Financial support and scholarships

SF State will strive to keep your total cost of attendance (tuition, fees, and room and board) as close as possible to what you would have incurred at CCA. To help achieve this, SF State will work to coordinate financial aid packages to keep your net costs substantially equivalent or lower.

Reduced academic residency requirement

As a teach-out student, you will receive a waiver of SF State's standard academic residency requirements (i.e., the minimum number of credits you are required to complete in person at SF State to earn your degree). This ensures you only need to complete your remaining major and degree requirements without being forced to take extra units simply to meet an institutional minimum.

Streamlined admissions and waived fees

If you are a CCA student in good academic standing (a CCA GPA of 2.0 or higher), you will be admitted into your corresponding aligned program upon submission of the Cal State Apply application and verification of your academic standing and required documentation. You will not be required to submit a personal statement, essay, or portfolio. Additionally, the standard admission application fees are waived for eligible CCA teach-out students.

Credit and general education transfer

SF State will accept all credits earned at CCA, including credits that CCA previously accepted from other institutions, to the extent permissible and feasible, and will work to apply those credits toward degree completion with a focus on maintaining your timeline toward degree.

If you have completed CCA’s core General Education (GE) requirements, your lower-division GE requirements at SF State will be waived, with the exception of the CSU “Golden Four” (oral communication, written communication, critical thinking, and quantitative reasoning).

SF State will waive the Upper Division Arts and Humanities GE requirement and will evaluate your remaining coursework to determine whether it satisfies additional upper-division or other GE requirements.

Campus-specific degree requirements, such as SF State Studies, will be entirely waived for transferring CCA students.

International Students

SF State will waive any additional English-language proficiency testing or documentation requirements for international students transferring under this agreement, recognizing that CCA has already confirmed English-language proficiency for full admission and enrollment.

Step 1: Learn about your options

Attend virtual information sessions with teach-out partner institutions, or watch recordings of past sessions. These sessions will provide program details and allow you to ask questions. We will share dates and registration information as they become available.

Step 2: Explore your pathway (optional)

Meet with a Transition Hub counselor to discuss your program options, transfer pathway, and how each partner institution aligns with your goals.

Step 3: Indicate your interest

Complete the teach-out interest form in Workday to help CCA better support your post-CCA transition as you explore your options for Fall 2027. Through this form, you can indicate which teach-out partners you are considering, authorize CCA to share your academic records with those partners, and let us know whether you are also considering transferring to another school that is not a teach-out partner. Providing your authorization is optional and does not obligate you in any way.

Step 4: Complete the application process

Each teach-out partner institution will provide a streamlined application pathway specifically for CCA students. Additional details and instructions will be shared as they become available.

Step 5: Transcript and records exchange

CCA will securely transmit your official transcripts and relevant academic and financial records to the teach-out partner institution as part of the transfer process.

Virtual Info session

Thursday, May 7, 2:45–3:30 pm
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