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 - $10,350
- University of Washington Tuition - $38,340
- University of California Tuition- $47,000
- University of Michigan Tuition - $51,000
Students who start at Green River and transfer to University of Washington save about $60,000.
Where Students Transferred To
Our students are admitted to many top 100 world universities, as ranked by Shanghai Jiaotong University and US News, including:
- Brown University
- California State University Long Beach
- Cornell University
- Hawaii Pacific University
- Indiana University
- Johns Hopkins University
- Ohio State University
- Parsons School of Design
- Pratt Institute
- Purdue University
- San Jose State University
- Seattle University
- Tufts University
- University of California Berkeley
- University of California Santa Barbara
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
- University of Michigan
- University of Minnesota
- University of Oregon
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Southern California
- University of Texas at Austin
- University of Virginia
- University of Washington
- University of Wisconsin
- Washington State University
View the full list: International Student Admission Transfer Record
Effective May 2019.
Ivania Livia Hartanto
Transferred to: Cornell University
“Green River not only offered a great education, but also offered a warm and welcoming community where I could grow and feel a sense of family.”
Major: Food Science
Country: Indonesia
Jiacheng Liu
Transferred to: UCLA
"Green River College offers a great program that is open to every level of student. You can start from Intensive English classes and transfer to a top university."
Major: Electrical Engineering
Country: China
Contact Us
Phone: 253-288-3300
Fax: 253-333-4940
Email: international@greenriver.edu
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Upcoming Dates
Application deadline for students transferring from within the U.S. is by 8 a.m. on the first day of the quarter.
Winter Quarter |
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Classes Start: |
4 January 2021 |
Classes End: |
23 March 2021 |
Spring Quarter |
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Preferred Application Deadline: |
15 February 2021 |
Orientation (virtual) |
10 & 11 March 2021 |
Arrival & Housing Move-in Day |
29 March 2021 |
Classes Start: |
31 March 2021 |
Classes End: |
17 June 2021 |
Location
Green River College
IVD Building
12401 SE 320th Street
Auburn, WA USA 98092-3699