Savings
Tuition at most public and private universities is more than three times the tuition at community colleges. For example:
- Green River College Tuition - $11,196
- University of Washington Tuition - $40,878
- University of California Tuition- $46,326
- University of Michigan Tuition - $62,142
Students who start at Green River and transfer to the University of Washington save about $60,000.
Where Students Transferred To
Our students have transferred to many top 100 world universities (ARWU) or the top 100 U.S. universities (U.S. News):
- Boston University
- Brown University
- Colorado School of Mines
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- Emory College
- Georgia Tech
- Indiana University
- Johns Hopkins University
- Ohio State University
- Pennsylvania State University
- Purdue University
- Rutgers University
- Syracuse University
- Texas A&M University
- Tulane University
- University of British Columbia
- University of California Berkeley
- University of California Santa Barbara
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of Delaware
- University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
- University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
- University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
- University of Oregon
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Southern California
- University of Texas at Austin
- University of Toronto, Canada
- University of Virginia
- University of Washington - Seattle
- University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Virginia Tech
- Washington State University
- William and Mary University
View the full list: International Student Admission Transfer Record
Effective November 2023.