Reverse Transfer (Degree Within Reach)
Degree Within Reach is the state of Colorado’s way of describing “reverse transfer,” a new process allowing students who have transferred from a Colorado community college to a Colorado university to combine credits from both institutions and apply them towards an associate’s degree.
If you are a transfer student, this means you can complete the associate’s degree you started at your community college while still working toward your bachelor’s degree. You could be eligible even if you left a four-year institution before earning any degree.
Current and former students who transferred since summer 2012 from a Colorado community college to one of the participating four-year institutions could be eligible.
Students who completed some college but who have not yet attained a degree may be eligible for an associate's degree if they meet the following criteria:
- The student has completed 15 credit hours at a community college in Colorado;
- The student has a minimum of 70 credit hours, including coursework at the four year institution;
- The student has completed those 70 credit hours within 10 years of enrollment at any institution;
- The student's completed credit hours meet the requirements for an Associate of Science, Associate of Arts or Associate of General Studies, to be determined via degree audit at the community college;
- The student has not requested that their data be withheld at either institution
-Approved CCHE Policy SECTION I PART L 8.05 - April 11, 2014
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REVERSE TRANSFER RESIDENCY
In order to award Reverse Transfer Degrees to non-active students, a residency must be assigned to the term that the degree is awarded.
When awarding a Reverse Transfer Degr4ee to a non-active student, colleges will use the last known residency for the student as listed in our student information system (Banner). This practice will not impact tuition classification as the student will have a registration hold placed on for the award term and made inactive for the term after.
ES 4-86
Approved Fall 2012; Effective Fall 2012; Revised Spring 2013