General Transfer Information
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •As the only state-supported junior college in Virginia, Richard Bland College has as its primary mission the offering of transfer associate degree programs in liberal arts and sciences.
More than ninety percent of our graduates transfer to senior (four-year) institutions to complete their baccalaureate degrees. Most of them choose to transfer to in-state senior colleges and universities; therefore, we have developed formal transfer agreements with many Virginia institutions that guarantee automatic acceptance of our graduates.
For example, Longwood University guarantees automatic acceptance of our graduates who have earned a minimum grade point average of 2.5. The College of William and Mary and Virginia Tech guarantee acceptance of our graduates who: have earned a minimum grade point average of 3.0, exclusive of physical education; are Virginia residents; have earned a minimum of 45 credits at RBC; and, have been recommended by the Provost.
The State Policy on Transfer ensures that students who graduate with an Associate of Arts or Associate of Science Degree will fulfill the lower-division general education requirements of all Virginia state-supported institutions, unless otherwise noted in the institutions transfer guide.
Complete copies of all transfer agreements are available upon request. Although many agreements guarantee automatic acceptance of our graduates, agreements do vary among colleges. Also, acceptance to a specific college does not imply admission to a specific degree program in that college.
These transfer agreements will help to ensure that you have a smooth and successful transfer to a senior institution. However, it should not be concluded that you can transfer only to these institutions. Our graduates have successfully transferred to all senior institutions in Virginia and to senior institutions throughout the United States.
Our educational programs are designed for transfer to senior institutions and for the successful completion of the baccalaureate degree. The Board of Visitors of The College of William and Mary has authorized Richard Bland College to confer the degrees of Associate in Arts and Associate in Science. The core of each degree program is composed of traditional liberal arts and science courses that provide a foundation of knowledge and lifelong learning skills necessary for a successful and satisfying future.