Doctoral programs that accept transfer credits

At Frankin University, you can transfer previously earned credits into a doctoral program. Our transfer-friendly DBA, DHA and Ed.D. programs are designed to accommodate as many as 33 hours of transfer credit, while our DNP-Leadership and DNP-APRN programs can accommodate up to 12 and nine hours, respectively.  

Doctoral students transfer both previously earned doctoral credit, as well as master’s level credit (above 30 hours) toward their degrees. Most students are successful in using transfer credits to reduce or satisfy elective credit requirements in business, healthcare, education and instructional design programs. 

The maximum number of transfer credits that can be accepted varies by program. For the DBA, DHA and Ed.D. (Organizational Leadership and Instructional Design Leadership programs), you can transfer up to 33 credits. However, the average is usually much less. The DNP-Leadership maxes out at 12 transfer credits, while the DNP-APRN (nurse practitioner) programs max out at nine transfer credits.   

Sometimes master’s-level courses can be used to satisfy elective credits in doctoral programs. For your master’s-level courses to transfer, you must have earned more than 30 credits as part of your master’s degree. To qualify for transfer consideration, courses must be in business, healthcare, education or instructional design.