Community College Partnerships

Lesley University partners with local community colleges to provide pathways to bachelor’s degree completion. Associate’s degree holders from specific local community colleges can transfer their 60 earned credits into a corresponding bachelor’s degree program offered by Lesley University and taught online, at Lesley University’s Cambridge campus, or on select community college campuses.

Bachelor’s Degree Completion Programs on the Bunker Hill Community College Campus

Lesley University offers four bachelor’s degree completion programs on the Bunker Hill campus:

• Bachelor of Science in Business Management
• Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
• Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Studies, non-licensure program
• Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies

*Certificate in Child Homelessness—students in any of the majors listed above, or students in any program on the Cambridge campus, may also pursue this 15-credit certificate program, as part of their degree plan.

Bachelor’s Degree Completion Programs at the DeMello International Center in New Bedford, MA

• Bachelor of Science in Business Management
• Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
• Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies

Bachelor of Science Degree Completion Program on the campus of Urban College of Boston

• Bachelor of Science Studies, in Early Childhood non-licensure program

Admissions Requirements:

• Students interested in pursuing one of Lesley University’s degree completion programs at Bunker Hill CC or the DeMello International Center in New Bedford, MA, should have completed, or are in the process of completing, a corresponding associate’s degree program at either Bunker Hill Community College or another Community College (lesley.edu/bunker-hill/new-students). Students interested in pursuing the BS in Early Childhood Studies non-licensure program on the campus of Urban College of Boston should have completed an Associate’s degree from Urban College of Boston.
• Students must have a 2.5 or higher cumulative academic grade point average (GPA) in their associate degree
• Apply online at lesley.edu/admissions-aid/how-to-apply/undergraduate-programs
• Send all official community college transcripts to: Office of Undergraduate Admissions Lesley University 29 Everett Street Cambridge, MA 02138. Electronic transcripts are also accepted through a variety of secure sites such as, but not limited to; Parchment, Credential Solutions, E-Scrip Safe, Clearinghouse, Naviance/Common Application, JST Services.
• By earning your Associate’s Degree, you should have completed 60 college-level courses and therefore will not need to submit an official high school transcript or GED/HiSet
• If any college credits are earned in an institution outside the U.S., please have the official transcript translated with a course by course description completed.

Admitted students with an associates degree will receive 60 transfer credits toward their 120-credit Lesley bachelor’s degree (transfer credit decisions are based on Lesley’s transfer policies). Additional transfer credits may be considered on an individual basis. International students will need to submit the materials listed in the section “International Students.”