When you start graduate school, do you have to graduate from the school where you started

When you start graduate school, do you have to graduate from the school where you started? My fiance and I are planning to move out of state early next year. Hopefully by then, I will have only 2 or 3 classes left to complete for my Master's in Information Systems. Do I have to finish the coursework where I am at? Or can credits be transferred somewhere else? Higher Education (University +) - 7 Answers Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions : 1 It depends on the school. Some schools let you transfer credits back to the original school. That basically means that you would do your last few classes at the new school, but your degree would be from the first school. At my undergrad school, they didn't allow this. They had a rule which stated that your last 15 credits had to be done at that school if I wanted my degree from there. Go talk to an advisor at your particular school to make sure. 2 You can always transfer. Call your potential school and find out. Most schools wont allow you to do that. ss 3 Most schools would allow you to transfer, but they all will have rules that you have to take so many courses at there school. It will most likely be more than 2-3 classes. 4 Most schools have a "residence" requirement. So, while you may only have 2 or 3 classes left where you are now, you'll probably have to take a lot more hours if you try to transfer somewhere else. Better idea -- take your classes at your new school and transfer them BACK to your old one, thus still falling under your current university's requirements. Check with your advisor. 5 More than likely, you won't be able to transfer more than 12 credits or so to a new school. If I were you, Id just stay until you finish. 6 Nope you do not, however each school has their own matriculation requirements. In transferring you may lose credits or you may be required to take additional classes. The best option would be to contact the dean of MIS and discuss the options of doing the required courses at another college, then transfer them back to complete the requirements and get your degree. It is easier than applying and matriculating with another school. Most graduate schools will allow you to transfer 9-12 credits into the curriculum. Good luck 7 The other folks who are advising you to transfer the classes back to your original school are right--that's probably the best plan in your case. The only thing I can add is that graduate programs are more picky about taking transfer credits than undergraduate programs. Some of them seem to believe that only *they* can teach what they teach in the way it needs to be taught. So before you move, make sure that a) your program will take any transfer credits at all (some won't), and b) if you have required courses left to take, that you can take equivalent classes somewhere else that your program will accept. If you can, save your electives for last--they should be easiest to transfer. In any case, you will want to get the classes pre-approved by your old program before you invest the time and energy in taking them anywhere else. To do that, your old school will probably want to see at least a catalog description, and probably a syllabus.