Admission Requirements

Documentation of Prior Education

To be admitted into any FNU program, the student must be qualified to study at the postsecondary (university) level. Therefore, one of the documents listed below (referred to as “Documentation of Prior Education”) must be on file before the student is accepted into an FNU program and receives federal student aid.

A diploma and/or an official academic transcript.
- If provided, the diploma must include the date of graduation and diploma type. If provided, the official transcript must include the date of graduation and diploma type, and a list of courses and grades received by year. (See Transferability of Credits to FNU policy for additional details)
- Students who cannot provide proof of high school graduation because the school they attended is no longer in existence must attempt to contact the State Board of Education in the state in which they graduated to obtain a letter documenting the school’s closure.
- If an applicant graduated from an international secondary school, the applicant's official secondary school diploma or transcript must be evaluated to confirm it is equivalent to U.S. high school graduation.
  - Applicants intending to apply for federal financial aid must submit the official diploma or transcript to the Admissions Office. The Financial Aid Office will request an evaluation of the diploma or transcript.
  - Applicants not intending to apply for federal financial aid must submit both (1) the official diploma or transcript and (2) a document-by-document evaluation of the diploma or transcript to the Admissions Office.
  The evaluation must be completed by an individual employed by the Office of Document Evaluation Services of Miami-Dade County Public Schools (or the equivalent office in other public school districts), or by a document evaluator who is a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES), Association of International Credential Evaluators (AICE), NAFSA: Association of International Educators, American Evaluation Association (AEA), or American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO).
  
  If the evaluation determines the student’s high school credential is not equivalent to U.S. secondary school graduation, the student will be notified that he or she is not eligible for continued enrollment or federal financial aid. Any courses for which the student is registered will be dropped, and any payment the student made will be refunded with the exception of the non-refundable enrollment fee.
GED certificate or GED scores/transcript.
Joint Services Transcript (JST) if the individual is or was a member of the United States Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Navy; or Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) for Air Force personnel.
Proof of compliance with a “home education program” as defined in F.S. §1002.01, or proof of completion of homeschooling at the secondary level as defined by relevant state law.
A postsecondary academic transcript demonstrating one of the following:
- Achievement of an associate’s, bachelor’s, or master’s degree;
- Successful completion of at least 60 semester or trimester credit hours or 72 quarter credit hours that does not result in the awarding of an associate’s degree, but that is acceptable for full credit toward a bachelor’s degree at any institution; or
- Enrollment in a bachelor’s degree program where at least 60 semester or trimester credit hours or 72 quarter credit hours have been successfully completed, including credit hours transferred into the bachelor’s degree program.
Proof of (a) passing an independently administered, U.S. Department of Education approved ATB test and (b) proof that the student previously attended a Title IV eligible program at a Title IV eligible institution prior to July 1, 2012. (See U.S. Department of Education DCL GEN-12-09 (June 28, 2012).)
- Proof of 6(b) could include documentation from NSLDS that a student previously received Title IV student assistance, or a transcript or other documentation from a previous institution that demonstrates enrollment in a Title IV eligible program.