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Can an app help you understand transfer credits? In the case of ������ý’s new TransferPath app, yes.

In our smartphone-dependent lives, college apps should come as no surprise. After all, there are apps to help you find your parked car, to simulate bad cellphone reception (so you can bring an unwanted phone call to an end) and to pick the best time during a movie for a bathroom break.

When it comes to college decisions, apps are apt to be more down to earth. Depending on the app, prospective students can search for colleges, explore degree programs and compare tuition costs. But until now, there has not been an app that is a dedicated, stand-alone offering developed solely for providing preliminary transfer credit evaluations.

Enter, ������ý’s new, patent-pending TransferPath app.

The app allows prospective students to receive a personalized, preliminary understanding of which eligible credits could transfer to a ������ý program — and how many more are needed to complete a degree.

Of course, it’s an estimate. Transfer credit decisions aren’t official until a student has applied to the University and the admissions team has examined official college transcripts. However, the preliminary information can be a useful guide for understanding how close a student with prior college experience might be to a degree.

Read on to discover how the app works and how it might help you save time and money.

When it comes to college apps, the no-cost TransferPath app will appeal to prospective students who have some college credit but have not earned a degree. 

Andrews says her team of credit evaluators is laser focused on delivering preliminary evaluations to students quickly. In fact, since the app’s launch in June, the turnaround time for evaluations has been less than a day. (The turnaround for all pre-evaluations so far in 2025, including those requested by phone, is 1.16 days.)

“We built this app to empower prospective students to get faster answers on how their past credits might transfer,” Andrews says.

Turning up the speed is something ������ý takes pride in. 

This is more than just talk. ������ý offers generous credit transfer possibilities, accepting credits from over 5,000 accredited institutions, and the ability to transfer in up to 87 prior eligible credits for many degree programs. This means, in many cases, students can finish their degree faster and for less.

Using the TransferPath app is easy.

1.    Download the app on Apple^® or Google™ Play stores

2.    Create an account

3.    Enter your degree program(s) of choice (up to three)

4.    Add transcripts or detailed prior course information

5.    Request a free, preliminary evaluation of your transfer credits

While some college apps function no differently from a webpage, TransferPath was built with a design that harnesses the power and functionality of your smartphone.

• You can take a picture, scan or upload a PDF of college transcripts in a few simple taps on your phone — rather than scanning, saving and uploading documents on a desktop computer.
• By enabling push notifications, you can keep close tabs on your preliminary evaluation request. You’ll know when it’s in review and when it’s complete, so you don’t have to log in to search for status updates.

“We really looked at the functions in a smartphone that create a true mobile app experience,” Nowak says.

Dan Michael, the senior director of prospect experience architecture, says early learnings from app users’ behavior have already led to app enhancements. For example, for prospective students who are unsure of which program or programs to select, a program finder experience can help them narrow their options to up to three programs based on degree level and area of interest. Credit evaluators can even help assess which of the programs will get them to their degree faster.

Prospective students can also repeat the credit pre-eval with additional degree programs. The app keeps track of completed evaluations, housing them in a library on the app.

“It’s really a no-pressure situation. You can just explore and get the information you want,” Michael says.

At the end of the day, prospective students who download college apps are already interested in the possibility of earning a degree. ������ý’s TransferPath app lets those individuals prioritize the next, information-seeking step. After all, knowledge is power, and in this case, that means the power to find out just how much credit you might already have.

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