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Counseling & Transfer Center
SRC 107, Main Campus
Tel: 847-214-7390
Fax: 847-214-7522
counseling@elgin.edu
Hours:  M-Th 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.; F 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Closed Fridays June - Aug.


Advanced Degrees

ECC partners with other colleges and universities to offer easy access to upper-level courses leading to a bachelor's degree.

Advantages

  • Transition seamlessly to a four-year university without leaving ECC
  • Finish a bachelor’s degree without extensive travel or relocation
  • Complete your bachelor’s degree on a part-time basis
  • Select weekend, evening, and online courses that fit your job and family schedule
  • Save money by completing your first two years of a bachelor's degree at ECC.

How It Works

  • Registration for courses with colleges and universities partnered with ECC is handled by those individual schools. Contact them directly.
  • Educational plans must be developed with both ECC and the partner college or university to ensure a seamless transfer of credit.

Dual Admission

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Columbia College of Missouri
Tel: 847-214-7197; UBC 210, Main Campus

Northern Illinois University, Dekalb
Tel: 815-753-0446
Website: www.niu.edu/admissions/transfer/dualadmissions

Roosevelt University, Schaumburg & Chicago Campuses
Tel: 847-214-7196, UBC 210, Main Campus

Western Illinois University, Macomb
Tel: 309-298-3110

On-campus Partners

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Columbia College of Missouri
Contact: UBC 210, Main Campus
Tel: 847-214-7197 Fax: 847-214-7003
Email: columbia@elgin.edu
Website: www.ccis.edu/elgin

Also offers dual admission.


  • Bachelor degree in business administration with majors in: management, marketing, human resources management, criminal justice administration, and general studies.

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Northern Illinois University, DeKalb
Tel: 815-753-9677

Email: pcrawford@niu.edu
Website: www.niu.edu
Also offers dual admission.


  • Bachelor degree in health and human sciences (for practicing professionals), liberal arts and sciences, and nursing (RN to BSN)

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Roosevelt University, Schaumburg & Chicago
Tel: 847-214-7196

Email: csantoyo@roosevelt.edu
Website: www.roosevelt.edu
Advisor available: UBC 210, Main Campus
Also offers dual admission.


  • Bachelor degree in professional studies, organizational leadership

Online Partners

Franklin University

  • Bachelor degrees in business (majors in accounting, applied management, business administration, healthcare management, human resources management, management, marketing, and public safety management) and computer science (majors in computer science, digital communications, informtion technology, and management information systems).

Tel: 888-341-6237
Email: uphamj@franklin.edu
Website: www.alliance.franklin.edu

California University of Pennsylvania

  • Bachelor of science in science and technology – legal studies option for those with an AAS in paralegal

Contact: Office of Web-based Programs
Tel: 888-595-6348
Email: calugo@cup.edu
Website: www.cup.edu/go

Columbia College of Missouri

  • Bachelor degree in American studies; business administration with majors in: management, marketing, human resources management, criminal justice administration, history, sociology and general studies. Additional majors available online.

Contact: UBC 210, Main Campus
Tel: 847-214-7197 Fax: 847-214-7003
Email: columbia@elgin.edu
Website: www.ccis.edu/elgin

University of Wisconsin, Green Bay
Bachelor of science in nursing for registered nurses

Tel: 877-656-1483
Email: bsnline@learn.uwsa.edu
Website: www.bsn-linc.wisconsin.edu

ASS Transfer (Interdisciplinary or General Studies)

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Transfer your entire Associate of Applied Science credit plus additional general education credit – usually to a maximum of 80 hours. Students need to be at least 23 years of age.

DeVry University - www.devry.edu/programs_tm.html

  • Acceptance of 92 hours from community college toward the 122 for graduation in the Bachelor of Technical Management

Judson University - www.judsonu.edu/admissions/adult-undergraduate/

  • Acceptance of a maximum of 88 community college hours
  • Classes taught on Judson’s Elgin campus; some offered online

Robert Morris College - www.robertmorris.edu 

  • Acceptance of all AAS degrees toward a Bachelor of Business in Management
  • Acceptance of all AAS degrees toward a Bachelor of Business in Hospitality Management

Roosevelt University - www.roosevelt.edu

  • Bachelor of Professional Studies in Organizational Leadership
  • Additional hours to be taken at Roosevelt will range from 42 to 54, depending on the focus of the Associate of Applied Science degree at ECC

Western Illinois University - www.wiu.edu/BOTdegree

  • Acceptance of 80 hours from community college toward 120 for graduation
  • Last 40 hours may be completed online

Northeastern Illinois University - www.neiu.edu

Chicago State University - www.csu.edu/ContinuingEducation/bogovernors.htm 

Columbia College, Missouri - www.ccis.edu/elgin. Classes held online at ECC or other local sites.

Governor’s State University - www.govst.edu

Other Formal Transfer Agreements

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DePaul University

  • Acceptance of AAS in graphic design towards a BS in computer graphics and motion technology

Illinois Institute of Art - Schaumburg

  • Acceptance of AAS in computerized graphic design towards a BFA in graphic design
  • Acceptance of AAS in web design towards a BFA in web design & interactive media

Judson University, Elgin

  • Acceptance of all degrees towards a BA in the division of continuing education

National Louis University, Elgin

  • Articulated program in elementary education

Robert Morris College, Chicago

  • Acceptance of all AAS degrees towards a bachelor of business administration
  • Acceptance of AAS in graphic design or multimedia design towards a bachelor of applied science in graphic design

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

  • Acceptance of AAS degree in computer information sciences towards a BS in information systems technologies.